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Originally Posted by AF
You guys are bringing back memories, I used to drive to drivers Ed with a junior license in a Black 85 Supra hop into the 4 door crapo drivers Ed car, do the instruction then take off once we got back to the school in the Supra ... I had learned to drive at the age of 9 and learned a manual at the age of 10 so by the time I was 16 I already knew what I was doing so the drivers Ed teacher gave me very little time behind the wheel since the other people needed it.
That was a fun summer and while I was not really supposed to be driving by myself I was lucky to have a cool dad let me take one of his cars.
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Wow, that's a nice first car.
My first car was my sister's, which I bought from her for $1000. It was a 1980 Toyota Corolla SR-5 Liftback with a 1.8L longtitudinally-mounted inline-4 mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox.
It looked very similar to this, same body color but with stock wheels:
While it was SEVERELY underpowered and couldn't keep up with my other friend's muscle cars (there were a couple of guys who had a Chevelle SS 454, Camaro Z/28 and Mustang Mach 1......must be nice to have a cool first car like those, lol), it offered great gas mileage, had plenty of cargo room and more importantly, was fun to drive (to me, at least). It was a car that was extremely
reliable (those Corollas will run FOREVER) and the
operating costs were minimal, and for a poor student like me who came from parents who weren't wealthy, it was an AWESOME car.
So, my suggestion for a good first car would have to have those qualities.