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My first car
Kia Rio5 2009 HatchBack (1.6L) 

 

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pros
Cheap on Gas
Small and mobile

Really good Acceleration for City Driving

Power Everything

 

 Really affordable

USB,AUX,SAT 

 

cons

Not much customization parts available, wish to tune it up someday :D

Parts wont be as easy to find as toyota or honda

mods and fixes history
No fixes yet

Mods:

LED DRL Lights front bumper

White Xenon Headlights

LED plate lights

Bluetooth Aux Adapter

Jack Skellington Sticker ;D

 

Next Mods:

Change all interior and exterior lightbulbs to LED

Get some Rims when tires get worn out.

Install some minor music upgrades

Install Chrome Trims inside and outside.

 

Current Status
Bought it 3 months ago, running quick and healthy.

###### LED DRL died after first month of use, water got inside the case. Planning to buy Phillips Version.

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Still own my first car:

 

2005 BMW 120d (stock: 163hp, now 210hp) bought it at 67 000km in 2010, now it has about 117 000 4 years later

 

I had one of those (or very similar at least) during my driving classes a few years back. Really fun to drive!

Cool car, fell in love with hatchbacks 

Thanks, Can't get it over my heart to sell it though I have a company car now. Needs a new clutch because of the ECU chiptuning

 

I had one of those (or very similar at least) during my driving classes a few years back. Really fun to drive!

Yeah, a driving school over here also uses 1 series 

  • 1 year later...

My own very first owed car was a 1972 VW Beetle 1302s in bottle green, man I loved my old bug! 1600cc with dual choke webber carbs, drank petrol like water but was quick and noisy :D

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Sadly went to the scrapheap in the sky, regretted it ever since, the 1302s models are quite rare. 

 

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  • 10 months later...

Ford Fiesta 1.3 Flight (2001)

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pros

2001 plate with 65k Miles, absolute bargain for a first car.

easy to find parts 

 

cons

No electric windows/mirror

65BHP, Going up hill had you praying.

Steering was quite heavy, only noticed this once i got a newer car though.

Rust on rear arches, typical ford problem. First on rust dump and all that.

Tape player and radio was stuck on AM.

 

Like this, but all white
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1990 Pontiac Sunbird - I made bad grades in school - it was punishment



My sister's first car - she made good grades and was daddy's little girl:
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She had a brand new Navigator, had a phone in it (back when most people only dreamed of having a car phone)
fully loaded, and an AMEX gold card that my parents never looked @ the bill - just paid it

No... I wasnt jealous at all ?  why do you ask ?  pfft

 

On 10/7/2016 at 10:00 PM, T3X4S said:

Like this, but all white
1991-pontiac-sunbird-1.jpg
1990 Pontiac Sunbird - I made bad grades in school - it was punishment
(technically my 2nd car as the 1st one was taken away after 2 days - see top of page)


My sister's first car - she made good grades and was daddy's little girl:
2002-lincoln-navigator-rearside_ltnav023.jpg
She had a brand new Navigator, had a phone in it (back when most people only dreamed of having a car phone)
fully loaded, and an AMEX gold card that my parents never looked @ the bill - just paid it

No... I wasnt jealous at all ?  why do you ask ?  pfft

 

 

  • 3 years later...
  • 3 years later...

1989 chrysler k car it was my sisters and she gave it to me. Not my image but it was the same color and style except it had pre existing body dmg

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1977 Mercury Bobcat | Classic & Collector Cars

 

1977 Mercury Bobcat Wagon

Bought it for $75 and had to do a brake conversion from 4 wheel drums to 4 wheel disk due to no one making parts for it any more. 2.3L with 4 speed manual. Sad to say, I miss having a manual transmission.

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