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    Offline dutch

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    what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « on: February 12, 2009 - 12:20:07 PM »
    just read about some guys drive an old truck around the farm at 12 years old... I like that picture...


    the first car I ever drove was a 1979  BMW 323i. I think I was 15 at the time.  It was a 4 speed and responding pretty quick to the throttle. First try.... it took me about 10 minutes to drive it 200 metres and I had to restart it about 50 times...  :faint: :biggrin:

    the car still exists, more or less... and belonged to my dear friend who was killed in an accident a few weeks ago.  I`m going to build him a corten-steel gravestone and will use the engineblock of that car in it.  He was a serious beemer fan.


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    Offline NoMope Greg

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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #1 on: February 12, 2009 - 12:39:10 PM »
    Dutch, I'm sorry to hear about your friend.   :angelwings:

    Like most kids, my Dad used to let me sit in  his lap when I was a little kid and steer the car.  That was a 1964 Chevy Nova wagon around the parking lot at the beach.

    The first car I drove on my own was my Dad's 1975 Pontiac Ventura 2-dr with a B/O/P 350.  He took me to the high school on a Sunday to teach me a few things - parallel parking, etc - and then turned me loose to drive around the lot on my own.  :woohoo:  Then he taught me how to drive a stickshift in my Mom's 1971 VW bus.  Slow, but fun!!  I stalled that a few times when I first started, trying to start in 3rd gear with that little engine. 
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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #2 on: February 12, 2009 - 12:48:36 PM »
    Sorry about your friend.

    The first car that I drove was a 1962 300 with my dads car.  I drove it around the yard.  I still remember my Aunt wanting to teach her how to drive a VW bug that my cousin had.  I showed her the first time right I had never done that before that also.  I drove my sisters car around the yard also.  The first car I got to drive for myself was a 1962 Old Cutlass and I had a 61 ford falcon also and painted my valve cover with purple and alot of silver  in it and it really stood out. I got rid of both of them and got my first mopar which was a 1964 Barracuda with a 273 and a 4 speed in it.   Gordon
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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #3 on: February 12, 2009 - 01:45:19 PM »
    '49 Mercury
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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #4 on: February 12, 2009 - 02:47:04 PM »
    My dad taught me in a 1983 Oldsmobile station wagon.  White with the wood grain on the sides.
    After that, I stole a 1987 monte carlo that I drove alone and then I stole my parents 1987 pontiac grand am.
    This was when I was 12 and 14 so I learned my lessons and don't do that any more.  I needed a way to get to Denver so that I could go and skateboard all the irrigation ditch's.  Young and Dumb!!
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    Offline 72hemi

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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #5 on: February 12, 2009 - 02:51:54 PM »
    The first car I drove was the car I learned how to drive in; my Dad's 1965 Chevelle Malibu SS. That was a fun car to learn how to drive in.  :burnout:
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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #6 on: February 12, 2009 - 02:55:41 PM »
    My condolences on your friend.

    I learned to drive on my parent's 85 Crown Vic.  My grandfather still has that car sitting in his driveway.  When I turned 16 my dad got me an '83 Nissan Sentra.  He got it at auction for 300 bucks and it always had one foot in the grave (junkyard).  It was a stick, so I had to learn how to drive it the weekend before I started my Junior year (1987).  It lasted about 8 months and died when water leaked onto the fuse box and shorted out the wiring.  Got rid of it and got an '83 Mustang.  Can't tell you how many times I almost killed myself with that one.  White with red interior, excellent combo.
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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #7 on: February 12, 2009 - 03:01:35 PM »
    I can proudly say that my first daily driver car was a 1972 Plymouth 340 'Cuda.  I didn't learn to drive in it - in fact my mom started me out on her 1986 Subaru GL Hatchback wagon (I actually loved that car...) but once I got my license, I took the 'Cuda to school every day, and would stick my cello in the passenger seat and drive to lessons, rehearsals, concerts, etc...

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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #8 on: February 12, 2009 - 03:01:59 PM »
     Sorry about your freind Dutch.
    My first was may dads 1ton International 4X4, man steering,brakes and a 4spd. At the ranch of course. ;D The first car on the rode was a old Toyota Corolla wgn. Learned how to drive on the ice/snow before I drove on pavement. My older brother and I would sneak the car out at night and go to the local ice racing track and drift the night away :bigsmile:
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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #9 on: February 12, 2009 - 04:31:26 PM »
    1966 Ford Falcon. My dads first car and it is what I learned to drive in at the age of 9. Straight six and three on the tree.
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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #10 on: February 12, 2009 - 04:33:31 PM »
    i cant remember which one it was, but it was one of 3, a 1960 Mercury Comet (my first car) my dads 1959 Chevy Pick up, or my moms 1977 Triumph Spitfire. either way, they were cool and all manuals. comet was a 3 on the tree which made things really fun.
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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #11 on: February 12, 2009 - 04:35:04 PM »
    a '72 Demon in my grandmothers field...  :misbehaving:
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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #12 on: February 12, 2009 - 05:22:44 PM »


    Sorry to hear about your friend Dutch. :-[


    1995 Nissan Primera. A great car, put HEAPS of kms on that car and it went everywhere.
    Great little surf car. Only a 1.8L but it was a decision at the time to build my way up in hp/T.





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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #13 on: February 12, 2009 - 05:42:17 PM »
    first car i ever drove was a 75 GMC Jimmy that we used to own. now it's a 93 jeep cherokee, 5 speed :cooldancing:
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    Re: what`s the first car you ever drove?
    « Reply #14 on: February 12, 2009 - 06:01:05 PM »
    I tyhink I was 5 or so when I first drove a tractor on a friends farm , not sure what was the first car
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