What was your first car?

[Snusdog]

76 Mercury Capri II. Full of German made goodness. A shame I rolled it :^D

That so sucks.....silver spoon boy........you are hereby ban from all anti establishment remarks for an entire month.........cause at some point in life......you were THA MAN......


..........my first car was a wood paneled station wagon..........of course it had a V8 in it.....and kicked the ass of all those little V4 rice rockets.......and there was room in the back to make out.....so it wern't all bad.............except that it was pretty bad.....no way to be cool in a woody

sigh.....I'd google a picture of it.......but it's just depressing...........if you want I can google Linda Thomson.....double ds and hot as hell........she seemed to like the woody........but this is a post about cars and why Lx has been compromised

Damn......

[piks101]

That so sucks.....silver spoon boy........you are hereby ban from all anti establishment remarks for an entire month.........cause at some point in life......you were THA MAN......


..........my first car was a wood paneled station wagon..........of course it had a V8 in it.....and kicked the ass of all those little V4 rice rockets.......and there was room in the back to make out.....so it wern't all bad.............except that it was pretty bad.....no way to be cool in a woody

sigh.....I'd google a picture of it.......but it's just depressing...........if you want I can google Linda Thomson.....double ds and hot as hell........she seemed to like the woody........but this is a post about cars and why Lx has been compromised

Damn......

If you include family rides then I started with a wood paneled Plymouth station wagon v8. I totaled it by running into a huge tree on a snowy day traveling at a speed far above the speed limit not hurt personally. I ran home across the park crying like a 10 yr old...pathetic but true. I also had the privilege of driving a pea green chevette.

[Skell18]

No, the RX-8 was...I'm not sure when they stopped making that.

They did make a rotary engined rx7 before they shoehorned the V6 twin turbo engine Into it in it's later life, it had a habit of going wrong though.

[lxskllr]

That so sucks.....silver spoon boy........you are hereby ban from all anti establishment remarks for an entire month.........cause at some point in life......you were THA MAN......


..........my first car was a wood paneled station wagon..........of course it had a V8 in it.....and kicked the ass of all those little V4 rice rockets.......and there was room in the back to make out.....so it wern't all bad.............except that it was pretty bad.....no way to be cool in a woody

sigh.....I'd google a picture of it.......but it's just depressing...........if you want I can google Linda Thomson.....double ds and hot as hell........she seemed to like the woody........but this is a post about cars and why Lx has been compromised

Damn......

It wasn't all that cushy. I bought it from my brother for $250. It was a good deal, but he ragged it out pretty good before I got it. I like those old school wagons. It's a shame they don't make an equivalent anymore. Minivans are the replacement I guess. I never understood why they never put a minivan body on a SUV chassis. The later model Durangos almost got there, but not quite. They didn't use the sliding door.

[Burnsey]

I love aircooled Vdubs. They were marvels of practical engineering, and super fun, if not super fast to drive. I've had a couple buses, a beetle, and I still have broken down Thing in the garage. I've had an offer on buying he Thing, but I can't locate the title. Tbh, I haven't looked that hard either. I'd love to drive it again. It was great to drive, but I haven't worked on it in >20 years. I should sell it to someone who'll give it the love it deserves.

They are valuable.......asking prices, so who knows what the actual values are but jeez, they probably sold originally for $ 2,500(?).
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifie...p?id=15&page=1

[wa3zrm]

I've always wanted one of these: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/cat.php?id=55

[lxskllr]

My two buses were both campers, but older than the new style. My first was a 73, and the second was a 71. Very exciting to drive on the highway on windy days :^D

[Snusdog]

OK....I don't understand a damn thing about this thread...........what I do have so far is this……..

piks drove into a frozen tree/lake/whatever.....

Lx is somehow exempt from the establishment tag....due to a price-suspension ratio loophole............

and wa3zrm wanted some kind of car……but to be honest I have not googled which one it was

So to save myself time….I’m just calling bullshit on all of this….if it didn’t have wood paneling on it…..no one cares………

if it did have wood paneling ….but nonetheless you drove it in to something frozen….you still loose

Bottom line: we need double ds and long brown hair (pics or it never happened)……..otherwise no one gives a rat’s ass

[wa3zrm]

My two buses were both campers, but older than the new style. My first was a 73, and the second was a 71. Very exciting to drive on the highway on windy days :^D

I'd love to find a camper version in the $5K range... just to use on nice summer weekends. I'm a member here: http://www.westfalia.org/

[piks101]

It wasn't all that cushy. I bought it from my brother for $250. It was a good deal, but he ragged it out pretty good before I got it. I like those old school wagons. It's a shame they don't make an equivalent anymore. Minivans are the replacement I guess. I never understood why they never put a minivan body on a SUV chassis. The later model Durangos almost got there, but not quite. They didn't use the sliding door.

So what you are saying is that your ride was less like the brochure and more like this one....

[Snusdog]

So what you are saying is that your ride was less like the brochure and more like this one....

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Oh......well in that case never mind.........

[Andy105]

If you include family rides then I started with a wood paneled Plymouth station wagon v8. I totaled it by running into a huge tree on a snowy day traveling at a speed far above the speed limit not hurt personally. I ran home across the park crying like a 10 yr old...pathetic but true. I also had the privilege of driving a pea green chevette.

Reminds me of the Griswald's Wagon Queen Family Truckster from the movie.

[piks101]

Oh......well in that case never mind.........

haha...one my early cars was a SaaB 99. I asked a real snooty woman that worked with my dad what she thought about SaaB's, as I was looking at one and she said they are so cool. Well I bought my rusty Saab with no headliner and took it proudly to my dads office, her jaw basically dropped and said that is not what I hand in mind as a Saab. I was still as proud as sh*t, as I planned to restore it. I took it to body shops for estimates and they literally would outright laugh or at least chuckle and say something like what do you want me to do with it...basically inferring I had nothing to work with. I had the last laugh though. The engine ran strong and I picked up a perfect condition 99 from a dealer. It was sitting in the back lot and I was advised it had a bad engine and was for parts only. I got it for $400.00 put in my engine and I was styling and people were asking where did I get the cool car.

This was basically it...

[Thunder_Snus]

Started with a 94 Buick Le Sabre. I was king of high school with a trunk that could fit 3 kegs in it. A gift from my grandfather right before he bought a new 08 Viper. Sold the Le Sabre and gave him the cash right before me and the family moved cross country. Had an 06 Taurus after that that was very fond of never working if it was too hot, too cold, or any other temperature. It didn't get much better after I was an idiot and didn't yield on green, truck came out of nowhere.

Bought a 13 Kia Optima EX just shy of a year ago. Love it. Air conditioned seats are the future.

[lxskllr]

So what you are saying is that your ride was less like the brochure and more like this one....

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That's closer than you could imagine. Mine was originally Black, but my brother painted it white cause it was hot as hell in the summer(no ac). It looked a little better than that one, but had some rust on the rockers, and a spot on the front of the hood.