What was your first car?

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

Oh yeah insurance. If you're under 25 your first policy will probably be about £800, even for a really modest car. Make sure you get quotes first as that may determine what car you can actually afford to run

[Stadt]

A corsa, can't drive yet though.

[Larry_LCFC]

I had a 1.6 VW Golf Mk4 in white. Decent car tbh.

[Soar Fox]

Peugeot 106 quicksilver.

Man they were cool in 2005 when I was 17.

[potter3]

Oh yeah insurance. If you're under 25 your first policy will probably be about £800, even for a really modest car. Make sure you get quotes first as that may determine what car you can actually afford to run

 

If you're a teenager you can double or even triple that.

[Guest]

Yellow Beatle.

[Samilktray]

A corsa, can't drive yet though.

This.

[ScouseFox]

Oh yeah insurance. If you're under 25 your first policy will probably be about £800, even for a really modest car. Make sure you get quotes first as that may determine what car you can actually afford to run

 

yeah double that 

[Guest]

Or just get your parents to buy you a car and pay for the insurance until you are at least 25. Problem solved.

[Detroit Blues]

I had this beauty -

 

 

If you're spending 1k on a car, the most you can hope is for it not to break down too much. The above car lasted a couple years and had a variety of problems: bad weather stripping, shocks that I had to replace, and a fuse that would always blow. It's just something you deal with until you can afford a car with far fewer miles on it.

[Ozwin]

Or just get your parents to buy you a car and pay for the insurance until you are at least 25. Problem solved.

 

Some of us aren't so lucky.

[RonnieTodger]

I got a Corsa off Gumtree for £675 I think. 

[Guest]

Some of us aren't so lucky.

 

I know, Sorry.

[ozleicester]

Valiant AP5 that came with an 8 track cassette player.

 

[davieG]

I've had all of these

 

I've owned some truly awful ones, but then they done the job of getting me from A to B (Note these aren't mine)

Austin A35 Van



Vauxhall Viva




Hillman Avenger Estate



Austin Metro


Audi 80 Automatic




Fiat Brava


REnault Scenic

 

 

Now own one of these, I got a good deal but it's awful.

 

Vauxhall Meriva

 

 

 

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[purpleronnie]

 

I've had all of these

 

I've owned some truly awful ones, but then they done the job of getting me from A to B (Note these aren't mine)

Austin A35 Van

Vauxhall Viva

Hillman Avenger Estate

Austin Metro

Audi 80 Automatic

Fiat Brava

REnault Scenic

 

 

Now own one of these, I got a good deal but it's awful.

 

Vauxhall Meriva

 

 

 

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Diggin that Austin van Dave.

[davieG]

Diggin that Austin van Dave.

Yes it was good fun wasn't that old and was bought because they were cheaper than cars being VAT free. Drove all the way to Cornwall in it pre M69/M5 days and it took us 6 hours.

 

Was a rot box within a few years although they had a chassis in those days.

 

One amusing incident was driving down Abbey Lane towards what was then a traffic island at the Abbey Park junction, I slowed down to see if there was anything approaching from my right saw there wasn't, put my foot down to go round the island and my mate in the passenger seat disappeared into the back of the van. We found out that the front passenger seat was just held down by two flimsy brackets. 

[AndWhat?]

A Fiat Punto that me and my mates named the Fiat Cunto.

 

17 year old me was hilarious 

[The Quick Brown Fox]

I had a mini Mayfair, I would swap my audi for it now. She was my first love and I miss her every day.

[Guest]

My car history is pretty middle of the road

 

86 Ford Escort to start (which had been through my whole family before I got it in 1997)

92/93 ford Escort

98 Mk3 VW Golf 

Alfa Romeo GTV - absolutely lovely car to look at but a frigging nightmare to maintain

 

Then my 06 Mk5 Golf GTi which I've had for 8 years and still going strong. Bloody love it!

 

I'd advise if you can afford it to start racking up those no claims years asap

[Webbo]

I honestly can't remember as I used to drive my dad's car and as they were usually banger he had about 4 different cars a year. I think the first one I bought for myself was a mini metro for £290. I gave it away when I could afford something better and the bloke who had it took it to a garage and found out that the engine wasn't actually fixed to the car and could have fell out anytime.

[davieG]

I honestly can't remember as I used to drive my dad's car and as they were usually banger he had about 4 different cars a year. I think the first one I bought for myself was a mini metro for £290. I gave it away when I could afford something better and the bloke who had it took it to a garage and found out that the engine wasn't actually fixed to the car and could have fell out anytime.

I sold my Hillman Avenger to a young lad at work for the £30 the scrap value he brought is Dad with him to look at it, I pointed out all the problems with it including how expensive it was to run.

 

A couple of weeks later he wanted his money back claiming it only did 9 miles to the gallon.

 

Told him to forget it and if he wanted is £30 to go take it to the scrap yard.

[Crinklyfox]

Mk 1 Ford Cortina - hand painted - I kid you not. More rust than car, lasted three months.

[Wymsey]

How long does it take for insurance to go down, after having accidents on record (had a few bumps in the past few years)?

Haven't had a bump since January.

[pSinatra]

 

A Peugeot 309.  It cost me about £600 & was a heap of shit, but it kept going & going.  If the engine was already warm you couldn't re-start the engine.  If I pulled up at the shops, it was easier to leave the car running & hope it was still there when I got back.

 

Had it for about 5 years & it lasted my time at university.  The only decent thing was the stereo & that got nicked in Sheffield (including my Leftfield cassette).  The stereo was worth more than the car.