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First car: 1966 MG Midget
Drove it twice before selling it - bought it for $60 from the car dealer I worked at (it was a trade-in) and drove it home. The next day, while driving it around the block, something burst and oil started spraying out all over the place. I gave it to a friend who fixed it up and drove it around for a while before it finally gave out completely.
Favorite car: 1997 Ford Contour
I bought the car new and drove it HARD for the first 3 or 4 years. I didn't maintain it very well, and only replaced things when they broke. Despite all that, the car lasted more than nine years and had 160,000 miles on it before I sold it, and gave me very few problems. The only things I had to replace were the timing belt (at 95k), the alternator, fuel pump and an oxygen sensor. There was probably also a battery or two in there somewhere... I replaced the fuel pump and oxygen sensor myself, so they were low cost repairs.
Overall, I was extremely satisfied with that car. It was very comfortable to drive, had pretty good zip for a 4-banger, looked pretty good and handled well for a compact sedan. The reliability of that car was amazing - I've never owned anything that took so much abuse and didn't hardly complain. I never even had to replace the clutch, despite my aggressive driving style for the first few years.
First car: 1981 Ford Fairmont. What a steaming pile of dung. I was so happy the day that thing died for good so that had a bullet-proof excuse to get a different car.
Favorite car: Tie. The two cars I wish I had back are my Subaru WRX wagon and my Porsche 924S.
1969 Pontiac LeMans, 2 door coupe with a 350 cc engine. It was pretty fast, It rode really low, when we went over a hill, someone would yell "Sparrrks" and everyone would look out the back window to see the fireworks show.
A tiny little 350cc engine in that big ol' car? Wow...
1st car: 1974 AMC Gremlin X w/big 6cyl. and 4 on the floor.
Favorite: Believe it or not was a 1989 Buick Electra wagon. Drove it for almost 15 years and not a week goes by that I don't wish that I had it back. Hauled everything with that car.
First car was a 1955 Ford Victoria. I bought it for $40.00 and hated it. After driving it for 3 weeks I put a brick on the gas pedal and waited for the motor to blow up. Told my mom that piece of junk stopped running and I bought the 56 Chevy I really wanted.
My best car was the 1954 Studebaker Commander drag car I sold recently. 2200lbs 800HP 0-120mph in 6.3 sec. My Dr would not sign the physical I needed to continue to drive it in competition. If someone will tell me how to post pictures from my computer files I'll put some here.
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