https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:59:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-72269 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:54:39 +0000 Rescuemom10 72269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 17. It was a lt blue 1989 Pontiac grand am. I loved that car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-72264 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:47:40 +0000 HabesBabe 72264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>16. My dad bought me a brand new Toyota Corolla for my birthday-- my parents are divorced and I lived with my mom, so I think my dad liked to contribute financially to my upbringing whenever he could.</p> <p>Then I totaled it less than a year later. :( WAH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-71452 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:58:51 +0000 mediagirl 71452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>16! It was a hand-me-down from my Mom to my brother to me. It worked great for 4 years. I bought my own car when I was 23. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-71422 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:51:25 +0000 tequiero21 71422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i was about 20-21.... my parents got it for me and i started paying for it when i got my first job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-71031 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:34:46 +0000 Mrs Sorbet 71031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 16. I lived in an area with lots of very small, very spread-out towns...you had to have a car if you were going anywhere. I had to drive 40 minutes one way to high school. My mom was thrilled to not have to drive me to school, cheerleading practice, games, etc. anymore. My activities put a lot of miles on her car! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70995 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:17:46 +0000 MH.Abroad 70995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 17, a Mercury Grand Marquis, yellowish-white color. Seriously the ugliest thing ever. No heat, no air, three of the windows didn't go down. Back seat belts didn't work. Radio antenna was a coat hanger. Seriously. It worked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70772 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:21:48 +0000 CarrieLouWho 70772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got mine on my 16th birthday, it was 1999 and the car was a 92 Toyota Paseo. Cute, inexpensive and sporty and it was a total surprise. We lived so far away from everything, that I had to get a car to help tote my little brother around and to drive myself home from school after practices. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70467 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:32:46 +0000 lilteacherbee 70467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eeek, I'm going to sound really spoiled, but my parents bought my car when I was 14, almost 15. For the year before I got my license, my mom drove it most of the time. I still have it 8 years later...I'm about to buy MY own first car now!</p> <p>My dad says he got it then because he found such a good deal on it. (3 years old, 30k miles, and less than $10,000). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70459 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:23:24 +0000 cyneswith 70459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Got her over 6 months ago, a 10 year old Escort. I love Bitty. She's a rust bucket, but she's little and quirky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70457 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:20:01 +0000 DillonLion 70457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my first car at 16, but I saved up my own money for years and bought it myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70446 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:05:33 +0000 Mrsbells 70446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 22 when I got my first car.. definitely one of the last of my friends to get a car, most of them had cars at 17. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70444 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:02:21 +0000 BabyLove 70444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was fortunate enough to be given a car when I was 16 and got my license. It wasn't a brand new car but it was nice enough. My parent gave it to me though, because they had toddlers and could never get me where I needed to be. It was more for them than it was for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70397 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:06:31 +0000 Mrs. Bee 70397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 17 - a Honda Accord. We lived in the burbs and both my parents commuted and I needed a car to drive to school with my brother.</p> <p>I don't want to think about Charlie and Olive driving -- it's too scary! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70395 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:04:23 +0000 yoursilverlining 70395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I was 17 when I got my first car - maybe 16 though. I was working and my mom was tired of having to take me to and pick me up from work every day. I had that car until my early 20's, when it got handed down to my brother who crashed and totaled it. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70393 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:03:41 +0000 sulli301 70393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an older white Sebring convertible when I was 16. That thing was a boat! haha but I loved it at the time :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70387 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:48:51 +0000 looch 70387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Age 16, it was a Dodge Shadow. I loved that car. Previous to that, we had a Dodge Aspen station wagon from 1979, it was tilted to one side and the brakes were questionable.</p> <p>I've never owned a car as an adult though, I've managed my entire adulthood so far without one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70381 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:46:48 +0000 Boogs 70381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was 16. I started working at 14, so I saved up to buy a car once I started driving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70370 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:04 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 70370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my first car at 16 because I already had a job. My parents both worked and couldn't take me to work. We lived in a town without decent public transportation. Try paid $500 for it and bought it from a family member. It was so ugly, but I loved having it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70367 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:38:37 +0000 Rubies 70367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 25 years old. Electric blue, Mazda 3 hatchback. It was so cute. I miss it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-get-your-first-car#post-70363 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:37:47 +0000 heffalump 70363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my first car when I was 20. My parents took the money I saved them from getting scholarships and put it towards my car. All my friends had cars at 16. I was ok without one because I didn't love driving anyway. And I could drive my dad's car at night and on the weekends, and it was very cool. I could never have a cool car like that.</p> <p>Hubby thinks LO will work in high school (my parents liked us to concentrate on our studies so we weren't allowed to) and that's how she'll get her first car. That's fine with me.</p> <p>When did you get your first car? When do you think your LO will get one? </p>