Your first car

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I'm just curious really, feel free to answer the following and add any input about your experiences with your first car.

Make:
Model:
Price:
 
Ford
Mondeo Ghia X 2.0
£900

Love(d) it to bits. OK so it's just an old man's boring Mondeo but I couldn't fault it. And now, driving a Rover 200 has made me appreciate the Mondeo even more. The drive is so comfortable. Handling precise, gearbox precise and a good motorway cruiser aswel as innertown driving.

I miss it so much, it's why I am curretly looking for another.

Also, sub doesnt fit in the Rover so music is crap in the Rover.
 
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Ford
Fiesta 1.25 16v Freestyle
£7250 IIRC

Thought it was great. Still remember it fondly. Corking first car.
 
Make: Seat
Model: Ibiza 1.4 Sport
Price: £8950 (Just over £10K with finance)

Piece of crap, regret buying it. Very slow and ive had nothing but problems since day one, not something you expect from a new car.

Gonna be getting either a Civic Type R or Integra Type R next June though :o
 
Fiat
Uno
Free

Taken on with no tax or test, and gotten back on the road for about £150. It was pretty rubbish in most respects, but it got me from a to b.
 
Make: Renault
Model: Clio
Price: £1000

Was fantastic until I stacked it last year. All I needed from a car at that point!
 
Make: Ford
Model: Escort 1.6 16v LX
Price: £400

Loved it. Very long gear ratios for the class of car being able to hit 41mph in 1st and 100mph in 3rd!
 
Make: Citroen
Model: Saxo 1.1 Expose
Year: 1998 (S)
Price: £5200

Got the car when it was 2 years old, did 65k in 3 years before putting it in a wall, never let me down was easy to self service and just a fantastic fun car, miss it lots.
 
Vauxhall
Corsa 1.2 Twist
£2000

Hated everything about it, but I didn't buy it, it just appeared one day, so who was I to turn down free transportation.

Managed to trade it in for £2200 though!
 
Nissan
Micra 1.3 Super S
about 1500quid


I loved it tbh, very reliable and went ok for a shopping cart, just dont show it a corner :p it loved to understeer
 
Vauxhall
Astra GTE 2.0 8v (mk2)
£1200

could afford the 16v insurance back in my uni days so had to settle with the 8v, had plenty of fun in that car, digital display was :D aswell
 
Make: Triumph
Model: Dolomite 1850HL (1978)
Price: 950GBP

So, insurance cost a bomb with it being a 1.9, rear-drive and having nonstandard alloys, but it was a great first little motor (well, besides my other cars, I've still got it!...just, as it's going for sale soon).

It never gave me any hassle, never failed to get me back and was great for commuting and having fun in. Drove it to Wales and back once and I think that was one of my most enjoyable motoring experiences, the looks, the comfort, blazing sun with the windows down, sitting at 80, waving to the other motorists and blatting along :)

I have to say, it's made such an impression on me that so far, I've had 3 in a row. :)
 
Make: Ford
Model: Capri 2.8i
Price: 1520 (cost a lot more to finish it though)

Kind of high insurance costs with it being my 1st car. Really enjoy driving it still after nearly a year and have no intention of selling it, planning on garaging it and only using it on sunny days in the summer soon and buying something else for general use.
 
Make: Ford
Model: S2 RS Turbo
Year: 1990
Price: £8,000ish but it was bought for me so essentially free.

Insurance was £390 iirc - very expensive back in the day :D
 
Make: Fiat
Model: Punto 1.2
Price: £6500

Was brand new, great as a first car as having a brand new car as a first car is a great feeling.
 
Make: Vauxhall
Model: Astra LS 1.4 16V 3 Door Mk4
Year: 1998/R
Price: £3500

Great car - really liked it. Was planning to keep it for a little longer before I wrote it off on Jan 1st!
 
Make: Ford
Model: Fiesta 1.25 LX (16v Zetec)
Price: ~£4000

Great first car. Cheap to run and didn't cause me any problems.
 
Make: Vauxhall
Model: Corsa 1.2 SXi
Price: £0 for me (£2600 to my grandparents)

Only cleaned it so far but I already like it :)
 
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