I figured it would be a fun little thread. Lets hear about CR peeps first car stories.
Mine
I bought a 1980 LTD 5.0l with 109,000 miles (carbed) rust bucket for 250 bucks when I was 15. I'm not sure what the law is now, but at the time 15.5 you could get your permit. Anyway, I remember Mom driving me to the farm where it was at.. I instantly fell in love. It was baby blue with rust everywhere, no hub caps, bumpers with rust holes... PERFECT! Did doughnuts for about 30 minutes and some make shift rallycross/drifting in an old field. SOLD.
I dove the car for a bit in high school which I was the odd man out. I was never a rich kid and went to a private school where everyone had new (2000) Cherokees and what not, but for some reason everyone made fun of it/loved it. Lots of fun driving around with friends for no reason, talking and being teens. (Gas was .88 cents a gallon then btw) I even put "dingle berries" (cotton ball things that hang.. think Cheech and Chong) in it. Red glow dice.... Good times.
I miss that bucket. Only reason I stopped driving it was a rich friend of mine sold me his 91 escort 1.9l 5 speed for 50 bucks and it was 10 x faster.
Sorry for the bad grammar