What was your first car?

[pr1s0ner]

I have a fun to drive car, and pay naff all insurance (a little over £100 a year) but still cycle a lot of the time. My commute to work is just under 13 miles each way, and its still definitely easier by bike

[stegor]

I was given an FSO Polonez that didn't have a 2nd gear
That car was so much fun to drive!!!

Yay, I know a bloke who swapped one of these for a packet of fags.
I reckon he was done.
As aerodynamic as a brick.

[LightningMat]

mine was a vauxhall cavalier, the older shape.

Haha, my first car was a 1984 Vauxhall Cavalier GLS, in Beige, with brown velour interior!!

[DeadEyeDuk]

Car insurance is more about "where" now than "what car"...ofc the car matters, but it seems more about where you are at (crime/fraud etc)

Ofc its down to the insurance companies, but I put 99% of the blame on the *********** that either drive uninsured or other such things...if you cant afford to drive...DONT DRIVE! (I would agree here French, there are cheaper ways to commute)

[Frenchy]

Car insurance is more about "where" now than "what car"...ofc the car matters, but it seems more about where you are at (crime/fraud etc)

Ofc its down to the insurance companies, but I put 99% of the blame on the *********** that either drive uninsured or other such things...if you cant afford to drive...DONT DRIVE! (I would agree here French, there are cheaper ways to commute)

Id still say that most of the cost is age, atleast till your 25 anyway. After that then possibly area you live in comes top, but deffinately up to 25 the main factor is the car you drive and how old you are.

[doobie]

My first car was a 1965 VW Beetle, by the time I sold it last summer (Im 31 now), it would do a standing quarter mile in 11 seconds

I drive a Land Rover Discovery now, you cant rely on public transport for anything other than a trip into a major city. Oh, and most people dont like me taking a 10 stone dog with me. He loves, it mind. With a kid, a dog, a wife, a life and living in Yorkshire, buses and trains arent much of an option.

Plus the cost is staggering! I took my 3 year old daughter on the bus to town, just for the 'ride on the bus'. Last time I caught it, 25p to town, return. 5 miles to Huddersfield. Now - £2.50 - ONE WAY! I'll get my keys.....

[Corfate]

Had to get the bus home today, it's gone up from £3.95 one way to £4.14

[Rakk]

My first car was an automatic W reg'd (1980/1) mini (it was free, an aging car from an ageing grandparent).

Things to note, automatic cars tend to have one less gear than manual cars, therefore it basically had 3 gears, and it'd always jump up gears way too soon, so I therefore drove it like a geared car just without the clutch - cos otherwise it accelerated at the speed of a mostly dead snail.
Top speed: 60mph at the bottom of a big hill (go gravity!!).
Fun facts: going round a corner at more than 10mph made it feels like you were on two wheels
It wasn't the greatest of cars, but as a first car for a 17 year old it wasn't too bad (especially since it was free), and I never had to drive very far anyway

[Tom DWC]

Had to get the bus home today, it's gone up from £3.95 one way to £4.14

:O:O

And I thought £1.80 was bad. Jesus Christ! :/

[doobie]

Had to get the bus home today, it's gone up from £3.95 one way to £4.14

How much?! Id be expecting a burlesque show and a buffet car for that much.

Was the driver wearing a stripy jumper and a swag bag?