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Saying Goodbye to Your First Car

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After having it for almost 10 years, I just sold my first car. I bought my 1996 Ford Mustang a few weeks before I turned 16 and have had it ever since. I had a lot of good times with that car and it was tough to see someone else drive away in it. I can only hope that they take good care of it and enjoy it as much as I did.
"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Ah, yes! The first car.

A black 1981 Datsun P.U. that I bought new. A Longbed with a shell that made it perfect for camping on the DZ. I finally sold it in '92 with over 200,000 mi. on it. I miss it still.

The good news is that other cars are waiting out there for you. :)

eta: I probably paid too much for it (live and learn how to deal with the car dealers), and the interest rate sucked (20.7%) But I loved it nonetheless.

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I bought mine in 1995, a 1973 Super Beetle.

October 2011 I finished a many year custom build of the car and really enjoy driving my hand built (by me) hot-rod.

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I feel your pain - there is a strong emotional connection to your first car. Dang they are hard to let go of!

Years after moving on, I bought an identical car to my first - an '82 Datsun Z-car. Man that car was great when I was a teenager, but the 2nd one just wasn't the same.

Sometimes it is best to just remember your first car as the awesome machine it was when you were 16!

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Mine was a 1983 300ZX Turbo I got second hand with 66000 miles on it. Within a month both the clutch and turbo died, adding another couple grand to the price tag. I put another 160K miles on it before trading it in. There were just too many things going wrong with it that point to keep it going.

I steered clear of Nissan for a long time after that, because I didn't think they'd be able to match the experience of that old Z car. Later generations of the Z got lackluster reviews. I gotta say their current Nismo is definitely a step up, and really the first car I've driven that I've actually liked since then.
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Mine was a 1963 Ford Falcon station wagon. It had slashed seats, rust holes in the roof and floor, and paint so bad that the only time I tried washing it the water ran off white.

But it cost me $150, which I was able to raise to pay cash by cashing checks at several grocery stores (it was a Saturday, and there were no ATMs in those days).

It lived for about 6 months, and then committed the final indignity of dying after I'd bought it new tires, so that when the city towed it off, I had to recover it to get the tires off.

Nope, don't miss that one at all :ph34r:.

Also, boys and girls, I can assure you from personal experience that if you have no radio, hanging a wind chime from the dome light will not provide pleasant diversion.

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

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After having it for almost 10 years, I just sold my first car. I bought my 1996 Ford Mustang a few weeks before I turned 16 and have had it ever since. I had a lot of good times with that car and it was tough to see someone else drive away in it. I can only hope that they take good care of it and enjoy it as much as I did.



I had a red '96 Ford Mustang as well, but it wasn't my first car, not even close. I did drive the hell out of it though. Maybe a few too many speeding tickets. :$ Then when I bought my house, I realized I needed a pick-up truck, and traded it in for one. 12 years later its still running at 197,000 miles. B|
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My first car was my grandmother's '64 Buick Special. Big ass motherfucker with a giant radius steering wheel and bench seats. :D I got it in '85 with only 30K miles on it. It didn't last much further past 90K miles before the transmission got all wonky in the late 80's. I was glad though. That thing was a gas guzzler. :ph34r:

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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Also, boys and girls, I can assure you from personal experience that if you have no radio, hanging a wind chime from the dome light will not provide pleasant diversion.

Wendy P.



I completely forgot about the lack of radio in my truck! I didn't last quite a year when I broke down and paid the same amount of money that I did for my FJC and installed one. :D It was worth 6 up-jumps to do it.
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My first car was a 1970 Barracuda. It started out as a slant 6, 3 speed manual. I eventually upgraded that to 360 V8 with a Hurst pistol grip 4 speed with ralley wheels, ralley dash and dual scooped hood. I got the car in 1985 and sold it in 2005. When I originally bought it I paid $250.00 for it and did all the body work/paint myself as it was totally trashed when I bought it. At the time I sold it, it was in need of major work on body,paint, motor and interior but I still got $7500 for it. I put the for sale sign on the car where it sat in next to my driveway on a Friday the following Monday the guy who bought it shows up with a trailer and money in hand.
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Also, boys and girls, I can assure you from personal experience that if you have no radio, hanging a wind chime from the dome light will not provide pleasant diversion.

Wendy P.



Cars have radios? Whatever next?
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Haven't sold mine yet. I bought it in 1967.



An awesome car. I thought it was wrecked a few years ago. Did you get it fixed?



Wasn't wrecked. Line boy at the airport drove the fuel truck into its door. Body shop fixed it.
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Me i was glad to see the back of my first car a Ford Cortina :D. What heap of junk to be honest most reliable cars I have had, was a Korean Santa Fe loved it never broke down in 8 yearsB| superb unlike the Ford that needed parked on a hill to bump start it every bloody time :S


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