The General Car Thread - The Facelift.

[Elwher]

I recently picked up a red and white 1965 VW Bus myself, another example of non sports car toys.

A man of taste and class.

Thank you, sir. It was the closest I could find to my first vehicle, a 1964 all white bus.

[Auzkhia]

A man of taste and class.

Thank you, sir. It was the closest I could find to my first vehicle, a 1964 all white bus.

The closest toy car of my real car I can find is a Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor.

[Cannot think of a name]

A man of taste and class.

Thank you, sir. It was the closest I could find to my first vehicle, a 1964 all white bus.

Mine is red and white, I get all the toys. If I had a samba I’d be set for life.

[Petrolheadia]

I got a new toy car, this one is a 2017 blue Honda Civic Hatchback, I get a kick out of that, it's some regular car in toy form when most are sports cars or race cars.

2007 Toyota Corolla, same color and trim as my dad's.

[Petrolheadia]

A new Kia Ceed (dropped the apostrophe) ad claims the 5-door Pro Ceed is the first mass-maker shooting brake.

I'll take "what are Volvo P1800ES, Volvo 480, Chevrolet Nomad, Pontiac Safari, Mercedes CLA and CLS" for 200.

[Elwher]

Here's an idea I, at least, find interesting.

What was your first car, what did you like/dislike about it, and what happened to it?

Mine was a 1964 VW Bus, white. I loved the room, and the comradeship among bus owners back then (1970); I hated the lack of power (it once made 60 mph going downhill) and the heater (such as there was. After a 300 mike trip in the winter the windshield and the front side windows were defrosted, nothing else.) After one too many of the 300 mile trips from college to home and back, the engine blew out for the second time and it was not really worth putting in another one.

[Petrolheadia]

Here's an idea I, at least, find interesting.

What was your first car, what did you like/dislike about it, and what happened to it?

Mine was a 1964 VW Bus, white. I loved the room, and the comradeship among bus owners back then (1970); I hated the lack of power (it once made 60 mph going downhill) and the heater (such as there was. After a 300 mike trip in the winter the windshield and the front side windows were defrosted, nothing else.) After one too many of the 300 mile trips from college to home and back, the engine blew out for the second time and it was not really worth putting in another one.

The 2007 1.4 diesel Corolla I'm likely going to have as my 1st car:
- Like - great fuel economy, reliability.
- Dislike - lack of steering feel, too little power for highways, loudness, rust is coming for it.

Although my dad is buying an older SUV (very likely a 1st gen CR-V, as in "he's soon going to test drive one"), so I'm probably also gonna have access to one of these.

[Auzkhia]

Here's an idea I, at least, find interesting.

What was your first car, what did you like/dislike about it, and what happened to it?

Mine was a 1964 VW Bus, white. I loved the room, and the comradeship among bus owners back then (1970); I hated the lack of power (it once made 60 mph going downhill) and the heater (such as there was. After a 300 mike trip in the winter the windshield and the front side windows were defrosted, nothing else.) After one too many of the 300 mile trips from college to home and back, the engine blew out for the second time and it was not really worth putting in another one.

1999 Mercedes Benz C280.

I liked how it drove, looked nice, decent MPG, and was a good car overall. The mirror pods were held by duct tape, it was lowered a bit to the point where I often bottomed out in some places, not stanced, just lowered enough where I couldn't get over a small pile of snow when I shoveled, and its rust problems made me stop driving, it's sitting in a garage at my parent's house on three wheels since I couldn't put it back together. It still works, as long it gets reassembled in the front right chassis.

I would get another one but an AMG version and from somewhere that doesn't have rusty cars. A lot of German and Japanese cars from the 90s and 2000s seem to have rust proofing issues that don't hold up well in the Northern US.

[Petrolheadia]

Imagine it's 1941. You are a rancher from Wyoming, looking for a station wagon for your family of 7. You want a well-built, reliable family vehicle. The choices in your budget are:
- Packard 110,
- Pontiac Custom Torpedo,
- Oldsmobile Series 66,
- Mercury Eight,
- Chrysler Royal.

Which one would you buy? I'd get the Packard.

[Cannot think of a name]

First car I had access to: 2.8l GMC S-15 Jimmy. It had chrome wheels and glasspacks, so it looked kinda cool and sounded kinda cool but man was it a wimp. And super plastic. The interior didn't really last.

Car that was mine all mine: 1977 Chevy Malibu Classic. You know it as Lloyd Dober's car in Say Anything. Except mine was yellow. Compared to the Jimmy it was a powerhouse though you could still time it to sixty with an egg timer. Fun to teach myself Dukes of Hazzard tricks in the abandoned mobile home park outside of town. Thirsty motherfucker and ugly as all get out.

[NeoOasis]

Here's an idea I, at least, find interesting.

What was your first car, what did you like/dislike about it, and what happened to it?

97 Ford Escort in black. Fairly decent first car, but it wasn't that easy on gas, clear coat was gone from the top of the car, and it was formerly used by a smoker. Car was sold to some guy who promptly crashed it. I saw that very same car in a junkyard just a few weeks later. That was surreal.

[East Fredonia]

I'm going to come into possession of a ran-when-parked 1988 Dodge Ramcharger 4WD sometime in the next few months. Pray for my tetanus shots, my bank account and my soul.

[New Oyashima]

SRT4 needs new tires rip

[Costa Fierro]

Probably the best lap around one of the best racing tracks by the best touring car driver ever.

[Petrolheadia]

I'm going to come into possession of a ran-when-parked 1988 Dodge Ramcharger 4WD sometime in the next few months. Pray for my tetanus shots, my bank account and my soul.

How did it happen? Why did you choose it? What sort of car were you looking for?

[De Almerland]

I don't even have a driving licence yet, still taking lessons and will be having my test during October.

I would like to ask what car did you learn to drive in? For me it is a Volkswagen Golf SV 1.6 TDI.

[Vassenor]

I don't even have a driving licence yet, still taking lessons and will be having my test during October.

I would like to ask what car did you learn to drive in? For me it is a Volkswagen Golf SV 1.6 TDI.

Honda Civic Type-R.

[Petrolheadia]

I don't even have a driving licence yet, still taking lessons and will be having my test during October.

I would like to ask what car did you learn to drive in? For me it is a Volkswagen Golf SV 1.6 TDI.

2007 1.4 diesel Toyota Corolla.

[Cannot think of a name]

I don't even have a driving licence yet, still taking lessons and will be having my test during October.

I would like to ask what car did you learn to drive in? For me it is a Volkswagen Golf SV 1.6 TDI.

Quarter midget, then an S-15 Jimmy.

[Vassenor]

Hm... looking at it the place I'm thumbing through will sell me a Mk6 Fiesta for not a whole lot more than the I20. Only problem is they're 3 insurance groups higher.

[Elwher]

I don't even have a driving licence yet, still taking lessons and will be having my test during October.

I would like to ask what car did you learn to drive in? For me it is a Volkswagen Golf SV 1.6 TDI.

1964 VW Bug.

[Auzkhia]

I don't even have a driving licence yet, still taking lessons and will be having my test during October.

I would like to ask what car did you learn to drive in? For me it is a Volkswagen Golf SV 1.6 TDI.

1999 Mercedes Benz C280.

And a 2003 GMC Envoy XL and a 2006 Audi A6 wagon to some degree.

[New Oyashima]

I don't even have a driving licence yet, still taking lessons and will be having my test during October.

I would like to ask what car did you learn to drive in? For me it is a Volkswagen Golf SV 1.6 TDI.

2008 Saturn Vue/2003 Dodge Neon SXT

[Cannot think of a name]

The guy who founded Benihana was tacky, who knew?

[Vassenor]

The guy who founded Benihana was tacky, who knew?

"You've ruined a perfectly good 911."

"Ah, incorrect. Two perfectly good 911s!"