What is the first car you have memories of?

"jkm7680" (jkm7680) 04/21/2014 at 19:22 • Filed to: Questions

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How old were you, and what kind of Car was it.

For me, it was a very early XJ Cherokee. My family took a vacation in one. I'm not sure of the year though. I was probably around two years old. I mainly remember it being a red Jeep.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:24

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Renault 11. I was about 3 in my baby seat while my uncle was push starting it...

Nibby > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:25

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Around 92, a white 92 Maxima we had

Slave2anMG > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:25

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Very first memory was of a '63 Impala wagon...I remember screaming blue murder when my father backed into a telephone pole with it. The first car I remember details was a '67 Chrysler 300 4 door...black interior, black vinyl top and a coppery/brown exterior. I think I'm rather older than you :)

jkm7680 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 04/21/2014 at 19:26

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Very nice! My Car memories go back pretty far.

I'm in my early-ish 20's. Hope they'll stick around for a bit longer.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 04/21/2014 at 19:27

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Not sure what year it was but the car was a Buick LeSabre. Huge car, drank gas and sounded like a helicopter, good times.

Simplify, then add beer > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:28

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My Dad's old Ford Falcon XB.

CRider > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:29

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Probably my mothers 1970 Mustang fastback. Brown, 302 v8, automatic. It might have something to do with my irrational love of that body style of Mustang. It looked a lot like this, but in worse condition.

Sn210 > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:29

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mom had a blue 240 wagon just like this, and I loved it. I was probably 3 when we got it?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:32

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I think it was a Renault Laguna estate, but I can't actually remember. It was definitely a Renault estate 7-seater, as far as my generally poor long-term memory suggests.

Opposite Locksmith > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:34

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a red NA 1988 MT Toyota supra, the car I was brought home from the hospital in. I remember being taken to preschool in it.

Your boy, BJR > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:34

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Tie between My mom's old AE86 beater

Like this, but with steelies and a Dukakis '88 bumper sticker. I remember it breaking down on the side of the GSP when I was like 3. That's my earliest car memory. I don't remember much of it other than we owned it and it broke down a lot.

BUT- The car I have the most extensive early memories of is my dad's '84 or '85 Skyhawk T-Type. I didn't know much about it then except it had cool louvers and hidden headlights and I thought it was super cool.

Like this but white with dull paint and some of the letters chipped off the back so it said "B_IC_"

lonestranger > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:34

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Grandma & Grandpa's '72 Valiant sedan in dark green, just like this one:

To this day, the fender-mounted turn signal indicator lights are cool as shit.

Scary__goongala! > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:36

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my dads chevy lumina with a euro package or something. You could always hear him going and coming from for work. I still have no idea why it was so loud. And every time my mom, sister, and I used it the car broke down.

Brian Silvestro > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:37

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White Sienna. My mom rolled it down a hill with me and my sister in it when I was five. We got out fine, good job Toyota.

jkm7680 > Your boy, BJR 04/21/2014 at 19:38

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That would have been awesome to remember an Ae86, Haha.

Leadbull > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:38

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My dad's blue '91 Honda Accord sedan.

jkm7680 > CRider 04/21/2014 at 19:38

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Oooh, That's an awesome first auto related memory.

jkm7680 > Slave2anMG 04/21/2014 at 19:39

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Yeah, Haha. I'd say so.

I'm in my early-nuff 20's

Alex B > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:39

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1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee

My parents moved to PA from Colorado, they had bought this when they lived in the mountains. Anyways, I really liked that car!

jkm7680 > Opposite Locksmith 04/21/2014 at 19:40

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That's awesome. Does your family still have it?

jkm7680 > Alex B 04/21/2014 at 19:41

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Yeah! Cherokee club.

I remember, even though I was two in the early 90's that the Jeep was terribly unreliable.

I'm thinking that it was an 84-85, it was owned by a family member.

Your boy, BJR > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:42

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It's the car I came home from the hospital in. It was also her first new car (an '86 or '87) She traded it in shortly after the GSP incident for a brand new '95 5 speed Contour. My dad hydrolocked the Buick in '98 or '99 and ended up getting a beat to fuck '90 T-Bird LX from a gas station for like $400.

jkm7680 > Brian Silvestro 04/21/2014 at 19:43

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Glad to hear that you guys got out fine! I'm glad you weren't in an Explorer.

CRider > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:44

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Yeah, I'm sure it planted some seeds that brought me to Oppo. That car, and my dads '72 Monte Carlo with a SBC swapped and massaged a bit were the best cars from my early childhood.

Brian Silvestro > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:44

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*shudders*

Yeah, I was laughing my ass off the entire time for some reason.

jkm7680 > Your boy, BJR 04/21/2014 at 19:44

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Sounds nice!

My Father used to have an older Thunderbird of that same Era.

RPM esq. > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:45

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My dad's first-gen Ford Ranger. I'd guess I was about 6 years old. He didn't own it for very long before selling it to someone else who lived in our neighborhood, so it used to be fun to spot it out and about. I remember the (now very, very dated) light blue interior most of all.

This isn't it, but it looks just like it.

Alex B > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:45

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It was a pretty reliable car. We gave it to a friend when we got our Odyssey because we didn't need 3 cars. It almost made it to 200k. The repair that did it in was more expensive than the car was worth.

Your boy, BJR > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:45

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I was very "to catch a predator-y"

jkm7680 > Brian Silvestro 04/21/2014 at 19:46

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Haha, Knowing Mini-Me. I would have done the same.

For some reason, I found that kind of thing hilarious.

ly2v8-Brian > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:47

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Riding in the middle of my Grandpa's two-tone blue 86 Silverado C10. It's why I had to have a blue Silverado of my own.

jkm7680 > CRider 04/21/2014 at 19:47

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Nice! I don't have a clue what planed my Oppo seeds. But according to my parents, I used to identify Cars by their Hubcaps when I was around that same age.

XJDano > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:47

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something like this

AMC/Renauledge > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:48

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The one in this photo. 1,000 internets to the person who can guess what it is. I'm the kid, by the way. That's my mom at about 21 years old. Sometime in mid-1984.

jkm7680 > ly2v8-Brian 04/21/2014 at 19:48

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Nice! I like the idea of getting a sentimental Car.

I've thought about getting the same kind of Cherokee that planted my enthusiasm.

jkm7680 > AMC/Renauledge 04/21/2014 at 19:49

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Wild guesses.

Lumina, Cavalier, Monaco?

jkm7680 > XJDano 04/21/2014 at 19:50

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Very nice! Extra points for wagon.

I remember watching Karate Kid and thinking that the Chevy Wagon was Super-Cool. Haha.

ly2v8-Brian > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:51

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Oh, definitely do it. Especially if you can find a real nice 2-door like that.

CRider > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:53

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I don't remember much from that time but I didn't really get into cars like I am now until I was probably 12-13. Before them I was all motorcycles and learning to ride.

jkm7680 > ly2v8-Brian 04/21/2014 at 19:53

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I'd love to. But the problem is that I have so many other plans.

New Motorcycle, New Car.

After both of those are established, I'm feeling like getting one of these and putting it in the same way that the red Jeep was.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:53

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Saab 900 Turbo, maybe. It was my dad's when I was born in the USA , but since we grew up outside the country, his brother drove it until it got totalled in early 2000s

could also be our 1988 Mitsubishi Pajero

car actual pictures not used... the Saab is the accurate color but our Pajero in Haiti was white (raised roof as shown in the photo and even fog lights like that)

AMC/Renauledge > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:53

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The Lumina wasn't out until about 5 years after this was taken in 1984. And it's not a Cavalier or Monaco. Way more Jalop than either.

I'll give you folks a hint. It's Japanese.

Opposite Locksmith > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:54

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No :/ we sold it 10 years ago for 4k with 267,000 miles, ran like a dream though. The only issue the 7mge has is HG failure, so if you over torqued the head like they should have from the factory, they're flawlessly reliable.

Saw it last week at Home Depot though! Talked to the person we sold it to. He didn't take care of the interior, it was pristine when we sold it.

Funny story, when I was 18 shopping for a car, I flew up to Kansas from Texas to check out one I found online that was squicky clean, weeeelllll I went there and the guy HAD A MONKEY IN THE BACKSEAT and the car was TERRIBLY disgusting on the inside, despite good photos online. Made him pay for my rental car back home for blatantly falsifying and ad

Opposite Locksmith > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:55

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ly2v8-Brian > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 19:56

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Ah, life

jkm7680 > Opposite Locksmith 04/21/2014 at 19:57

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Good to know it's still cruising around.

I've got the desire to find one of the cars of my Parents during my childhood, and fixing it up for them.

jkm7680 > AMC/Renauledge 04/21/2014 at 19:58

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Just throwing guesses out.

Cressida, Subaru, Something along those lines

jkm7680 > ly2v8-Brian 04/21/2014 at 20:00

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I could: Get Married, Get a Pre-Fab garage, Buy expensive shit

Instead, I choose Car stuff.

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 20:00

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The first car I remember from my childhood is my dad's '66 Mercury Parklane. We then "Downsized" to a '72 Fury III during the gas crises. The Plymouth had a 318 V8, which was way less thirsty than the 400+ cubic inch plant in the Mercury. After the Plymouth breathed it's last, we acquired a '79 VW Rabbit. Now, that was a small ass car after such big American iron.

AMC/Renauledge > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 20:00

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It's an '81 Subaru GLF.

jkm7680 > AMC/Renauledge 04/21/2014 at 20:02

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That's awesome.

I don't think I've ever seen one of those in person before.

jkm7680 > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 04/21/2014 at 20:03

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That must have been a bitch to park, Haha.

I've got a thing with older cars from that generation though. Remove the hubcaps would be the first order of business.

ly2v8-Brian > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 20:04

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If I find success I hope to have a pole barn filled with all sorts of vehicles.

ly2v8-Brian > AMC/Renauledge 04/21/2014 at 20:05

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Big Bubba Ray > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 20:06

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My first memories would probably be in my dad's 91 Subaru Legacy. This isn't his. This one's too nice haha

I remember as a kid he would drive my sister and me to school every day and he loved playing the Bee Gees every single morning . When the three of us would load up into the car and he had a daily routine that consisted of

Turning car on
Putting it in gear and moving forward about 15 feet
Slamming brakes
Reversing to where he was originally parked
Repeating said process until my sister and I were practically car sick, yet laughing our asses off

jkm7680 > Big Bubba Ray 04/21/2014 at 20:08

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Haha, You've got a great memory!

Was the routine OCD, or just to have a little fun? :)

jkm7680 > ly2v8-Brian 04/21/2014 at 20:09

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Haha, Same.

Those things aren't that expensive. I've found a few for under $10,000

Opposite Locksmith > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 20:11

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My dad hasn't had any sporty cars, but he had a jeep willy in Iran, as well as a two cylinder Citroen. I've always wanted to get him a modern wrangler

jkm7680 > Opposite Locksmith 04/21/2014 at 20:13

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Yeah, that would be nice to do that.

Why not both, Haha.

A Willy Jeep, and a modern Wrangler.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 20:36

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Riding around backwards, waving to every other car on the road, in my mom's 1997 Audi A6 Quattro Avant. (Identical to the one pictured)

jkm7680 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 04/21/2014 at 20:40

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Awesome! Quattro, Avant. Great combination.

Big Bubba Ray > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 21:30

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He did it just for fun! It annoyed the hell out of me and my sister and he has always liked to push our buttons haha

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 21:33

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Probably my dad's 454 SS Silverado

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 21:37

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Oh goodness...

Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 22:18

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'59 Ford Fairlane 500. I was about 3 or 4. My dad was a car guy, but he was also a career Army, family man, with three kids. He tinkered on that car every chance he could, then we went fishing.

My fondest memory of him and that car was fishing in the mountains of Montana and we (he) caught his limit of rainbow trout, but we hadn't brought anything to carry them home in - he improvised! The trunk of that car was mostly unusable because that's where the roof is stored, so Ford installed a 3x3x1 foot tub in the middle for luggage. My dad filled the tub with lake water, dumped the trout in (happily swimming back and forth), put the top down on top of them, and we drove home laughing all the way.

4age20vsilvertop > jkm7680 04/21/2014 at 22:47

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A silver 1989 Citroen BX diesel at the age of 2

Fun fact: the internal code for the BX was XB

Aaron Brown > Brian Silvestro 04/21/2014 at 22:56

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Purposely or what? What's the story behind that?

Brian Silvestro > Aaron Brown 04/21/2014 at 22:59

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There was a car driving in the middle of the road across the double yellow lines, and my mother had to swerve to avoid it, not knowing there was a hill on the side of the road. We rolled a total of 3 times.

Aaron Brown > Brian Silvestro 04/21/2014 at 23:02

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Ah, good to hear all came out okay!

Brian Silvestro > Aaron Brown 04/21/2014 at 23:03

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Yay safety!

jkm7680 > Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight 04/22/2014 at 06:38

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That's awesome! You've got a great memory!

jkm7680 > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 04/22/2014 at 06:39

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That's a great one! Don't see too many of those around anymore.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 04/22/2014 at 06:40

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That's quite the badass truck! How long did he have it.

jkm7680 > Big Bubba Ray 04/22/2014 at 06:40

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Haha, my Mother used to do that kind of thing.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 04/22/2014 at 06:58

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From the summer of '89 to late 2000 when two guys stole it out of his work's parking lot. They drove it up onto a cadillac, blew the motor and bent the frame. Total loss.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 04/22/2014 at 07:01

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Man, that sucks.

That was probably my favorite GM truck of the time, after the Syclone.

If they got caught, I hope they dropped the soap in prison.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > jkm7680 04/22/2014 at 07:06

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great? It was 'one' that's for sure.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 04/22/2014 at 07:12

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I don't think they ever were caught. The police ended up finding it a couple days later. The insurance payed a shit amount, if I remember correctly, so we ended up with a used Tahoe for a few years.

jkm7680 > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 04/22/2014 at 07:16

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IMO, It doesn't look half bad.

I'm liking the wheels.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 04/22/2014 at 07:17

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I presume that you've got a GM family, Haha.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 04/22/2014 at 07:22

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Oh yes, the last 6 or 7 cars my parents have purchased have been GM.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 04/22/2014 at 07:28

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Brand loyalty is always a good thing.

As you could probably tell, I'm biased towards VAG products, as I've owned two. But I'm open to trying out new brands.

My parents, on the other hand. They've been all over the map, From Volvo to Toyota back to Volvo to Ford and so on.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 04/22/2014 at 07:38

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Before my parents met, my dad was a Ford person and my mom favored Dodge. Then they went and bought the 454 and an SC2. Those two cars pretty made them GM people somehow.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 04/22/2014 at 07:40

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Saturn Sc2, That's one...different gateway drug.

The 454 makes more sense though, Haha.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 04/22/2014 at 07:46

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The Dodge Daytona she had prior was a total POS. At least the Saturn was reliable and fun to drive.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 04/22/2014 at 07:49

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I didn't mind the looks of the Daytona. Just slow I guess.

Was the Saturn stick?

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 04/22/2014 at 07:58

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No it was an auto, she can't drive stick. But, the Daytona's body was literally coming apart at the welds.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 04/22/2014 at 08:04

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Same, my Mother never really attempted to drive stick but once. She didn't really like it that much.

I'm guessing that's probably why there are so few Daytonas around. Probably the same goes for the 1990's Dodge Monaco.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 04/22/2014 at 08:11

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She burned through like 3 clutches on the 454 trying to learn. My dad gave up teaching her after that.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 04/22/2014 at 08:13

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Haha, While teaching the Lady Friend. I made sure to teach her at the end of the life of the clutch. She still hasn't mastered it. Or wants to learn it.

For my Mother, she just tried once and said fuggit.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > jkm7680 04/22/2014 at 08:27

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Ours had a white vinyl top. Until it got parked under an oak tree for three to four years, then we had a dreary beige vinyl top. Buick must have made 50 bazillion of those wheels starting in the mid 60's

jkm7680 > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 04/22/2014 at 08:40

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Nice, those wheels make everything better, Haha.

JEM > jkm7680 04/22/2014 at 11:31

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'65 Impala I think. Pretty similar to this:

jkm7680 > JEM 04/22/2014 at 15:21

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Very nice! Good color also.

toyotaphile > jkm7680 04/22/2014 at 16:17

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1991 mitsubishi eclipse. got it from my uncle in 1998 when we moved out of the city. the interior had suffered a decade of college-student abuse and for some reason we called it the "Fun Car". my dad ditched it in 2002 for a similarly green, equally memorable '87 volvo 240 that soldiered on until 2007.

jkm7680 > toyotaphile 04/22/2014 at 16:20

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Wish that you could still find decent Mitsubishi Eclipses around still. There don't seem to be many that haven't been abused, or turned into complete Rice Pudding.

wontacceptthis > jkm7680 04/25/2014 at 23:03

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My grandparents' 1980-something AMC Eagle. It looked much like the one in this picture, though I recall a bit more fake wood. My grandpa had just retired at the time (very early 90s) as service manager from Hillview motors, which has variously been an AMC, Renault, Chrysler, and International dealership, and the car was always kept clean.

What are my best memories of it? That the whole thing smelled like vinyl. That three small children could easily play kickball in the back seat. And of course, plowing through what seemed like mountains and mountains of snow around Christmas time.

I think they had it until about 1999.

jkm7680 > wontacceptthis 04/26/2014 at 07:44

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Durable little car. Amirite?

RT > jkm7680 06/01/2016 at 13:12

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E80 Corolla, like this one.

I remember it never broke and had a cool nickname. Laugh at me all you want, but I liked it.