21 I bought my first car for £500. 1984 Vauxhall Astra 1.3 'Special Edition' whatever the fuck that means. >pic related, except blue
Notable features: >aftermarket 'racing' seats that some dude had put in >unique combined cooling and lubrication system, which I was later informed was a cracked head gasket. I drove it anyway. fucks given; 0 >rubber door trim came loose and thrashed around like a demented octopus when driving. pulled off and threw in bin >the alarm system was a homebuilt thing operated by a simple barrel lock under the steering column. it was awkward enough that I regularly failed to deactivate it before it went off >front offside wing panel had detached and flapped around in the breeze. I pop riveted it to the plastic mudguard. fucks given; still 0 >handbrake would occaisionally not engage and end up with the handle in your armpit. repeated attempts usually worked. potluck controls were interesting >when cornering at speed the leaning would press the front brake on the outside of the corner closed, which tried to drag you out of the corner. terrifying
I had that thing for 18 months before I got tired of the bullshit.
Connor Ward
7, bought a 2001 subaru 2.5rs
Elijah Clark
$700 for this when i was 18, 1990 formula firebird. Id been wanting a car for a while but no one was really helping me achieve that goal. Finally found this for 1.5k and figured i could do it. I was wanting something that stood out, like older vettes, chevelles, etc. and wasnt planning on buying this when i went to see it. All that changed when he lifted the hood and i got to see my first v8 start up and run.
Almost died quite a few times in this, it eventually got destroyed by an suv driven by a teen even younger than me. Her parents were in the back and immediately BS'ed the fuck out of it. The cop talked to them for like 5 mins, and then talked to me for less than a minute before he left. Big surprise that the official report is the exact opposite of what actually happened. My car wouldnt of done a 180 and been facing the opposite direction if what they had said happened had actually happened. Found out after that my insurance had dropped me a day or two before and i hadnt gotten the letter yet. By the time id gotten the letter from their insurance saying i owed 7k, i was all packed and ready to skip town. Fuck paying someone 7k to total my car. At least i learned my lesson about accidents, BS the fucking hell out of it and dont trust the cops.
Jeremiah Fisher
>when cornering at speed the leaning would press the front brake on the outside of the corner closed, which tried to drag you out of the corner. terrifying That is Christine tier horror. How did you keep yourself together enough to drive it for 18 months?
Sebastian Morales
>BS the fucking hell out of it and dont trust the cops
You mean spend $100 on a dash cam?
James Johnson
never thought of a dash cam back then. The new city im in has one of the highest auto related deaths per year, consistently, so now ive got one. Almost got killed by an idiot shooting from a side road straight onto the highway. Meaning he drove in a straight line onto the on ramp, ignoring other cars and shit. Realizing he had to turn to actually get onto the highway, he tried to do a sharp 90* turn at at least 30mph. I had another firebird at the time and the brakes on those are pr shit for hard stops. Almost slammed into him doing 50+. After that i got a cam. pic is the view from the side road he was on when he decided to shoot onto the highway in front of me
Jonathan Thomas
18 when I got my 95 miat (w/ torsen!) for 2,200 in '08. It had 170k miles and was fucked from hurricane Katrina. Busted water pump, exhaust had a complete shear in the midpipe, torn roof, alternator held on by one bolt (lol), cracked belts, moldy interior, cracked taillights, etc.. I gave it a minor rebuild that winter and restored it over several years.
This fucker's got 230k miles (I DD'd a wrangler for a few years), has seen over 20 hours of wide-open track time, done hundreds of burnouts, and gets redlined nearly every day but is strong as fuck (given what it is...) to this day. I have zero intention of ever selling it - I've had it just over 9 years and I love it more now than ever. That said I do want a mid-00s Forester XT or Legacy GT for a DD at some point.
Pic from two nights ago.
Evan Gutierrez
>be me >yes me >16 at time >buy car vw polo >its green >no licence,insurance >manual >first time driving wid bros >smokin weed >tag on my ankle gotta be home at 8pm >cant drive for shit changing gears >khuuuurrrrrrrr >gears change sucsess >oh wiat >7:49 >3 miles from home >HEAVY traffic >change gear >khurrrrrrrrrpow >tfw Gears broke stuck on gear 2 >slowing down at red light >green >push on the gass >mfw 7:59 >jet to home >make it >never drive again
Zachary Foster
3 month ago, age 22. Bought my first own car for £1k. I wanted to spend as much as £10k cash on it but decided to get a shitbox and learn to drive in it first. Even if I crash it I won't regret it.
Adam Bailey
You push the clutch in, change gear, let clutch out and accelerate. How hard can it be?
