What was your very first car?
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What was your very first car?
I thought this would be interesting. What was your very first car? Now I dont mean to make anybody jealous but mine was a 1974 AMC Hornet with am radio and almost air conditioning. It was brown btw.
When I look at my Lexus I can see I have come a very long way.
When I look at my Lexus I can see I have come a very long way.
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LOL!
1970 Maverick 2 door.
I was a lot boy at a Mazda dealership (1980). I was hoping someone would eventually come by for a trade-in that I could snap up. Sure enough, a gentleman came in and tried to trade this Maverick in. The dealership wanted no part of it. The body was in fine shape, but a cloud of blue smoke from the 200 ci inline 6 would envelope the car after idling for a minute or so. I didn't care. The guy wanted 200 bucks for it....cheap enough not to worry about it.
I added mags, fat tires in the back and skinny in the front....jacked up the back end (remember those days?), added a pair of fuzzy dice to the rear view mirror, which I swear to this day added 10 hp. Threw in a Pioneer tape deck and 50 watt equalizer and a set of Craig 6x9's. I was the coolest guy in town (just ask me). LOL. I drove that car for almost two years without ever fixing the valve seals. I just had to add (NO joke)...1 QUART of oil every 2 days (!) and pull the spark plugs out once per week to remove the oil deposits on them so the car didn't shake itself apart. I traded it in on a 1 yr old Datsun 310 and they gave me 1200 bucks trade-in. I thought I had committed Grand Larceny at the time.
1970 Maverick 2 door.
I was a lot boy at a Mazda dealership (1980). I was hoping someone would eventually come by for a trade-in that I could snap up. Sure enough, a gentleman came in and tried to trade this Maverick in. The dealership wanted no part of it. The body was in fine shape, but a cloud of blue smoke from the 200 ci inline 6 would envelope the car after idling for a minute or so. I didn't care. The guy wanted 200 bucks for it....cheap enough not to worry about it.
I added mags, fat tires in the back and skinny in the front....jacked up the back end (remember those days?), added a pair of fuzzy dice to the rear view mirror, which I swear to this day added 10 hp. Threw in a Pioneer tape deck and 50 watt equalizer and a set of Craig 6x9's. I was the coolest guy in town (just ask me). LOL. I drove that car for almost two years without ever fixing the valve seals. I just had to add (NO joke)...1 QUART of oil every 2 days (!) and pull the spark plugs out once per week to remove the oil deposits on them so the car didn't shake itself apart. I traded it in on a 1 yr old Datsun 310 and they gave me 1200 bucks trade-in. I thought I had committed Grand Larceny at the time.
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White 1985 Toyota Supra, just like this one. All I remember about it was the head gasket overheating problem....and I installed on top of that white oem rear spoiler a long lighted black spoiler from a 1992 Accord. I called it double-tailed. Oh the stupidity 
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Mazda B2000 with a long bed. Put in an Alpine deck, 8" Bazooka tube, 10" Alpine behind the passenger seat, amp in the dash for the door and dash speakers, and two more amps under the seats for the 4 12" subs I put in the bed. This thing was insanely loud. hahaha Looked like this one
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A brown 1979 Pontiac Trans AM (exactly like the pic below) drove to high school and my part time job and that was for gas money! The T-tops leaked, the power window switched worked off whenever, the door seals left gaps.. who am I kidding what door seals. Good ol GM product but I loved it (like a face only a mother could love) because it was my first car lol!
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Seems like a Car Chat type of thread but mine was a 1990 Blue Yugo. Not kidding. Lasted for a long time. Then my Dad was driving it down the Interstate and the engine and drivetrain disintegrated at 65mph. Can't find actual pic but this was same color minus 20% tint lol
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My first car was a 1980-something Chevy chevette. Silver exterior, red interior, and let off a gunshot every single time I turned the car off.
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