Your first car

[Oblickta]

I think mine was a Renault 16


followed by a

[Codfather]

Renault 5 then an old Series 3 109 Landrover (the tank)

[Oblickta]

Renault 5 then an old Series 3 109 Landrover (the tank)

I'm looking for a Defender 90 td5 or maybe the 300 if in good nick. Seen a 110 station wagon too but it' s too nice for work and salt water

[mark]

I'm looking for a Defender 90 td5 or maybe the 300 if in good nick. Seen a 110 station wagon too but it' s too nice for work and salt water

what about a disco?? same mechanicals as a defender... just so happens I might have one going cheep (and occasionally squeak)

first car... alfa sud, loved it to bits and set my love for italian cars from the off, sadly it dissolved after a light shower, so I bought another.... then a lancia beta which also dissolved, so I bought a morris minor (eh?) and stuck the engine from the beta (2 litre twin cam) in it, went quite well, but unfortunately didn't stop very well....

after I'd removed all the masonry from it and paid to have someones garden rebuilt I bought the first of several Fiat X1/9's - the last one ending up heavily modified with a lancia delta integrale motor in it - was like driving a scalextrix. was so desperate to get it on the road, I couldn't be bothered with paint so I sprayed it with black white and grey stone chip!

lots of lesser italain things followed Uno Turbo, Lancia Gamma coupe ( the one with the flat 4 dino engine!) few more alfa's , panda 4x4's(!)

drop the odd land rover in the above her and there (useful for towing broken down italian cars when the electrics pack up)

contrary what some people might tell you I absolutely never owned an austin allegro or a morris marina - never

[Oblickta]

The disco is an option but it must last me till I die

[willywetegg]

My first car was given to me by my sister. "Just insure it for six months as it won't last a year" she said. She wasn't wrong either lol, that WAS a Morris Marina Mark. The first car that I bought was a Fiat 132 1600 GLS, crap body but that was my trade so it didn't matter. Probably the best petrol engine I have ever owned.

I have had numerous cars since then but the last three have been Megane Scenics with the last two being the 1900 deisel. Definately the best cars I have owned, from comfort to MPG to reliability.

Jim.

[RobAdair]

Austin Allegro 1100 Deluxe (Does mentioning Deluxe give me any street cred - thought not, I'll get me coat)

[The Great Wallsendo]

Despite my tender years my first car was a Vauxhall Chevette Estate


Hand me down from my sister...was class, manual choke, no power steering and you had to put the heating on full and wind the windows down when on motorways lest she blow up Added a touch of class by adding a "Beaver Hunting" sticker to the rear window

...followed by an E Reg Astra in white...

...then when I joined the Navy I splashed out on a Peugeot 306 Diesel Turbo she was my baby and was very sad to sell her

Now driving a 1 Litre 02 Corsa

[5150]

Tony, my first was also a Chevette Estate and also a hand-me-down from the wife's parents. All I had to do was fix it for the MOT - all new brake pipes, replaced all 4 coil springs, welded up a huuuuuge hole in the floor and a wealth of other jobs. Lasted us just over a year until the engine gave up. Got a 2-door ES Saloon model after that and kitted it out with alloys and a body kit based on a Chevette HSR front air-dam and cut down Manta GTE side skirts/arch trims and boot spoiler. Loved that little car to bits, had to move to a bigger car when the bairns started arriving though.

Since passing my test in 1991 I've owned in order of getting them: 1979 Chevette estate, 1981 Chevette ES Saloon, 1982 Cavalier mk2, 1984 Cavalier mk2, 1992 Cavalier mk3, 1978 Porsche 924 (still have), 1988 Austin Mini, 1994 Corsa 1.2, 2001 Zafira (still have), 1985 Porsche 944 (still have). Would say hand on heart that the Chevette saloon and the 924 have been the best cars I've had out of the lot, both easy to work on, cheap for parts and fun to drive.

[flatheed]

Learned to drive in my dads 2.8s ford capri, wot a tank that was!!

[boblydon]

My first car was a vauxhall firenza, followed by a mk3 2000e cortina, then a capri 2.8, strange thing is i can still remember their registration numbers

[mark]

The disco is an option but it must last me till I die

not a problem, I can fix a big metal spike under the drivers seat that will launch itself upwards if it breaks down

[The Great Wallsendo]

My first car was a vauxhall firenza, followed by a mk3 2000e cortina, then a capri 2.8, strange thing is i can still remember their registration numbers

KWX 835V was the Shovitt - what year is that?

can't remember the others...

[mark]

all this talk of vauxhall's made me forget the single worst heap I ever had the misfortune to own

a 1972 Vauxhall Viva always started easily, but once warm would often get bored and just stop and would not restart for anything. Had a Basil Fawlty moment with it in the middle of some traffic lights once. If I went through Puddles the passenger had to lift their feet or they'd get wet, if accelerated too hard (!) you end up having a lie down on the back seat as the seat runners kept pulling off and if you slammed the bonnet or drivers door the boot would mysteriously open (but never happened with the passenger door

[red rock]

v reg honda accord, sh*t of a stick at the time