What was your first car?

My first car was a 'Datsun Sunny'. It was a sort of metallic pale green with four doors. And it was a show room model - so in pretty good shape.

I was very lucky to have it and used to drive my friends around in it.

I am still very fond of Datsuns - or Nissan's as they are called now! And now drive a Dark Green Nissan Primera.

I find they hold the road very well and are good for short people as the car seat can be pushed forwards so I can reach the pedals! I drive my teenagers around in it - and their friends too. It's a great car and very reliable.

Jenny

My first car was a 2CV - it ran on fresh air!.  I loved my 2CV and called her Tootsie - she was rickety and cold in the winter and certainly wasn't the best car for driving up through the mountains where I live, particularly if I'd been for the weekly shop..a couple of those 3 litre bottles of milk and a few cans of beans in the boot would have that poor car wheezing up the hills at 10mph!

Also, the front passenger door wasn't the best and whenever I gave my larger-than-life friend a lift home from work she used to have to pull hard on the string on the door when we turned left or else she'd have been deposited in the gutter!

Then there was the iffy windscreen wipers.  They rarely worked but I found that by cutting a potato in half and wiping the half spud over the windscreen kept the glass clear of rain even in the heaviest deluge.

Of course, one day the MOT man finally shook his head and passed the death sentence on Tootsie.  It was a sad day and driving since has never been as much fun as when I drove Tootsie from A to B with my fingers crossed every trip

my first car was a 1930 Hillman ,mostly made from baked bean tins which were pop riveted over the rust on the doors and most of the body . The valves got burnt out ,as i was driving concrete trucks at a building site at heath row airport ,we pull down a building with aviation fuel tanks so it ran on that fuel diluted with t.v.o like paraffin it sure could fly down the bath rd ,Since then i have had too many cars to keep count at the moment i have a 3.8 Lt Holden lumina[ Vauxhall] in time i may go down to a 2.4 a little more economical

Hi Jan You must have been a truck driver in a previous life to know about double de clutching

good on you