What make was you first car?

[Drumstick]

Ford focus 1.8 Zetec.

At 17 at the time it was not cheap to insure!

 

[16bha]

Hillman Avenger 1600 Super Estate, just like this. Managed to get 14 people in it once to a party!

 

[downham seagull]

Ford Fiesta 957cc or 950 injection, the 7 was what I told people was the injection part

 

[nail-Z]

I had an Austin Metro 1.0. It lasted a month before I had to get rid of it.

I learnt to drive in a Golf GTI, so I had to learn to drive all over again once I had my own wheels. The number of times I tried to nip out in front of cars at roundabouts only to find my car needed 20 seconds notice to achieve speeds greater than 4 mph.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

1965 White Mini CYM245C Bought it to drive from Patcham to Lewes to work in 1973. It stalled most days at the bottom of Coldean Lane when the battery connection in the boot failed.

 

[Noldi]

MkI 850 Mini had to change rear sub frame to get a MOT.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Austin / Morris 1300. Original 1969

 

[oldalbiongirl]

Fiat uno - it was a pile of rubbish and when it rained the sunroof leaked.

 

[Danny-Boy]

Wolseley 1500 - maroon painted. I drove it for quite a while before I founfd out the bastard who sold it to me had put the drum brakes on the rear wheels rhe wrong way around, and I had been driving for months on just the front-wheel btrakes.

The first car I hit was a Rover 90 built like a tank. When I came around the front to examine the damage I said "Ooh nothing wrong there." The owner of the Rover said "I'm not so sure..." there was a jet of water coming out of my radiator. Thank God for Radweld.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Hillman Avenger 1500DL FMP 48J - it was my dad's throw-away as it had just failed its MOT - needed a lot of time on in it and a mate of my was a welder - did me a stint for a few years.

 

[basque seagull]

Mk1 Capri

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Nice....

 

[desprateseagull]

first car to drive, or own..?

learnt in a Nissan Sunny 1.6 (very forgiving!), hired a few Mini's - great fun.. first owned car was a Skoda (old style), then a Peugeot 309.. not bad til things go wrong..

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

A marvellous first car up until the point I peeled the floorpan back like opening a tin of sardines and had air-conditioning by the foot pedals.!!!

 

[happypig]

1968 mini 850

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Here's the link to my original post in 2010

What was your first car? - Page 2

 

[brighton terra]

I had a 1973 Hillman Imp, and great little car it was too!

 

[surrey jim]

A 1995 (N plate) Nissan Micra. I must have been the only person under 70 driving one around Haywards Heath.

 

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

Seat Leon Cupra....learned quite late so didnt want to mess around with a banger.....absolutely loved it.

 

[C1 BHA]

Moscovich

 

[hitony]

A maroon Ford Anglia with a large Micky Mouse sticker on the boot! it cost me £40.