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Your First Car
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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So folks, anyone who has bought a car, what was it and how did you come by it?
Was it:
Brand new ?
From a dealer ?
Auction ?
from a private Sale ?
or other ?
How the feck do I come up with this innovative, interesting forum chat that keeps everyone chatting. 
My first was an Astra and I bought it at the old meat market central auctions nr the Gallowgate  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Red Austin metro. My dad took me. thinking he was Arthur Daley he got a bargain at hunner quid off. When we got it home my discovered it was a death trap. Used to drive and things would detatch itself. The bonnet wouldn't click shut so it used to fly up over the windscreen so you couldn't drive over a certain speed. The first time I washed it it turned pink. Never forget that. My sister had a blue one and you could use either keys to drive it. Had to freewheel down to the garage when I was selling it. Fuckin loved that wee motor tho...took me to many a rave and had many near death experiences that I'll never forget x |
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A 1970 Mk11 cortina, a hand me down, AND, the guy that bought it from me around 40 years ago, still has it (in his garage) and is hoping to get it back on the road within 2020. Wish I still had it. Plus, got my first shag in it. |
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My first car was a van .
Vauxhall Astramax van in white of course.
£2000 from a very dodgy van dealer at Newbridge.
Was a great weekend van and took me all over the country with work and many a climbing trip up north as it was big enough to sleep 2  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mine was a maroon Peugeot 309.
It was a hand me down from my brother
A pair of Halfords spotlights scotch locked on to the headlight wiring and a pair of red furry seat covers
I thought I was Archie loved it but thrashed the arse off it lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Red vauxhall astra. Bought it myself the most reliable car ever. Salesman fucked us around and the deal took a long time to get rihht so they ended up buying us lunch at McDonald's twice. Drive away a very happy chappy. |
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By *alcon43Woman
over a year ago
Paisley |
A 1979 V plate Renault 18. Brown vinyl roof, metallic gold/green colour. Bought for £380 from a girl at work in 1989 as she was emigrating to Australia. Eventually traded it in for a Renault 11 Turbo. |
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First car was a new M reg escort, the thing was a beast and first of the ztec EFi engines they done, thing of beauty at the time plus was like shit of a shovel  always had a new car and a old car at the same time, I've had some classics but nowadays I don't value new cars, they are all similar as each other 
John  |
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Mine was an old Opel Corse, one with a manual shoke ( won't let me write the proper word, because it's too violent  ). Loved that car too bits, even though it was an old timer it never failed me. Until I skidded into a fence on an icy and slippery day and it had to be written off. Really quite annoying was that my neighbour went into that same fence shortly after, at a much higher speed, mowed the whole fence down basically, and his car was fine!! Suppose that's the difference between a solid 4x4 and my little corsa. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I’ve been driving since I was old enough to learn but only passed my test when I was 29 so I have two first cars, my dads ford escort- the one with the bug eyes and massive oval grille
Officially it was a Second generation Citroen C4 owned from brand new, reliable comfy car but boring as hell compared to the first gen C4.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My first car was a Ford Capri, two tone green and grey. Bought it from work colleagues husband who had taken out the 1.6 engine and put in a 2 litre motor. Great car, just really twitchy in the wet. I'm surprised I didn't kill myself in that car |
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By *ompip3Couple
over a year ago
Paisley |
My first Car was a Gold coloured Mk 1 Ford Escort "N" Reg (1975) It was gifted to me by my mum in 1983 as I was driving it more than her. Great car, eventually traded it in for a Red Opel Kadett Coupe. Another thing of beauty! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A 1964 Lotus Cortina. Fantastic car, could be very noisy in a good way
Bought it from an Uncle who restored cars. Ran like a dream as long as you kept it tuned up. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I can't even remember the make of mine . It was wee and blue and looked like it should be in the circus. Always half expected the bottom to open up in it like The Flintstones |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"M1 Ford escort gold with a black roof thing was falling apart rust all over the place
And now you drive a 61 Corvette
John "
I wish.lol it's actually a dodge charger in my dreams.xx |
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By *TBSMan
over a year ago
close enough |
"Austin Maestro hand me down.
Nothing Maestro about it. Worst car I've ever sat in let alone driven.
Apologise to all Austin lovers. Are there any?"
Same here, Elastoplast beige |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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G reg Ford orion 1.6i ghia. Was an absolute rust bucket (ford's for you) but loved it Couldn't have coped with a 1 litre hatchback with no oooomph. Big engine but because they were classed as family saloons insurance was cheap. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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To my folks' horror mine was a Shitroën saxo vtr, I had it for a few years and it actually never let me down. A young lad at a bad age in 1 star safety rated car scared everyone lol |
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By *bandAbCouple
over a year ago
lanarkshire. |
mines(mr) was an old N reg fiesta mk2 which after passimg my test in the july my car was stole in the sept with all my new work gear in it. got a newer fiesta after that done me for 5 years |
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My first car...
1993 BMW M3 £8000
Couldn’t insure it till a few years later...so I did sensible thing, bought an identical BMW 1.6i coupe insured it and drove the plates on the M3  dumb but that was 13 years ago so grown up a lot since then!!! |
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C registration Ford Fiesta 1.4 S.
Bought for £600 back in 1996 because it had an XR2 bodykit and pepperpot wheels.
Failed its MOT two weeks before i sat my test due to being mostly held together by rust and body filler.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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An escort mk2 in a lovely green colour. Door skins used to flap open if I drove too fast. Bought it for £20 as the guy needed money to go to the pub that night. I bought a battery and an alternator and run it for a year before i scrapped it for £40 |
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Peugeot 106 'kid'...that's the denim trim interior lol
Little 1.4D
Bought via ...scotads I think
Did ok but then the head gasket went ...skimmed and fixed
Then the heater
Journeys up the A96 in full hat gloves etc windows down in winter |
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Mark 1 Escort 1100cc. Got me through my test then my dad bought me an original Vauxhall Viva. For all it was only a couple of years old it was so bad that the dealer had to take it back and refund my dad's money. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mg mini metro, mint green with full body kit and full respray by me :0) ....
Used to be a farmers that used it to drive a mile a day ! X plate with 1,200 miles on it .... great wee car |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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D Reg Fiat Uno my dad bought me when I was 17, hasn’t passed my test but I couldn’t get insured/was allowed to drive his GTI
It was a bloody death trap, the bucket was so rusty, a hole appeared in the floor in the back.
Don’t even get me started on the bloody electrics
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T reg Rover 200, Mum bought it brand new and flogged it to me for 2 grand at 5 years old (the car, not me, that would have been dangerous and irresponsible).
Got another five years out of it and still think it was pretty decent compared to a lot of my friends first cars, primarily because it wasn't made in France.
Mum nearly cried the day I traded it in, cash she'd bought it with was a gift from her Dad who'd passed away a couple of years later. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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1963 red 850cc Mini OYJ 956. Cost me all of £17-50!! MOT failure that my Dad thought would be good experience for me to rebuild with his help and guidance. I learned an awful lot about working on cars!! New sub frame, new sills, sorted brakes, suspension, and holes in floor. I was dead proud when it passed its MOT and hit the road. Was written off 6 months later when some idiot overtook coming towards me. I survived, but my precious Mini didn't! |
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first car bought new a triumph stag second car bought new a jensen interceptor third car many years later a volkwagon scirroco then bought a family volvo 264 gl new...then loved in usa so gave up buying cars and leased them,,,,,happy memories |
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Honda Civic VII gen, brillant car. That was long time ago but nowadays all cars in the same class looks very similar. Plus stupid downsizing and engines like 1.0 with 3 valves, turbo and 120 HP, what a joke. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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First was private sale, Mark 2 grey Escort, traded it in for a 1750 Maxi, not much to look at but stick it in 2nd to avoid wheels spinning and it left a few boy racers standing down at the beach. It was great for fun as seats folded flat, just like being in a double bed . |
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First car I bought before I passed my test mk1 Fiesta complete with RS 4 spoke alloys. Sold it before I had passed my test as bought it privately and got made a good offer lol.
Replaced it with a Nova SRi and regretted it.
Grump |
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bought for 300 quid 
