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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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17-03-2009, 10:27 PM | #1 | ||
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What was your first car and (if YOU bought it) did you buy it before, when you got it, after or well after you got your licence?
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17-03-2009, 10:29 PM | #2 | ||
Where to next??
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Location: Sydney
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76 Datto 180B.
Was a hand me down from my mum. Got it the moment I got my licence. |
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17-03-2009, 10:31 PM | #3 | |||
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Location: Canberra
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Threadthief :P Brand new Mazda 2 Genki - 2006 i got it... for $17,900 Traded it in 6 months later towards my XR6... trade in value of $21,000....... Score 1, me
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17-03-2009, 10:39 PM | #4 | ||
Donating Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Checking out soft furnishings....
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first car was a vn commodore, i got it while i was on my l's in 2002. i paid $4500 for it and sold it for $5000
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17-03-2009, 10:42 PM | #5 | ||
BF XR6, oh yeah!!
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Melton, Vic
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'89 Excel for me, got a good one though, I got it of my dad's mechanic, who had virtually fixed everything that needed it, he was going to give it to his daughter, she didn't want it, so I bought it. Wasn't flash, but a good car to learn how to drive a manual (both of my parents cars were autos) and it never let me down.
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17-03-2009, 10:45 PM | #6 | |||
Chasing a FORD project!
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: adelaide
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nissan pintara wagon. given to me by 5 mates, cost em 100 bucks total. they decided i needed a car(late 06) because i was "too much of a leech for rides"
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1996 BMW 740iL V8. TV, phone, leather, sunroof, satnav, all as standard. Now with 19" TSW Brooklands, 2 1/2" stainless steel exhaust, plus more coming soon. |
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17-03-2009, 10:46 PM | #7 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Brunswick
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Current car
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17-03-2009, 10:47 PM | #8 | ||
Cobblers!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: The Shire, NSW
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1993 Corolla. Went in half with the Parents in 1993. The car still drives, and is onto another family member as a first car.
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Ego BFII Ghia Titanium Silver E53 X5 4.4i Gunmetal EF XR6. Now retired from active duty. Roses are red. Violets are blue. OS X rocks. Homage to you. |
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17-03-2009, 10:48 PM | #9 | ||
LIKE A BOSS 351
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Gold Coast
Posts: 2,779
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1987 F100 4spd Man with a 302 Windsor [I think]. My father passed it down to me when he got his NPR200 a month before I got my license.
Greatest car EVER!!! I miss it so bad, it hurts sometimes. |
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17-03-2009, 11:00 PM | #10 | |||
BF XR6, oh yeah!!
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Melton, Vic
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Current ride: 2005 BF XR6 Sedan, Lightning Strike, ZF Auto Previous ride: 2001 AUII Futura Sedan, Narooma Blue |
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17-03-2009, 11:06 PM | #11 | |||
Chasing a FORD project!
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: adelaide
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I want my BMW back :( 5th car and so much fun
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1996 BMW 740iL V8. TV, phone, leather, sunroof, satnav, all as standard. Now with 19" TSW Brooklands, 2 1/2" stainless steel exhaust, plus more coming soon. |
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18-03-2009, 12:00 AM | #12 | ||
Walking with God
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 7,321
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89 Laser Redline in Monza Red.
$14,500 brand new in 1989. Got it a year after getting my licence, had the old mans XF Fairmont Ghia or the XY Falcon to drive before (and after) I got it. GK
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18-03-2009, 05:48 AM | #13 | ||
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Location: In my happy place
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Ive posted this on another 2 threads on this forum but I only found the photos of her again the other day so i'm back in lust with my ute but go easy on me it was the 80's and built on a letter box deliveres earnings
This was my first attempet at a project car, when i got it it was rusty from under the drivers & passanger seats and under the fuel tanks (pretty common) the rule in my house was no 8's on my P's (my parrents were ahead of their time it seems) so it had cam extracters and Holley 500, 3sp colom shift manual (woo hoo) I painted it in acrillic in the neuighbors shed, I had the trim re done in black it was lowered 2.5" front 2" at the rear, the 6 & 8" hotwires were on my dads ZG when he got it so I swaped him for some GXL Alloys, a few other trick custom tuches such as station wagon rear bumper, and as I couldnt aford to replace the broken GS fuel cap I got a chrom lockign one and painted it black with a little chrome cut out She was sold 4 years later to fund a Marshell JCM 800 I didnt think alot abotu that transaction because the stack wouldnt fit in the boot of my ZK I still miss it to quote Mr Banner this car was my group of mates "camp fire" after school you could always find a 1/2 dozen year 10 kids listening to the Angels, Midnight oil and the Hoodoo gurus and messing arround with grinders welders and all maner of in apropriat tools for un skilled teens, I was proud as hell of this car I often wonder what ever happend to her, she served me well
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18-03-2009, 08:05 AM | #14 | ||||
XR & FPV Owner
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: On the Dark Side of The Moon
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Datsun Sunny Sedan - All 1.2L of it...... Mnaual too.
What gets the laughs normally when I mention that car, is from peoples thoughts on how I ever fitted in the thing. (@ 17 I was 6 foot 6 inches and 120+ KGs) I had it for almost 2 years, could kill it with acid or an axe.... best $1500 I ever spent.
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18-03-2009, 08:33 AM | #15 | |||
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Area 51 (tm)
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1980 Ford Escort Ghia, 2 Litre 4 Speed.
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Apollo Blue 1974 XB Falcon GT, 557 HP Blue Pearl 2004 BA FPV GT, 290 kW Quote:
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18-03-2009, 08:40 AM | #16 | ||
XR5TBO
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: LEETON, NSW
Posts: 502
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1983 KB Laser Sport, Twin Carb, 5 speed, Sunroof
I know it sounds silly but i do miss it
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18-03-2009, 08:43 AM | #17 | ||
Barra Turbo > V8
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 26,176
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1985 XF GL 200ci 5sp
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18-03-2009, 08:50 AM | #18 | ||
Windsor Warlords
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Location: In The Laboratory
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I had an orange Datsun 180B SSS with boot tail spoiler and colour matched hotwires! Woohoo!
I still miss that car to this day 16 years later!! py: A lot of fond memories!!! :Reverend:
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18-03-2009, 09:40 AM | #19 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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XY Falcon fitted with brand new 200 alloy crossflow and 4 spd from a new XE
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18-03-2009, 09:47 AM | #20 | ||
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Location: Western Suburbs / Philippines /Jakarta
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first car was a sigma 2.6,
I got it while i was on my l's paid $4800 for it and traded it 6 months later for $5200 for my 87 XF S PACK.......... : I MISS MY XF :( BUT LOVE MY WAGON : : |
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18-03-2009, 09:48 AM | #21 | ||
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1962 compact fairlane with a 221 v8 windsor 2 speed auto ,what a beast
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18-03-2009, 09:55 AM | #22 | ||
Flairs - Truckers Delight
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1980 Toyota Corolla 5spd
Swapped it for a PC
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18-03-2009, 10:03 AM | #23 | |||
Barra Turbo > V8
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18-03-2009, 10:30 AM | #24 | ||||
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Apollo Blue 1974 XB Falcon GT, 557 HP Blue Pearl 2004 BA FPV GT, 290 kW Quote:
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18-03-2009, 11:05 AM | #25 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Hi All
First car while on L's and when I got my licence was a 1962 ? EJ sedan, purchased in 1974 for $200. Wonderful car lol. Hi tech 138 cu inch grey motor. Three on the tree transmission ( no synchro on first ) 0 - 60 mph in about 10 minutes. Powerful, all wheel drum brakes. ( great for going down the Clyde Mountain to Batemans Bay in summer - anyone for brake fade. ) Ironically, the car was totally straight, original and rust free ( being a Canberra car ). I should have kept it as a small investment, but nobody knew back then .... Last edited by gutza; 18-03-2009 at 11:10 AM. Reason: more info |
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18-03-2009, 11:09 AM | #26 | ||
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learn to drive illegally on VC Valiant, got my L's in a LX 2850 torana, and first car to register and call my own was VK 245 Valiant.
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BMW 125I Kia Seltos Suzuki SV650 FG XR6 (son) |
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18-03-2009, 11:11 AM | #27 | ||
Professional Mouse Jockey
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Location: SE Vic
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First car was an XA coupe.
Bought by my brother but paid for by my mum. Only 1800 bucks though. The first car I actually bought was my third car, an EA I bought from my brother.
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Isuzu MUX for towing horses - currently no Fords in the stable Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. Groucho Marx
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18-03-2009, 11:36 AM | #28 | ||
Wheel Wally
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Ballarat
Posts: 883
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My first car was a 1975 Jaguar XJ6 Series II - "The Beast"
I have to this day still never driven a car that drove so well on the freeways. (Parking a 5+ metre long car and english car in 30+ heat though is another thing lol) I wish I still had it but damn ex's grrrrrrr
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18-03-2009, 11:50 AM | #29 | ||
Noobie
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Brisbane
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In 1991, my first car was a 76 Ford Escort 2-door 1.3 litre in kermit green.
I put a bored out 1.6litre, cam, extractors, 32.36 weber, Ghia interior, Ghia alloys, RS half-bumpers, gutted it, cut out all the rust and repainted it Festiva Blue (Liquid Azure Mica Metallic.) Was a ripper of a car. I sold that in 97 an bought a "modern" 94 Integra VTIR and never went back...til I bought my Focus Zetec in 2007.
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BrisVegas WS Fiesta Zetec 3dr NM Pajero TD LWB LS Focus Zetec 5dr - gone WS Fiesta Zetec 5dr - gone |
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18-03-2009, 12:13 PM | #30 | ||
XB in progress
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Ford Telstar TX5 - bought it when i was 17
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