What ws your first car.

heiney9

Ran across this while hitting my normal sites when bored. I had just graduated high school in 1984 and I had $900 burning a hole in my pocket. This is really my 2nd car but the one my parents gave me (a beater) I'm not counting because this was the first car I bought with my own money.

1976 VW-Scirocco 1.6L 75bhp (US) 4 cylinder; 4sp with a dbl. barrel Weber carb. Fuel injection wasn't standard until 1977. Car had 112,000 miles on it. I had a lot of fun in that car. Peppy, sporty, nice handling, easy to work on, cool Euro interior (plaid seat stitching) and Italian designed coach work.



Excitingly sensible: Volkswagen Scirocco 1974 – 1992

Automobile sportiness at the Volkswagen Classic stand in Hall 7 at TechnoClassica 2008 in Essen

Wolfsburg, March 26, 2008 - Automobile sportiness is the order of the day at the Volkswagen brand stand in Hall 7: the presentation focuses on the various generations of the Scirocco.

“Scirocco” is the term for a hot wind from the Sahara blowing towards the Mediterranean coast. From 1974, though, Volkswagen offered its customers much more than just hot air with the Scirocco. Like the ground-breaking Golf concept, the Scirocco brought a breath of fresh air to the Wolfsburg model program. In the early 1970s, Volkswagen opened up to new technical philosophies and finally said goodbye to the monoculture of air-cooled engines. Based on the Golf, which went into production in March 1974, Giorgio Giugiaro designed a smart and sporty hatchback body. With its new sports car, initially available as the 85 bhp Scirocco TS, Volkswagen brought pleasure to the hearts of sporty driving enthusiasts everywhere.

Over half a million of the first Scirocco generation were built from 1974 to 1981. There was a wide choice of equipment and engine configurations: the engine range spanned the 1.1-liter 50 bhp model to the 110 bhp version in the GTI. The second generation of the Scirocco followed in 1981. Over 291,000 units of this version were also produced by Karmann until 1992. Unlike the Scirocco I, the successor was created at the Wolfsburg Design Center and was slightly more powerful, with over ten engine variants ranging from the 60 bhp, 1.3-liter model to the 16V, 139 bhp version.

The Volkswagen brand stand at TechnoClassica is showcasing five different Scirocco models. The three from the first generation are:

haimoc

My first car was a Camry 86, 5 speed manual.... with "auto" man-power windows... At least, it had a power steering..... It drove me 5 years in college to the graduation day..

jflail2

1983 Chrysler Laser, with a nice doo doo brown paint job. Not nearly as nice as the below example. What a piece of **** that car was....

RuSsMaN

1982 VW Rabbit 4-spd, 4 door, much like the one shown here.

What a fun car, quick, responsive - not to mention being able to take turns on 3 wheels, I kid you not. I remember taking off the stock 155/80's and putting on 175/70's (13 inch rims) for a wider more agressive stance.

$1300 or so, had right around 80K on it.

VR3

That I purchased with my own money?

2004 Ford F150 Supercab XLT

My Mom purchased?

1991 Ford F150 Lariat Reg Cab

heiney9

RuSsMaN wrote: »

1982 VW Rabbit 4-spd, 4 door, much like the one shown here.

What a fun car, quick, responsive - not to mention being able to take turns on 3 wheels, I kid you not.

$1300 or so, had right around 80K on it.

I believe it. The Scirocco was based on the Golf/Rabbit platform. Most VW's still slightly lift the inner rear tire during extreme cornering.

MillerLiteScott

My first 2 cars. Because I totaled the 2002.

1975 BMW 2002 with a 2 barrel weber and a 1977 Grey Market 320i that had the same engine as a 2002tii. It was a sleeper and surprised many other V8 cars.

Face

A black 1984 Buick LeSabre 2 door.

It saved my life when I slid head on into a pole at 40 mph. If I was in a economy car, I would have been done.

If I saw another one in great shape I'd pick it up in a heartbeat.

jcaut

We did this thread not too long ago, I believe.

'74 Corvette, L-82 350 auto. Bought as a basket case for $2000 in 1986. Actually caught on fire when I was test-driving it :eek: but I bought it anyway because, well, it was a Corvette that I could afford. I spent a year rebuilding it and drove it to school the last day of my junior year in high school. Sold the car in 1997 or 98 (or '99, can't remember but I said 99 the last time we had this discussion) and kinda wish I had it back. I do have some pictures somewhere though I'm not sure it's worth the effort to dig them out- It was black and could've used a paint job.

Bamadude

1985 Mazda 626 bought in '91 with 100k miles for $2000. Sold it four years later with 160k for $1600

PolkThug

1977 Chevy Nova Sedan (Drove to junkyard)
1977 Cobra II Mustang (Totaled, cut in half and turned into drag car)
1986 Mustang GT (Sold)
1989 Mazda MX-6 (Sold off after 275k miles)
1999 BMW 323 Sedan (Sold)
2002 BMW 325 Sedan (Sold)
2006 Mustang GT (Current)
2001 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab 4x4 (Current)

Grimster74

Mine was a 1992 Nissan 240SX Sedan. Absolutely loved the way the M.P.H. was displayed on the front windshield of the car as well as in the gauge cluster.

polrbehr

1970 Pontiac Tempest

Paid $600 for it in 1980 - Sold in 1984 for $300

No pix that I could find (hey, it's 24 years gone already!)

strider

First car I owned- 1967 Chevy II sedan

First car I drove and owned- '88 Ford Ranger

First car I drove, owned and bought- '92 Dodge Shadow

Joe08867

Well the first car my parents got me was an 82 Pontiac Phoenix. I really enjoyed that car. It died of natural causes after about two years of me beating the crap out of it and it getting cancer.



The first car I bought was an 86 Olds Cutlass Supreme that I Pro Streeted. I don''t have any digital pics of it as I sold it long ago but I will look around.



pics off internet.

Ricardo

jcaut wrote: »

We did this thread not too long ago, I believe.

You are right. And would you like to take a shot at guessing who made the trivial question??? (Sorry Brock....;))

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56843&highlight=rambler

candyliquor35m

Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence.
Pete fell off, who was left.

What was your first car?: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56843

agfrost

1988 Ford Tempo 2.3L 5-speed. "The Tempo of Doom"

90 romping, stomping horsepower. Actually wasn't too bad with the stick. I had friends with the same engine in automatic and it was such a dog; always in the wrong gear.

Thing was damn near bullet proof and I don't think I ever got fewer than 31MPG. Why is it that gas was $0.89/gallon in that car, and $3.50/gallon when I'm in a car that gets 20MPG?

Kinda homely car, but I miss it sometimes.

heiney9

jcaut wrote: »

We did this thread not too long ago, I believe.

'74 Corvette, L-82 350 auto. Bought as a basket case for $2000 in 1986. Actually caught on fire when I was test-driving it :eek: but I bought it anyway because, well, it was a Corvette that I could afford. I spent a year rebuilding it and drove it to school the last day of my junior year in high school. Sold the car in 1997 or 98 and kinda wish I had it back. I do have some pictures somewhere though I'm not sure it's worth the effort to dig them out- It was black and could've used a paint job.

Yah know after reading some responses it seems familiar. Oh well have fun anyway.

H9

Jstas

1987 Ford Ranger S



Still have it. The S stood for Special. It was essentially a fleet model. You start out with a barebones, no amenities Ranger and option the living hell out of it. Only options mine had were A/C and power steering. Previous owner hacked a radio in. Power brakes were standard as well as the hydraulic clutch. Had a 2.0L 4 cylinder with a Japanese branded carburetor on it and a 5 speed manual with overdrive. It's a standard cab shortbed and it was tan. Everywhere. Tan.

Drove the wheels off of it. Previous owner never took it in for recalls. Oil pan gasket came apart and got sucked up by the oil pump. Pump blew, engine spun bearings on top and bottom ends. New engine around 122,000 miles. Truck has 212,000 miles on it now. Not currently running but the engine is getting rebuilt and I'm going to use it as a test mule for a fuel injection system I've been working on building. Gonna make it a show vehicle 'cause it's quite straight and put stereo equipment in it and try to go compete again. Of course it's gonna be decked out with Polk Audio gear.

heiney9

Ricardo wrote: »

You are right. And would you like to take a shot at guessing who made the trivial question??? (Sorry Brock....;))

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56843&highlight=rambler

Eh, It's alright I was feeling nostalgic today after running across the article on the Scirocco. I had forgotten that this exact thread was discussed in September.

Have fun with it or totally ignore it. I'm sure the same question/thread was asked for two entirely different reasons

H9

Bamadude

I've owned three cars in my 17 years of driving.

'85 Mazda 626
'91 Camaro RS V8
'00 Maxima

My philosophy is drive it till the wheels come off unless you just have money to burn.

avguytx

First car was a 1981 AMC Spirit similar to the one pictured below except it was blue. My grandfather made the deal with me that he would buy me a car if I would sell my motorcycle (he hated them) which was my Sophomore year in HS. I had just traded in my Suzuki GS-250 motorcycle for a Yamaha SECA 900 as I had just turned 16. He wasn't thrilled so he made me the offer and looking back, I shoulda waited to see just WHAT KIND of car he was thinking of BEFORE I gave up the bike! Oh well... It was a good little car but I didn't keep it that long. I went thru 2 motorcycles plus 1 truck and 5 cars before graduating High School.

1981 Suzuki GS250
1982 Yamaha SECA 900
1981 AMC Spirit
1966 Ford F100 P/U (yanked the inline 6 and dropped in a 351C with a C6 tranny IIRC)
1977 Pontiac Grand Prix....bright red with a white vinyl interior. My pimp mobile.
1983 Mustang LX 5.0 sedan 5sp
1981 Camaro Z28 (black/gold model with cowl induction, etc)
1984 Mustang GT 5.0 5sp.......bought on my 18th birthday in Oct 1984 and graduated with this car.

I had waaayyy too many vehicles before graduating High School.

Strong Bad

A 1981 Ford Escort. 88 neck snappin horsepower! Really was a cool car for that time.

BottomFeeder

MillerLiteScott wrote: »

My first 2 cars. Because I totaled the 2002.

1975 BMW 2002 with a 2 barrel weber and a 1977 Grey Market 320i that had the same engine as a 2002tii. It was a sleeper and surprised many other V8 cars.

Ah! I had the same color 1983 320i & loved it! Not very fast, but cornered well & was just plain fun & cool.

First car was a 1969 VW Squareback.

billbillw

My 1st was a '78 Malibu Classic, Dark blue metalic with a black vinyl top, chrome modular wheels. It had a 305 2-barrel with straight dual exhaust and turbo mufflers. It was a sweet ride at the time. I think I bought it in 1987 with about 60-70,000 miles and ran it for about 3 years before I upgraded to a Mustang GT.

tonyb

A 1966 plymouth with a push button trans...any you guys remember those?

daboyz

tonyb wrote: »

A 1966 plymouth with a push button trans...any you guys remember those?

Yes I do:D

'76 Cutlass Supreme. Beautiful car,had some good times in that bad dog.

shack

This is exactly like my first car minus the 428 Cobra Jet motor. Exterior, interior, color etc...I still have it by the way...but not in the shape of this one.

nikolas812

1976 camaro

MillerLiteScott

BottomFeeder wrote: »

Ah! I had the same color 1983 320i & loved it! Not very fast, but cornered well & was just plain fun & cool.

First car was a 1969 VW Squareback.

Mine was pretty fast. Mine was a German spec. tii engine. It was pretty ballsy for a 70's 2.0 liter. I had to get a waiver because it would not pass emissions. I had a lot of fun with that car. There were a lot of twisty roads where I lived to play on back then.

Scott