My first car!!! 1970 Camaro SS350

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I raise my glass to the pretty girl. Cheers!

And a toast back at you. The chick is married to a guy who's almost 70. What a waste. Especially seein' as how that's my first wife

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My first ride was a 1976 MADE IN TOLEDO, OHIO, Jeep CJ 7. Fun in the summer. Cold as Siberia in the winter. The worst snow car ever if your front hubs weren't locked. You couldn't keep it on the road unless it was in four wheel drive. People used to steal my doors as a gag.

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And a toast back at you. The chick is married to a guy who's almost 70. What a waste. Especially seein' as how that's my first wife

At least you enjoyed her when she was in her prime.

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At least you enjoyed her when she was in her prime.

Did you see that ass? Ah yes, those were the good ol' days

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My first ride was a 1976 MADE IN TOLEDO, OHIO, Jeep CJ 7. Fun in the summer. Cold as Siberia in the winter. The worst snow car ever if your front hubs weren't locked. You couldn't keep it on the road unless it was in four wheel drive. People used to steal my doors as a gag.

One of my closest buddies had a Jeep in high school. Orange. It was the coolest thing on the fucking road. We spent more time riding in that Jeep...fucked up, radio blaring and, we thought, owning the fucking world. You can't buy memories like that...

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On a different note, what car have you guys - and gals - owned that you wish you still had?

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1987 Porsche Targa. I miss the air cooled Porsches. You hardly see them on the road anymore.

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Did you see that ass? Ah yes, those were the good ol' days

Oh hell yeah. I'm a ass and leg man. Bottoms Up!

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One of my closest buddies had a Jeep in high school. Orange. It was the coolest thing on the fucking road. We spent more time riding in that Jeep...fucked up, radio blaring and, we thought, owning the fucking world. You can't buy memories like that...

Oh everyone loved my ride but it sucked at 7:00AM when the plastic windows on the soft top were covered with ice. You can scrape glass, you can't plastic. I finally put a NAPA block heater in the thing and plugged it in over night to speed the morning warmup. When the weather got warm that top came off and I had a little bra top just in case of a rain storm.

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One of my friends had a cool first car. Grandma passed away so he got her old car. It was a pristine 1961 Chrysler with major funk and wings on the back. Huge bench seats. We used to all pile in it and go to lunch during the lunch break. We got drunk in that car plenty of times. We called it the Cosmic Comet. LOL! I remember he got it stuck in the snow and he was trying to rock it out with the push button transmission on the dash. It was useless.

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1987 Porsche Targa. I miss the air cooled Porsches. You hardly see them on the road anymore.

This one's gonna get me laughed at..1986 Pontiac Fiero SE V6, silver. That car handled like it was on rails.

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This one's gonna get me laughed at..1986 Pontiac Fiero SE V6, silver. That car handled like it was on rails.

A Porsche 911 could bite your ass if you didn't know what you were doing. You always had to have some gas on in corners and the engine being that far back could make the rear end spin you around but if you knew what you were doing you could power slide it. It was just a fun car but then I'm a Porsche guy. I don't like the new ones.

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the Fiero was mid engine wasn't it? It's really the best place to put the engine for cornering. What I liked about the Porsche is you could drop the engine out of it pretty easy and get at everything. I would just go over everything when the engine was out of it and that would usually eliminate having to dick with it while in the car.

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the Fiero was mid engine wasn't it? It's really the best place to put the engine for cornering. What I liked about the Porsche is you could drop the engine out of it pretty easy and get at everything. I would just go over everything when the engine was out of it and that would usually eliminate having to dick with it while in the car.

The Fiero was mid engined. There were no real problems with the six cylinder cars. They were low, sleek and still look good. The prices for a good used one have went thru the roof. And you could drop the whole rear cradle out within 45 minutes if you knew what you were doing and swap out a clutch in no time.

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You also don't have all the engine and exhaust heat coming through into the passenger compartment. You don't have the front end loaded down with weight. You have nice light steering in fact you don't even need power steering in a rear or mid engined car. In fact, I prefer it that way.

My favorite cars are really well made stripped down mid or rear engined cars. I don't need power this and that. Then it's thrust to weight. A light car is really just as fun to drive as a big gas guzzling monster.