what was ur first car?
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No laughing, but my first was an 2001 RAV4. Had a 150 hp and tq motor, and permanent 4 wheel drive. My mother was deathly afraid I was going to hurt myself driving the vehicle could barely do 0-60 in 11 seconds with just me in it.
First car was a 94 probe gt. Car was tough as nails contrary to belief and I finally grenaded it missing a downshift and pegging the rev limiter for a second....
The 2.5l klde is limited to 7200rpm stock and the missed shift engine braked it to well past that around 10k and developed a tick. Drove it for another few thousand miles and the valves went on it. When I over revved it, I actually cracked a valve retainer and replaced it but the other valves likely dropped after a long ass time lol I just didnt want to pull the heads and rebuild since a motor swap was even cheaper in the long run, never did see what happened inside though I sold it off to be rebuilt
It hauled ass for what it was and really taught me how to drive. Spanked civics and tegs like nobodys business and for a damn good price too. I bought the car used in MINT condition w/ 64k mi. for $2800, so ya I got my moneys worth
The 2.5l klde is limited to 7200rpm stock and the missed shift engine braked it to well past that around 10k and developed a tick. Drove it for another few thousand miles and the valves went on it. When I over revved it, I actually cracked a valve retainer and replaced it but the other valves likely dropped after a long ass time lol I just didnt want to pull the heads and rebuild since a motor swap was even cheaper in the long run, never did see what happened inside though I sold it off to be rebuilt
It hauled ass for what it was and really taught me how to drive. Spanked civics and tegs like nobodys business and for a damn good price too. I bought the car used in MINT condition w/ 64k mi. for $2800, so ya I got my moneys worth
The 3 could never reach the beautiful sound these 2.5's make. Dont get me wrong the speed 3 is awesome but something about that klde is magic, the motor is phenomenal in fun and noise report!
Probes are cheap fun and easy builds If I had it my way, I would have kept that car and had a truck and a turbo PGT. I am yet to be of legal drinking age so multiple vehicles is not realistic, not to mention a built turboed vehicle :funny:
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First car was an 85 camaro with a 350 dropped in it. Sold it cause insurance was way too high for a 16 year old lol so it didn't even make it on the road for me 
first car on the road was a 93 probe gt still miss that car
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my Dakota and I plan on never letting it go, how many of you people on here regret losing your first car? I never ever want to feel that
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mine was a 77 Caprice Classic 2 door with a 305
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95 Monte Carlo Z34 3.4 DOHC! Victory Red (wrecked), then the '97 Kota! just like my truck now (wrecked), '89 honda CRX hF (50 MPG car, sold with 296.5k miles for a grand), '99 Kota (Present), and '99 Subie Legacy Outback (DD)
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1980 Ford Fairmont Wagon, swapped 460c.i Big block.. I was 14 (2 months shy of turning 15).. 1/2 bother helped me do all the work.. Almost 16 years later. I sort of wish I kept it.. Dumb teenager as I was sold it to fund another project 1981 Buick Park Ave Coupe.
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A 1986.5 toyota supra with a 91 7m-gte 5 speed, some lady hit me I got money from the insurance company (more then i paid for it surprisingly) drove it for the summer and then the clutch blew out after all the burnouts I did. Sold the hunk of s*** for a grand and with the money on top of the insurance I bought my truck.
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Mine was a 1977 Thunderbird with a 351M, velour seats, big steering wheel , big bumpers, real air conditioning that could freeze the balls off a brass monkey,Quadrasonic Tape Player(8-Track for you kids) power windows, power locks and lets not forget the state of the art power steering and power brakes. Yep, got a whopping 13 miles to the gallon in that thing, and that was highway miles, God only knows what I got for city/stop & go driving. So when I see that I'm getting 16 or 17 MPG in my Durango, I'm estatic, compared to what I used to get in my first car!!!!
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1972 Dodge Demon 340 4 speed...Hemi Orange, black stripes...got it my Junior year of hi-school...restored it in the late '80's, drove from the West coast to the East coast in her, been to the Mopar nationals twice with it, Drag raced her, been on the flats of Bonneville, lap time at Laguna Seca, Auto Crossed...heck-even mastered doing a clutch swap solo in less than 90 minutes...the only thing I couldn't do with her is SELL HER! Yep...still got her-she's showing her age, but wears our battle scars well! She keeps company with the 2011 Challenger, 2007 Magnum SRT8 and of course the latest addition, '89 Dakota convertible!
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1987 Ford Thunderbird 5.0
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My first was a 1981 Dodge Mirada with a 318 V8. She was a beast that helped me plenty of times with the ladies. Huge back seat, super dark tinted windows, and plenty of power. Drank the cheap gas though.
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