>your first car
>how it influence your car purchases after
>J Body
>Can tolerate the worst shitboxes
First car
>1985 Nissan Sunny, 5 speed
Never buying 80s electric vacuum carb stuff again. Other than that, I like manual.
1991 Honda Prelude SR 4WS
Bought many Hondas after that (1990 CRX, 1999 Civic Hatchback, 2008 Accord Coupe Ex-L) and bought a 2004 RSX last week. I've had a 240sx, gc8, lancer, several trucks but I always end up going back to Hondur and I think I always will.
>OP Pic-related
>I now have two more
>65 Mustang
Long string of muscle era Fords after that and still trend towards Ford.
94' Ford Escort Automatic
Going down hill engine locked up FWD shit box
>TFW no steering
Up over a curb almost kill myself into a shop full of people.
Will NEVER own FWD, Ford or auto again.
>>14098992
My nigga. My first car was a '91 Prelude.
Though, it didn't influence shit when it came to my car preference.
> 1991 Honda Prelude
> 1996 Ford Mustang
> 1976 Monte Carlo Landau
> 1999 Ford Mustang
> 2000 Monte Carlo SS
> 2003 Ford Mustang Cobra
> 2002 Lincoln LS V8
> 2006 Mazdaspeed6
Still own the 99 Mustang, 03 Cobra, the 02 LS, and the 06 Speed6.
> must have turbo
>>14098671
The celica supra was my first toy car. Now I want a real one, but they're all old and rusted.
First car was an AE82 Twin Cam 16. Bought an SW20 MR2 after that, got rid of it because I broke it, and bought another AE82 Twin Cam because I liked the first one so much. Still have the second AE82, but I wanted a similar experience in a RWD setup - lightweight, peaky NA engine, nice response and feedback. Imported an AE86 Trueno from Japan a while back, it's been registered in my country and I'm going to go and pick it up soon. The next stage after that is going to be sorting out an engine build for it.
>really nice lines
>dem 200 torks
>dem empeegees
>comfy
>spacious
>have I said it's really pretty?
>>14099182
FIX
IT
AGAIN
TONY
>Toyota Auris
>swore to myself to never own another boring car
>>14099252
The engine it has is pretty much bulletproof, brah.
>>14099255
Then why?
Mazdaspeed3 brah.
>>14098671
>Alfa Romeo 164S
>Will never own an Alfa agai
>Will never let dad talk me into buying a car again
>>14099277
Then why what? Have an Auris? It was a hand-me-down.
>>14099281
I can accept a hand-down.
But, why a speed3? It might be FWD, but it's a DOHC 2.3L Turbo hatch that runs 0-60 in 5.4 sec and a 1/4 in 13.9 sec. Fun as hell and it will still do everything you need it to do as a DD.
>>14099281
>>14099311
Also, if you don't like the Second Gen smiley face, the first gen is just as good.
My first car was a 95 prelude si. I put a h22a in it, drove it for 8 years and sold it to my friend who still daily drives it...it has 310,000 miles now. It ruined every other car experience for me, nothing since has that combination of fun, mpgs, reliability and handling. I currently drive a g35, my next car will be a s2000.
v35 autotragic skyline
learned that car has to be manual and rwd
>Chevy cruze
>rwd manual only from then on
>>14098671
>2001 Pontiac Grand Am
Never buy American or FWD. Nasty piece of shit inside and out.
>>14099311
>but muh quarter miles
>>14099349
> but muh quarter miles
> more like AND muh quarter miles
Doesn't make it any less fun to drive.
>1990 ford thunderbird
>V6
>automatic
I'll never buy a V6 auto again.
2002 Seat Ibiza back in 2011
Made me not want to get any hand-me-downs from my sister again because she mistreated the car in every imaginable way - dents and scratches everywhere, clutch was begging to be killed, battery almost dead, two months until the engine light came on..
It's now in a better place, and by that I mean Africa where it hopefully has tasted plenty of black blood
>2001 Cavalier
>Don't buy automatic
>86 Chevy C10
>Don't buy Chevy
I got them both at around the same time
First Car:
> 1996 Honda Accord
> didn't effect me in anyway because I drove it for a year.
First car I purchased:
> 2001 Honda S2000
> Looked nice and perfectly normal
> Carfax says everything's in the clear
> drive as a weekend vehicle and daily every once in awhile.
> go to resell
> has been in 4 different accidents
> never been totaled but has been close to.
> soft top ripped because of poor replacement installation.
> headlights misaligned with side skirts
> cool packs going bad left in right
> lost 2 grand on resale.
This car told me to not take anything on face value and do research. A lot of research. Also that Carfax is the a piece of shit. On the plus side, it made me like, fast, smaller cars.
>>14099370
https://youtu.be/VcuXLuUI8wg
What was that about auto V6's?
>>14099127
These cars always look phenomenally new when they have good paint on them. Very nice fitment/choice of wheels, too.
>>14099406
>Automatic
Doesn't change the fact it's a pussy car.
Seriously doesn't matter how much power you add, you are a giant faggot for owning a V6 auto with nitro.
>>14099311
Fwd isn't even a bad thing, it just requires different skills
>>14099416
Don't forget the turbo.
And if you really believe that, by that logic all Supras, 3000GT/GTOs, Subaru SVXs, Honda NSXs, and Acura TLs are for pussies.
But, seriously dude. It's not what you have, it's what you build it into. Turbo V6s that are out running 700awhp GTRs, Miatas with LS swaps, or even a a Prius with a 2JZ swap. Doesn't matter what it is, it can be badass...
...except a Tiburon. That will always be a girl's coup.
>>14099459
Oh I'm not bashing on FWD, just a lot of people here don't like them.
You, know... I would say that if you're into modern muscle cars, then a V6 Mustang, Camaro, Firebird, or Challenger is your best bet for a first car. But, now these days all the new V6 muscle cars have 300+ hp and are running quarter miles to their top tier V8 counterparts from the 90's.
So, even starting out with an older Cobra, Camaro SS, or Trans Sm WS6 wouldn't be out of that range. I just believe that giving kids a lot more practice and hands-on training before they go off with the car on their own would be smart. And maybe even detuning the car to have less power. Perhaps even starting to teach your kids to drive from 13 years or younger would be best. And it might give them more of an appreciation for cars.
But, that's just my two cents.
>>14098671
>1989 jetta a2 turbo diesel
>Consistently disappointed with fuel economy in subsequent cars.
>Easily impressed by anything with over 100hp
>>14099279
>alfa 164
Tell me about owning this.
I've always been intrigued by them but knew it would only lead to heartache/disappointment.
>92 slushbox camry
it's supremely comfy and has only left me stranded once in 23 years due to borked relay
>will buy rwd manual low-tec 'yotas indefinitely (modern yota ECUs are not to be trusted until they get their shit right)
>>14099627
that is a cool car
>>14098671
>turd gen camaro
it didn't
> 04 silverado single cab, 2wd, manual, v6
Never get a V6 truck again (13mpg with 0 power)
I want a back seat
Never buying anything that relied so heavily on electronics and plastics, im going pre 90's for anything else (Hell i want late 60's to mid 70's)
Though the crap MPGs ive lived with means im not scared of a big car with a guzzling v8 in it cause ill get the same MPG with more everything. I do still like standard.
>>14099698
It was.
It was given to me by my grandfather who kept the interior immaculate and took very good care of it.
Before he gave it to me, he took it to the mechanic and asked him to "replace everything that was slightly worn and do your best to make it as new again".
I kept it almost as clean as he did. My friends and parents called me anal. I didn't give a fuck.
It had over 500,000km on it when I sold it 7 years ago.
It was a great car.
