What was your first car?????

[Boy]

Heinkel 200 Anyone remember those?
I was able to drive it at 16 unaccompanied on a
provisional M/C licence.
It was a great way to get about

[MakkyD]

opel kadette 1.3 (rlg687v) - cost £400 - covered 40,000 miles in it - sold £300 -
seat ibiza 1.2 (l947jcf) - cost £2750 - covered 100,000 miles in it - sold £350 -
rover 400 1.6 (n836brp) - cost £3,500 - covered 110,000 miles in it - wrote off by tp £1,000 -
vauxhall corsa (l??????) - cost £100 - covered 1,000 miles in it - scrapped for £50 split chassis -
mitsubishi galant 1.8 ( k??????) - cost £500 - covered 15,000 miles in it - sold £400 -
vauxhall cavalier 2.0 (n??????) - cost £100 - covered 8,000 miles in it - scrapped £100 mot mass fail -
volvo v40 t4 (r???cfm) - cost £2,000 - covered 18,000 miles in it - wrote off by tp £2250 -
renault laguna 1.8 (n??????) - cost £300 - covered 8,000 miles in it - sold £400 -
ford escort 1.8 (m??????) - cost £300 - covered 500 miles in it - sold £550 -
nissan almera 1.4 (p938net) - cost £300 - covered 22,000 miles in it - sold £300 -
nissan micra 1.0 (s98adk) cost £500 - covered 30,000 miles in it - wrote off by tp £550 -
ford focus 1.8 (y??????) cost £800 - covered 600 miles in it - scrapped £200 engine blew -
rover 25 1.6 (t??????) cost £500 - covered 2,000 miles in it - scrapped £100 engine seized -
saab 95 2.0t (t??????) cost £800 - covered 18,000 - sold £1,000 -
volvo v40 1.9tdi (v??????) cost £600 - covered 10,000 - scrapped £200 timing belt snapped -
nissan primera 1.6 (p------ we still have it) cost £300 - covered 17,500 since we have had it - had it now in our second year -
seat cordoba 1.9tdi (s------ we still have it) cost £175 - covered 32,000 since we have had it - had it now in our second year -

415,000 covered in 16 years (25,975 miles/year)
£13925 total spent
£7750 back

£6,175 spent on cars over 16 years covering 415,000 miles - thats 1.5 pence per mile - thats £386 per year -
these figures are not counting tax, servicing, insurance etc just cost of cars - so no ballooning -

[Jellybeanz]

Golf, 1.3 I think it was

[sarah_a3]

A 1990 Citroen AX GT which I was given for free at the age of 16. This meant I had a year to get it roadworthy before learning. It was a great first car which was quick and handled like a go kart even if it felt a bit like driving a biscuit tin in terms of safety.

Sold it after 5 years for £400 in 2007 when I massively upgraded to the A3 which I still have...but maybe not for much longer.

[ashy90]

First car before I passed my test was a 1992 J reg Vauxhall Astra (one of the first MK3's). Was a 1.4 LS in burgandy with lots of rust and a very leaky head gasket!

My second car, once I had passed my test, was a bubble shape Rover 214i 8v - superb little car too, had a lot of fun back then in that car