What do you miss most about your first car?

[Deakers]

What is it about your first car that you miss the most - the car itself, mods, the way it handled, the kind of sound system you could afford to drop cash on before the realities of adult life hit home or just driving out for a cookout with friends?

Some responses on this blog and Reddit thread, but thought it would be interesting to ask here. What do you think - do you agree with what people posted or not?

[mrfyzv]

I understood the question or do not understand?

[DeltaP]

Originally Posted by Deakers

What is it about your first car that you miss the most - the car itself, mods, the way it handled, the kind of sound system you could afford to drop cash on before the realities of adult life hit home or just driving out for a cookout with friends?

Some responses on this blog and Reddit thread, but thought it would be interesting to ask here. What do you think - do you agree with what people posted or not?

The back seat!

[Oldbearcat]

Hah - my first car didn't even have a back seat - It was a 37 Dodge Coupe. I miss the car simply because wife to be and I started dating in it back in the 60's.

Regards:
Oldbearcat

[cbrown94683]

I miss having a manual, my first car was a 5 speed and I enjoyed driving it!

[mathewbrown]

I miss my first car (1994 BMW 530I AUTOM) a lot.

[ShopEddies.com]

Suzuki Samurai - trying to 4x4 in mud. Fun little vehicle.

[brcidd]

My 68 Camaro 396 SS/RS combo 4 speed and big cam I put in - with huge rear tires- the burn-offs- the loping- I still have it- bought it in '74 for $1150- talked him down from $1200

restored it in '78, last drove it in '85. will get it out again sometime

[johnwendry070]

Recently, My Nissan skyline has been sold out. I am missing her a lot. I have ordered used car with http://www.englishtowingbreakdown.co.uk/ from Japan car auction.Now, I am waiting for her to come, It's been 20 days almost and they are saying probably they will take 10-15 more.Does it really take so much time for delivery? Anyway, I am just waiting.

[vitalmuncie]

I miss the chime that the car made when the key was in it, three different tones- doo dee dii doo dee dii . I could only hope to find another like it.

[marco71]

I miss the dent it did 'not' make in my wallet. Cars that good are not easy on the wallet nowadays.

[dmfergie]

My first car was a 1956 Mercury, Red and with with nice lines. I miss the distributor, points and plugs I could change. I was a teenager and even changed a whole front wheel-A frame assembly when I wrecked it.
Today you have a car with a computer and plugs you can't get at. Headlights and doors that don't work cause they all go thru the computer. Wiring diagrams that go to a black box or a 'module'. My good old car was easy to repair and trouble shoot. The only expensive part on it was the automatic transmission.

Please give me back my car with a distributor and points and get rid of the computers!!!

[OliverHorton]

I really miss the classic ambiance inside my old car. I feel like traveling back in time whenever I rode it.

[Shanelink88]

I miss how ugly, slow and overall strange it was. My first car was a 1988 ford escort 1.9L 5 speed that ran on 3 cylinders over heated no matter what and had 388,000 MILES on it, the strange thing was it was LOADED for the time, tons of chrome power everything A/C 6 speaker stereo 600 warning lights on the dash sun roof heated mirrors and a really nice inside in general. I like how much I didn't care about it and when it got hit and when it crashed into the ditch and got all dented and messed up I was like ehh adds character. but then the fuel pump went so I had to scrap it