https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:00:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764821 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 10:21:40 +0000 avivoca 2764821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1999 Jeep Cherokee Sport. It was my husband's car and I started driving it when we got married in 2007. I was 21 (got my license at 20).</p> <p>The first car I bought was our current car, a 2011 Nissan Versa. If I can keep it long enough, that will be the car I give my kids to drive in 13 years, ha. No fancy cars for them! Beater cars all the way until they get better at driving or want to save up their own money to buy something nicer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764688 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:14:24 +0000 Miss Ariel 2764688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beth24: I loved that car! If it had 4 doors I probably would have kept it even longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764679 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 22:30:39 +0000 bhbee 2764679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Green dodge intrepid hand me down from parents, probably mid 90s but I can't remember the year. We called it the beast but I loved it because it was mine to drive at 16, even though it had a lot of problems. </p> <p>First car I really owned is the one I have now! City living for 10 years didn't require one day to day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764674 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 21:46:18 +0000 808love 2764674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: I'm glad someone does!! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764672 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 21:43:19 +0000 Beth24 2764672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Miss Ariel: mine was the same, 2001 Echo and oddly enough had about the same mileage! I had it thru college and then passed it on to my two younger siblings. My mom finally sold it just last month. That car held up so well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764665 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 21:09:57 +0000 SweetiePie 2764665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first car my parents bought for me was a 1981 Subaru wagon in yellow, natch. They paid $800 (or maybe it was $600? Can't remember) for it. My friends called it the banana wagon. I can still remember the smell perfectly. </p> <p>The first car I owned as an adult was a 2000 VW Jetta and I looooved it. It had leather seats and was fully loaded with a moonroof and I felt like such a successful adult. Buuuut it ended up being an absolute lemon that I sunk tons of money into and sold at a huge loss. Womp womp. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764662 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 21:04:24 +0000 travellingbee 2764662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@808love: Ha ha Datsuns. I remember those. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764660 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 21:01:43 +0000 travellingbee 2764660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first car was a 1985 1/2 (It was a rare half year model!) Mercury Lynx. It had a terrible oil leak. I bought it for $450. I sold it a year and some later for $650 so it was a success, haha! I was 16, so it was 1993. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764637 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 20:00:00 +0000 caterw 2764637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mazda protege! Don't remember the year but it was a lovely sparkly purple-blue and was a hand-me- down from my dad. I was 17. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764630 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 19:40:18 +0000 NCSUchick27 2764630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first car was a 1996 Toyota Paseo. My parents bought it when I was 16, and I drove it until I was 27. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764579 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:42:43 +0000 birdofafeather 2764579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>used 1994 toyota 4runner at 16. i LOVED that thing, but it got the worst gas mileage. i did drive my parents' vans before they got me that car. i was the oldest so if they wanted me to help and drive my siblings, they had to get me something. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764469 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:21:27 +0000 krispi 2764469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a navy blue 1991 Pontiac Sunbird. It was a totally basic car with no options. My parents got it for me about a month or so before I turned 16. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764466 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:15:56 +0000 MrsBrewer 2764466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my first car when I was 16, it was a 1996 Ford Taurus. It was a boat, but it was perfect! I loved it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764391 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:41:58 +0000 Miss Ariel 2764391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just posted in the other thread but it was a 2001 Toyota echo. Technically not new since it was a test drive model with 5k on it. I drove it 13 years till I was pregnant with dd and needed a 4 door car. When my parents bought it I really wanted the Roxy model but in hindsight it was probably a good thing they didn't spend the money on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764389 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:37:33 +0000 josina 2764389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@KT326: DH wants an old Chevy Nova so bad, I think it was one of his first cars too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764386 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:27:20 +0000 bushelandapeck 2764386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1985 VW Jetta! I also got my license and the keys on my 16th birthday which was amazing :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764373 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:01:37 +0000 KT326 2764373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first car I drove was my dads 1977 chevy nova. That thing was a tank. I loved it. </p> <p>For my graduation present my parents put a down payment on a new 2000 Kia sephia, I had to make the monthly payments though. I had that car for 9 years before I totaled it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764362 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:52:57 +0000 youboots 2764362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A 95 Honda Civic hatchback when I turned 17 in 2001. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764359 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:50:55 +0000 lamariniere 2764359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only car I ever owned (well, my parents bought it from a friend) was a 1986 Nissan Maxima with a sunroof, I got it circa 1997. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764357 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:48:38 +0000 808love 2764357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A brick red Datsun b210. It was old...rusty and a leaky sunroof with vice grips to roll down the window. But she was zippy and I washed her every week for the first few months. Lots of memories!!!<br /> Wow I just looked it up and it is a really old 🚗 car. The model was the last year (82) it was made and it had rust holes in the body when I got it. Total surfermobile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764353 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:44:06 +0000 hellobeeboston 2764353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><b>A 1992 Jeep Wagoneer</b></p> <p>IT WAS THE BEST CAR EVER. </p> <p>My parents actually still had it until about 6 years ago even though it was barely working. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764337 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:06:28 +0000 josina 2764337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: lol, my sister totaled the 2nd car I drove (thankfully my dad had upgraded from the reliant fairly quickly). And then she totaled another one after that.<br /> @Ajsmommy: I always wanted an alero.<br /> @IRunForFun: Wow! Here (Iowa) permit at 14, school permit 6 months later. License at 16.<br /> @JennyPenny: Oh man, I'd be so mad! I actually worked and paid my parents for the car they bought me so they couldn't 'ground me' and take it away. I don't think that worked though, ha ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764336 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:03:27 +0000 lilteacherbee 2764336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a 2001 yellow-green Beetle. I had wanted one since I was a little girl and my parents bought it for me when I was 15. I had it for almost 10 years! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764335 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:02:30 +0000 StrawberryShortie 2764335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: ahh memories..My first car was a '92 Town Royal Oldsmobile..It was a boat and awesome!<br /> The first owner only drove it to golf on Sundays so it was impeccable, even though I bought it in 2003.</p> <p>Too bad a guy ran a red light two weeks after I got it and demolished it :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764333 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 09:58:34 +0000 gingerbebe 2764333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first car I drove was a 1988 Chevy Celebrity with bench seats and gaudy/frilly floral lace seat covers my mom had made for the car. That car was an absolute tank - truly don't make them like that anymore and my brother and I totally still miss the old beast. It was totaled in a hit and run when I was 18 and we got a 1988 Mitsubishi Sigma to replace it. Gold, brown velvet interior, V6 engine, sunroof. Stylin'. My brother drove that car once I left for college.</p> <p>My first owned car was a 2002 Honda Accord that I got my senior year of college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764329 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 09:54:10 +0000 JennyPenny 2764329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1999 Saturn SL2 that I bought myself at 16. I walked to work every day in the summer leading up to my senior year so I could earn money to buy a car since my parents said they wouldn't buy one for me. Of course - they then just bought both my younger brothers a car... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764328 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 09:53:30 +0000 MaryM 2764328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first car I drove was a 1987 Ford Tempo. My parents got it for all the kids to share to my brother and sister drove it before me, and it wasn't technically "mine"</p> <p>The first car I owned was a 2002 Honda Civic that I got the January before graduating from college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764326 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 09:50:10 +0000 Lahela017 2764326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a 2000 Dodge Neon- a fancy one with a spoiler :wink: </p> <p>They gave it to me to use when I was 16- I loved that car! They sold it while I was in college and gave me a different one to use- that I still have now. It was a big/better car, but not a cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764325 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 09:49:08 +0000 petitenoisette 2764325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: I know, 14 seems nuts to me! It's 16 for permit in MA and then once you get your license (I think at 16.5) you're not supposed to drive with any other minors for a while. I know a lot of my high school students don't even get their licenses anymore right away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-first-car-2#post-2764324 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 09:48:05 +0000 petitenoisette 2764324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have my own car until the summer before my senior year of college! Used Honda civic, I think it was a 2002? My parents made the payments on it for me my last semester of school and then I had about paid it off after 5 years when I totaled it :/ </p> <p>First time I had a car paid off outright was last Fall! </p>