First motorised vehicles

[GT98]

First car was a 1986 Escort GT, unlike Gurms experance....it was great car. It was my dad's then I bought it off him for my first car. When I got rid of it, it had 140K on it. I sold it in August of 1993 right before going in the army. Fastforward to 1998, I was working part time in an auto parts store while going to school and my Old Escort pulls up...still running. The car had over 220K on it at that point in time. The guy has replaced the headgasket (thus not a kiss of death) and was pretty happy with it. It looked like crap, but then again it was over 12 years old at that point.

When I was out of the Army, I got a 1998 Mustang GT. Not a bad car, but I just got tired of it...it was unconfertable to drive for long distances (my commute to work is about 40 minutes or so) and the Insurance sucked on it. I got rid of it last year and got my current car.

My current car is 2002 SVT Focus. I really like the car....its confertable to drive and has about 85% of the same performance that my Mustang had, but with worlds better handeling and I dont have that OMG I'm gonna die feeling when it snows out like I had with the Mustang

No idea what I want to get next though...the Mazada 6 looks nice, though Ford is supposed to come out with car based off it in a couple years and it looks pretty good so that might be an option. If I dont change my mind before then

[gt40]

1964 volkwagon go-kart
1976 Chev Montecarlo
1988 Ford mustang lx 5.0 (still have this one - just SLIGHTLY modified)
1984 Mercury Capri RS (winter beater)
1985 Ford Ranger (winter beater- later upgraded to 5.0)
1984 Lincoln LSC (bought this for my better half)
1997 Ford F150 4x4 regular cab 4x4 off road package
1995 Tuarus SHO (for the better half)
1999 Ford Ranger 4x4 extended cab (still have this)
2001 Lincoln Navigator (still have this - wife drives it mostly)


Most fun I ever had was the 1985 ranger after I put the 5.0 fuel injected motor in it. Looked stock but many a corvette filled my rear view mirror.

[Gurm]

Lessee...

There was a Go-Cart. Hell of a thing, went WAY too fast since my granddad (who was the guy who built the thing - amongst other farm vehicles and work vehicles, man was a genius with metal piping and wheels) didn't believe in speed limiters... so as fast as I could make the engine go (and we upgraded it). Thing topped out around 45mph, I think. Faster than a moped, I know that.

Then a moped, for the sake of mobility - since Go-Carts aren't street legal. Had to get around town...

Then a Cutlass Cruiser Wagon. 1986/1987. First year they went electrical in the engine, so everything was a "module" and cost $2000 to repair. Bleh. That got T-Boned by a crazy lady in the parking lot of Micro Center and was a wash.

Moved "up" to a Ford Escort. Also a 1986. What a piece. The head gasket finally gave out, and on an Escort that makes the car "totaled".

Next came a very reliable Toyota Corolla. Also a 1986. Amazing, I stayed with cars from 1986 until I got the Volvo!

Bought Julie the Volvo after that (1995/1996 960).

Then traded the Toyota for my Brother-In-Law's Acura while he was at school. Fun little car, the Integra. Also a late 80's model. Heh.

Then I bought the Bimmer. (1993 325is).

End of story.

- Gurm

[GuchiGuh]

first: VW Polo (1993)
second: BMW 3 Series
third: Mercedes Benz S-430 (coming soon to a GuchiGuh near you )

[ZokesPro]

First: 1993 Saturn SL1 1.9L 85hp machine. After 311 000km I still got 42mpg+, twas a great machine, too bad I crashed it @ 160kph.

Second: 1992 Toyota Tercel, a tank but consumed oil like it was gas. Should have kept it, it didn't cost me much to maintain.

Now: 1994 Saturn SL2, Saturns are boring now, wish I had more money so I can get myself a VW Jetta.

[seether]

first:

1971 Ford F100 4x4 with a 360ci and 1982 Bronco Lariat limited edition with a 351



now:

just my trusty 1.8L 81hp 1990 vw Fox GL
(many clutch, transmission, strut assembly, and axel replacements later, I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that maybe it's not the best choice to hang offroad with the big boys
)

[Fat Tone]

1984 Vauxhall Nova, 1.2L. Probably felt slower than your Hillman Minx

I can't complain - it was a gift!

Now: 2000 Mondeo 16V 2.0 - way faster & a lot more toys
(a damn sight more to insure too!)

[Brian Ellis]

What were the first vehicles you owned?

My first bike was a 1932 250 cc BSA, with hand gear change on the right side of the tank and girder forks. It was a good machine with one weakness: the push rod for the clutch wore quickly: needed changing every 5000 miles and adjusting every 1000.

My first car was a 1936 Hillman Minx with a 1200 cc side valve engine. The max rpm was 2500 rpm! I once got it up to 60 mph going downhill and a following wind on the Military Road between Carlisle and Newcastle (old Roman road following Hadrian's wall, with several dead straight stretches).

Those were the days when motoring was an adventure! Wish I still had those vehicules!