What was your first car?

[Kirmit]

2001 fiat punto, still miss her.

 

[James]

Hell yeah, I say screw cars. Life is better without one.

This is something I've been thinking about a fair bit recently. There's hardly anywhere you can't get using public transport, and it saves a ton of money. Beyond the initial purchase price there's insurance, fuel, repairs, whatever kind of papers your country decides you require and so on. Maybe some day I'll get a car again, but for the sake of cost effectiveness VS convenience, I see no immediate reason to get one.

 

[terry78]

You hippies must live in pretty close proximity to everywhere you have to be then.

 

[Golgo-13]

mitsubishi mirage

 

[Manic]

You hippies must live in pretty close proximity to everywhere you have to be then.

Seriously. It takes me 40 minutes to drive to work, and public transportation doesn't run in the middle of the night around here. And if I tried to ride my bicycle through a foggy canyon for a couple of hours in pitch darkness, you might not hear from me ever again.

 

[coffeebreath]

I can't remember if it was a '91 or '92 Honda Accord, but it was sea green. Next was the '92 Honda Accord in a darker aqua... finally my current Honda, the CR-V in Sahara Sand. I have kind of a Honda fixation.

 

[Doctor Evo]

I think the bigger question for me is whether or not I will ever learn how to drive let alone ever have a first car.

^Like clockwork.

 

[C. Lee]

'73 Dodge Charger

 

[BeserkerHilf]

1994 Pontiac Grand Am. My brother owned it before me and was a very rough driver, so it ended up breaking down on me after a year and a half and $6000 in repairs. Sold my car in March to move to the San Francisco Bay Area, and while I'm not crazy about the prospect of having to take a bus into Oakland to grab a train, it certainly is so much less expensive than having to own a car.

 

[James]

You hippies must live in pretty close proximity to everywhere you have to be then.

When I lived in New Zealand I wasn't, a car was absolutely necessary. Here in Vancouver the bus or train is only a short walk away. Anywhere the train doesn't go, a bus can.

It does mean I can't travel between like, 1am and 6am, but that's rarely a concern. Believe me, it's not out of any concern for the environment or wanting to see all the interesting faces on public transport -I'd rather be cruising around in the comfort of my own wagon- for practical purposes though, a car is a waste of money at this stage.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

2008 Toyota Camry. Obviously I still have it today. Honestly, I used to be afraid of driving and hardly ever used it. In the last year, I've driven it more than I did the previous 4 years I had it (granted I was at college for a lot of them). I love driving now.

 

[warhorse78]

1990 maroon colored Ford Taurus wagon. Bought it back in 2000 and had it for 3 years before trading it in for a truck.