How old were you when you bought your first car?

I was 26. I bought a Prius. Here it is hiding behind a tree.

 

I drove my parent's cars: A 1988 Chevy Caprice and once and a while my dads 1961 DeSoto (big white monster with fins) around from age 15.

Finally at age 19 I bought my first slightly used 1992 Saturn SL2.
Now that Saturn rests in my parents garage as their extra car (still runs after 300k).

 

My 1st car was a 1964 Dodge 440 bought in 1980. I was probably 21. She was a bitch to start in the cold winter mornings. The steering was sloppy. The gas gauge didn't work. The quarter panels were rusted out. Push button shift. My brother rebuilt the engine. I bought it from him.

 

This is what it would have looked like new. Definitely not my car.

 

17 bought a brand new 1975 gremlin 304 v8 with a three speed on the floor. Gas was 66 cents first fill up of something new called lead free LoL.

 

The only Reliant I know is the K-car from the 1980's. The Savoy may have shared the same platform as my Dodge but I'm not sure.

 

23... graduated from college, living with the folks, knocking down a nice salary and having few expenses, i walked into a dealer a few months later and said, "I want to order one of these..."

then GM went on strike for nine months. My '69 427 (7.0 L) Corvette arrived in August of '69 and they asked me if i still wanted to buy it... [LOL...]

Sold it about 42k miles later...
Corvette Searches !
The one at the top was mine and I still miss it!

 

27.
The Prius.

 

At 15 I had a 1984 Pontiac Fiero 2M4 given to me with 234,000 miles on the clock, and then a year later the first car I actually bought was a 1985 Pontiac Fiero 2M4 WS6 for $1,000 that only had 34,000 miles but was not running at the time. I completely rebuilt that car, and put in a LT-1 V-8 only for it to be totalled by a tanker truck in December of 2002. Man I miss those cars. They were your best bang for the buck. No A/C, no power steering, no power brakes. Nothing but you and the car. Plus with the LT-1 V-8 the 85' Fiero was fuuuunnnnnnnnnn. Sometimes I look back and wonder why I am not dead, lol.

 

I was 18 and bought a 1972 Dodge Colt. Ran it like a scalded dog. Used to rev the engine up in neutral and then drop into drive. Results were a weak 'chirp' from the tires and an eventual blown out transmission. Oh, to be young and stupid again...

 

25 years old. A 17-year-old used 1956 CJ-5 Willys Jeep. It was the only 4-WD I could afford for the Minnesota winter. It was a piece of s**t!