What you *thought* your first car might be

[Bobby Dazzler]

Before the reality of having to buy, maintain, tax and insure your first car kicked in, what did you think your first car might be?

When I was around 14 years old I used to fall asleep thinking that when I was 17 my first car would be a black Porsche 928 and I would be restoring a gate house, planning to marry the beautiful girl I met on my first day at big school.



So what did you hope your first car might be?

 

[ChrisHGTV]

Strangely a late 1970s Volvo 240 Estate in a silver or pale gold metallic! I had a toy car catalogue when I was about 7 or 8 (Corgi?) and the Volvo was on a kind of mirrored plinth so you could see the underside - as I guess it was a ‘posh’ car. It just looked really special.

I’d still quite like one actually!

 

[HappytalkAgain]

A white Sapphire Cosworth for me. I came fairly close with my Black MG Metro

 

[NOMONEYBUTAMERC]

I thought maybe an MGB or Lotus Elan . £40 only stretched to a Minivan though

 

[ChrisHGTV]

Strangely a late 1970s Volvo 240 Estate in a silver or pale gold metallic! I had a toy car catalogue when I was about 7 or 8 (Corgi?) and the Volvo was on a kind of mirrored plinth so you could see the underside - as I guess it was a ‘posh’ car. It just looked really special.

I’d still quite like one actually!

What have you started BD - I’m now googling toy car catalogues from 1979! I remember so many!

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

What have you started BD - I’m now googling toy car catalogues from 1979! I remember so many!

Me too - I thought I had hit the jackpot as I found a silver 240 estate but it was a 1986 model - for a moment I thought I had your Christmas present all sewn up before the end of October!

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Strangely a late 1970s Volvo 240 Estate in a silver or pale gold metallic! I had a toy car catalogue when I was about 7 or 8 (Corgi?) and the Volvo was on a kind of mirrored plinth so you could see the underside - as I guess it was a ‘posh’ car. It just looked really special.

I’d still quite like one actually!

Very cool cars now, I have seen more than one slammed and styled on the M5 heading south west in the Summer.

 

[ChrisHGTV]

A white Sapphire Cosworth for me. I came fairly close with my Black MG Metro

I managed to do a 180 in a tweaked MG Metro Turbo on the A3 at Guildford. Luckily I didn’t hit anything. The exuberance of youth! Plus the turbo was like an on/off switch.

 

[AMGeed]

When I passed my test in 1971, I had my eyes on a Cortina 1600E. That wood dash and Rostyle alloys
Sadly my finances never matched my wishes.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I thought maybe an MGB or Lotus Elan . £40 only stretched to a Minivan though

Fine choices too, all three in fact. Had it been a mini pick up them you could have been even cooler!

In the early 1980s I regularly used to see an Elan Sprint and an Elan +2 parked in the same space (not at the same time), and I assume they were both owned by the same person. Super cool.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

A white Sapphire Cosworth for me. I came fairly close with my Black MG Metro

When he was 18-19 my sister’s (then) boyfriend bought a red F-reg MG Metro - so it had the big MG logos on the side - I can remember so clearly going with him to collect it. Good times.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

When I passed my test in 1971, I had my eyes on a Cortina 1600E. That wood dash and Rostyle alloys
Sadly my finances never matched my wishes.

Nice, the 1600E is really sought after now. If only we did actually buy some of these cars and held on to them …then this time next year we could be millionaires!

 

[SpikyMikey]

Wanted a MK1 XR2, had a 1.1 Ghia

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I managed to do a 180 in a tweaked MG Metro Turbo on the A3 at Guildford. Luckily I didn’t hit anything. The exuberance of youth! Plus the turbo was like an on/off switch.

I never did have a go in one but the MG Maestro Turbos were said to be savagely fast in a straight line.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Wanted a MK1 XR2, had a 1.1 Ghia
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Love it

 

[AMGeed]

A white Sapphire Cosworth for me. I came fairly close with my Black MG Metro

I had to wait until I was in my 40's to afford to buy and run a Sapphire Cosworth.
Even back in the mid 90's insuraance for that car was over £500pa.

 

[AMGeed]

Nice, the 1600E is really sought after now. If only we did actually buy some of these cars and held on to them …then this time next year we could be millionaires!

True.
If only I'd kept my Cosworth.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Before the reality of having to buy, maintain, tax and insure your first car kicked in, what did you think your first car might be?

When I was around 14 years old I used to fall asleep thinking that when I was 17 my first car would be a black Porsche 928 and I would be restoring a gate house, planning to marry the beautiful girl I met on my first day at big school.

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So what did you hope your first car might be?

For those wondering, this was my first car

 

[HappytalkAgain]

When he was 18-19 my sister’s (then) boyfriend bought a red F-reg MG Metro - so it had the big MG logos on the side - I can remember so clearly going with him to collect it. Good times.

Mine was a Y Reg (83) non turbo model. Bought it as my first car in 1990 when I was 17. The car cost £900

The insurance cost £900

 

[AMGeed]

For those wondering, this was my first car

This was mine ( or one like it)