What happened to your first Car & Motorbike?

first car was a 1990 mini in british racing green and its in the garage as its a bit more of a summer show car. first bike was the sv which is outside my office window staring at me asking if it can come inside

Originally Posted by granty92

first car was a 1990 mini in british racing green and its in the garage as its a bit more of a summer show car. first bike was the sv which is outside my office window staring at me asking if it can come inside

That's not a question I like to be asked often

[dizzyblonde]

My first motorcycle was bought by an old fella who wanted a pretty bike for bumbling around on. It was a Honda Rebel cruiser. He took it in a van up North, and I made 100 quid on it.

My first big bike(yellow SV) is in the man shed, I've had it since 2004. Its had a lot of work done on it, and is in far better condition than it was bought in. It was also in an edition of Classic Motorcycle Mechanics earlier this year. Unfortunately it doesn't make much of an appearance on the road, as I get on far better with the Raptor.

My first car was a 2.5l V6 Freelander. Even when it broke it refused to die, it had bits missing, lights flashing, the tyres were worth more than the car and eventually it went to the Great Landrover Man in the sky for parts. We laugh now, but the Top Gear boys would be proud of it. It just refused to give up ever(and cost a lot of money to keep it going at that)!

I just sold my first bike a couple of weeks ago to a mate of mine.

My first car ended up getting scrapped. JEC 161X mk1 Polo! Remember it well....

First bike - SV650, now owned by father after 5.5 years of my ownership, replaced by R6.

First car - Volvo S40 T5, only bought it last year, still have it

[Littlepeahead]

My first car was a 1976 Vauxhall Cavalier which was orangey yellow which I bought in 1988 and at 12 years old it had less than 20,000 miles on the clock and looked like this.



It got written off when an estate agent chatting on his mobile while re-tuning his radio slammed into my stationary vehicle. I suffered back and chest injuries - no headrests and airbags in those days - and the car ended its life banger racing.

First bike was a Honda 125 that appeared in the garage one day when I was about 19. When I asked what it was doing there my boyfriend said his friend Hugh wanted to buy a guitar from him but had no cash so they'd done a swap. The boyfriend had no interest in bikes so I learned to ride it. Hugh went on to buy a Ducati, the boyfriend went on to own a 1967 Mustang Fastback and trained as a pilot. I bought a Vespa as my second bike!

[rapidgaz]

First bike was a rd50 in white. Great little bike then did a deal for an ap50 which was brilliant.
First car was a Capri 2.0l gl. Great car had it a couple of years and sold it for 100 quid. Not bad as it had done about 150'000 miles.

[timwilky]

My first car was a Ford Anglia with the back cut out when I was about 7. My first legal road car was a 1969 HB Viva. It met its demise on christmas day 1979 when a cattle truck couldn't stop on a single track road and we had a bit of a knock. What actually killed it was the police car called for by the driver of the cattle truck. He knew the road was blocked on a blind bend by vehicles caught out by the ice. Yes he came round the bend. saw my car, braked and smacked it up the rear end squashing it under the cattle truck.

First bike was a James 150 cadet when I was about 14, but my first legal bike was a D14 bantam which I sold to buy a C15.

[Sir Trev]

First bike - Honda H100SII at 17. Passed my test on it and traded it in to get my first Suzuki (GSX250EZ).

First car - Citroen Visa at 24. 652 rip snorting cc's of air cooled boxer twin rubber band. Kept it for two years and traded it in for a Ford Escort 1.8 16v (a VAST improvement).

Did not crash or damage either of them and sold them in pretty much the same condition as I bought them. Just as you would expect of someone who was on their way to becoming an accountant...

[pookie]

gilera runner 180 - stolen and dumped by the canal. I rode it home without keys and spent 30mins trying to work out how to stop the thing by riding round in circles at midnight. It went to a salvage company.

Fiat uno, had filler and rust and cried a bit of oil. Was a great car in some respects and ended up Wales. Sadly I believe it is no longer with us