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[GTIAlex06]

Had my first car since about the end of september last year...still got it and its been drove everyday pretty muhc since then...what a babe

[disasterbus]

NO, not that first time..........

I mean the first time you bought a car yourself, so what was the first car you bought for yourself and what are you driving now?

Have you risen through the ranks from banger to Bentley or (like me) are you still driving much the same thing?

My first car, bought when I was 17 with money from 2 part time jobs while I ws at college, 850cc of performance motoring 8-)


(would love to buy it back if it still exists)


25 years later I've got this.........


Not a huge leap forward in 25 years of driving

these were the first and most recent Mini's (not planning on ever parting with the black one) - there have been about 10 others over the years plus 8 Beetles, 6 VW Campers, some GTi's, a couple of Porsches, some Alfa's a few Capri's and some mundane stuff - over 100 in total since 1983 !!

[Juju]

The first car I bought is my Matilda.



But I did have one of these before her (given to me by a friend) to learn in. His name was Giuseppe. Someone torched him outside our house.

[M44K TS]

My first, and current cars side by side...



Bought the Mini before I passed my test, drove it for a couple of years, then bought teh following..

1995 Peugeot 306 Cabriolet
1996 Volvo 850 T5 Auto saloon (loved that car)
2001 Audi A6
1999 Honda Accord Type R
2005 Audi A4 Avant 2.0TFSI S-line
1999 Maserati 3200GT Auto
1998 Escort GTi (winter runner)
2003 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8

All that time, I still owned the Mini too. Not a bad list considering I'm only 26.

[Juju]

My first, and current cars side by side...

I do like your min. He/she & my 'tilda could be quite closely related.

[Carlien]

My first car, 1990 toyota starlet blew up the engine....



My second car, Mini red hot 1988



My new toyota



And second mini,

Edited by Carlien, 12 November 2010 - 09:10 AM.

[Hekmat]

My first car was mini (YYN 519H) a yellow 850 Auto, bought it the I passed in 1988 and kept it for about 3 years, before some idiot decided to take for a joy ride.

[Nick Warwick]

first car was a 1991 mini neon which i still have and now i have a honda civic 1.4 for work

[frog998]

My 1st car was a Mk1 1100 Fiesta V reg, since then (18 years ago) i have owned roughly 35-40 cars give or take a couple.
I've had 6 minis (including my current 1), a renault 5 gt turbo, Mk2 2.0 16v MR2, various VW golf gti's, a couple of peugeots, a landrover discovery, various other fords, a few rovers, and god knows how many bangers (G reg Yugo 65 AGLX , MG metro, sierra sapphire, to many others)
Owned about 20 of these cars in the last 6 years
Currently got my Studio 2, the wifes focus and my 1971 VW camper

[daveholman]

My first car was a 1991 Mini City in diamond white which was purchased by my parents in 1996 for my 16th birthday after being owned by my grandfather and then my sister.

My current car is a 1991 Mini City in diamond white (with added mold and rust) which was purchased by my parents in 1996 for my 16th birthday.

I've had various cars in between including peugeots, minis and a couple of fiats.

[shaun617]

This is my first car

[mk1leg]

I purchased My first mini at 18 took a year to save up it was a 1966 morris mk1 monor sorry no pics back then 40 years ago now I own Jennifer.............



a 1990 rover cooper retroed to mk1 look ............This must be My 40th mini over the years....

[mininuts]

From this 1979 1275GT, my first ever car bought in 1985 for £1750......................



..............to this, 2001 Cooper Sport.................



............with numerous others in between.

Also currently have the other minis in my sig, (I'll never learn ), plus a VW T25 Camper and a 2008 Ka, (daily hack).

[samsfern]

i bought my old 89 mayfair for my first car, 1 lady owner from new, and because it wasnt finished when i passed my test i bought a mk3 fiesta for a hundred pound, managed to wrap that round a tree,

then i got given a nissan sunny, the long type shape on a j reg, had fungis growning in the boot and algae on the roof :lol:was driving down the motorway with a friend after a day of owning it, we were both taking the pee out of the car, then i had a brilliant idea, drop it into 1st gear at 70mph that was the end of that car.

Then i started using my old red mini, 4 weeks later the gearbox exploded, which happened to be new years 08/09, so i built a new modified engine for it, 9 months later i had a balljoint let go at over 60mph, resulting in me losing control, spinning across the path of oncoming traffic and flipping it multipe times into a field, i had an air ambulance, fire truck, normal ambulance and a police car out for that one , noone could believe that i was still walking and talking, still dont know how i walked away from that with only a few bruises, but im obviously still alive for a reason, i really miss that mini though.

Then 4 weeks later i bought the black mini in my sig, 88 jet black, was a non runner, so i bought a 98 fiesta off my mum to use (which i sold recently as i couldnt justify paying the insurance renewal and i needed funds for the mini), i still have the black mini, named fern and despite what i say ill never sell her.

Edited by samsfern, 12 November 2010 - 07:07 PM.

[Hannioli]

I've driven a few cars since I started driving at 17, but the first one I bought with my own monies is Freddie and I'm still driving him Only bought him 3 years ago though, so not a huge then and now comparision!

Though the other half and I own an Audi A8 as well, which is just a little different