What was your first ride

3Bimmer · 03-26-2013, 10:17 AM

1976 Triumph TR7. "The shape of things to come"

I was 18 and awesome.

rich1068 · 03-26-2013, 10:48 AM

Ha! We sent you TR7s? You poor buggers. Then again it was 1976 and the Bicentennial. Maybe we were still pissed off with you

Shahton · 03-26-2013, 11:51 AM

VW Golf IV TDI , loved it

danmeyers99 · 03-26-2013, 12:07 PM

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What was so amusing?

marseille82 · 03-26-2013, 03:18 PM

1997 Pontiac Grand Prix. Love and hate relationship with this car. I was 19

f30nynj · 03-26-2013, 04:36 PM

A 2007 E90 xi w/ sport pkg!! I bought this with my own money.

3Bimmer · 03-26-2013, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by rich1068

Ha! We sent you TR7s? You poor buggers. Then again it was 1976 and the Bicentennial. Maybe we were still pissed off with you

Yeah, I had a love/hate relationship with that car. The Zenith Stromberg carb didn't help matters, either. I learned a great deal about emergency car repairs and how not to design things. I had to park uphill all the time so the sun roof wouldn't leak into the car!

Fond memories of a fun, yet challenging, car. My Dad warned me about the purchase, but I knew better.

tony20009 · 03-26-2013, 05:17 PM

1972 Buick Electra 225. It was 3 years old.

TheInsurgent · 03-26-2013, 07:01 PM

1985 325 ... White ext / Blue int. Crank windows and sun roof, cassette tape.

Cheeeep insurance, very important. Was safe, reliable, easy on gas, fun to drive and enough power to in and out of traffic without issues.

Kids are cop magnets ... pick a bland color, no F&F mods and you just blend right in ... all the same fun of driving without tickets.

howtobeastitup96 · 03-26-2013, 07:05 PM

my f30 328i m sport

FEE · 03-26-2013, 07:12 PM

A white 1969 Oldsmobile Toronado. The speedometer was a stationary horizontal line and the numbers were on a drum that rotated.

Frzdrdhppy · 03-26-2013, 09:10 PM

New '68 Chevelle, Grotto Blue with white vinyl buckets, vinyl top and pin stripes.
Spoiled brat 16th B-Day present. Had a Bridgestone motor bike before that. Back then you could operate motorcycle on "learner's permit".

Dan_335i · 03-26-2013, 09:21 PM

17 years old 2003 toyota camry LE
19 years old 335i f30

Toyota was my moms old car
Bmw i paid for myself

Atombyte · 03-26-2013, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by tony20009

1972 Buick Electra 225. It was 3 years old.

Holy crap! We had one of those when I was growing up. A huge dark green one with green vinyl interior with the 455.4 CID engine! It didn't get MPG, it got GPM! That thing got rear-ended by a drunk in a pickup truck, slammed into the passenger side rear quarter by an Oldsmobile, and slammed into on the driver's rear quarter by a Chevette. Thing was a tank! None of those did much damage to the car. Good times...good times!

dbpe · 03-26-2013, 11:26 PM

1975 VW Scirocco, used with a rebuilt Rabbit engine, an under dash Craig Powerplay FM/Cassette and Pioneer 6x9's cut into the rear deck. I'm pretty sure that all the '75 Sciroccos (two wipers, not one) have dissolved. Literally.

LinF30 · 03-26-2013, 11:30 PM

e46 323i, and been a loyal bmw customer since

rich1068 · 03-27-2013, 04:05 AM

I'm loving this thread for the US metal, Googling for the stuff I don't know. Favourite so far is the 1972 Buick Electra. Star of many an imported American show.

tony20009 · 03-27-2013, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Atombyte

Holy crap! We had one of those when I was growing up. A huge dark green one with green vinyl interior with the 455.4 CID engine! It didn't get MPG, it got GPM! That thing got rear-ended by a drunk in a pickup truck, slammed into the passenger side rear quarter by an Oldsmobile, and slammed into on the driver's rear quarter by a Chevette. Thing was a tank! None of those did much damage to the car. Good times...good times!

That's how it came to be the first car I drove...it was one of my parents' cars. I have to say, it wasn't a bad car to drive as a teen. Back in those days, "you and your frieds" meant 4-6 individuals, so a car that size was the perfect thing to be driving. The one I had to drive was a two door, but even so, I once had ten people inside the car. (Back then, American teens/kids, in general, weren't obese, so out of ten kids, only one was fat, and the rest of us still weren't as big as a not-fat kid today.)

It wasn't the prettiest car in the world, but it was big it was relatively fast and it was comfortable. And yes, on the basis of its bulk alone, it was a safe car to be in.

bthuss · 03-27-2013, 09:10 AM

1979 Plymouth Horizon.

rconti · 03-27-2013, 03:26 PM

Well, I'm starting to understand why so many people on a presumably enthusiast's car forum don't know anything about cars...

RoundelM3 · 03-27-2013, 04:43 PM

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Well, I'm starting to understand why so many people on a presumably enthusiast's car forum don't know anything about cars...

Really...care to share this bit of wisdom with us?

rconti · 03-27-2013, 05:51 PM

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Really...care to share this bit of wisdom with us?

Thought it was implied, my bad. A relatively high percentage of people who have an F30 for their first car will result in a relatively high number of car-novice questions, such as "how do I paddle-shift my slushbox the fastest when I'm 'racing'" and bench racing BS about "what to do at the track" from people who have never been to a track.

We've all been there over the years, some people here no doubt in the pre-internet days, and others on forums of cars not costing $50k+.

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