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[Pete_D]

Oh, i 4got 2 say earlier. My cheapest car was a cream Mini Metro which came with three months tax and MOT. You couldnt open the drivers door and you didn't need a car to start it. Guess how much i paid for it in 2000? I was the 3rd owner

My guess is £100

[Svetlana]

My first car cost me £120; I will not bore you with the cars that I have owned but if I look back I am embarrassed by my 'carbon footprint':
1 x 6700cc, 2 x 6000cc, 1 x 5600cc, 1 x 5000cc, 1 x 4600cc, 1 x 4500cc, 1 4200cc and so on

However, I did own a 595cc car, but its contribution to Global Warming was 11,200km (7000 miles) in one week, round a race track - driven by proper (professional) drivers not me!

Happy days, when I was young(er) and foolish(er)

Lana

[devil]

I paid £50 for my 1936 Hillman Minx, but that was a lot of lolly in those days, when the average income was about £350/year and a new Ford Popular cost about £150.


Even as late as 1963, I bought a new Hillman Minx 1600 for only £400 (export model), the version after the one with the curly tail fin. That was when the average salary was ~£1000. Unfortunately, this model was the first of the releases after Chrysler bought out the Rootes Group (Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam, Singer) and it was the first of the crap cars that led the group into bankruptcy, along with the Hillman Imp which was the world's worst car, ever. I had previously a 1957 Minx which was a really great car.


My dream car of the early 1960s was the Jensen FF. FF stood for Ferguson Formula. It was the first car with permanent four-wheel drive and with ABS, yes, over 40 years ago and was considered the safest performance car on the road.


Today, I aspire to a Honda Civic Hybrid and I ordered one several months ago, but it won't be delivered for several months, yet. However, it costs a wee bittie more than my 1936 Hillman Minx!

[LENA]

Oh ... devil...you had your first car earlier than 1963.... ....it means you are over 60 years old...right???? ...and you are expecting a new car....hm....do you need any passenger for the next seat to hold ... your hand when you are driving???? Just kidding!!! Do you still have those cars? You know today worth lots of money as antique car!!!

[cameron_roxburgh]

I remember my first car.
It was red in colour.
2 - seater only.
Fuel-less.
2 speeds ( depending if i was tired or not )

[devil]

Oh ... devil...you had your first car earlier than 1963.... ....it means you are over 60 years old...right????

Right, well over 60. My first full driving licence was a Cypriot one, in 1956: still have it. Sorry, wrong, I had a UK provisional one in 1954.

do you need any passenger for the next seat to hold ... your hand when you are driving????

Nope, I have a wife: she can back-seat (or side-seat) drive as well as anybody and I certainly don't need two such drivers.

Do you still have those cars? You know today worth lots of money as antique car!!!

Nope! The only antiques here are my wife and yours truly! Anyway, the bottom's out of the antique car market.

[greek.god]

Wow...what a beauty. Mine was red and not a convertible. I loved the stick shift on the dashboard. Ralph Nader would be proud.

[LENA]

Oh ... devil...you had your first car earlier than 1963.... ....it means you are over 60 years old...right????

Right, well over 60. My first full driving licence was a Cypriot one, in 1956: still have it. Sorry, wrong, I had a UK provisional one in 1954.

do you need any passenger for the next seat to hold ... your hand when you are driving????

Nope, I have a wife: she can back-seat (or side-seat) drive as well as anybody and I certainly don't need two such drivers.

Do you still have those cars? You know today worth lots of money as antique car!!!

Nope! The only antiques here are my wife and yours truly! Anyway, the bottom's out of the antique car market.

I am sorry I was only joking!!!


sorry!!!

[Niki]

I remember my first car.
It was red in colour.
2 - seater only.
Fuel-less.
2 speeds ( depending if i was tired or not )

Wasn't that Noddy's car?

[cameron_roxburgh]

NO>NO>NO>NO

It was my car...........

this is Noddy's car >