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mjdonnelly68 said:
1980 Datsun 200SX - a ridiculous automobile that I miss to this very day.

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My college roommate had the hatchback version of this car. It was a nice little car. A lot of fun to drive.

One of my best college memories was an impromptu weekend road trip we took from Buffalo to Boston to meet up with some girls we'd met during spring break in Daytona Beach. We drove 10+ hours each way. We didn't plan the trip very well and we only had 1 cassette tape. It was Don Mclean's American Pie. I listened to that stupid tape over and over again for 20+ hours. Fun trip, but to this day I can't listen to Don Mclean without getting nauseous.:D

It's amazing how memories come flooding back when you see an old car like the one you or a friend used to own. I wonder if that's just an American thing? We're such a car culture.
 
B-boy they do bring back memories eh? A vw bug in buffalo snow is fun as all get out until you freeze from it snowing INSIDE the car and every tow truck in town knows you.
 
BrewPharm said:
74 Plymouth duster.…20+ years later and I still have it!
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my first was a 73 Duster. Had a 727 Torque-Flight Trans, 8 3/4 sure-grip rear, and a 318 with larger than normal carb. Car would haul a** fastest I ever had it going was pegged at 120 on I-55 south of Jackson. Friend I was racing had his nissan pegged at 140. Not real sure how fast we were doing.

Ended up totaling it doing 90 around a curve when the A frame broke, rolled it 3 times.

The 10 gallon Gas tank, with my lead foot getting 8-MPG made road trips a pain in the rear though
 
liquiditynerd said:
B-boy they do bring back memories eh? A vw bug in buffalo snow is fun as all get out until you freeze from it snowing INSIDE the car and every tow truck in town knows you.
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Had a 73 Beetle Semi-automatic in Pittsburgh in 1980. Had to scrape the windows on the INSIDE to drive in the winter. But as for getting around in the snow, it was great. Skinny tires would cut right through the snow and the weight of the engine over the drive tires gave it traction. The biggest problem was the floor boards in the back seat (near the battery) were rusted out and in deep snow it would shave the snow and blow it onto anyone sitting back there.
 
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Volkswagon Dasher. Although not technically MY car, my sister owned it before she moved on to better. The first car I ever bought was an Eagle SX4:

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My first was a 76 chevy nova. Inline six, 250 cu inch I believe and rear-wheel drive. I bought it for 500$, had to tow it home. Worked on it for a year, did the body work myself. Got new leather seats, aluminum rims from my brother and got it running. Had all the body work just about done when I went to college (just needed some paint). Needed to pay for school so I sold it for 500$. One of the saddest days of my life! Sadly I don't even have pictures anymore.

When I got it running the first thing we (my buddies and I of course) did was to take it out for a spin. Well there was a hole in the body behind the driver side back tire. When you burned out the car sucked up all that smoke inside the car through the speaker holes. I imagine it looked hilarious; us flying down the road with smoke pouring out of the windows with the tires burning.
 
b-boy said:
Hmm...Let me guess - transmission problems?
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Yep - but mine were self inflicted from doing hole-shots from park to drive. The other bad memories were wrecks, spin-outs because of the light rear end, some drug fueled runs with very scary people in the back seat and other stuff that hasn't passed the statute of limitations..:cross:
 
'93 BMW 325is. Spent more money tuning it up then it was probably worth. Fun as hell to drive though. 5-speed manual FTW.
 
JeepDiver said:
my first was a 73 Duster. Had a 727 Torque-Flight Trans, 8 3/4 sure-grip rear, and a 318 with larger than normal carb. Car would haul a** fastest I ever had it going was pegged at 120 on I-55 south of Jackson. Friend I was racing had his nissan pegged at 140. Not real sure how fast we were doing.

Ended up totaling it doing 90 around a curve when the A frame broke, rolled it 3 times.

The 10 gallon Gas tank, with my lead foot getting 8-MPG made road trips a pain in the rear though
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Would liked to have that rearend. Waiting for my motor build to be done so I can get it on the road again
 
My first car was a 1995 Escort Station Wagon, loved that thing. The first vehicle I bought myself was a 2009 Ford Explorer Sport Trac with the V8. Also loved that but it was my "stupid kid who just got a decent paying job so let's buy a nice/expensive vehicle" moment and I soon realized I didn't like high payments so I traded it for an 05 F-150
 

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