What When & How Much was your first brand new car?

1995 Escort LX, bought in 1995 for $11,466.

2003 Mazda 6S bought Dec. 2003 for 21,500

I haven't really gotten my own new car yet

the Mystique cost me $1, parents bought it and gave it to me

the Contour although not new I will be buying, I have payed for half and my parents payed for the other half at the moment. we payed $5200 for a faily well loaded 99 with 56k on it

the last new car the family got was a 98 Windstar that we ordered so we could get the towing package

actually all out contiques are used

2000 Contour SE Sport, bought new 2/23/00 for around $17K(plus amount left on loan for POS '95 Intrepid). It had 35 miles on it then, now has almost 128K!

1989 Mustang GT
6 km on the odo
paid around $17G Cdn. and the loan was some god awful 17% interest. Eewww I don't miss those 80's interest rates!

I miss that car. Lotsa low end grunt.

Cheers

You think that one was "mature", check this......

1975 British Leyland Triumph Spitfire. I was in the Air Force and this bright yellow ride cost me $5700.00 for a $7200.00 car if bought stateside.

The English backroads were my race track. Officer/pilots used to bring their 'vettes over for their tour and it was immense fun to spank them in road races.

At that time the Spitfire was the highest cornering G-Force car you could buy. I wonder if that's still true.

My old "mature" ass can still remember the British license
plate # MOK362P ,Ah....the memories!

I have never had a brand new car......

12/18/99 `00 Ford Focus sedan. Red/gray with both SE packages and an auto. The car had 52 miles when I test drove it, and 102 when I returned it/drove it home the next day. $17,500 buying it through my (at the time) companies X-plan with Ford. Traded it in 5/22/00 for my Contour. They gave me $15,500 for it at the time. With that, I gave them its keys, all the recalls it needed to be done, a repainted front clip

6K+ on the clock and in dire need of its FIRST oil change. By the time I got rid of it, I hated it. The payments that they set me up on were damn near impossible. Most of the time I had it it sat in the garage, unloved.

I drove my old, beatup, smokey, gas-hog, primer black `80 Ramcharger instead.

Drove home in a new to me `96 Contour and havent looked back since.

97 jeep cherokee sport..loaded $16,900 Ive always preferred my older cars..finally bought a new one.. I love my 71 monte ss and 77 monte...68 torino gt....and the list goes on...

bough my 2001 Mercury Cougar brand new in May 2001 for roughy $19,000 after rebates and discounts.
still have it, still love it just as much.
Paid off the loan on her birthday (a week before my own birthday).

bought the GL used in May 2002.

bought a brandy new 2004 F350 in May 2004 for roughly $32,000, my first big joint purchase with the ol' husband (50/50 payments on the loan).
No idea when we'll pay that in full just yet.

2005 Subaru WRX STi
$31,778 before TTL
-Boost Gauge
-Floor Mats
-Security System
-Auto-Dimming Mirror
-Wheel Locks

Originally posted by WestCoastAjax:
I have never had a brand new car......

I let some other sucka take the hit and buy it with under 10k on it.

-Andy

I have never bought a new car either. I always buy used and save $$$ by letting someone else take the depreciation hit. Plus all the cool new cars are restored Datsun 240z's and 510's etc.

1993 Mazda Protege DX $10,600

Had just turned 18 a few months prior and needed reliable transportation. I kept it until I bought my SVT new in '99 or 6.5yrs. I paid $20,015 for my SVT.

Umm, 2000, and i got it for $3.99, Ford Mustang, Oh wait, Are we including Hot wheel cars?

never had a "brand new car" don't thin i will for a long time either

Originally posted by RogerB:
Jan 96, Ford Contour SE, $19,900 (a bit high, I know )

Holy [censored], i bought my Contour SE in August of 99 with 4 miles on it for 15,055!!!!!!!! Of the contour people it sounds like i got the best deal. It was a 5 spd v6 and no one wanted it. I had gone out with my brother to shop and we test drove a zx2 just for sh it's and giggles and thinking on the economical side since I was just out of college. I'm 6'3 and my bro is 6'5 and we're each 230 lbs plus. Needless to say that car wouldn't move out of its own way. then he says, "hey, come check out this contour over here! It's a v6 and a 5 spd" We popped the hood and the engine reminded me of his 94 SHO and I remember how fast that car was. We beat the hell out of it on a test drive and I took it home the next day!!!!! The day after 2k was spent to put a system in that sucka. Factory cassette was not happenin!!!!!

I paid $6600 out the door for a brand-spanking-new 1980 VW Rabbit 4 door with a 5 speed.

First day I had it I replaced the factory radio, first year I had it I replaced the rear wheel bearings. They looked like they were made for a bicycle.

'98 CSVT
7/98
$19,500 with 0.9% financing.

Like others have said, I don't think I will ever buy a new car again.

Originally posted by ContourKev:
Umm, 2000, and i got it for $3.99, Ford Mustang, Oh wait, Are we including Hot wheel cars?

you paid $3.99 for one Hot Wheel?!?

Sept 99
2000 Ford Ranger XLT
S24,XXX after rebate 0.0% APR.

Decmeber 18, 1999
1999 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer

Red/Tan bottom with All options

It was an end of the year clearance demo, got it for $22,390.00 with tax. That was a little over 18 grand off the sticker. Two months later, got hit and totaled it. Wasn't meant to be, I guess.

when i got my license, my dad bought me a brand new 2002 black mazda protege ES 5speed. i loved that car, but a month to the day after i had picked it up from the dealer a was hit by a lifted pickup truck illegally entering a highway (turnpike style). we basically rearended him and went under him. his rear bumper strcuk my windshield. my roof buckled slightly. even the sunroof shattered and my rear bumper came loose. the impact knocked us from the left lane to the embankment on the right side of the highway. we were all fine except the obvious muscle tension and a few cuts from the broken glass. the driver of the truck was unhurt. he recieved a ticket for the accident. it took so long deliberating with the insurance companies that we wnt out and found a decently priced used car that i liked... my contour. i lvoed both these cars (the ES's are fast) but i am just as happy with my contour. now next time i go to buy a new car i have the $30k u got for the car and my injuries. im thinking after college a G35, S40, TSX, or IS300

April 22nd 2002
2001 S-10 Xtreme had 26 miles on it.
trying to sell it now and going top buy a 99' CSVT.

its listed on autotrader if your interested:

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=171234765&dealer_id=&car_year=2001&make=CHEV&distance=50&max_price=12000&model=S10PICKUP&end_year=2002&advcd_on=n&min_price=&address=48075&search_type=used&advanced=n&start_year=2001&color=&cardist=13

Ah yes my first car... 1969 Camaro, with a big ole' 454 crammed under the hood... The blower on this car...

Brand new 1995 SEAT Cordoba GLX

I tried to make it as much like a rally car as I could without sacrificing comfort. It was a great car!

1983 Hotweels '67 Mustang - ~$1.00

Originally posted by svt4stv:

Originally posted by ContourKev:
Umm, 2000, and i got it for $3.99, Ford Mustang, Oh wait, Are we including Hot wheel cars?

you paid $3.99 for one Hot Wheel?!?

I know!!! I felt so ripped off :angry:

They voided my warranty because I thought the top shoulda been removed... the alignment was terrible on it. Never buying from that hot wheels dealer again...

Please don't laugh.

My first new car was a 1985 Mercury Topaz GS Sport. I paid $8,925. It was white with black trim and was equipped with the super successful Michelin TRX radials (365mm X 185mm if memory serves).

Bought it from the same dealer that I bought the Mystique from. I don't anticipate going back.

1999 SE ATX, 11 miles. a little bit above $12K (with rebates and Z-plan)

Hehehe.....got most of ya beat...even the Hot Wheels....

1992 Geo Metro with a fire breathing 1.0 litre 55hp 3 cylinder / 5 speed.... !!!!!

It did spoil me with 50mpg tho =(