1984 Audi 4000s. Mine was like an Ecru color and an automatic. Got it for $2000 my Sophomore year of college (1992), and I traded it in for a new car approximately 2 weeks after my college boyfriend/fiance broke up with me (1995). LOTS of memories made in that car , and it was just too painful to hold onto it. Would I want it back? Nah… the oxygen sensor would constantly have to be reset, and with it being a German car, repairs were a little costly on a college budget.
My first car was my grannie’s 1959 chevy bel air like this one only white.
It had three on the column and the heaviest doors I’ve ever encountered. I have no idea how she navigated in that car. She was 4’ 10" tall and had wooden blocks screwed to the pedals so she could reach them.
My older brother got the parental unit’s 1966 bel air with the automatic tranny. Hahahahaha sucked to be him, he never learned to drive a stick. I was of course totally jealous and put out at the time.
sinjin, who currently drives the only living bmw x5 with a manual tranny in the usa.
My first car was a 1977 Mercury Comet. It was blue with a white top, and the same rusted out frame as its Maverick brothers, but with cooler tail lights. It had a 302 V8 (being a Mercury, 8s were standard AFAIK). My parents bought it for me for $700 in 1997. I drove it for three months before spinning it into a gravel truck. I drove it for another six months before my mom forced me to buy my brother’s 1996 Probe off of him.
The Comet ate starters. In the seven months I drove it, I changed the starter three times. I think I could still do it blindfolded.
I’ve looked for one since then, but it’s not really a smart investment. American manufacturers just were not concerned about quality in the 70s and 80s, so finding one that doesn’t need extensive work is nearly impossible.
What I really want back is the first new car I ever had. When I was 19, my dad helped me lease a 2000 Ford Ranger. It was bright blue with a flex-fuel 3.0 V6 and the off-road package. I had no use for that back then, but I loved it. Now that I live in Arizona, and not the flatlands of Michigan, I could put the 4WD and skid plates to real use!
A 1982 Volvo 240DL. Bought it with my own money when I was 15, and learned to drive a stick without permission on my permit in the neighborhood. That thing lasted and lasted. Multiple road trips to Florida, and I was the ride to school and all destinations afterwards for all my friends.
I actually would love to have another one, but perhaps one that was better maintained than the first one had been.
, and it was just too painful to hold onto it. Would I want it back? Nah… the oxygen sensor would constantly have to be reset, and with it being a German car, repairs were a little costly on a college budget.