what was the first car you bought after passing your test??

passed my test in 1966, first car was a black 1956 Morris Minor (GT). Red and White go faster stripes, I was the talk of our estate.

Blue Escort MK1 1100 for £150 no second gear  in 1987

ritchie burnett ,was the talk of his town to,,  was for drink driving though.

Passed my test in 1980. Bought my first car in 2007( new Focus Titanium )

Were you in jail?

V W beetle ...duck egg blue 1300....

Passed my test in 1982 and bought a Hillman Imp (remember those?) for £90. Didn't care what it was, I just wanted to drive. Suffice to say, like the OP, it seized up after a few months so I splashed out £500 for a Beige Mk III Cortina, which I loved!

Red Vauxhall Cavalier - cost me £200!

Macarony

My first car was a Renault 4. Excellent runabout although underpowered. Was second hand but lasted longer than my first marriage as she took it with her.

Gave up on driving at 17 - had half a dozen lessons, but kept on turning around to try and lipread the instructor. He simply lost his nerve in the end.

Spent £50 on a Morris 1100 instead, and gave it to my mate Pete. That way we were both mobile and I didn't have to drive.

Had a great six months as teenagers with wheels, before we ran out of money even to refuel it, never mind MOT it. Found a siding up the hill behind the science block at the University of Sussex which was filled with similar rustbuckets. Parked it there, walked away, and, as far as I know, it's still in that siding 40 years later.

1979 Mazda RX-7. It was 10 years old & i adored it

X REG Ford Escort Mk III 1.4 GL

Simca Bagheera in 1986. Left hooker with a bench seat. £1,900.

Vauxhall Viva

I had some great cars as a teenager. As well as the Bagheera, I also had a Sweeney-style Ford Granada and a truly beautiful split-screen VW Beetle.

Out of all the cars I have owend my Citroen Visa was the craziest

http://www.citroenorigins.co.uk/en/cars/visa

Austin Maxi

Had fully reclining seats... front and back. I made full use of them, it was like a double bed on wheels

^ me too, orange austin maxi. steering wheel shook like an epileptic fitting over 60 mph.
cost £150 & a wheel came off while i was driving. luckily the wobble made me break
then the clunk as the wheel came off, then waved it goodbye as it bounced down the road.
roomy tho.
liked it so much i got a brown one next

Hillman Imp

My first car was a Hillman Imp....Californian...fast back...lol.

Rear engine, really roared....

It was never the same when, after a boozy session, I hit some ice and smashed it into a hedge.

Ford Escort Mk 1 1300GT, 4 door with square headlights, (a rare combo) bought in about 1978 i think J reg, £465, was what they called a Dagenham dustbin at the time. Had to park it on a hill around the corner from where i lived to jump start it in the morning, had to carry a toffee apple hammer with me to whack the starter motor every time it conked out at traffic lights. Was a right nail looking back but you love your 1st car don't you.

Ford Granada

Sierra Cosworth .................. wrote it off within six months (nearly wrote myself off at the same time!)

A yellow Fiat127 from an auction, paid £80 and it had 6 months tax. Leaving the auction I needed petrol and didn't know where the nearest petrol station was, went to wind down the window to get directions and the window just vanished(never saw it again), it was a blessing really as the heater wouldnt turn off and it was the middle of summer.

Happy days

It was never the same when, after a boozy session, I hit some ice and smashed it into a hedge.

I rolled mine on a roundabout after passing my test.

It was never the same when, after a boozy session, I hit some ice and smashed it into a hedge.

I rolled mine on a roundabout after passing my test.

Passed test 1972 - Bought VPH 459 for £75 from a friend of my dad - Ford Popular 100E, 1961 in Ambassador Blue.  Three speed box and those vacuum "powered" wipers.

Ford Cortina Mk1. Goodwood green. £125

850 Mini, 1966... bought it off a family member for 7 (seven) quid, knocked him down from a tenner. Took me  months to rebuild it, enginewise, later stuck in a Cooper S engine, 1250 cc, modified it a lot, then swapped it for an MGB... worst thing I ever did.

1973 Vauxhall Victor ...got it in 1979 a week before my test ...column change bench seat at the front ...thought I was the bees knees ...loved it

Mini for me and it was the biggest heap of sh1te I ever had but as long as it had a good sound system I was more than happy.

Reynard
01 Jun 19 19:55
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Sierra Cosworth .................. wrote it off within six months (nearly wrote myself off at the same time!) 

Tony Adams

Funny you should say that , I knew Tony

passed test in 1978 got a ford corsair 2000 e ..as you do went to put petrol in it on way back from picking it up pulled into a garage but could"nt find where the petrol cap was so drove off without any fuel got home and it took me hours to find it behind the number plate lol ...loved that car

Ford Escort.

Happy Days.

Jun 1, 2019 -- 5:08PM, screaming from beneaththewaves wrote:

Gave up on driving at 17 - had half a dozen lessons, but kept on turning around to try and lipread the instructor. He simply lost his nerve in the end.Spent £50 on a Morris 1100 instead, and gave it to my mate Pete. That way we were both mobile and I didn't have to drive.Had a great six months as teenagers with wheels, before we ran out of money even to refuel it, never mind MOT it. Found a siding up the hill behind the science block at the University of Sussex which was filled with similar rustbuckets. Parked it there, walked away, and, as far as I know, it's still in that siding 40 years later.

Why was the instructor in the back seat to begin with? That's quite an unconventional way to learn you your mirrors.

Bought mine (well my sister did) before passing my test.

Had a course of just twelve lessons, but drove around in my Ford Zephyr Six, with "Three on The Tree" and a front bench, with the guys in all weather, and state of inebriation (not proud of that btw)!

Ford Capri.

Worked at a petrol station '76-'77 and I remember that there was one regular car with the filler cap behind the number plate...must have been a Corsair!