NOSValves Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Talk about a horrifying experience !! What a way to spend a afternoon. Oh that ones cute of coarse it cost $3000 more then are budget ! I looked at cars until I was green in the face. Nit pick to no end. But in the end we finally found here a adorable little red Cavalier Z24 with a sun roof loaded to the gills and I only spent $800 more then I swore I would I'm a hero once again at least for a day or two Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Flynn Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Gonna take me for a ride tommorrow? heading north Glad i do not have to pay the insurance on the Z 24. ...and this has what to do with 2 channel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted March 30, 2004 Author Share Posted March 30, 2004 Bite me dude ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Way to go Dad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranha Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 It has to be a lot less hassle than buying a car for a 17 year old boy? Tickets , insurance, wrecks, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted March 30, 2004 Author Share Posted March 30, 2004 No dude trust me..... oh it has to be this color and this interior and this and that oh my god !! My first car cost $65 and you could see the pavement through the floor boards and I was glad to have it !! Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Ah, my first car...a '75 Ford Grenada with a gutless straight 6. Should've kept it; was so damn easy to work on (and I still have my dad's timing light. Bet your daughter doesn't know what that is...heh)! Hope she enjoys her "new" car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Right on NOS... First car... 200.00. 74 Dodge Dart. Was so ugly that when my girlfriend and I were driving around, when she seen someone she knew, she would duck. Wheel baring went out. Drove with it like that anyway. you could hear that car coming 5 miles away. Even took it 4 wheeling. Damn car took a beating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoggy Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Consider yourself lucky. I had 2 daughters to do that with. What a nightmare!!!!! lol hoggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranha Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 ---------------- On 3/31/2004 12:41:33 AM m00n wrote: Right on NOS... First car... 200.00. 74 Dodge Dart. Was so ugly that when my girlfriend and I were driving around, when she seen someone she knew, she would duck. Wheel baring went out. Drove with it like that anyway. you could hear that car coming 5 miles away. Even took it 4 wheeling. Damn car took a beating. ---------------- m00n, did it have the on dash push button auto trans? My first car was a 1962 Chevy II. And to think, I thought it was a P.O.S. at the time. Well, if it wasn't when my Dad bought it for me, it sure was after I stacked it into a tree. If I only knew then what I know now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 All being well I have 15 years before I have to face this Craig. Congrats on getting out with your credit intact. My first car was a 1972 Mini (I dont think you have those in the US). Imagine the smallest car it is possible to put 4 adults in - and then half the size. The engine was a mighty 850 cc's (about 51 Cu inches) with a massive 35 BHP under your right foot. Of course the prices in the UK for used cars is rather higher than it is in the US. That mighty beast cost some $700. It had a stereo in it (2 channel relevence at last) with about the same power as the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Shomaker Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 ---------------- On 3/31/2004 4:54:53 AM maxg wrote: My first car was a 1972 Mini (I dont think you have those in the US). ------- --------- I have only seen one of those here in the US and now everybody is getting those new Mini Coopers that I think BMW is making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 My first vehicle was a 1975 GMC High Sierra full time 4X4, with a huge front grill my father had custom made at a foundry. It housed a 8000lb pull Warn winch. This thing would go over or through anything, however the gas was a killer I may have been lucky to see 10-12 MPG. I think the 4 bolt main 350 V8 with a 4bbl was too small for that truck. I really wanted to drop a 454 in it. Damn that truck was fun though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 "My first car was a 1972 Mini (I dont think you have those in the US). Imagine the smallest car it is possible to put 4 adults in - and then half the size. The engine was a mighty 850 cc's (about 51 Cu inches) with a massive 35 BHP under your right foot." In High school I had a buddy that had one. Smallest darn car I ever saw. We still managed to get 5 H.S. kids in it though, it was a "little cramped" My first car was a '66 V.W. square back. I took that thing everywhere including off road. It was a wonderfull first car, easy to work on, cheep on gas and enough room for you and your girlfrend to "strech out" at the drive in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 ---------------- On 3/31/2004 12:43:09 AM mdeneen wrote: 1959 Renault Dauphine - - including hand crank - which was indispensible. mdeneen ---------------- DUDE! This was my SECOND car (first was a '59 Pontiac Bonneville). It used to vapor lock at least a dozen every summer, usually on the way home from a long day at the beach. I drove the snot out of it for two years--I think I paid $450 for it and sold it for $500. And you're right, the hand crank came in handy more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 has she had her first accident yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 My daughters first car was a nearly cherry 1991 (?) Chrysler LeBaron convertable turbo given to her by Grandpa. Two years later my wife and I bought her a new Volkswagon Jetta turbo. When I die, I want to come back as one of our generations kids. My first car was a 1965(?) Dodge Dart with the famous Slant Six engine given to me by my older brother. Some say the SS was one of the best engines ever made. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 My first car was a 1967 Pontiac Catalina. Cost me $100 and ran well for a couple years after I bought it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted March 31, 2004 Author Share Posted March 31, 2004 Well I figured she is a very good kid with the exception of her mouth ( which I have no Idea where she picked that up from ) this car has low miles and should last her thru at least a good portion of college. OH and as far as insurance goes she won't be the insured driver of this car. I have a really great insurance agent that lists her as the driver of one of my trucks and list my wofe as the driver of this car. Its only raising my rates $20 a month over what they already were. No big deal there. Colin why the Jinx job ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalOg Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 My first vehicle, 1977 Oldsmobile Toronado, what a great ride! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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