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(52,004 posts) Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:43 PM Yesterday

What was your very first car that you owned. Mine was a 1965 Aqua Chevy Impala. Big tank for a 16 year old to drive. [View all]

What about you? Bought it from my parents.

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What was your very first car that you owned. Mine was a 1965 Aqua Chevy Impala. Big tank for a 16 year old to drive. [View all] debm55 Yesterday OP

63 VW bus BeneteauBum Yesterday #1

Peace to you too, BeneteauBum. debm55 Yesterday #5

40 horsepower with brand new plugs. Permanut Yesterday #28

It got me from one place to the next BeneteauBum 21 hrs ago #83

Roger that.. Permanut 21 hrs ago #88

Excellent. I've had a 69, 64 and still have a 68. bullimiami 15 hrs ago #136

I had a 68 also...bought it in 1972. BeneteauBum 14 hrs ago #139

1969-ish Toyota Corolla. Ocelot II Yesterday #2

thank you Ocelot II. I have never driven a stick. I always wanted to but it seemed too hard for me. debm55 Yesterday #8

It's not that hard, but cars that still have it are pretty scarce now. Ocelot II Yesterday #13

No lie...a 1965 Chevy Impala, Aqua...three on the tree. LuckyCharms Yesterday #3

Thank you , LuckyCharms. You had one too? I had to sit on two pillows to see over the wheel. debm55 Yesterday #9

Yes, Aqua. No power steering and a heavy clutch. LuckyCharms Yesterday #11

Same here, No power steering, but it was not a stick shift.Edit. debm55 Yesterday #14

Mine was on the column. I still remember the shift pattern. LuckyCharms Yesterday #24

Sorry LuckyCharms. I made a mistake. it was not a stick shift. There was a handle on the steering wheel that would put debm55 23 hrs ago #29

'67 Chevelle Lefta Dissenter Yesterday #4

Thank you very much Lefta Dissenter. Your color description is funny. debm55 Yesterday #10

1965 blue Mercury Monterrey with the inclined power rear window... wcmagumba Yesterday #6

Thank you very much, wcmagumba. I had the automatic transmission , but no power steering. debm55 Yesterday #16

Cool, mine was a nice car for a HS kid but the blue paint was a bit faded in spots... wcmagumba Yesterday #25

A 1962 Oldsmobile F-85. LoisB Yesterday #7

Thank you very much, LoisB. debm55 Yesterday #17

First car 49jim Yesterday #12

Sounds like my kind of car. My father was a Chevy guy. Always bought the Chevy brand. debm55 Yesterday #20

1962 Ford Fairlane Convertible montanacowboy Yesterday #15

Wow, thank you montanacowboy. That does sound like a classic. debm55 Yesterday #21

Oh and by the way montanacowboy 23 hrs ago #55

Yes, the turn signals were on the left of the steering wheel and the shift into D, N,R were on the right. debm55 18 hrs ago #117

19666 Corvair. It was smokin'. Three speed on the floor. Dimmer switch on the floor sometimes would turn the lights off. twodogsbarking Yesterday #18

Thank you very much, twodogsbarking. Sounds like a great car. debm55 Yesterday #22

1965 VW Beetle Ritabert Yesterday #19

Thank you Ritabert. I always wanted one. But back then , they only came in stick. debm55 Yesterday #23

The main problem for us was a non-working defroster in Boston Ritabert Yesterday #26

Its not a Bug if it has heat. Lochloosa 23 hrs ago #60

My cousin used to always have blankets in her bug. debm55 16 hrs ago #127

Same here!!! N/T Scottie Mom 23 hrs ago #34

Thank you very much, Scottie Mom. debm55 23 hrs ago #42

1951 Blue Chevy Pickup BOSSHOG Yesterday #27

I hear ya.. Permanut 23 hrs ago #30

It was a fun ride BOSSHOG 21 hrs ago #84

Oh that sounds great. Thank you very much, BOSSHOG for sharing with us. debm55 23 hrs ago #44

'78 Datsun 210 dickthegrouch 23 hrs ago #31

Thank you very much, dickthegrouch. I hated those plastic seat covers add to that no AC. HOT. debm55 23 hrs ago #48

55 Desoto Fireflite Coronado 4 Door marble falls 23 hrs ago #32

Nice!!! Nittersing 23 hrs ago #41

52 and 53 Chevy coupes have always been favorites of mine. marble falls 18 hrs ago #116

Oh, man, what a great looking car. Thank you, marble falls. Love it. debm55 23 hrs ago #47

Mine was a 1956 DeSoto Fireflight UpInArms 16 hrs ago #134

Hemi? I had a flat head eight. marble falls 7 hrs ago #144

Yes, a hemi UpInArms 7 hrs ago #145

That 426 was a monster. marble falls 6 hrs ago #147

Oh wow, that is one neat car, especially in all black. Thank you , UpInArms. debm55 36 min ago #190

'68 Mustang SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #33

Thank you SheltieLover. Sounds like a great car. debm55 23 hrs ago #49

It was, Deb. SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #50

1968 Red Pontiac Lamans with black vinyl top Sedona 23 hrs ago #35

Great looking car, Sedona. Thank you. debm55 23 hrs ago #37

'72 Saab 99 justaprogressive 23 hrs ago #36

Thank you justaprogressive. I always wanted one. Heard they were great driving. debm55 23 hrs ago #38

My first Front-wheel drive justaprogressive 23 hrs ago #58

I hated my front wheel drive. I can't remember the name but it was by Chevy. I had to go down a hill to get to the debm55 18 hrs ago #121

1950 Ford pickup List left 23 hrs ago #39

Thank you List left. What a great powerful truck. debm55 23 hrs ago #51

67 Camaro, brand new. sinkingfeeling 23 hrs ago #40

Thank you sinkingfeeling for sharing. Nice car. debm55 4 hrs ago #152

1965 Chevy Impala, powder blue, 4 door, automatic. The lead sled. dem4decades 23 hrs ago #43

Oh my. Thank you fellow 65 Chevy Impala owner, dem4decades. debm55 4 hrs ago #153

Thank you to everyone The Wizard 23 hrs ago #45

no worries HappyH 22 hrs ago #75

Thank you for your concern. debm55 4 hrs ago #154

;-{) 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Goonch 23 hrs ago #46

1956 and 1957 Chevy was THE car all the high school and college men wanted back in the yellowdogintexas 21 hrs ago #93

Thank you very much. My father had one in tan. Thanks, Goonch. debm55 34 min ago #192

1966 Chevelle SS 396 Super Sport dual-Holley 4-barrel, 8 mpg Submariner 23 hrs ago #52

My roommate in college had one of those Turbineguy 4 hrs ago #158

HAHAHAHAHHAHA. Thank you very much for sharing with us. Submariner. debm55 32 min ago #194

1976 Ford Maverick Arger68 23 hrs ago #53

Thank you very much for sharing with us. Arger68 debm55 13 min ago #196

I also had a 1965 Chevy Impala CanonRay 23 hrs ago #54

Thank you Canon Ray. That sounds great. debm55 17 hrs ago #124

40 Chevy DRiggs 23 hrs ago #56

Wow, Thank you for sharing. DRiggs. debm55 11 min ago #197

67 Delta 88. Loved that boat. The perfect car for high school. Lochloosa 23 hrs ago #57

Thank you very much for sharing the "the boat" with us. Lockloosa. debm55 8 min ago #200

'57 Chevy Bel Air BarbaRosa 23 hrs ago #59

Thank you very much, BarbaRosa for sharing with us. debm55 10 min ago #198

I had a 1971 Plymouth Cricket. markodochartaigh 23 hrs ago #61

1970 Ford BigMin28 23 hrs ago #62

1966 Dodge Dart Wicked Blue 23 hrs ago #63

It was an 1973 orange VW Superbeetle. rsdsharp 22 hrs ago #64

I almost bought one, but needed my money for college, so I stayed with the Impala. Thank you redsharp. debm55 22 hrs ago #66

63 bug. turquoise. mopinko 22 hrs ago #65

Thank you very much, mopinko. All the cars from the 60s were tanks, I like the idea of a push button trans. Sounds neat. debm55 22 hrs ago #68

My first car was a 1959 Volkswagon Beetle, a convertible. PoindexterOglethorpe 22 hrs ago #67

Thank you very much PoindexterOglethorpe. I guess we are opposites, I can't drive a stick, too much to do. I like the debm55 22 hrs ago #71

I understand why most people prefer an automatic. PoindexterOglethorpe 14 hrs ago #140

That little car would be worth a lot today. Hard Emile 4 hrs ago #159

Mine was a '66 1/2 Beetle, a gray market car from Canada HappyH 22 hrs ago #69

Thank you very much, HappyH. It sounds nice. Did you give it your bother and get a new car? That was so kind of you. debm55 22 hrs ago #73

Yep I had to HappyH 22 hrs ago #74

1973 Pinto Runabout ProfessorGAC 22 hrs ago #70

Thank you very much, ProfessorGAC. My cousin gave me her Pinto car. I think it was a lemon as it didn't go very fast. PS debm55 22 hrs ago #72

i had a pinto. mopinko 22 hrs ago #76

I Had Mine For 5 Years, Too ProfessorGAC 22 hrs ago #78

1977 Pinto wagon my Dad gave me sdfernando 22 hrs ago #77

Forest green Flo Mingo 22 hrs ago #79

Mine was a 1960 Ford Falcon. Very basic automobile; 6 cyl. standard. patphil 22 hrs ago #80

Thank you very much, patphil. Mine was 10 years old when it got towed. debm55 39 min ago #189

1st car I owned that was not my parents wss kacekwl 21 hrs ago #81

Oh wow. Yes, I don't think your parents would be driving that. HAHAHAHAH. Thank you,kacekwl debm55 18 hrs ago #119

'67 Ford Custom. boonecreek 21 hrs ago #82

Thank you boonecreek. My girlfriend had a Celica, We used to pretend we were in France and driving around. Oh to be debm55 18 hrs ago #114

1973 International Travelall Hey Joe 21 hrs ago #85

Thank you very much Hey Joe. Sounds heavy duty. Do you remember when we would pick up change on the floor or in the back debm55 16 hrs ago #125

1963 Plymouth Belvedere Onthefly 21 hrs ago #86

Thank you very much.Onthefly. That sounds like a great car. debm55 18 hrs ago #113

A 1968 Mercury Cougar catbyte 21 hrs ago #87

Oh , I love the looks of the car, especially the color. Thank you catbyte. debm55 18 hrs ago #112

1968 VW bug w/a sunroof CountAllVotes 21 hrs ago #89

That car does sound great. Wish I had one too. Thank you CountAllVotes debm55 18 hrs ago #111

'68 Dodge Charger Flo Mingo 21 hrs ago #90

Great. Thank you very much, Flo Mingo. debm55 19 hrs ago #110

1964 VW Beetle. I learned to drive a stick shift with that car. yellowdogintexas 21 hrs ago #91

Thank you , yellowdogintexas. I tried to learn on VW Bettle. Couldn't get it together to move. However. it did make a debm55 19 hrs ago #108

1996 Mazda Elessar Zappa 21 hrs ago #92

Thank you very much, Elessar Zappa. debm55 19 hrs ago #106

A 1961 Chevy red Corvair 3 speed stick floor shift. My doc03 20 hrs ago #94

Wow, a red Chevy. Thank you, doc03. My shift was on my steering wheel. debm55 19 hrs ago #105

My second car was a 1964 Agua Chevy Impala doc03 20 hrs ago #95

That is funny. Hope no one was hurt. My brother totaled mine. Thank you doc03 debm55 19 hrs ago #104

1964 Ford Fairlane. Paid $50 bucks for it, sold it for $200 to my Uncle's kid SWBTATTReg 20 hrs ago #96

Thank you so much, SWBTATTReg, That sounds like a good deal. debm55 19 hrs ago #102

1975 Ford Maverick. OldBaldy1701E 19 hrs ago #97

Love the color combination, Thank you OldBaldy1701E debm55 19 hrs ago #100

not gonna count the shitty 80's delta 88 my paternal unit got me. i got a 72'delta 88 w/ 56k miles. i drove the ss queen pansypoo53219 19 hrs ago #98

Thank you very much, pansypoo53219. Wow you get a lot of milage from your cars. debm55 19 hrs ago #99

That was a pretty cool car for a kid. viva la 19 hrs ago #101

Thank you viva la. Yes, I loved the color. Somewhere along the line, I had a burnt orange second hand car. It was a debm55 19 hrs ago #103

1972 Ford Gran Torino Americanme 19 hrs ago #107

Thank you very much, Americanme. Yes, free is great. debm55 19 hrs ago #109

A craptastic 1976 Datsun B-210. Aristus 18 hrs ago #115

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you so much, Aristus. debm55 18 hrs ago #118

'65 VW Beetle convertible with a standard transmission buzzycrumbhunger 18 hrs ago #120

HAHAHAHHAHAHAH. great post buzzycrumbhunger. I cried when my Impala got towed. debm55 44 min ago #187

Brand new 1968 Ford Mustang. Fla Dem 18 hrs ago #122

Wow, that's great. Thank you for sharing. Fla Dem. Lime Gold Mustang. That sounds very sharp debm55 17 hrs ago #123

1985 Chevy Cavalier exboyfil 16 hrs ago #126

Thank you very much, exboyfil. for sharing. debm55 1 hr ago #181

My mother's 1971 Plymouth Duster - My mother got a new car every 10 years so I was lucky to inherit this one! Rhiannon12866 16 hrs ago #128

When we met, my husband had a Duster. It had this dustball emblem on the back. He had just started working and traded it debm55 1 hr ago #179

1968 Camaro SS. Paid $1,370 used of course in 74. chicoescuela 16 hrs ago #129

Oh, a Camero. I always liked those. Thank you for sharing. chicoescuela. debm55 1 hr ago #178

1965 AMC Rambler Ambassador SARose 16 hrs ago #130

Yep, that is how things were back then. I had a second hand AMC Rambler. Last two years. Thank you SARose. debm55 1 hr ago #177

1967 Plymouth Fury gopiscrap 16 hrs ago #131

HaHAHA. Cheap beer and broken bike. Oil burner. You did get two years out of it. Thank you for sharing, gopiscrap. debm55 1 hr ago #176

Dad bought me a tank Tree Lady 16 hrs ago #132

Thank you very much, Tree Lady. I think that is why my father sold me the Impala. debm55 1 hr ago #175

'84 Ford Tempo n/t multireeds 16 hrs ago #133

Thank you very much for sharing with us, multireeds. debm55 1 hr ago #174

68' Chevy Nova LogDog75 15 hrs ago #135

Same here with the Impala. It was a pain to drive. Thank you LogDog75, debm55 3 hrs ago #170

Mine was a 1963 Plymouth VIP in dark green woodsprite 15 hrs ago #137

I understand, woodstprite. My car didn;t have power steering. It was so hard to turn. debm55 3 hrs ago #168

'69 Chevy Nova TygrBright 15 hrs ago #138

My 68' Nova had one really annoying problem LogDog75 14 hrs ago #143

HAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you LogDog75, debm55 3 hrs ago #166

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. TygrBright. I am glad that you still miss it. Thanks for sharing, debm55 3 hrs ago #167

1967 Chevy Biscayne..... fantase56 14 hrs ago #141

Thank you very much for sharing with us, fantase56. debm55 3 hrs ago #165

1970 Plymouth Baracuda Bayard 14 hrs ago #142

HAHAHAHAHAH. I agree with the green. You are right it is a cool car. Thank you for sharing. Bayard debm55 4 hrs ago #151

1946 Chevrolet Fleetmaster sedan. Emile 6 hrs ago #146

Thank you very much Emile. debm55 4 hrs ago #150

1963 Ford Galaxy XL 500 Rincewind 4 hrs ago #148

Thank you very much, Rincewind. If I remember correctly. Thunder Birds were huge. debm55 4 hrs ago #149

63 Ford Galaxy 500 NH Ethylene 4 hrs ago #155

Yes, I liked the big old tanks too. Thank you very much, NH Ethylene. debm55 3 hrs ago #164

1958 292 Ford Fairlane, shift on the column. gab13by13 4 hrs ago #156

HAHAHAHAHAh. thank you very much, gab13by13. debm55 3 hrs ago #163

55 ford SarasotaDem 4 hrs ago #157

Wow, a 55 Ford. Great. Thank you very much, SarasotaDem debm55 3 hrs ago #161

First car Rebl2 3 hrs ago #160

Thank you very much, Rebl2. I had one car with no AC, It was terrible. It was a Saturn. debm55 3 hrs ago #162

nash rambler. sold it as i was moving here . AllaN01Bear 3 hrs ago #169

Thank you AllaN01 Bear. I had a Rambler too. But we called it the Rumbler for various reasons. It was second hand. debm55 1 hr ago #172

A Lincoln 61, huge tank of a car. lark 2 hrs ago #171

Very sorry about that. I know about the Providence RI police. and I agree. Thank you very much, lark. debm55 1 hr ago #173

Chevy here too! Brand new 1974 Chevy Nova. 50 Shades Of Blue 1 hr ago #180

Got that right--Chevy. Love red cars. I heard that about the Novas. Thank you very much 50 Shades of Blue. debm55 55 min ago #183

An old Beetle, don't know the year. chowmama 57 min ago #182

Wow, I couldn't imagine doing all of that. Great job,chowmama. Great job. debm55 51 min ago #185

1959 VW Beetle lapfog_1 55 min ago #184

What a great post thank you for sharing with us. lapfrog_1, Love it. debm55 48 min ago #186

1972 Toyota Celica. waterwatcher123 40 min ago #188

Thank you very much, waterwatcher, You are very talented, debm55 16 min ago #195

'72 Chevy Nova with a 350 V8 LudwigPastorius 36 min ago #191

first car wow tmars505 32 min ago #193

1972 Olds Cutlass virgdem 9 min ago #199