How much did your first car cost ?

[andybp]

canary yellow 1.3L MK4 Cortina £200 in 1984

 

 

 

and no thats not me in the background this photo's off the Internet (before the sarcasm starts) same hideous car and colour though mine had a bright green interior but it was mine and it's all i could afford.

[Hodaka]

BMW Z4 3.0i. Cost me £6,700 and had to pay thousands in repairs as I had (or more accurately, still have) no idea about cars and bought a bad one.

 

Still loved the car but had to sell it in the end as I made the mistake of buying a SMG, and it had an issue where it would randomly go into neutral at times. Plus it had some gear crunch + wouldn't start at times etc... Quote was something like £3,500 in parts alone as apparently BMW only sold a whole assembly rather than just that particular part. I can't remember what it was, but the garage was a reputable one that I trusted. He did say all along he would have sold it if it were his as it was riddled with issues.

 

 

Second car is my current 350z, and loving it to bits. I can't seem to rid myself of zeditis though...

[S7nny]

2004 Peugeot 307in Silver.

 

Cons:

French

Slow

Unreliable

French

FWD

French

 

 

Pros:

Massive boot for all the spares you had to carry around.

[TT350]

13k.

 

Renault Clio Sport 1.2

 

What a waste of money!

[Kieran O'Quick]

£45

 

Got it when I was 13 from a police auction. Had a track laid out on a local bit of waste ground and just nailed it round again and again against the stopwatch. All winter long - time of my life, on reflection.

 

 

 

P1070573 by Kjwob, on Flickr

 

 

The track dried out in the spring, I hit a rut at 50 - rolled it and killed it.

Edited December 16, 2015 by Kieran O'Quick