by "404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
Published 04/26/2017 at 09:12
by "404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
Published 04/26/2017 at 09:12
Tags: Conversation Street
STARS: 1
Interesting question I saw here. What was the car that brought you home?
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http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2017/04/qotd-vehicle-first-ride-life/
I honestly don’t know about mine. The oldest family car I remember was the Datsun 910, one that looked exactly like this one, so it might be it:
Anyone know theirs?
"OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars" (jakeauern)
04/26/2017 at 09:14, STARS: 0
If I remember right it was a brown Volvo 240. My dad wins by being born in the back of a ‘57 Bel Air on the way to the hospital though.
"TheJWT" (thejwt)
04/26/2017 at 09:16, STARS: 0
I think it must have either been a Blazer or a Trooper; I only vaguely remember the blazer though. My parents got rid of the trooper around the time I was born.
"Nibby" (nibby68)
04/26/2017 at 09:16, STARS: 1
A new 1990 Toyota 4Runner in late 1990
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
04/26/2017 at 09:17, STARS: 0
A Red Jetta VR6. Not sure of the year.
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
04/26/2017 at 09:20, STARS: 3
One of these. It’s the car my parents used to bring me home from the hospital I was born in.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
04/26/2017 at 09:20, STARS: 0
I guess a W124 taxi. Might have to ask my mom.
"Chinny Raccoon" (chinnyraccoon)
04/26/2017 at 09:21, STARS: 1
Mid 80s Volvo 340 or 360. First car I can remember is the 1986 Defender my parents kept for another 20 years. Last time I checked it was still on the road.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
04/26/2017 at 09:22, STARS: 0
A burgundy red 1995 Renault 19 Sedan (or Charmade as duurtlang pointed out), just like this one:
It had either a 1.6 with 8 valves or a 1.4, can’t remember which.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
04/26/2017 at 09:25, STARS: 0
I suspect that it was a Mitsubishi Montero, because my parent’s other car was an AW11 MR2 and I feel like they were pretty intent on keeping me alive by that point.
"Moves-Like-Senna" (moves-like-senna)
04/26/2017 at 09:27, STARS: 0
1984 Jeep Cherokee (lighter blue) 4 Door
It had 4 batteries + (4000$ speaker system from the early 90s), yellowed out lights (aside from headlight), off road bumper,
hellas
upfront.
It was one of the first in Canada and purchased by my father as he’s 6ft 6, there wasn’t much he fit in and the SUV was a brand new trend.
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
04/26/2017 at 09:27, STARS: 2
1985 Supra just like this one
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
04/26/2017 at 09:28, STARS: 1
Dude, way to make me feel old. I remember the parents of a classmate buying one of those. A brand new one. When I was in high school.
Charmade they were called, right? Haven’t seen one in ages.
"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii)
04/26/2017 at 09:28, STARS: 0
If i had to guess it’d be either a 3rd gen camaro berlinetta (305/5spd) or maybe the 72 caprice coupe that was gone before I can recall
"Captain Whatnot" (celeritasprime)
04/26/2017 at 09:30, STARS: 0
A not-very-good Ford Cortina that actually would not start when my mother went into labor. She/we went to the hospital in a taxi but the Cortina was apparently working in time to bring me home.
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
04/26/2017 at 09:30, STARS: 1
early 80's Camry, brown brown brown
"fintail" (fintail)
04/26/2017 at 09:31, STARS: 0
A 1970 Mustang, fairly similar to this:
My dad kept it until the early 80s, eventually replaced by a Plymouth Horizon in a very similar color, the times they were a changing.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
04/26/2017 at 09:31, STARS: 0
Haha, sorry.
Yeah your right, I couldn’t remember the exact name anymore, I wasn’t even 3 when dad traded it in on a Megane Classic, so I was thinking of 19 Classic, but it indeed was 19 Charmade. Recently I saw one, but the Charmade is rare indeed, 19 hatchbacks and 19 convertibles seem to outnumber it nowadays.
"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
04/26/2017 at 09:38, STARS: 1
Like many, I was was picked up from the hospital with my father’s car. It was a ‘65 Volvo. Exactly like the one below. Miraculously the car still exists and it’s doing fine. My father sold it in late 80's, but it has been restored my some Volvo enthusiast.
"EL_ULY" (uly)
04/26/2017 at 09:38, STARS: 0
One identical to this
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
04/26/2017 at 09:41, STARS: 1
HQ Holden like this in 1973.
"Flavien Vidal" (flyingfrenchy)
04/26/2017 at 09:43, STARS: 0
A Golf 1 GTI followed immediately by a Robin HR200 with a canopy leak that my mother took 20 minutes to notice... It was raining on me for all this time, I was 2 weeks old... Thanks mum!
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
04/26/2017 at 09:48, STARS: 0
A gold 1972 2-door Malibu with a black vinyl roof. My mom loved it. I think it was a 305, but not sure. It was real similar to this pic.
"djmt1" (djmt1)
04/26/2017 at 09:51, STARS: 0
I don’t know if it’s my first but it’s the earliest I remember.
My mother’s Lancia Beta coupé breaking down in the middle of the Rotherhithe tunnel.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
04/26/2017 at 09:54, STARS: 0
It was a 1985 Chevy Astro, and I think it looked like this one - I do recall silver on the exterior, and a maroon interior, so fuck it:
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
04/26/2017 at 09:56, STARS: 0
Almost identical. It was rare in the US back then, it’s ultra-rare now.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
04/26/2017 at 10:00, STARS: 1
It was either a dark red Volvo 240 or a silver E90 Corolla. Those were the cars my parents had at the time of my birth.
"KnowsAboutCars" (knowsaboutcars)
04/26/2017 at 10:06, STARS: 1
If it was the family car it was a Peugeot 309. Pretty much identical to the one below except it was pre-facelift model.
"Roundbadge" (Roundbadge)
04/26/2017 at 10:10, STARS: 0
I’m not sure which car I’d have been brought home in, but it was either a white ‘72 Toyota Celica GT or a white ‘70-1/2 Ford Falcon 4-door.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
04/26/2017 at 10:10, STARS: 0
Edit: My mother and me were picked up in a then new Audi A4 Avant almost identical to the one below
"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54)
04/26/2017 at 10:11, STARS: 0
One of these bad boys.
1970something Ford Maverick. Damn thing was a lemon. It literally fell apart at 40k miles. My mom had a Beetle before that, and got another Beetle to replace it.
"KFN" (kfn)
04/26/2017 at 10:12, STARS: 0
1971 Verona Red BMW 2002.
"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
04/26/2017 at 10:16, STARS: 0
It was a late 70's/early 80's wagon. Make, model unknown. I know it existed but only because I’ve seen one or two pics of it.
"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
04/26/2017 at 10:17, STARS: 0
Wait. You were born at an airport?
"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
04/26/2017 at 10:21, STARS: 0
I don’t know for certain, but I like to think it was my mom’s Mustang coupe. My dad’s was a ‘65 convertible.
"LOREM IPSUM" (lorem---ipsum)
04/26/2017 at 10:21, STARS: 0
Brought home in a Datsun 510.
Parents upgraded to a 710 wagon shortly thereafter.
My first car was a 5 speed Maxima.
"Flavien Vidal" (flyingfrenchy)
04/26/2017 at 10:22, STARS: 0
Almost... Commercial pilot of a father, air hostess of a mother...
"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
04/26/2017 at 10:24, STARS: 0
My first car ride would’ve been in my Mom’s 1972 Chevrolet Malibu. Her’s was a two door in the exact same color combination as the pictured car, but with a 350. It was her first car that she kept for about 10 years. She sold it not long after I was born when the reality of an old 2 door car and a newborn made something more modern and with more doors appeal to her. They traded it in for an 1986 Dodge Lancer with a turbo.
"lone_liberal" (token-liberal)
04/26/2017 at 10:31, STARS: 0
I’m not sure but I think it would have either been a ‘57 Fairlane or a ‘63 Galaxie convertible but that’s if my dad was here when I was born (he was in the Navy on a sub). If he was at sea it would have been my grandparents who drove us home so it would have been a Plymouth of some sort since that’s all my grandfather bought.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
04/26/2017 at 10:47, STARS: 1
Somehow your story about the leaking roof raining on you being ignored by your air hostess mother is hilarious with recent events commercial airlines mistreating passengers...
"Land_Yacht_225" (nadenator)
04/26/2017 at 10:57, STARS: 0
1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0 4WD bought two weeks before my mother went in to have labor induced as the new safe car for transporting baby me. We couldn’t well have me riding around in the back of an ‘89 Integra with no air conditioning, now could we?
"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
04/26/2017 at 11:13, STARS: 1
Maroon Volvo Wagon, I think. Either that or a tan Volvo sedan. My mom hit two deer on the way back. (Yes, my mom was driving, I was in the hospital for like... a month?) IIRC the only damage to the car was a broken headlight. Love those cars.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
04/26/2017 at 11:15, STARS: 0
We’ve done this before. It was a white 1963 Chevy II Nova (not the SS pictured, but looked just like this, even down to the wheels):
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
04/26/2017 at 11:18, STARS: 0
A 1964 Chevy Impala 4 door. I have a an actual picture of it somewhere, but this is just a dead ringer. No doubt with my mom holding me in the front seat, and she wasn’t wearing a seat belt (they weren’t standard in cars until 1965).
As a toddler, I called it the “boo-lue junk”.
"Hoccy" (Hoccy)
04/26/2017 at 11:19, STARS: 0
1982 Mazda 626
Not as clean as the one pictured.
"Hoccy" (Hoccy)
04/26/2017 at 11:22, STARS: 1
Making me feel old too, though I don’t remember these from they were new. Someone I went to primary school with had one.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
04/26/2017 at 11:24, STARS: 0
My mom’s green ‘72 Datsun B-210, that she had purchased new and loved dearly. A few months later, my dad walked out of the house in the morning, and came right back in and announced to my mom, “Ummmm ... I think we’re gonna need a new car.”
The right side strut towers had collapsed overnight from rust. The right side rocker panel was laying on the ground. Off to the junkyard it went. I was born in ‘81, so the car was only nine years old.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
04/26/2017 at 12:02, STARS: 0
Sorry. Didn’t expect to let so many people feel old today, haha.
Funnily enough, I always thought you were somewhat around my age(21), for some reason.
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
04/26/2017 at 12:19, STARS: 0
Would’ve been an ‘87 Chevy Nova. Only car my parents bought new. They kept it until around 2007, at around 250,000 miles when it finally had too many small issues that weren’t worth fixing and it got donated to assist starting a highschool shop class that never got off the ground. But it did get one last hurrah of a road trip, out to Portland, OR and the pacific coast, via the Black Hills, Yellowstone, and a bunch of areas in between. My first attempt at learning a clutch.
"Hoccy" (Hoccy)
04/26/2017 at 12:59, STARS: 1
I’m only 24 :P I think we talked about studying a while ago.
No worries, but would’ve helped if you stated how old the car was at the time. The 626 of my parents were already 11 years old when I were born, and we even had that for 10 more years. For some reason I always assume that people my age grew up in something from the 80's.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
04/26/2017 at 13:02, STARS: 1
The year was 1986 - One of these wonderful pieces of Malaise era-GM took me home from the hospital (fake woodgrain end everything), though ours was a deep burgundy red as in the second pic:
1979 Pontiac Lemans Station Wagon
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
04/26/2017 at 13:03, STARS: 0
This post is RallyDarkstrike approved! :D
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
04/26/2017 at 14:11, STARS: 1
Now I remember, that’s why I thought you are about my age.
My dad is to ‘blame’ for that, buying only Renaults new from the mid 90's to the mid 00's, and only keeping all of them 3 years or less, I already own the Twingo longer than he has owned any of his cars. Indeed a lot of my friends’ parents did drive 80's cars, and often they had them over a long period, always making my friends confused why my dad bought a new car again.
"RT" (rt-p)
04/27/2017 at 10:20, STARS: 0
E80 Corolla 3-door hatch like this one.
The car was such a workhorse, they went through two of them.
