What was the first car ...

"Darkbrador" (darkbrador) 07/13/2018 at 14:53 • Filed to: None

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... that you were lusting after, as a kid ?

For me, growing up in France, it wasn’t the allmighty but ubiquitous 205 or Golf GTI, it was this :

Cheese grater wheels and all ... yeah baby !

Party-vi > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 14:58

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Duesenbergs. Mom’s family is from Indiana, and we’d go to the ACD Festival every year. It was fantastic.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:02

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The first car that I can remember thinking “goddamn!” about?  An old XJ Sovereign that was on my walk to school.  Probably age 10-11

punkgoose17 > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:04

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KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:05

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This. My aunt got me a poster and I had a Hot Wheels. Think I was 5? I had no idea what it was but that Screamin Chicken decal and the t top was so cool

Also, this Camaro just - I had the cutaway poster

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:06

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One of these two, probably:

Not sure either was the actual earliest, but both were reallllly early.

vicali > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:08

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O n e o f t h e s e s h o w e d u p o n t h e s t r e e t d o w n f r o m m y h o u s e i n 9 1 . . I w a l k e d to school a r o u n d t h e b l o c k j u s t t o g o b y i t . .

Cash Rewards > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:12

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Orginal Impreza 2.5 RS, blue with gold wheels.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:13

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i had a big thing for mantas

hell... i still do...

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:16

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Probably a first gen Renault Megane Coupe, as my dad was driving a Megane Sedan when I was a kid.

Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:18

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One of my dad’s friends had a back halved S10 Blazer with a BBC. I always lusted after it. I am still mulling it over 25 years later. Something like this.

Nothing > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:20

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GoodIdeaAtTheTime > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:21

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Pontiac Fiero GT . It was the attainable “ super” car for younger me . I cried for days when my parents got the Pontiac station wagon and not the Fiero. Though there where 6 kids soooooo. Although the salesman did take me around the block in it. I was maybe 6? The Fiero was canceled a few days later.

Darkbrador > Nothing 07/13/2018 at 15:23

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on TV, maybe, but in real life ?

My favorite TV car was the fall guy truck. But that’d be the subject of another post.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:25

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Nah... this was the car I lusted after when I was young:

Well it was one of them anyway.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:25

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The first one I remember was a silver Porsche 944 that was sitting on a used car lot near where we used to get pizza as a kid. I remember almost nothing about it other than what I just said, but I was no older than 7 at the time. Something about that car I’d make my parents drive by the lot just so I could look at it.

After that I think it was a neighbor’s RX7 (apparently I have a type) that was for sale in their front lawn. It was black with red interior, but the car was originally burgundy and the color change wasn’t the greatest, iirc. The door sills and interior sheet metal was still burgundy .

After that I went through a list of cars attainable on my imaginary first car budget. Dodge Neon, Honda CRX, Honda del Sol... and then I gave up on cars for a while.

beautimouse > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:29

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Still want one someday. Whale tail and all.

Takuro Spirit > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:30

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OG high mirror Testarossa. Not sure if it came from playing too much OutRun, or the 1/16 model kit I was given for my 10th birthday....

It even came with both mirrors, and had the option to place them up high or down low, IIRC. I put only the left side one on, in its PROPER position, as seen below:

Nothing > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:30

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Enough that they stuck with me and I shopped for them in the early/ mid 90s. Still kick myself for not buying one because I didn’t like the color combo. White on red interior for $17,500.

That I didn’t first see on TV , probably ‘70 Boss 302. Regular Mustangs weren’t a big deal because at one time, we had eight 65-68 models in the family. But that Boss down the street  was awesome.

BobintheMtns > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:33

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I grew up in rural NC.. Not a damn thing around us, culturally or otherwise.. But I remember a neighbor was having a garage sale when I was 7 or 8- and I bought a stack of old Car & Driver Magazines for 25 cents. First time I’d ever seen a “car magazine. ”

But one issue had a story on a tiny car from France that was supposedly unruly fast. I remember it being red and having these huge hips that I thought was the coolest thing ever... Still one of my favorite cars..

fhrblig > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:34

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I’d say the NSX.

Chariotoflove > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:42

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JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:47

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Either through Subaru Baja or the Isuzu Vehicross... Both in yellow of course 

RPM esq. > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 15:56

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I’m sure it’s not the very first but it’s certainly t he one that’s stuck with me.

Captain of the Enterprise > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 16:20

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2008 Mustang Bullitt

Then Challenger with the Shaker hood

Now I’m in college and drove a 2005 Corolla and now a 2011 Camry. High school me wouldn’t get it at all.

KnowsAboutCars > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 16:26

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I’ve been into cars for as long as I can remember so it’s hard to pin down the first one but here are few contenders.

Ferrari 512 BB. This one was probably infl uenced by the Knight Rider episode with a customized 308 GTS with kind of similar front end.

De Tomaso Pantera. Saw one in a magazine.

Lamborghini Countach. Cannonball Run might be where I first saw one of these.

narrow tail light Plymouth Duster. There was a matte black one street parked few blocks away from where I lived.

gettingoldercarguy > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 16:31

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Still love that car, but have desire to own it.  Weird, eh?

WilliamsSW > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 17:30

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My tastes have always been a little weird, I guess.  

M.T. Blake > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 17:36

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I had a 6ft long poster of a Testarossa on my wall. 

gmctavish needs more space > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 18:21

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I really  set myself up for disappointment

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Darkbrador 07/13/2018 at 18:39

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2004 WRX STI. As a young rally fan it blew my mind when they started advertising it with 300 HP, just like the WRC cars of the time.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Darkbrador 07/14/2018 at 03:16

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In the mid 1990s, my idea of a cool car was a Dodge Viper, Lamborghini Countach, Lamborghini Diablo, or Ferrari F40.

At the same time, my idea of an attainable “cool” car was a 1995 Plymouth Neon in nitro yellow-green. ¯\_()_/¯

Fortunately, my tastes have matured since then.