How old were you when you..

[JaceArveduin]

According to the papers, I bought my truck at 17 for $10 dollars off of my grandfather.

In reality, it was my mom's truck when I ended up with when I went to live with my grandparents cause they had 3 trucks and 2 drivers.

 

[Broady Brio]

N/A.

My parents bought me an 90's Vauxhall Corsa for my 17th. It'll be a while before I buy one myself.

 

[artanis_neravar]

Bought your first car? I'm 23, got a car today. I feel that I'm quite late to the party. So revheads, how old were you?


Hmm.
I see my fellow inferno badged escapists are creating threads about the flaming that goes on in off-topic. So as they're handling the responsible poster side of things, let's let loose in here! (within the admittedly limiting parameters of the question)

I was given a car at 16 (a ten year old car, but still a car) I am now 24 and still have it, so I have never bought a car

 

[Sansha]

I don't remember how old I was. Between 20 and 22. I'm 24 now so that says how shit my memory is.

Nissan Sunny. Wonderful handling, bit slow on the acceleration but not too bad, easily holds top speed and is pretty safe.

My next car will blow it out of the water but I'll still keep it.

 

[FamoFunk]

17, soon as I was old enough to drive I did. Luckily had a job etc.

 

[MetalMagpie]

I'm 24 and still don't own a car. I have a driving license, but public transport in London is so good (and the roads so clogged) that it makes more sense to take buses and trains everywhere.

 

[Psykoma]

Bought my first car when I was 18 in 2005, was a 1990 honda accord.
Drove it till it died four years later, then bought a 2002 acura 1.7 el. It still looks brand new except for one rust spot on the hood, engine still works perfectly as far as my mechanic tells me.
But if I still lived downtown I wouldn't have bothered buying the acura.

 

[ResonanceSD]

I got my first car last year, at 21.

It was a beautiful Daewoo Matiz (2000 SE) in a weird orangey-gold colour.

Sadly, I'm in the process of selling it as I'm going to University next year and it's not exactly practical for me to be maintaining, insuring and taxing a car that probably won't get much use.

If you're at college, having a car will make you superman/woman.

 

[neverarine]

i was 20... lol i still am 20... ive only had it 4-5ish months...

98 Mitsubishi Elcplise, Spyder, its a beauty of a first.... *_*

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Let's see, that would've had to have been in '04 so I think I must have been 22.

 

[Bloodtrozorx]

At 18 I bought a 1992 Ford Taurus. So it was 11 years old when I got it. That car got smashed into, had a tree fall on it and was stickered to hell and back. The transmission finally went...I still miss my beater car.

 

[Genericjim101]

22 now, only just filling in a form for a lisence, may need a full time job to own a car XD

 

[SecretsOfMoon]

21, bought an '88 VW Golf 1.3 a couple of years ago, with 260k km on the clock, and really I've only ever had a few minor electrical problems. A bit of poke is something it doesn't have, but it handles good and it's light, so the 50 or so hp is sufficent, provided I'm not going up a too steep hill.

Also, why do people feel compelled to reply to threads such as this saying "oh I've never had a car, I hate driving, I like to hug trees and commune with nature."? I find it obtuse.

 

[Girl With One Eye]

I think I was 20 or 21, couldn't afford the lessons or the car before that.

 

[SycoMantis91]

I'm 20, still on a permit and no car. Not for lack of trying mind you. No one I know is ballsy enough to let me practice with their car and I can't afford lessons. Maybe I could if I had a job, which would be a lot easier to find if I had a car. Yea, vicious cycle.

 

[tzimize]

30 in a couple of weeks. Still dont own my own car.

 

[devotedsniper]

I started learning when i was 17 (UK here, so the minimum age is 17) and it took 3 months to pass, when i passed i got my first car, a '99 1.1 Peugeot 106 (Silver). Unforunatly that got written off by some nurse going into the back of me, after that my car history went like this;

'99 1.1 Peugeot 106 (Dark Metallic Blue)
'00 1.4 Renault Clio Sporting (Dark Metallic Blue)
'01 1.4 Peugeot 206 LX(Light Metallic Blue)


If it weren't for outragous UK insurance for young males, and the fact i'm doing 60miles a day i'd probably have the 2L 206 GTi180, but until one of either drops i'm going to have to stay put with the 1.4 =(.

*EDIT* Now looking into getting a 2L HDi 206 or 2L HDi 307

 

[bliebblob]

24, I'll let you know when it happens. Don't have a license either.

22 here and same situation. I always hear having a car is great but right now I just don't need one. I also don't have time to study for the test and no room to put a car. And finally, gas prices scare the living **** out of me.

 

[Strazdas]

18. When i got my license. I still have it. The car is older than me