first cars

waveydavey · Post by **waveydavey** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:35 am

My first car was a mkII ford fiesta 1 litre on an A-plate...... Managed to get nearly 90mph out of it on the A1 with four adults and luggage in it once!!!!!

I sold it to my then girlfriends best mate who after having it for about 3 months had it written off by a bloke who forgot to put the handbrake on properly in his tranny van, only for it to roll down the hill it was parked on and run into the back of the fiesta..... Promptly turning it into something looking like a fiat 126!!!

Cheers

Dave.

PoloCornwall · Post by **PoloCornwall** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:01 pm

My first car was a red mini mayfair, with weller wheels, still got it will be done up in later years, but as soon as i passed my test my mini failed its m.o.t so i got 1.4 16v 6n polo, until i wrote it off about 2 weeks back

im now awaiting insurance money and new polo yay!!

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:57 pm

first car i drove was mums cherry red D-reg Panda (1000CL - she had class)... on dad's lap, up and down our road, him holding tight onto my legs after I, naturally enough, decided that steering it wasnt enough and i would slip downwards to jam the throttle into the floorboards

They make a nice noise at full chat. Especially at about 8000rpm in neutral.
A couple years later he let me loose in his cavvy as well for a bit of early clutch/throttle and steering control tuition (at age 7) somewhere down a random truck layby in the lake district... visiting his parents, "quick" shopping trip on a stormy day, both bored out of our minds of course.

Learning car: Fiesta Zetec 1.25 (instructors).... Gutless! Truck outpaced it on a Pass Plus overtaking & motorway lesson - giving it death in 2nd/3rd, too! Steering had no feel (fly-by-wire airliner), naff gears, and horrid seats. Could stand a 1 hour lesson with some aches, but on a 2 hour extended one I thought I was going to get a DVT!
Somehow they're Britain's Most Popular Car. How???

First car given the license to bomb around in was mum's mk1 Punto. 75 SX, 5 door, deep ocean blue, lovely colour. Nice motor, but of course, Italian build quality. Things probably attributable to my stressing of it include a shagged clutch, a disintegrated gearbox a couple weeks later (clutch must have knackered it), and continual injector & ECU faults. Things DEFINATELY caused by me include three or four tyres (thing was a kerb-magnet, especially in the wet at roundabouts and traffic lights) and a tree branch through the passenger door. Whilst parking. Very slowly. Oops. Never hit any other vehicle though or had a "proper" accident. Fairly proud of that.
First trip was to pick up my brother from his mates. Don't think he appreciated it.
First "OHHHHH SH******T" moment was in it - smoking all four tyres hard on the brakes, up a motorway sliproad proving half the length it looked. Slid nicely onto the island, between the front of one and rear of another truck, not quite kissing the armco on the INSIDE edge. Luckily for all five in the car

traffic was barely moving and we had no-one in front.
First traffic stop and breathalysation in it - for having fog lights on... AFTER IT HAD BEEN FOGGY EARLIER THAT EVENING. Am I the only bugger in the entire country who's been stopped for that or what??
First family holiday too. Mum backseat driving in her own car, pulling you up for such stuff as "doing more than 69mph on the M6" (75!) and "checking mirror & doing over-the-shoulder glance before pulling out" (WTF? should i maneuver blindly?) is not reccomended. Or having the other occupants being shirty at you for doing only 15mph down a country lane... that's barely wider than the car, has 8ft hedges, very few passing places, and 90 degree corners every 100 yards... covered in skidmarks and shattered safety glass...
Got 115 out of the bugger once, downhill... it wasn't geared very well, considering its heritage!

Good times...

Got lend of a mk1 Clio too (similar spec to punto but in cafe-tiles white ie lots of ground in dirt!) with a snatchy, binding brake disc (fun!) and a go in a red, souped up mini (awesome fun!) once. Dads partner being responsible for both treats. Hmmm funny that!

Then I took a fateful train trip, resolved never to trust public transport for any distance over 15 miles again, saved as if my life depended on it, pored over a load of mags, and bought the Polo.
1.0 CL, 4 speed, hatchy, nice navy blue colour (all I saw was "1 litre" "VW" "blue" - wanted something cheap to insure but not made of straw or painted vomit beige... those were the only criteria! i almost had a pug 305, and a skoda favorit estate.. the OLD type!).
Â£650. Bargain.
Then Â£250 to fix the brakes two days later

..and the rest is history.

It felt so quick when I was driving it home

but then I had been riding bikes, trains, buses, and other people's passenger seats for more than two straight years. And the brakes were shagged.

M@Turner · Post by **M@Turner** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:29 pm

1989 Nissan Sunny. Bought it off my dads cousin in June 2003 with 67k, then sold it on in march 2004 for Â£350 and bought my Polo.

Still see my Sunny from time to time. Had some fun driving experiences in that little beauty.

Mat

inder · Post by **inder** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:43 pm

First car also my current, MK5 Polo 16v

polocoupcl · Post by **polocoupcl** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:31 pm

my first car was a Polo Fox Coupe 1.0l.....lasted four days before a post in Oakerthorpe got the better of the back end and my recently purchased Wolfrace voodoo alloys

. I learnt from my mistake! (Barke before the corner!!)

Tom_G_SGF · Post by **Tom_G_SGF** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:25 am

My first car :

Was sad to see it go, but progress is progress !

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 6:25 pm

][=][anson wrote:i had a peugeot 106 XLD 1.5 diesel!!
was slow as hell but did stupid amounts MPG (about 60-70) and sounded like a rally car (big bore exhaust )

snap!

i added sum alloys and a headlight conversion and it looked proper chav

-Ben-

86C · Post by **86C** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:00 am

First car I had at 13 years old was a 1964 Beetle 1200 followed by a 1970 Beetle 1302S. Never actually had any of these on the road though. That title went to a 7 year old Mk.1 Polo N

(pics on porka)

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:32 am

My first car was a black MkIII Polo Coupe, 1045cc, with five spoke alloys, first attempt at modification was to spray the front and rear VW badge and the 'Coupe' in matt black...it was such a great car, no problems what so ever (although I only had it for a couple of years!), I drove that little baby hard and fast and she loved it! ha ha ha!

I wonder where she is now? Ah, the first love is always the sweetest, her reg was J69 DRA if any of you guys know of it please let us know...there are some photos in the member's rides section.

dino · Post by **dino** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:09 am

My first car was a K reg 1.1 pug 106. Nippy little bugger but very scary in the wet on roundabouts, had it slightly sideways on more than one occasion

Owned it 9 months drove it for 6 then got my TDi

bluebaron · Post by **bluebaron** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:31 pm

The first car I paid for was a 1984 1.3 Mk2 Polo Coupe in Comet Blue. Lovely little motor but it had a few problems:-

1) the day of purchase i drove home without any lights
2) about a week later the gearstick connecting rod dropped off
3) fan belt snapped when doing 25mph, it never drove the same after that
4) throttle return spring on the carb snapped

i learned a lot from fixing it tho, my first engine rebuild

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:43 pm

2.25L petrol 1963 LandRover Series II

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:07 pm

the three-seats across job, where the passenger has to change gear for you with their knees?

Tigz · Post by **Tigz** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:49 pm

In 1997 I bought my first car.
It was a 1990 1.4 Nova SR on twin carbs.
Was the first of the new shape, but had the older style dash.
Sounded fantastic.
Had it off the clock at 140mph.
Work that out about 125mph real life

Was white with gray bumpers.
Stock rims, lowered 15mm.
Ignoreing the Lupo it was my favourtae car Ive owned.
Wrote it off after 4 days of solid driving, stopping for a couple of hours every now and again for a kip in any car park I could find