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Well the first cars I drove around before I got my licence where...

1991 HZJ75 LandCruiser Cab chassis - 4.2L N/A Diesel

2003 HDJ100 LandCruiser Wagon - 4.2L Turbo Diesel

Once I got my Ps...

1988 R31 Skyline Wagon - RB30E!

1997 TE Magna - Front wheel drive V6... FAIL!

1991 Liberty GX - Front wheel drive... slightly less fail than Magna

1996 R33 Skyline Coupe - RB25DET!

For the sake of the original post, the first car I owned and drove was R/A (R31) :thumbsup:

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I had....

1. 1992 VP exec commodore - nothing special, was very tidy, bought it for 10k off dad, 2 hyears later sold it for 9.5k lol

2. 2000 VTii Exec 6spd LS1 with 213rwkw

3. 1999 TH Magna sports

4. 1993 R33 GTSt - 254rwkw

from owning the R33, I had 2 daily drives also such as an r31 gxe and now a u13 bluebird which is current

5. 1994 MX5 clubman race car

1970 Datsun 1600 (new) I wanted an MGB (used in pristine cond. > Dad said, "You'll kill yourself" > canned) > put Webers on 1600 lol

1974 Datsun 180B (used)

1975 Ford Escort Van (pharmacy deliveries)

1978 Datsun 240K (new)

1980 Alfetta GTV (new)

1982 Sigma 2000SE (used)

1983 Volvo 245GL (new)

1987 Nissan Skyline Silhouette (new)

1993 Mazda 929 (used)

1997 Nissan Maxima G (used)

1999 BMW E36 320i (used)

2001 Alfa Romeo 164Q (used)

2003 Nissan GT-R R33 ('95)

2005 Honda Prelude VTiR ('97)

2006 BMW E46 328Ci ('99)

2006 Nissan Pulsar Q N13 (daily)

2006 Nissan GT-R R34 ('00 = current)*

2007 Honda Prelude VTiR ('95 = daily)

2008 BMW 530i ('03 = wife's current)*

2009 Subaru Forester XT ('06 = current daily)*

Oh dear, am I that old?

1970 Datsun 1600 (new) I wanted an MGB (used in pristine cond. > Dad said, "You'll kill yourself" > canned) > put Webers on 1600 lol

Hahaha its funny cause wouldnt the datto been just as quick, if not quicker than the MGB? esp if it was a rubber nose Mg...eww :thumbsup:

1: AE92 Seca CSX which I did my first engine conversion to a 4AGE Blacktop amongst other go fast bits

2: AE101 Levin GTZ (supercharged) which I burnt alot of coin on

3: AE82 bunky warrior that never ended turning into a track car

4: R32 GTST which i slamed into a barrier at 80km/hr much to my disgust

5: R32 GTST which I built up from a shitter auto to a bloody nice manual clean example

6: Mk 4 VW Golf Rallye which i kept for about 8 months until i got bored

7: R32 GTST which is my current car, alot of time, effort and money to get it to its clean state .

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1. WB V8 one tonne ute... -> that thing sounded great! twin exhaust out the side... a real cruiser.

2. R33 Nissan Skyline GTS - T

3. Kawasaki Ninja 250R

4. Next will be prob a civic or something, so i can focus on the bike!!!

Hahaha its funny cause wouldnt the datto been just as quick, if not quicker than the MGB? esp if it was a rubber nose Mg...eww :happy:

Hehe,

I never knew how quick the 1600 really was or could be.

I just thought the MGB could help attract chicks haha.

I mean, some of my peer group had a Lotus Europa, Datsun 2000 Fairlady, Pontiac TransAm, EH 179, XU-1 Torana, Fiat 124 Coupe, Morris Major lol...

1st car - Series 3 Bluebird TRX. CA20 was a great motor to learn with, couldn't get in too much trouble! lasted a year till i swapped it over with an SR20DET :happy: all was rosie till it got t-boned one night.

2nd car - Nissan N14 Pulsar Ti SR20DE+-T (i turbo'd it, then de-turbo'd it :D) still own it

3rd car - Land Rover D1 Discovery. current daily. slow as balls but turbo diesel gets me 10l/100km. in a 2+tonne car, can't complain!

oh the joys of working in wrecking yards....

1. 1971 leyland mini 's' 1100...wrecked

2. 1980 subaru 4wd wagon....sold

3. 1981 nissan bluebird s1....sold

4. 1974 datsun 180b (won best 4cyl burnout comp back in 98)....wrecked

5. 1975 datsun 180b (very cammy L18, weber, extractors) sold only to get udes in a ramraid before the prick changed the rego over

6. 1969 datsun 1000 ute...did alot of work to this puppy...had a worked 1200 motor...kept up with a vlt on the twistie hills roads cos it only wieghed 650kg :) sold

7. 1971 datsun 1600 sedan....did a buttload of work to this one as well...a few motors....ending up with a cammy L16 out of an old speedway car...had to sell it when i screwed my back up as i couldnt get in or out of it

8. 11/88 S3 R31 TI....my current baby (betsy) ive worked on this car rebuilding her from a wreck with my mates at grand auto wreckers....was a stocko one owner 98,000km...now a RB30e+t with shift kitted auto and minispool...not enough power yet...but is still fun to drive..

After a thread in the Vic section I'm actually curious to know about your first cars. Were they turbo or non-turbo?

A far stretch from the supposed 75% of us who drove a high powered vehicle on their P plates lol. Good thread mate :)

would have been more interesting to have seen who drove turbo cars on their p's.

haven't bought my first car yet but it ll be turbo, that's for sure.

Only problem with that is it used to be legal to drive a turbo on your P plates, as long as it was under the power to weight ratio! But this thread will pretty much tell you that information anyway.

Might as well join the club:

1. 1994 Holden/Opel/Vauxhall Calibra (ongoing rebuild project / reducer of bank balance since writing it off nearly 5 years ago)

2. 1995 Skyline R33 GTS-T Series 1.5 (current daily)

And I've slutted around in so many cars before buying the Skyline that I've lost count of how many / what.

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