how old were you when you got your first car?

[2002au]

i was 15 when i brought my xr6 realized today that next month i will have had it for a year! gone real quick. wondering when every one got theres? could be interesting

[Ben73]

I was 16 years 363 days old.

[galaxy xr8]

Bought my XW from my old man when I was 15, he had it for sale and I didn't want it to go, so after searching and not having any luck finding a nice Fairmont I bought it from him, still have it to this day.

[2011G6E]

When i was 16 back in 1981. I paid a mate $200 for his little 1953 Austin A-30 sedan. I remember vividly riding my pushbike home from where I worked at Big W and there it sat in my parents driveway...was I chuffed!

Hey, don't laugh...it used to be a bucket of laughs to go doing laps of the main street in Bundaberg on a friday or saturday night, and see guys in hotted up Monaros, Falcons, and Toranas offering the girls a few laps of the main street in thier mean machines, and to see the girls instead say "Nah...we'd rather go for a couple of laps in that cute little old car!!"

[66GT]

I was 15 when I purchased my old 1956 Morris Minor - complete with crank handle as I couldn't afford a new battery. POS stalled at every stop sign & red light. Those were the days.

[jlef5]

Had my first car given to me when I was 12 learnt to drive in the 180b datto had that till I was 14, blew it up. Brought a Toyota crown 2ltr at 14. Had that for 6 months no oil killed that pretty quick. Brought my Gemini just before I turned 15.

[Falcman0o7]

I was 7 months old and got a mustang matchbox.

[93EB_SXR6]

I was sixteen, it was before I got my P's.
A white 1987 Ford Telstar.
It was ugly as dogs balls and occasionally had throttle lag, but I loved it.
I put a big (for what it was) stereo in the car and it was a laugh to go cruising down to the shops with mates when everyone else had VR/VS Commodores.

[TUF_302]

I was 17 and got an EB Gli, was a neat car!, i sold it 3 years after getting it

[Iggypoppin']

16. Got given a Nissan pintara wagon for christmas 2006, ran on 3 cylinders and not much else, was awesome until an old lady ran a stop
sign and I cannoned into her. Started buying cars myself then and at last count I'm up to about 17!

[xisled]

I was 18 when i first got my car. bought a 1983 Mazda 626 for $500, found out it was stuffed when tried to get RWC, then bought a 1980 TE Cortina, that was bout 9 years ago.

[banarcus]

You guys who "brought" your cars, where did you bring them from?

I bought my MK1 Escort when I was 17.

[Franco Cozzo]

17, got myself a new WS Fiesta

Cost me $18,000

[Uncle_Ken]

I had to wait. 3 years at college then I got a Mazda Capella (rotary of course)

UK

[BGBOSS]

Geez I guess I was a late bloomer. I was 21 when I bought my first car. An AU XR6. Before that, I drove the old mans EA 4sp auto around. What a beast.





I wrote it off 6 months later.

[Mr Hardware]

19 actually - one of the oldest in this thread it seems.
but i wanted to buy a roadworthy, registered car that i paid cash for that i'd earnt myself.

[G6E Turbo 2]

I was 16 and bought a new Datsun 180B
good car, It fell over going around a corner
in National Park

[SSD-85]

18, TP Magna SE. It died in the usual Magna way.

[The Yeti]

When I was 14 my now passed on father gave me his 1 owner XL Delux sedan I promptly paddock bashed it :o( after that at 15 I purchased my XC GS ute and Dad and I did a ground up resto on so I guess I came good in the end

[XHBrad]

Got my first good car, a 97 XH ute 5sp manual with fibreglass body kit. i got it on 9th march 2011 had it nearly 3 months now, and i was 16 and 305 days.

[2011G6E]

Best "First car" I ever saw was a computer technician who came to the mill to do some work when I worked at in Mackay back in 1987. The guy was 22 and had a 1972 Porsche 911.
We were amazed at it...but more amazed that it was packed up with his gear and was bug splattered on the front. It was obviously being used as the maker intended.

He said he knew what he wanted when he was a kid...a Porsche 911...and as soon as he was old enough to get a part time job, he saved almost every penny. Rode a pushbike to work and then to Uni, saved and saved and saved, gave up drinking, just worked and studied his ring out. When he was 19, he was able to buy one that needed a paint job, and he was set.

It's good to have goals...

[phantom_87]

bought a XC coupe when i was 15. then bought a HX 1 tonner when i was 16. unfortunitly i gave the hard top to the old man to pay my debt off for the ute :( biggest mistake i ever made

[casabonka]

i was 16 when my uncles bought me a 89 magna... head gasket went after 6 months and upgraded to a 86 laser... was heapsa fun!

[chrisfpv]

Pretty sure I was 17. Was a Holden Commo VX S - pack.

[shedcoupe]

16 - a Wolseley in sad need of work and just not worth the effort, so at 17 got an HR.
Bog standard but managed to split the gearbox case hitting 2nd. (3 on tree)

[atec77]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

When i was 16 back in 1981. I paid a mate $200 for his little 1953 Austin A-30 sedan. I remember vividly riding my pushbike home from where I worked at Big W and there it sat in my parents driveway...was I chuffed!

Hey, don't laugh...it used to be a bucket of laughs to go doing laps of the main street in Bundaberg on a friday or saturday night, and see guys in hotted up Monaros, Falcons, and Toranas offering the girls a few laps of the main street in thier mean machines, and to see the girls instead say "Nah...we'd rather go for a couple of laps in that cute little old car!!"

Great little car , I had one with a sprite dont , a hotted A35 after even more fun back in the late 1960's
SO what happened to it ?

[block58]

16 like many here. Got my BA XT this year

[93EB_SXR6]

I think it should be said that I paid for my first car with MY OWN MONEY.
Just so everybody knows.

[|Nate]

18, bought my first car 12th of Feb this year.
My December built 1992 EB GLi.
Love it dearly !

[peeds13]

15, sold my RM 125 and dad put in half for a zero rust Xa ute, 3 speed manual converted to on the floor (that jammed from 1st to 2nd) 250. Great car, miss it.