What was your first car? What was the best car you owned? What's your dream car?

[FantasyXY]

My first car was a metallic green 1968 Pontiac Firebird. Loved that car and would buy another one if I could.

My dream car is a mid-80's Jeep CJ with 33" tires, selectable locking diffs, auto trans, and a 5.7 liter LT1 engine swap. Cool thing is... I own this car.

 

[Hypoxia]

Well, if we're *listing* vehicles... Dates are model years, not purchase years. (*) = new.

1965 Honda 55cc moped
1970 Pontiac Tempest
1972 Plymouth station wagon
1976 Yamaha 500 street bike
1978 GMC long-bed step-side pickup
1980 Dodge Aspen station wagon
1982 Chevrolet Nova (no-go)
1984 Ford / Mobile Traveler 24' RV
1986 Toyota Land Bruiser (*)
1990 Cadillac Coupe de Ville
1995 Ford / Fleetwood 24' RV
1996 Ford Exploder 4x4
2009 Nissan Murano crossover

Exactly one new vehicle and it was an end-of-year clearance bargain. We be cheap bastards. My dream vehicle is an atomic helicopter like I was promised long ago.

EDIT: The 'best' of those is the '96 Exploder, still running strong.

 

[SamScribble]

My dream vehicle is an atomic helicopter like I was promised long ago.

Join the queue. I'm pretty sure that I was promised one before you were.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

The car that rusted in the showrooms!

I might be snickering at that Zeb, but I'd kill for one of these, though...

http://www.v8monza.com/album/images/vega-wagon/v-wagon-yr-orng-NCDrew-315.jpg



And owning a hearse is a riot...until you figure out they get eight miles per gallon on their GOOD days.

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I loved my Vega. The only problem I had with it was that the carburetor would come loose and I would have to stop and tighten the bolts holding it down. I like that little car. It never rusted. Of course I was living in Georgia at the time.

8 miles to the gallon? Road Runner only got 4 miles to the gallon. Of course gas was only 15 cents a gallon back then at the Purple Martin station.

 

[Devlishone4fun]

My first car was a 1968 Dodge Polara

My favorite car owned was a 1974 Pontiac Firebird. Only lost one street race in it.
http://image.hotrod.com/f/42158702+w660+h495+cr1/01-1974-pontiac-formula-455-firebird-dual-scoop-hood.jpg

Dream car. hmmmmm so many to chose from 1970 Superbird, 1969 or 1970 Roadrunner.

http://pre06.deviantart.net/fed0/th/pre/f/2015/175/b/f/1970___plymouth_superbird_by_4wheelssociety-d8ym7p2.jpg

http://www.flemingsultimategarage.com/galleria_images/1078/1078_main_f.jpg

 

[sr71plt]

First car: two at one time: a 67 Chevy II and a 1968 Buick Skylark convertible

Best car: any of the Toyota Camrys and Subaru Foresters we've owned over the past twenty years. Before that, a 1969 Buick LeSabre hardtop sedan.

Dream car: a Jaguar F-type coupe (with a full-time auto mechanic to go with it)

 

[TxRad]

First car: two at one time: a 67 Chevy II and a 1968 Buick Skylark convertible

Best car: any of the Toyota Camrys and Subaru Foresters we've owned over the past twenty years. Before that, a 1969 Buick LeSabre hardtop sedan.

Dream car: a Jaguar F-type coupe (with a full-time auto mechanic to go with it)

Back in the mid 60's I ended up with a wrecked D Jag and a Jaguar salon with a blown motor. Over an eight month period, the D Jag engine, transmission, and most of the suspension end up in and under the salon. I also added a roots supercharger.

Talk about your sleepers. It left many a muscle car driver sitting around scratching their heads.

 

[Lori_the_Hoosier]

First car: 1966 Mini Cooper S with replacement 3-speed auto-box; my brother bought it for me as a joke, a tiny car for a small girl; it could pretty much fit in the trunk of his Impala, but he fixed it up for me, painted it in the UK Monte Carlo Rally colors, complete with roundels and number '18', and gave it to me as a graduation present. It was stolen in Baltimore in 1987, and I still wonder where it is today.

Best Car: My 1953 Jaguar XK-120 drop-head coupe with DOHC 3.4L Straight 6 engine. My husband salvaged, restored and re-trimmed her, and gave her to me last year for our anniversary.

Dream Car: Lister Storm

 

[loquere]

I had a horse and still have a horse. I'm Amish, don't judge me.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I had a horse and still have a horse. I'm Amish, don't judge me.

I thought the Amish didn't use electricity? Or computers?

This was a favorite I owned back in the day. Picked it up for a song and it only took six months to finish rebuilding it.

http://www.shoeboxford.com/public/images/291.JPG

 

[jayce1066]

My first car was a 1977 Dodge Aspen with a 3-speed plus overdrive floor shifter. To get into reverse, you had to put the stick in the middle of the H-pattern, then push it straight down and pull it to the rear.
My best car was a 1991 SHO Taurus. It had a revving Yamaha six cylinder engine and a 5-speed manual transmission. Driving on twisty roads was a hell of a lot of fun in that car.
My dream car would be one of the Group B Audi Quatros.

 

[stev2244]

Pretty much any BMW would be my dream car.

Have you seen the new six series?

"Wow!"

I had the current M6 (and the i8, M4 and M5) for a test drive and I have to admit it was pretty nice, but not really as overwhelming as I expected it to be. The M6 felt a little too heavy. Of the four I would choose the M4 or the i8. The M4 ist a nice little cracker and the i8 feels like a spaceship.

 

[JackLuis]

My first car was a 1948 Studebaker Land Cruiser, four doors. It cost $75 and I had to redo the valves as the old flathead was pretty pitiful when I got it. The nice thing about it was it's back seat. Lots of room but not as good as my Dad' '48 Buick Century.

I've had a few 'good cars'.
'59 Jag XK-150- It would do 120 mph and still stay in one lane on a highway.
'69 Mustang Mach I- heavy car but very pretty.
BMW 2002, very comfortable and held the road really well.
My favorite was a '97 Honda Prelude, fast, small, and reliable. I really miss it.

 

[oggbashan]

One of my friends has just bought one of these:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7015/6438277923_793b502946_b.jpg

It has been converted from a Citroen 2CV so it is slow and noisy. But he likes it.

His wife prefers her Porsche.

If he was going to buy a 2CV conversion I think these are more fun:

http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/images/imgtxt/608/1180828831-lomax223-front-green.jpg

 

[R. Richard]

The 2CV was an interesting, minimalist car. However, the lack of tail fins had to be a factor in its demise

 

[oggbashan]

The 2CV was an interesting, minimalist car. However, the lack of tail fins had to be a factor in its demise

And that it made the occupants sea-sick because it rolled and pitched like a small dinghy in an ocean swell; that the heater never did much except remind you it was cold outside; that reaching 60 mph downhill was an achievement lost on the next uphill; and worst of all, it had the accident resistance of a wet cardboard box...

Otherwise it was a good car - for 1948!

 

[GoldenMaia]

First car -- Ugly orange/brown Toyota Celica I t hink it was a 1977 ... loved that car.

Best car - My 2001 Porche Boxer. *dreamy sigh*. Nothing quite like zooming with that thing down the coast.

Dream car - I want a Bentley Mulsanne. Because it's going to take me awhile to save up for such a thing...I've decided to write about having one in my erotica story. ;P If I can't /really/ have one yet, I'm going to enjoy writing about one. (and having sex in one) OH hell yes.

Anyway--dream big or go home I say.

 

[rjordan]

Dream car - I want a Bentley Mulsanne. Because it's going to take me awhile to save up for such a thing...I've decided to write about having one in my erotica story. ;P If I can't /really/ have one yet, I'm going to enjoy writing about one. (and having sex in one) OH hell yes.

Anyway--dream big or go home I say.

To paraphrase, if you have to save for it, you can't afford it.

Typical periodic maintenance on a vehicle like that is $3-5K a year. You know, oil change, etc. More (oh so MUCH more) if even the smallest thing breaks. You could try to get buy with just an oil change once in awhile--$500-750 or so each time. Hint: you don't go to Jiffy Lube.

The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren can set you back about $5K for a spark plug change and some other engine work. The dealers had to have a special rack to lift it, because they have to remove the entire front of the vehicle to service many things on the engine, even routine maintenance items. While the front is removed, they have a special fixture that keeps the back end of the car from flipping over backwards on the rack.

Exotic luxury cars are not built for convenient maintenance. If anything, owners of vehicles like that probably brag about how much it costs to maintain.

rj

 

[GoldenMaia]

To paraphrase, if you have to save for it, you can't afford it.

Typical periodic maintenance on a vehicle like that is $3-5K a year. You know, oil change, etc. More (oh so MUCH more) if even the smallest thing breaks. You could try to get buy with just an oil change once in awhile--$500-750 or so each time. Hint: you don't go to Jiffy Lube.

The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren can set you back about $5K for a spark plug change and some other engine work. The dealers had to have a special rack to lift it, because they have to remove the entire front of the vehicle to service many things on the engine, even routine maintenance items. While the front is removed, they have a special fixture that keeps the back end of the car from flipping over backwards on the rack.

Exotic luxury cars are not built for convenient maintenance. If anything, owners of vehicles like that probably brag about how much it costs to maintain.

rj

Believe me, the low-end Porche provided education on the feed and care of such a car. This question was about a 'dream car'.

Thanks for your concern.

 

[JKendallDane]

To paraphrase, if you have to save for it, you can't afford it.

Typical periodic maintenance on a vehicle like that is $3-5K a year. You know, oil change, etc. More (oh so MUCH more) if even the smallest thing breaks. You could try to get buy with just an oil change once in awhile--$500-750 or so each time. Hint: you don't go to Jiffy Lube.

The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren can set you back about $5K for a spark plug change and some other engine work. The dealers had to have a special rack to lift it, because they have to remove the entire front of the vehicle to service many things on the engine, even routine maintenance items. While the front is removed, they have a special fixture that keeps the back end of the car from flipping over backwards on the rack.

Exotic luxury cars are not built for convenient maintenance. If anything, owners of vehicles like that probably brag about how much it costs to maintain.

rj

And the classic luxury rides can be just as bad or worse. There is a reason you can snag a really decent looking twenty plus year old MBZ for what looks like a bargain basement price. The guy selling it just wants it out of his garage before the next thing costing a small fortune needs replaced on it.

Although I was making very good money at the time, the only way I could afford the '73 and '76 MBZ 450 coupe and roadster at the same time was being married to the cousin of the best Mercedes mechanic in the panhandle of Florida. Even with him giving me parts at his cost and cutting his standard labor charge by fifty percent, they nearly broke me during the six years I had them.

The only bright spot (if you could call it that) in the financial end of owning them was when Hurricane Ivan decided to wrap the carport around them and beat on them for three and a half hours. Allstate wasn't at all thrilled at the checks they had to write, but I sure didn't complain.

 

[rjordan]

Believe me, the low-end Porche provided education on the feed and care of such a car. This question was about a 'dream car'.

Thanks for your concern.

After I posted it, I thought, damn, that was rude popping GM's dream bubble. I apologize. Your idea of putting your dream car in a story is the best solution. That's what most of us here do with dream women.

rj

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I would have loved a hearse! But, alas, I only owned regular cars...

'66 Chevy Nova II
'46 Ford Coupe
'70 Plymouth Road Runner
'69 Plymouth Fury
'72 Plymouth Fury III
'76 Chevy Vega
'69 Chevy El Camino
'70 Ford Maverick
'86 Ford Thunderbird
'77 Pontiac Sunbird
'90 Ford Explorer
'89 Pontiac 6000
'00 Chevy Monte Carlo

I'm almost sure I have forgotten one or two.

I did forget a few...well one anyway.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/1977_Pontiac_Sunbird_Formula.jpg