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    Re: *Your first car*

    My first car was a 1952 Buick 2dr sedan straight 8 3 speed colume shift. My second car was a 1951 Buick convertable, now that was a fun car.

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    First car I got to put legal miles on was a four door '83 Chevrolet Chevette. 66hp, Automatic, no power steering, no power brakes (so light it didn't need them). Little 155mm wide pizza cutter tires. That car was a absolute riot - every snow fall I'd load up 3 friends and we'd go treat empty roads like rally stages. Learned a lot about car control (and conservation of momentum!) with that car.
    YES!!! My dad had a '79 with the four-speed manual. I learned to drive in that car and drove it all the way thought high school when my dad wasn't at work. RWD in that tiny car did make it a rally car in the snow. I learned the fine art of doing donuts in that car and also learned how to throttle steer. In the snow, grabbing 2nd gear and a quick dab of the throttle would bring the back end around and make for very graceful, yet spectacular right hand turns onto the service road leading to the student parking lot.

    It wasn't without it's faults though. My dad owned it for almost 20 years and we replaced the rusted out floorpan AT LEAST four times. The final installment was epoxy'd fiberglass rather than the sheet metal that couldn't hold up to the Colorado salt on the roads. 66hp was at sea-level on a cool day. Summer in the Rockies it had way less. On at least one occasion I had to park it on the road near a work site because it didn't have enough power to climb the homeowner's driveway. Elevation was maybe 7~8K feet.

    When we got rid of it my dad HAD TO PAY the junk yard to take it! Something like $30~$40.
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    Re: *Your first car*

    My 1st vehicle was a 1977 Chevy Luv Pick up truck. 4-Speed manual. Made by Isuzu but rebranded to Chevy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oneheadlite View Post
    every snow fall I'd load up 3 friends and we'd go treat empty roads like rally stages. Learned a lot about car control (and conservation of momentum!) with that car.
    Quote Originally Posted by Desertnate View Post
    RWD in that tiny car did make it a rally car in the snow. I learned the fine art of doing donuts in that car and also learned how to throttle steer. In the snow, grabbing 2nd gear and a quick dab of the throttle would bring the back end around and make for very graceful, yet spectacular right hand turns onto the service road leading to the student parking lot.
    'Tis a shame many younger folks will never know the joy of a fresh, empty, snow-covered parking lot w/ no obstructions at 1am on a Winter night while driving around in a RWD car. And if the police did show up it was usually taken care of with "OK, that's enough...time to go home". Sometimes maybe even more fun if you could convince on of your more adventurous buddies to hold on to the back bumper while you were doing this....for at least 30 seconds or so. Seemed like a good idea at the time

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    Re: *Your first car*

    1970 Chevy Nova.

    Had no engine or tranny, but I worked all summer to buy those, and had it running by the Fall.

    Car was crap in every way, but I was proud of myself for "building" it and getting it to work. Lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulMys View Post
    1970 Chevy Nova.

    Had no engine or tranny, but I worked all summer to buy those, and had it running by the Fall.

    Car was crap in every way, but I was proud of myself for "building" it and getting it to work. Lol
    Had one of those in college for a year or 2 in the mid-80's. Paid $300 for it (I overpaid) but it would not die. Total junker but it did its job, took tons of abuse.

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    Re: *Your first car*

    My first car, in 1999, was a Mitsubishi Lancer. Unfortunately, not an Evo.
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    Re: *Your first car*

    1986 IROC-Z. 305 4bbl, 700R4, 3.23 open diff.

    The interior was removed 95%, bumpers, ground effects, and hood lovers were removed. It was multiple shades of faded red and had new black front fenders. Came with old steelies with junk tires. I didn’t care, I loved it at first sight.

    Put cheap wheels and decent tires on it, got a Maaco paint job, installed the interior it came with (minus carpet and door panels which I did buy and later install) and off I went. Looked decent, sounded great but it didn’t make but 165hp.
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    Re: *Your first car*

    Back in 92 my dad gave me his 90 Honda accord. I lowered it on some prime 15x7 with 195/50’s on it.

    Added some stainless fender trim, tint and a couple of Fosgate 12’s with Punch 150hd amp. Absolutely love that car and reason i won’t roll on stock wheels if i can help it.

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    My first car was a 1990 Mitsubishi Magna that cost me $1600 it was ok to learn on until the head gasket went.

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