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04-15-2001, 11:01 AM | #1 |
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What was your first car (Subaru or not)?
Reading the thread started by MFerrara has got me thinking. To all you posters, i'm curious to know what cars you've driven prior to your Subaru Impreza now. And i'm more interested in hearing about prior other import or even non-import performance car purchases and 1st car beaters that were handmedowns from the rents or that first summer job. Sometimes we appreciate what we have more when we think about the POS we used to drive/own =) Anyways to start off, my first car was a 1986 black Ford Aerostar Minivan. This thing was a piece of junk, was very top heavy, built on a non-sturdy Ford Taurus chassis that carried more load than it was designed too. It died a fitting death when i rear ended someone (a Jeep Cherokee) on a bad rainy day at 30 mph. The fuel injectors and engine was trashed on the Aerostar, the Jeep suffered a dent in its rear bumper My 2nd car was my dad's old 1991 Dodge Stealth R/T auto (yes neither he nor i knew how to drive stick *shamed*) and i had a lotta fun driving it, being seen in it and owning car is what started my interest in sports and performance cars, especially imports. As I said, it was a great image car (black too boot, but it never really suited my personality or style. So when i started car shopping around 2000 cause i knew i was going to need a new car before i moved and finished school (stealth already had 120K miles and some body damage from a small crunch, and the auto-tranny was starting to act up=:0 ), i started looking seriously into my own new first car purchase and looked at all the cars in a certain price range which included: Civic Si, Jetta GLX, Golf Gti, Prelude, Integra and last but not least, the Impreza RS. It started to boil down to the Civic and the Impreza, and the Civic being such a car for the masses and esp performance masses, the allure of a rally based car with totally unique looks, personality, only one being AWD in its class (except for the Eclipse GSX)and living in michigan was enough for me to get really excited about the RS. Plus having to wait 8 weeks for my car to arrive only made it that much more special....and learning to drive stick on it as well. I think some ppl will agree that the 99RS doesn't have the easiest clutch in the world for a newbie Ok, enough reminiscing from me, i'd like to hear your stories too! Ed
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04-15-2001, 11:19 AM | #2 |
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'81 Datsun 280z '86 Honda accord '88 Honda crx '95 Nissan 240sx '00 2.5RS Motorcycles:
'88 yamaha ysr50 '90 yamaha fzr600 '93 susuki gsxr600 2'93 kawasaki zx7's |
04-15-2001, 11:28 AM | #3 |
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I'd be willing to bet I'm the only i-club member whose first car was an Austin A40. This was in 1966, the car was a 1960 model. The A40 was a small two door hatchback, much the same size as a Civic, but powered by a 36 horsepower 848cc engine. Top speed was around 60, unless the windows or vent windows were opened which slowed it down a bit. The engine and running gear were much like that of the MG midget, including the poor Lucas electronics and the dual SU side draft carbs. As the car had bad bad ball joints which would have cost more to fix than the purchase price of the car ($125) I sold it and moved to a more powerful Renault Daupine Automatic. Luckily that car was soon "totaled" in an accident, it didn't take much to write off a $200 car.
Then came my first "sports" car - a Triumph Herald Convertible. This had a bigger engine - 1147 cc and was very fun when it was working. In the two years I owned it I replace three rear axles and had to do a ring and valve job - in the middle of a Minnesota winter in an unheated garage. Since then I've had many more vehicles, including a few slant six Valiants, a Fiat 124, a 1970 AMX which I bought new and kept (mostly in storage) for 21 years, a couple of Datsun 510's, a BMW 325, a Turbo II RX-7, and my 98 Legacy GT wagon. And NEVER in 35+ years of driving have I had such fun and joy in driving as I do with my new WRX wagon. [This message has been edited by Alan (edited April 15, 2001).] |
04-15-2001, 11:32 AM | #4 |
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'92 Isuzu Pickup (2.3 L carbed)(downpayment for Impreza)
'00 BRP Coupe RS '89 YSR50 (YSR Owners Unite!!!) -----Roy |
04-15-2001, 11:36 AM | #5 |
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'90 Acura legend
'00 Acura Type-R '01 Aspen white 2.5RS Rob |
04-15-2001, 11:37 AM | #6 |
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a Renault Dauphine? wow,thats cool...my first ride was a 500$ 1964 Peugeot 404 saloon designed by Pininfarina,white/w red interior(cult car in N. Africa!)-that lil Pug was great,despite inop speedo & drums on all four corners-i really loved it
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04-15-2001, 11:39 AM | #7 |
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My first car was a Ford Escort...almost as fast as all your old cars
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04-15-2001, 11:39 AM | #8 |
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Heh, last car was a '98 (or was it '99? lol) Toyota Corolla...Now, it was a great car, but nothing like my scooby
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04-15-2001, 11:41 AM | #9 |
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Vehicle:12 Ford F150 EB 00 BRP 2.5RS (again) |
1988 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight (boat, but it was nice) (antelope in color)
1991 Acura Integra LS (jet black) 1994 Acura Integra GSR (hunter green) 1999 Honda Prelude (Milano red) 2001 Impreza s.2RS (blue ridge pearl) Next? I am thinking about another 91-92 Teg for a play car... |
04-15-2001, 11:44 AM | #10 |
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i had an 85 chevy cavalier
it still only has 59000km on it :b |
04-15-2001, 11:45 AM | #11 |
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This is my first car..1995 2.2L AWD Impreza
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04-15-2001, 11:48 AM | #12 |
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80 Buick Regal - Somerset. Tried to put a Thrush muffler on it, but the guy at the shop wouldn't do it ("Why do you want to ruin a nice car like this?"). Did manage to install a Concord tape deck in the dash and Radio Shack Minimus 7 box speakers on the parcel shelf. Car was later crashed and totalled by my sister.
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04-15-2001, 11:58 AM | #13 |
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They already have had posts like this, it got about 200 responses or so. I cant remmember post name sorry. Search and you will find it. If not here are mine again.
1)1977 Pontiac T/A (455ci HO modded to 450hp,620tq, 3mpg) 2)1985 Pontiac Formula (350ci modded to 320hp, 15mpg) 3)1991 Mercury Tracer S/W(1.9L 88hp):lol36mpg) 4)2000 Subaru Impreza RS(2.5L 167hp, 24mpg) Love my Suby but miss my Firebirds. |
04-15-2001, 01:16 PM | #14 |
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my first car was unfortunately a '93 Dodge Sprirt v6, it was a great street drag car (especially after what I done to it)
My beloved '93 Civic Si Hybrid was next (sold this to a friend) and now : 1997 Honda Accord EXR 1998 Subaru Legacy L Sedan 1999 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT Sedan Hoping to find a 1998 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS to compliment the stable |
04-15-2001, 01:22 PM | #15 |
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I've got you all beat! I was driving a '91 Dodge Caravan before this
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04-15-2001, 01:25 PM | #16 |
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04-15-2001, 01:28 PM | #17 |
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04-15-2001, 01:28 PM | #18 |
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WooHOoo! 200 posts
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04-15-2001, 01:40 PM | #19 |
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'86 Subaru Wagon GL, manual 4x4
Lacked power, but it was an awesome car. Got rid of it for my '93 Impreza and with 186000+ miles was still running strong. |
04-15-2001, 01:40 PM | #20 |
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it's my first! hehe, and I"m only 16 |
04-15-2001, 01:54 PM | #21 |
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A very used 1970 VW Super Beetle. Tan. I bought when it had about 85K miles and put over 100K more on it. Towards the of its life, I could drop the engine out of it in about 30 to 40 minutes - lots of practice.
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04-15-2001, 01:54 PM | #22 |
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04-15-2001, 02:02 PM | #23 |
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1997 VW GTi Vr6 1997 Subaru 2.5GT All manual, Legacy and Audi are definately my favorite. Once you go AWD you'll never go back. Pete |
04-15-2001, 02:15 PM | #24 |
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1st) 1985 Ford LTD
2nd) 1991 Toyota Tercel (Turbo) 3rd) 1999 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 4th) 1995 Eagle Talon Tsi Awd 5th) 1990 Eagle Talon Tsi Awd |
04-15-2001, 02:17 PM | #25 |
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1: 1981 Firebird... 3.8L... 160K miles with so much ring blow-by that 1000 miles after an oil change the oil would be so diluted with gas I'd have no oil pressure and have to change the oil again
2: 1991 Sonoma... ultra clean truck... it's for sale(should this be in the vendor forum?)... expecting a Scoob to occupy my driveway in June |
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