the first car I actually drove by myself was a beat up N12 Pulsar painted 15 different shades of red with a crumbling interior and 400000km on it, was a wicked thrasher, used to do flatshifts, handbrake stops and burnouts in it all the time, the old girl kept going (with a new clutch LOL) until the alternator went and dad decided that spending 300 bucks on a 300 car was too much and sent it to the wreckers when I was away
the first car I bought was a 1989 phoenix red VN SS with a rebuilt motor, polished heads and street cam + straight through exhaust, pulled 160rwkw and was a very reliable, reasonably fast car for the next 80000km I owned it for (pretty much drove it until I got my full licence)
second car I've bought is my R32 GTS-4, it gets treated with a lot more respect than the two previous lol, and I'm glad I waited until I was in my 20s before buying an import, it has its annoying quirks like every other car, but so far so good, most of the issues i've had with it are from dodgy mods and natural wear from being 20 years old.