What was your first car? (not toy)

[Old Hadlothian]

Champaigne (beige) Austin Metro - Vanden Plas.... leather sports steering wheel, sun roof
Quality !! BKM 789Y

 

[strings]

Did you used to go down Maderia drive for a race and a smoke!?

Nope, but it is still the most comfortable and reliable car I have ever owned - and it was 16 years old when I had it too! I sold it to a local fisherman who didn't want his BMW smelling of fish when he was on the run to and from work. And it is still driving around the streets of Littlehampton today, 23 years after it was born.

 

[Trufflehound]

Simca 1100 'L' reg

Almost this, except mine was pink and 'R' reg (1977 I think).

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Learned to drive in one of these ...

Passed my test in one of these ...

First car I owned was one of these ...

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Mine was a very early 60s Ford Anglia, maroon with a big micky mouse sticker on the boot!! it cost me a fortune in 1971, £40

If it wasn't for the colour, I might think it was me that sold it to you.

 

[footychick]

A red, well more orange MG Metro, it blew up
It was a nippy little thing.

 

[hitony]

If it wasn't for the colour, I might think it was me that sold it to you.

In 1971 it was very well known around Brighton...................unfortunatly mostly by the police

I think the massive Micky Mouse sticker on the boot slightly de-valued it.....actually I still had the maroon one and then got the 1200 version in two tone green, this had a special drivers door, it was held shut with string!! but it was the super duper version as opposed to the 997 maroon one.

 

[Badger]

...and no I didn't chav it up, although it did have coloured seatbelts and a bright yellow gear knob, apparently it was a "special edition"

 

[simmo]

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Like this but an M reg

 

[Daffy Duck]

A black 1958 Morris Minor 1000. It still had the old sticky out indicators on the side but I lost one of them when a taxi tried to cut me up.
Luckily my Dad paid for some posh new blinking lights.

 

[Noldi]

Mini 850, F reg (1968) paid £50 in 1979, had to change the rear sub frame to get a MOT, first weekend on the road drove to the Goldstone instead of taking the Horsham supporters coach that I used from an early age. Had my first crash in it as well lost my licence happy memories.

 

[whitelion]

It was a mini 1000 - registration PMT 4F back in 1971.

From memory it cost £150

 

[NMH]

1600 Ford Capri with vinyl roof. Flash arry.

Second up was a 1962 Black Caddilac Coupe De Ville with long pointed wings and huge chrome 'fenders'.

 

[Southstandfaithful]

Austin Maestro........ only lasted about 5 months and was replaced with a Mini Metro.

 

[MJsGhost]

1989 Fiat Uno Eleganza 60s. 1116cc, 55ish hp, 5 doors, metallic grey.

Drove well until one of the front wheels fell off!

 

[Marshy]

Ford Orion 1.6L Silver.

 

[The Modfather]

Mini Metro.

Utter crap it was too.

 

[samtheseagull]

saxo VTR. which i still have, and no i havnt chaved it up as it is totally standard.

 

[Tomo1794]

I want one of these

 

[samtheseagull]

I want one of theseView attachment 21295

why?