GTKY: Your first car

[3magicbeans]

Feb 13, 2015 21:23:36 GMT -5 redhorizon343 said:

I keep checking this thread for a "car twin". I routinely look for people with the same car & color as us while driving. They are car twins, obvs. Or car cousins = same car, different color or features (roof rack, spoiler)

Tell me I'm not the only one, guys.

oh yea,me too.  Not intentionally, but when I see my car twin I'm always struck by how good the car looks and I never know if I'm supposed to acknowledge them somehow...

[bkroxfan003]

I had a 96 Toyota camry that was tan. It cost 4 grand. I came up with 1000 and my dad paid the rest but I paid him back. I got it when I was 17.
The biggest quirk with this car was when the driver side door handle/lock thing got jammed and my windows stopped working and I had to climb into my car through the passenger side for 4 months before I got it fixed! Also, one of the AC knobs flew off one time and smacked me in the head.
I had it up until 2 years ago so I had it for 5 years. The transmission went out and it was too expensive to fix.

[silvermelody]

Year/make/model/color? 1986 Ford Taurus, dark grey

How did you acquire it? My dad bought it used and then handed it down to me when I got a co-op job every day after school my senior year of high school and needed a car

Memorable quirks? We called it the Rust-o-saurus. There was a known issue with the paint in that era of Fords and we lived near Buffalo, with lots of winter salt. It basically was slowly disintegrating, particularly the trunk. Whenever I slammed it pieces would fall off. The trunk latch rusted out and both of the emblems rusted off. (I kept the Ford one for a while). Apparently I got lucky because none of my door handles rusted out lol.

My best friend and I would go to McDonald's every week and get Happy Meals and then velcro the toys to my dashboard. I remember I had a whole flock of McDonald's Furby toys on there. I also had a tiny suction cup Christmas tree that would light up if you plugged it into the cigarette lighter. And random window clings that we got at the dollar store.

How long did you have it? About a year

Its demise? We got rear-ended coming home from a doctor's appointment. The car in front of me slowed down very quickly, I managed not to hit them, but we weren't so lucky. Four car chain reaction. Crumple zones worked as intended and we all came out with whiplash but nothing worse.

My dream vehicle: Either a restored classic car like a 68 Mustang or an old Charger, or something really cushy like an Audi.

[coleyj88]

Year/make/model/color? 1993 Geo Storm, teal
How did you acquire it? My dad bought it for me when I got my license
Memorable quirks? It had no overdrive (5th gear) so anytime I went on the highway it was running at about 4,000rpm
How long did you have it? About 2-3 years
Its demise? It was rusting pretty bad, so we took rollers to it with black rustoleum paint. A while later, I sold it to a guy who claimed he was going through a mid life crisis and wanted a sports car but couldn't afford one.

[booksandlace]

Brand new Silver 2008 Honda civic lx. My H who I had been dating for a year helped me put money down on it.

I had it for 5 months only because I fell asleep at the wheel and totalled my car on the freeway