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View Poll Results: What was your first car and when did you buy it? | |||
My first car WAS a Ford | 112 | 58.64% | |
My first car WASN'T a Ford | 58 | 30.37% | |
I bought my first car before I got my license | 77 | 40.31% | |
I bought my as soon as I got my license (less than 1 month after) | 19 | 9.95% | |
I bought my first car a few months after I got my license | 12 | 6.28% | |
I bought my first car 6-11 months after I got my license | 8 | 4.19% | |
I bought my first car 12-23 after I got my license | 7 | 3.66% | |
I bought my first car 24 months + after I got my license | 8 | 4.19% | |
I was given my first car before I got my license | 20 | 10.47% | |
I was given my first car as soon as I got my license (less than 1 month) | 12 | 6.28% | |
I was given my first car 6-11 months after I got my license | 2 | 1.05% | |
I was given my first car 12-23 months after I got my license | 2 | 1.05% | |
I was given my first car 24 months + after I got my license | 0 | 0% | |
I haven't got my own car | 1 | 0.52% | |
I don't drive | 3 | 1.57% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 191. You may not vote on this poll |
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18-03-2009, 12:17 PM | #31 | |||
Cane Farmer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Tom Price, WA
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First car was a 1988 EA S-Pac, 3spd Auto, CPI, had a 2.5in" catback. Loved it! Got her up to 180kph once and that was pretty scary. My ex gf managed to crash it as well in the wet. Fixed it up. Then the gearbox blew in it, so I traded it in for $1000 on a 98 EL GLi.
Got it a good year before I got my P's. here she is:
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18-03-2009, 12:30 PM | #32 | |||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2006
Location: In my happy place
Posts: 5,432
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Ive got a series III XJ12 hemerageing in my drive way if you like that will remind you of how great these thins are
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18-03-2009, 12:33 PM | #33 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 12,077
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1968 HK Holden Kingswood 161, 3 on the tree no syncro 1st gear, May 11 1976, $800 and I paid cash after saving up for 10 years.
I swapped it 2 years later for my first road bike, a Kawasaki Mach 3 which would have to qualify as the nastiest, most dangerous motor vehicle ever made. |
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18-03-2009, 12:41 PM | #34 | ||
Rally Nut
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 297
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1969 GT1600 Capri
Then proceeded to completley rebuild it, managed to take out best 4 cylinder at the Concours 5 years in a row, article & pics in Performance 4's & Rotaries Started me on a life long association with British Fords, and now Australian (Plus I would never live it down if came home with a Holden - Old mans first car Ford 34 5 window Coupe!!) |
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18-03-2009, 12:41 PM | #35 | ||
I am Groot
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Burnett Heads, Qld
Posts: 6,840
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16 years old, 1965 VW Beetle, $200.
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18-03-2009, 12:58 PM | #36 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 1,094
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ZL Fairlane, had it for 2 months before it got stolen.
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18-03-2009, 01:56 PM | #37 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 13,465
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I was given a TX5 before I got my licence
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18-03-2009, 02:34 PM | #38 | ||
CANT !!!!!!!!
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 289
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BJ 40 SWB Landcruiser
Taught me twoi things in life 1/ dont slow down for corners 2/ you have to get a V8 Now drive an Xr8, Halleluya
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18-03-2009, 03:08 PM | #39 | ||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 27
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1972 XA Falcon sedan, 302, t-bar auto, in a lovely shade of Pottery Beige.
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18-03-2009, 03:57 PM | #40 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 258
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1971 lj gtr torana in red got it when i was 15 for $500 sold it for $2500 without the motor and transmition bought a regester vb SL/E 202 and did a engine swap man i miss that car dam roos still got the motor though.
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18-03-2009, 05:10 PM | #41 | ||
www.FPVregistry.com
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Auckland, NZ
Posts: 625
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1987 Mercury Sable LS: leather, sunroof, all electronic
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18-03-2009, 08:29 PM | #42 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 802
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95 ef fairmont got it for 8.5k 4 years ago and still have it... when my ba sells ill be back driving it. converted it to manual, reco motor, head, cam, exhaust, rims and other stuff. Owes me too much money to ever sell it.
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18-03-2009, 08:51 PM | #43 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Adelaide SA
Posts: 454
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95 EF which was sourced through these forums!
saved every penny i earnt last year to buy the EF a week before xmas. Had it for 4 months now and i love it to pieces, i plan on keeping it for a very long time. |
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18-03-2009, 09:03 PM | #44 | ||
BA Fairmont Ghia X
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Broadford VIC
Posts: 664
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Current car
02 BA Fairmont Ghia. Bought it about 2 months after getting my licence. 15k |
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18-03-2009, 09:04 PM | #45 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 500
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xa coupe.........and umm still have it!!
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18-03-2009, 09:07 PM | #46 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 306
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fx and a fj holden,the fx was the 125th to come of the line,wonder what it would be worth now.
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18-03-2009, 09:34 PM | #47 | ||
BA XR8
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Central Coast NSW
Posts: 39
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1964 Falcon for $300 when I was 19
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18-03-2009, 09:41 PM | #48 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Clayton, Melbourne
Posts: 122
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xtgt mockup. 351c, c10 9in and drum brakes all round. best car i ever had!
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18-03-2009, 09:46 PM | #49 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: melb
Posts: 98
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my first car was a 87 skyline good old r31
was a great car actually trying to see it atm but now couldnt be happier wth my new BF
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BF MKII XR6 TURBO,Bionic, 6 speed auto, prem sound, typhoon CAI, mid muffler removed, LED lighting. |
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18-03-2009, 09:50 PM | #50 | ||
blue oval addict
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: echuca
Posts: 571
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a poo brown hq sedan. bench seat 3on the tree, 4 wheel drum brakes, and purple shag pile carpet from the old brothel in town. yeah baby yeah. i bought it when i was 16 to use as a paddock basher and it was still going when i got my licence so it got registered. i paid $500 for it flogged the bags out of it for 6 years and sold it for $1000.
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18-03-2009, 09:54 PM | #51 | ||
I love my beast too!
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: at my house
Posts: 1,327
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Mine was a 1974 XB Fairmont. It rusted out around the warmed over 250 2V and C4 I had built for it. Damn it, should have done the body work first!
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18-03-2009, 10:04 PM | #52 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Near Ballarat
Posts: 469
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First Car HT GTS 350
I was 18 in 1984just got license and my dad said lets go buy a car Cost me $4500 he gave me 2000 towards it. Was stolen and burnt out Was a great car still miss it. I just love all great Aussie cars. Steve |
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18-03-2009, 10:25 PM | #53 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: South West, NSW
Posts: 109
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i was given my first car when i got my licence. But come on it was a $200 box 82' corolla. And trust me, it drove like a $200 car!! haha.
Bought my first car 12 months after i got my licence, a 99' au falcon. Bought my second car 3.5 years after i got my licence, a 04' ba XR8. |
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18-03-2009, 11:41 PM | #54 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 237
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I borrowed $500 off my boss and bought 2 TE Cortinas. Both were 2lt autos one regoed other not. Sold one to a mate for $1000 (blown head) and sent the other to tip. So much fun had..
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19-03-2009, 12:25 AM | #55 | ||
Get in the van!
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Adelaide, SA
Posts: 1,110
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Parents bought me an 84 Nissan Pulsar. Thing got hammered pretty heavily and crashed it a couple of times being careless. Thankfully things have changed now. First car I bought was a 79 Fiat 131 for $200. Good fun while it lasted.
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19-03-2009, 03:46 AM | #56 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Diamond Creek, Vic
Posts: 356
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As a young bloke back in the late 60's, early 70's I had a brand new Honda 750 (4) K1 when I was an apprentice, had it for around 2 years, when one Easter was going to Tenterfield (from Newcastle) to stay with a mate.
I came off the bike at a place called (from memory) Black Water and remember seeing the bike sliding along the road and me on my bum following. Wasn't hurt real bad but turned me off the bike. Anyways, made the decision to get off the bike and into a car. Traded the bike on a brand new Datsun 1600 (the bright orange colour), it had mags as an extra and I ended up fitting a PBR brake booster (the brakes were crap). So yeah, the Dato was my first car.
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Lightning Strike G6E Turbo |
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19-03-2009, 09:01 AM | #57 | ||
Bseries
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Albury NSW
Posts: 376
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mine was a 1969 hilman hunter!
my dads old bomb pranged it into a tree about a month after i got my Ps
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His: 2003 BA Fairmont in Arctic White/Mercury Silver Hers: 1999 AU Forte in Amaretto Check it out: http://fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11336211 |
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19-03-2009, 09:47 AM | #58 | ||
When in doubt, GAS IT!!
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Lower Eyre Peninsula, SA
Posts: 3,018
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First car was a hand me down British Racing Green TC Cortina in 1980. 2L 4sp, lowered and with a straight through exhaust to just a hotdog at the rear. Went like the clappers and would wind off the clock happily. After running up the back of a dic#head who cut in front of me and stood on the brakes in the rain I was told I couldn't drive it till it was fixed ( cosmetic damage only) so I told my old man to stick his car where the sun don't shine and went out and bought a HQ panelvan. 202, 3 on the tree and unstoppable, was a great car and went just about anywhere on it's nose bleed high commercial suspension. That started a love affair with 70's holdens that lasted till the rug rats came along and I needed a big wagon in 04 so bought an EL. A HQ 253 4sp is still my fave car ever although my Sportsman is snapping at it's heels these days.
Bushbasher
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. HERS- BFIII Wagon Gold, alloys, dual fuel, bullbar, big tow pack, trans cooler, fully rebuilt HD suspension, Clarion, alarmed, full 2 1/2" sports system, mint body MINE- AUII Forte Meteorite, dual fuel but otherwise bog stock. MINE- AUII Fairlane Sportsman Liquid Silver over meteorite,HIDs', Airhog, Eagle Leads, dual fuel, custom rear springs, BA slotted discs + a second one for spares . |
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19-03-2009, 09:49 AM | #59 | ||
Trev
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Was Perth, now country Vic
Posts: 8,017
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1976 VK Charger, 318 4-speed.
Within weeks was stroked to 355, 9", fully manualised reverse pattern 727 etc.
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Trev (FPV FG II GT-E thus the fully loaded burger with the lot as standard +Alpine/Dynamat fitout - 2 of only 4 ever made GT-E factory 9" rear rims - Michelin Pilot Supersports - Shockworks Suspension) |
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19-03-2009, 10:37 AM | #60 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Utah
Posts: 3,479
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1976 Holden HX Statesman DeVille with 350 V8, 3/auto, Edelbrock, Holley etc. Biggest piece of crap it was, though it had some power when it ran.
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