Your Very First Car

[left]

Hyundai Excel 3 door hatch; the car of choice for Melbourne's criminals.
Now owned by a relo, done 200k and never once missed a beat :rolleyes:

[aussie muscle]

1967 Mazda 1500 SS, crashed it. Motor put in another 1500, gave it away.

[chuckles]

First car i owned was a 1974 vj valiant ute that i put an ex speedway 265 hemi and 727 'flite auto. man that thig was a weapon for a paddock bomb. then for my first on road car i bought a 1995 EF Gli auto with 92000kms on the clock in 2003. it ended up being a boosted slammed weapon which the cops loved. it headbutted a rav 4 which was the end of it

[RedHotGT]

1987 XF Fairmont
Stock as a rock, but was on LPG... 150,000km when I bought it (for about $4500 in 1999)

Was a good car, kept me going while I was on my P's... and the LPG tank meant that trips to the beach cost next to nothing (from memory gas was from 16.9c - 29.9c per litre) so we're talking $10-$15 a fill...

It ended up going to the graveyard... I sold it to a mate for $500 cos he was stuck for cash and had no car... and then he smashed it driving drunk (car rego still in my name) long story and caused lots of problems...

We ended up getting it towed away for $100... and i'm pretty sure its either in pieces all over VIC, or squashed into a little cube...

[XR6_661]

1988 EA S-Pac, 3spd Auto, CPI, 2.5in" catback.



Loved it to bits until my missus at the time decided to borrow it and lose control on a round-a-bout, mount the kerb and hit a parked car.


This last pic was after I refitted the front bar and patched up the radiator.

[au2000]

1968 xt falcon sedan, restored it & kept it for 8 yrs until an old merc decided my xt was too long & shortened it for me, moved on to a ea fairmont (bad choice) & had a xe fairmont, (fully optioned) got rid of the ea for an eb s pac & the xe for a au 2 fairmont ghia 75th anniversary (current) , then flogged off the eb s pack for a ba xr6 manual (current)

[robbyg]

1969 or maybe it was 1970 xw falcon 500 sedan, 221 cu inch motor, 3 on the tree, aqua in color, didnt them old ford sixes go well, so much torque used to leave a mates 186 holden hg for dead, going back a long way now, next car is is the one you see in the avatar, 33 years later still going strong !!

[troystanton78]

197something leyland marina 4cyl auto green no rust perfect interior, 150bucks from a deceased estate, drove it into the ground, we did find another one down the back of a mates neighbours house but it was a 6cyl with no forward gears, sold both un rego'd not running to a collector for 2500 and bought my first ford, 79 escort 2L 4 door 4spd manual, man i wish i never sold that car so much fun

[seedywagon]

1999 AU Falcon wagon, the "Seedy wagon" ( if my name didn't already give that away)
The car never left me stranded anywhere, it was beautiful to drive and I just don't think my BA is ever going to live up to it!


The AU is an absolutely fantastic car to drive, great on fuel, but bad looking in the public eye, but to be honest, it grew on me :p

[kezzer]

fg xr6

[robbyg]

seedy wagon when i was looking for me daily driver, had a test drive in a au and ba falcon and to be honest the au i thought was a better car to drive , mainly comfort and ride, ba probably more performance, maybe just the cars that i drove?

[VioletGT]

Volvo 360 glt. Started when it felt like it.

[carrot13]

genuine 1973 xbgt coupe, manual, no air or steer or stereo, black interior.
regularly did +140mph
i bought it myself on my 18th birthday in 1988

saw it at the gt nats in perth a few years ago, under the bonnet was as i last touched it but new paint job was crap :(
little brother still has the genuine red pepper xagt in the pic (was wild violet originally tho)

[SM1DY]

'87 F100 4spd 302 Windsor God I miss it.

[dannyhilton]

My first car was my a MK5 2004 Ford WP Fiesta Zetec 3-Door hatch is Diamond White. Had all the options, 16 inch alloys, full body kit, you name it. I put some blue XR4 stripes on her and she was a little ripper. I got her in 2007 with a few thousand on the clock. Sold up last year and got a new Fiesta

[tezxr8man]

My first was an EB gli with a 4.0L it was great did 100,000 in a year drivin everywhere in NQ had some Great Times in her and she never let me down, sold it for 5500 2 years after paying 4500 for it it was sold to aa few mates and finally one of them wrote it off aquaplaning into a tree, loved that car so it was pretty painful to hear bout its demise

[Mad Maxine]

Cripes, well, I've had 14 cars since I got my license in 1986..... first car was a 1967 Automatic Mini that I paid $50 for.... the rest of the past fleet is as follows....

Automatic Mini (first car)
Manual Mini with Cooper S motor
Morris 1100 I swapped a carton of beer for
Volvo 144GL
ZH Fairlane I bought in Mt Isa and drove home to Brissie then sold (shouldn't have, she was a great car)
XB sedan ex-rally car (I painted Tank Girl's tank on the boot lid)
Holden HJ Utility
Toyota Hilux
XE Fairmont Ghia ESP - the only vehicle I wished I'd never sold :(
Ford F350 4WD ute - 7m long, 351 motor, perfect truck.
The first '62 Compact Fairlane (is now the show car)
The second '62 Compact Fairlane (my everyday driver)
Ford Courier Ute - at the price it was offered I couldn't NOT buy it!
My current baby, the XC Coupe, the car I always wanted from the age I first started being aware of cars: it has only taken me 30 years to get her

MM

[IH8HSV]

My first car was a DATSUN 200B. - It was the deluxe model because it had the vinal roof - so extra rust could accumulate.

It used more oil then fuel, but i loved it.

I was also lucky - It was Canary Yellow!!!

[seedywagon]

Originally Posted by robbyg

seedy wagon when i was looking for me daily driver, had a test drive in a au and ba falcon and to be honest the au i thought was a better car to drive , mainly comfort and ride, ba probably more performance, maybe just the cars that i drove?

Look, performance wise, especially since my BA is a manual XT, I think the BA has it, but the steering in the BA I find a little heavy and vague compared to the AU.
Also the dicky electronic throttle on the BA is annoying.
There was just something about the AU's noticeable nimbleness over the BA, possibly due to the weight difference, that made it a very nice car to drive.

If I have trouble with my BA or crash it, I'll probably be looking at buying a late AU XR8 5-speeder for sure to replace it.

[S3SR]

2002 AU3 SR 5sp manual Venom red (try find that combination anywhere).... in the family since new, i took over at 17yrs, paid for it with $18k of cash i saved instead of drinking it away

the best car ever, until a mazda bravo cleaned it up, and doolans crash repairs failed to do their job 7 times .... i wish i never traded it, id happily trade my XR8 for it back the way i had it...

[super roo]

My first car was a 1954 VW 3 1/2 cylinders 0 to 100 kph in about 2 weeks if i had a good tail wind keeping it going taught me a lot about cars, mainly how to push one.
all the best super roo

[mrbaxr6t]

1978 XC GS falcon sedan - british racing green in color straight as the day it rolled off the showroom floor cast head 250xflow T bar automatic had all the gear nice wheels nice stereo etc - I sold it because it was just too damn heavy and I wish it had powersteering and aircon - was a really good example relatively rust free and genuine low KM car - the guy I sold it to completely wrecked it even though it wasnt the fastest of things he managed to pitch it into a power pole glancing the whole side - never was it the same

[BOSHOG]

subaru L series wagon

[EDManual]

1980 toyota corolla. wrecked 4 speed, put in a 5 speed and shattered a clutch (mechanic said theyd never seen that before!)

I was at one with that car! Could do anything :-)

[max]

1957 FE Holden Special. Nothing was particularly special until I put a 179 motor and floorshift in it. Oh yeah the back seat was good for entertaining.
It eventually rusted itself to death.

[mac_man_luke]

1989 AE92 Toyoya Corolla 3sp auto

[GT0132]

A 1973 Mk3 (TC) Cortina 2000GT yellow with black vinyl roof , paid NZ $4,000 for it in 1979. - had two more Cortinas after that one before progressing to Falcons in 1985 - starting with 1973 XA Fairmont Hardtop 302, 1977 XC GXL Fairmont 5.8L, 1981 XD Fairmont Ghia 4.1L , 1985 XF Fairmont Ghia 4.1L, etc , etc

[Keefa]

1994 EF GLi in a Hulk Green. Got that 2 years ago, Blew a headgasket for the 3rd time and decided to buy the BA Ghia Im in now.

Its been sitting out the front of my house for 8 months now. crazy

[290v]

a $40.00 FJ Holden never got to register it sold it year later for $50.00 only Holden i ever bought or had

[DJM83]

1985 XF 200ci 5sp manual