What was the first car you rode in

"Matthew Phillips" (flatsidewaysfl) 11/02/2016 at 10:18 • Filed to: None

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Chevrolet Celebrity wagon... Ours was blue though

Well like the title says. I’ll start

The first 3 and some years of my life were spent in a blue Chevrolet Celebrity Wagon that went through two engines. The Celebrity eventually got replaced by a 93 Ford Aerostar which gave us 8 years of service and 300k+ miles. and that got replaced by my first car a 1994 Ford Taurus. and so on and so on...

I’ve had wagon fever since birth.

extraspecialbitter > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:23

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Earliest memory was in a mid-1980s Chevy S10. I think it looked like this:

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:27

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I think my parents had a 1980's Volvo 240 and a Mazda B2000. The Volvo was replaced by a Town and Country(which every 90's kids parents owned) and 1994 Chevy 1500. We had the 1975 FJ40 the entire time though. The side jump seats were changed for a bench for my car seat.

Matthew Phillips > extraspecialbitter 11/02/2016 at 10:28

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The one thing about the 80's are the very handsome pickup trucks. The Ranger and S10 are still really nice to look at... to me at least

Speed > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:29

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In April of ‘87 I was brought home from the hospital in an old 4x4 C10 like the one below, just dark blue.

jimz > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:29

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I don’t remember it, but I think it might have been a ‘63 Impala. the first car we had I have clear memories of riding in was a green on green ‘71 Ford LTD.

Tripper > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:30

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Not sure which one I rode in first, but when I was born my dad had a white Datsun 280Z and my mom had a red IROC Z cam e ro. Mom and dad were hella jalop.

kanadanmajava1 > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:30

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I’m pretty sure that it was my father’s ‘65 Volvo Amazon. My family had it until late 80's until it was sold away. It still exist and it has been restored.

Urambo Tauro > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:33

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My earliest car memories are of a blue station wagon. Long after it was gone, I happened to find an old insurance card with the VIN, which helped me identify it as a 1984 Buick Skyhawk Wagon Custom. It apparently had about 86hp, and looked something like this:

Pacer Racer > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:33

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I came home from the hospital in a 1985 Plymouth Voyager that my family still has in pristine condition.

My earliest memories of riding in cars were in a 1975 Ford F250 Supercab (still have it but with locked engine and severe rust) and a 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Coupe (sold it in 2002).

MUSASHI66 > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:38

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Then another one just like it

Then a Yugo

And then a yugo sedan

fintail > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:39

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I came home from the hospital in a 70 Mustang much like this:

Mustang II was still in production at the time, apparently these prior ones had a cult following by then.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:46

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White, 2 door, hardtop, 1963 Chevy II Nova. The car doesn’t even have seatbelts (they were an option and my great aunt didn’t order it with them) or headrests. I feel as though I’m far too young to have gone home in this car. It was my dad’s first car and rarely driven aside from special occasions, even back then (it was 18-19 years old when I was born).

Rainbow > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:46

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If memory serves me right, my parents took me home from the hospital in a red 1992/3 Dodge Intrepid.

At the very least, this car had the first accident I was involved in. My mom hydroplaned into the back of a dump truck that was making an unexpected turn into a construction site. The car was totaled, and her leg bone was sticking out at her knee. Somehow, I escaped with just a bruise. (and my mom recovered perfectly)

Benjamin Rolland > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:46

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Earliest cars I remember were my Dad’s ‘84 Skyhawk T Type and my mom’s ‘87 Tercel notchback.

Car I left the hospital in was my grandparent’s ‘91 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight.

First car I remember going to the dealership and getting was my mom’s ‘96 Willow Frost Ford Contour

Party-vi > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:46

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Dad’s 1972 Grand Torino (home from the hospital), which was then sold for a new 1988 Ford Taurus in fucking brown. After that the riding duties were split between the Taurus, an ‘89 Wrangler and a SEAT 133 with “racing carbs” in yellow. The SEAT stayed on the peninsula while the Taurus and Wrongler came back stateside. The Taurus was chucked off a cliff (or donated to Melwood) for a new Mitsubishi Diamante, which was the shit. After that I had an ‘88 Cherokee that I split my paychecks making awful (sound insulation, go-fast parts, suspension parts, etc.). The Willys doesn’t count since it didn’t move under its own power until a decade after I had owned it.

Matthew Phillips > Urambo Tauro 11/02/2016 at 10:46

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that thing is hella cool !

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:47

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I came home from the hospital in a red Jetta VR6. I don’t really remember that car but I do remember the Toyota Previa.

Nothing > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:49

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C62030 > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:53

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A blue, late-eighties(I think?) Lincoln Continental. What a cool car. Even if it did almost crush my four-year-old fingers in the automatic trunklid once.

gmctavish needs more space > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:56

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I believe the first one was a 1979 Ford Fairmont wagon

That one was actually kinda cool, but unfortunately the first one I remember was it’s replacement, a 1989 Ford LTD wagon. Not the Panther LTD.....

It was grey with fake wood paneling. My dad had a Ford wagon before the Fairmont, and he’s on his second Ford wagon since the LTD. There may be a pattern here.....

I think one of the main reasons he hasn’t replaced his current Taurus is that Ford doesn’t even make a regular wagon anymore

Benjamin Rolland > Urambo Tauro 11/02/2016 at 10:57

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Holy shit your earliest memories are of a Skyhawk wagon and mine are of a Skyhawk T Type! Most people haven’t even heard of the glorious mediocrity of the Skyhawk!

Stapleface > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 10:57

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The one I came home in the hospital was a Chevy Vega, similar to this one.

First memories in a vehicle was our 76 Malibu Station Wagon. It was pretty much identical to the blue one on the bottom.

Benjamin Rolland > Party-vi 11/02/2016 at 10:59

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Ah yes, paint code FK-B, Fucking Brown. Interesting color naming ford had back then.

Urambo Tauro > Benjamin Rolland 11/02/2016 at 11:01

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It’s a small car that’s a Buick !

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 11:01

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That would’ve been my Mom’s 1974 Chevrolet Malibu (2 door, green w/white vinyl roof, 350/auto). The second car would’ve been my Dad’s 1982 Cutlass Supreme (2 door, midnight blue, blue velour interior, 260 olds V8) 

leicester > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 11:03

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1967 Mercury Caliente hardtop, except in burgundy.

Benjamin Rolland > Urambo Tauro 11/02/2016 at 11:06

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My dads looked like this, but slightly shittier. The neighborhood teens got creative with a chisel one mischief night and chipped the I off the back and broke the B so it said “F U C K” on the back.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 11:12

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I think the Series IIA in the right of this picture, back before it had the paint stripped, is the car I remember riding in first. Around the same time we were also extensively using a ‘74 240D in sky blue like this one:

jminer > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 11:20

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When I was born my dad was rocking an Alfa Spider (upgraded from a Fiat 850 Spider because he needed a back seat) and my Mom was driving a late 70's Dodge 1 ton with extended cab, flatbed with a pintle hitch on the back which was likely the first car I ever rode in.

This is not it, but something like this (but with a flatbed)

It was a former government truck that got driven a while as the kid hauler. After my sister was born (now making 4 kids) we got a series of Ford full size conversion vans, those are what I remember and they are AWESOME!

I then remember my father driving a Probe GT (in stick) for a few years, then a S10 in Extended Cab (Stick again) for a few more and the full sized Ford got traded for an Astro.

I was told a story of the first car my parents had together (this would be the right about 1970). It was a old Studebaker Panel Van that burned so much oil that it had to be filled constantly and apparently was an old hippie van that had flowers and a psychedelic paint scheme.

Typing this all up may explain the impetus for my Jalopness...

Rykilla303 > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 11:22

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WOO! Chevy Celebrity wagon! I had a mint 93 white one with blue interior. It was from an estate sale, 40k original miles, died tragically in an accident in 2001. I still miss it.

DutchieDC2R > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 11:24

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Euro Ford Escort mk3, with the delightful 1.3, 4speed. That thing did several 1500+ km trips from Holland to Croatia. It was a silver 3-door hatch. It wasnt the best car in the world, but it performed great when my dad had it.

Matthew Phillips > Stapleface 11/02/2016 at 11:27

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Vega’s are badass...

Matthew Phillips > Rykilla303 11/02/2016 at 11:34

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I was too young to know the year of ours, but i remember my parents complaining about it all the time.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 11:44

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First car I would’ve rode in was a ‘78-83 Pontiac LeMans wagon in BROWN with WOOD GRAIN fake paneling. :P

Think this, but brown instead of burgundy...same fake wire wheel hubcaps though!

Pickup_man > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 11:54

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I don’t remember riding in it, but I do very vaguely remember us having a late 80's Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, it was maroon and squealed terribly. I vaguely remember when dad sold it to my uncle so it’s likely this is the car that I first rode in. The first vehicle I really remember riding in is either Dad’s 91 Corsica, or the ‘89 F-150.

duurtlang > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 11:54

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A Citroën Dyane, so basically a slightly fancier 2CV. I believe it was from the late 70s. My parents traded it in for something else not that long after I was born. They wanted something “safe”. So they bought a 1981 Lada sedan.

Michael_N > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 12:14

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The first car I ever rode in was my Mothers 1988 Nissan Sentra, it was September of 1998 and I’d been born 8 weeks early. As such I spent my first few weeks of life in a “Toaster”. Then was taken home in a similar looking vehicle. Went home in the Sentra because my Dad had recently gotten rid of his 1981 Chrysler New Yorker, right before I was born I believe.

The first car I remember was our white 1993 Jetta GL. My parents purchased it from my Grandparents.

JRapp: now as good as new again > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 17:59

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The first one I remember riding is was my grandpas Zaporozhets 968.

I’m hearing from my parents though that by dad picked me and my mom up from the hospital in a Lada (probably his friends VAZ-2101 or 21011) and slammed his thumb in the door, from which his fingernail is still dented.

JRapp: now as good as new again > Benjamin Rolland 11/02/2016 at 18:00

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It’s weird how much like a streched CRX this thing looks like, especially from the side and rear.

The Compromiser > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 19:08

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Too the hospital and back once I was born.

ranwhenparked > Matthew Phillips 11/02/2016 at 20:03

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I wasn’t conscious at the time, but I believe it would have been an ‘84 Plymouth Horizon. Not that I would have enjoyed it much, anyway.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Matthew Phillips 11/03/2016 at 15:41

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I went home from the hospital in a Chevrolet Cavalier wagon, much like this one, but orange. My parents wanted red, but orange was the closest color the dealership had in stock.