Just wondered if anyone would like a trip down memory lane.
What was the first car that you owned?
Please share any happy or tragic memories relating to your ownership.
Mine was a 1983 Mk1 Daihatsu Charade XTE.
The three-cylinder engine sounded like it was wrong. Loved it and drove me, mates and girlfriend all over the country. It rusted like hell, even at 6 years old it had holes in the door you could fit your hand through. Only lasted me a year until the head gasket went and I traded it in.
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Driving this at 80 on the motorway felt like re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. Loved it though.
Was a complete heap and loads went wrong with it including the clutch going and the prop shaft falling off on the Sevenoaks Way.
Got hit by someone in Bromley which basically wrote it off but the guy who did it had false plates on and gave me made up details so that was pretty much the end of it.
I also had a Mini in lime green, discussing colour but the car remains one of my favourites. I love one nowadays just to tinker around with.
I also recall it having twin tone maserati car horns as did a mate on his mini. We lent on these rather too much one night when returning from the Trafalgar Square bierkeller. So much so in fact that a copper pulled us both over. We both took the initiative and got out of our cars. The copper asked, 'Have you boys been drinking?' Quick as a flash my mate said 'We've had the prescribed officer!' He gave us a bit of a lecture, took one more hard look at the each of us and then told us to fuck off home.
Phew.
That was in1976 , even though only 6 years old , I had to have so much welding done to get it through a couple of mots, it was a rust bucket!
None the less I have very good memories of it and it definitely had 'character '.
First was a N plate Mini (the old N at the end of the reg!), a rover 216, a capri, a fiesta and a Peugeot 205. Oh the days of buying a car for under £500 that had a few months tax and MOT left
I’ve only ever owned 2CV’s.
I haven’t had one for six years now 😩😩😩
Used to drive it to work everyday on the A2. Hilarious how angry people got when I overtook them in it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Paid £90 for it in 1974 and the insurance cost £100!
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Reg was BCG811C - the joker at the insurance office on Plumstead Common Road immediately after he gave me the quote said “is it fuel injection”. I was not impressed!
First motorway driving experience was going to Sheffield in monsoon conditions when both wipers flew off when I put them on to the quick setting.
That was a life and pant changing experience.
As a footnote repairs were undertaken by Eddie Cecil bless him ,erstwhile chairman of LAC rovers.He was having a rest from driving at the time and was working from lewis coaches yard ..he got the seats welded back on but managed to set light to the internal carpeting...great memories..whilst the car was in dock a lot of the time had some great times in that car
First car I bought was a crappy secondhand Vauxhall Nova. It had had a sunroof put in after purchase, which leaked and dripped water on my head when I went round corners.