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    • MajorRage
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      Split thread from the Parenting ...

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      • voodoo
        voodoo last edited by

        Solid thread diversion... This was my ride at uni, a bargain at $350 - though consumed about $50 of gas to get between Welly and Palmy!

        I remember getting 17 mates inside for the trip from Massey down to town at Easter Tourney in 1997...in hindsight, maybe not my finest hour...

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        • Bones
          Bones @voodoo last edited by

          @voodoo my first ride, probably around the same time. You're lucky you never pulled up next to me at the lights....

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          • voodoo
            voodoo @Bones last edited by

            @Bones said in Parenting:

            @voodoo my first ride, probably around the same time. You're lucky you never pulled up next to me at the lights....

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            Exactly how I imagined you...

            To be fair, my first ride wasn't much different -, it was a Corolla, probably 1975 vintage.. A proper chick magnet...

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            • Bones
              Bones @voodoo last edited by

              @voodoo maaaate I could fit a couple of mates and boards in that puppy, or a good half a dozen passengers if going to a party. Or just not even bother taking a tent if going camping.

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              • raznomore
                raznomore @Bones last edited by raznomore

                @Bones

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                This was my first car. I got to drive it 2 times and then it was sold to my auntie..

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                • mariner4life
                  mariner4life @JC last edited by

                  @JC said in Parenting:

                  @raznomore said in Parenting:

                  @mariner4life said in Parenting:

                  @taniwharugby the fuckers never go to sleep fast enough though!

                  go to sleep! i wanna watch stuff on TV that's violent and also has tiddies!

                  I feel that pain but more because I want to give the Mrs one and not have to worry if the punk son is still awake these days.

                  My daughter is an adult splits her time between home and her bf parents house. She’s never home in the weekend which I like. But soon to be teen son is a fucken night owl and his room is next to ours - with our next house I could give 2 shits about a pool or deck. It’s all about the distance the kids rooms are from mine. I’ve spent far too much money on wd40 this past year.

                  Jesus mate. WD40? You could at least splash out for KY.

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                  • Hooroo
                    Hooroo @raznomore last edited by

                    @raznomore said in Parenting:

                    @Bones

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                    This was my first car. I got to drive it 2 times and then it was sold to my auntie..

                    Nice! Is that a Honda Prelude? I had a 198? Cream Honda Accord as my first car. 11k's to the litre and I never saw the fuel gauge above 1/4 tank 99% of the time.

                    super reliable.

                    yup! Cream

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                    • raznomore
                      raznomore @Hooroo last edited by raznomore

                      @Hooroo yup it was a 1990. It was bought for me as a first car but then my auntie got divorced and needed a car for her and her son....I was fucking spewing. Got a Subaru RS after that

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                      • raznomore
                        raznomore @voodoo last edited by raznomore

                        @voodoo that is awesome and if it was here in OZ it would be worth a 2 bedroom house in the sticks.

                        My mates bought a Kingswood station wagon on the last day of school for $500 to go to the Mt for the holidays.

                        We took it for a blat before we all agreed to put $100 in. Column shift and it rose 12 inches at the nose when we got to about 80km. I decided not to hand over a hundy choosing to hang out in Wellies for the holidays. Good thing too as the boys only made it to Wairoa. But that car would be worth $10000-$15000 now in the condition it was in then.

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                        • voodoo
                          voodoo @raznomore last edited by

                          @raznomore said in Parenting:

                          @voodoo that is awesome and if it was here in OZ it would be worth a 2 bedroom house in the sticks.

                          My mates bought a Kingswood station wagon on the last day of school for $500 to go to the Mt for the holidays.

                          We took it for a blat before we all agreed to put $100 in. Column shift and it rose 12 inches at the nose when we got to about 80km. I decided not to hand over a hundy choosing to hang out in Wellies for the holidays. Good thing too as the boys only made it to Wairoa. But that car but be worth $10000-$15000 now in the condition it was in then.

                          Quality! I had no idea they were so valuable these days! We sold ours with a really shifty transmission (we were open about it), felt like it was on the verge of falling apart. So many good memories though. We drove the thing from Welly to Queenstown once, up the mountain and everything. The gas probably cost us more than flying πŸ˜‚

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                          • Bones
                            Bones @raznomore last edited by

                            @raznomore bro your auntie saved you from being a prelude creep! You'd probably still be driving it past high schools at 3pm...

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                            • raznomore
                              raznomore @Bones last edited by

                              @Bones this is so true! The 2 guys I knew that had them were sleazy as anything. One graduated to an MR2 and the there went on to be the proud owner of a high ace van..

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                              • Kirwan
                                Kirwan @MajorRage last edited by

                                1969 Mini Cooper with a metre long gear stick. Sold my brother's guitars for it.

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                                • Bones
                                  Bones @MajorRage last edited by

                                  @MajorRage said in First cars!:

                                  Split thread from the Parenting ...

                                  Still getting used to this mod stuff bro? Your post moving is on point πŸ‘Œ

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                                  • MajorRage
                                    MajorRage @Bones last edited by

                                    @Bones said in First cars!:

                                    @MajorRage said in First cars!:

                                    Split thread from the Parenting ...

                                    Still getting used to this mod stuff bro? Your post moving is on point πŸ‘Œ

                                    Yeah I’ve fucked it up. Trying to find 4012 where I put them instead of 4016 .... and it’s tee off time now ... so I’ll be back to sort in around 115 shots ... unless one of the other mods who knows what the fuck they are doing us willing to sort .....

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                                    • Kirwan
                                      Kirwan @Bones last edited by

                                      @Bones "Missed it by that much"

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                                      • Bones
                                        Bones @Kirwan last edited by

                                        @Kirwan said in First cars!:

                                        @Bones "Missed it by that much"

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                                        • taniwharugby
                                          taniwharugby last edited by taniwharugby

                                          Mine was more a sky blue

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                                          • Bones
                                            Bones last edited by

                                            Actually I lied. This was my first ride.

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                                            • Catogrande
                                              Catogrande last edited by

                                              MkI 1300XL Ford Escort. Pale metallic blue. Loved it. Wrote it off spectacularly.

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                                              • antipodean
                                                antipodean @Bones last edited by antipodean

                                                @Bones said in First cars!:

                                                Actually I lied. This was my first ride.

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                                                My first ride was Tracey. Oh, cars?

                                                1984 KB Laser. 5spd manual. 54(ish) kw of fury. Copper bronze (poo brown) in colour.

                                                Kept it stored for years with the intent of restoring it. Reality dawned on me and it become scrap.

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                                                • ACT Crusader
                                                  ACT Crusader last edited by

                                                  My cuzzie gave me my first car - 84-85 Toyota Corolla Seca. Loved it with the liftback boot. Was efficient as too.

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                                                  • canefan
                                                    canefan last edited by

                                                    Mk 1 Ford laser sport. Nice and peppy, loved that car until it got stolen

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                                                    • taniwharugby
                                                      taniwharugby @canefan last edited by

                                                      @canefan my car above, bought it on a Friday, was stolen on a Sunday...POlice dogs got to chase and bite the feckers who stole it and took it to auckland, I got it back, nothing at all missing (even cash in glovebox still in the there)

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                                                      • canefan
                                                        canefan @taniwharugby last edited by

                                                        @taniwharugby said in First cars!:

                                                        @canefan my car above, bought it on a Friday, was stolen on a Sunday...POlice dogs got to chase and bite the feckers who stole it and took it to auckland, I got it back, nothing at all missing (even cash in glovebox still in the there)

                                                        Mine was never recovered sadly

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                                                        • Bones
                                                          Bones @antipodean last edited by

                                                          @antipodean 5spd! How the other half live eh.

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                                                          • taniwharugby
                                                            taniwharugby @Bones last edited by

                                                            @Bones my 4 speed got 130km downhill!

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                                                            • Machpants
                                                              Machpants last edited by

                                                              4 Speed VW Golf, not GTi. But I got that when I was mid 20s, like my car licence.

                                                              First vehicl Suzuki DSX80 when I was 7, bikes only until Mrs Pants got sick of driving me everywhere

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                                                              • Bones
                                                                Bones last edited by

                                                                My first car in aus, loved the magma, louvre and all.

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                                                                • MiketheSnow
                                                                  MiketheSnow last edited by

                                                                  54 this November still waiting on my first car purchase

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                                                                  • Bones
                                                                    Bones @MiketheSnow last edited by

                                                                    @MiketheSnow said in First cars!:

                                                                    54 this November still waiting on my first car purchase

                                                                    Sweet ironing board tho

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                                                                    • MiketheSnow
                                                                      MiketheSnow @Bones last edited by

                                                                      @Bones said in First cars!:

                                                                      @MiketheSnow said in First cars!:

                                                                      54 this November still waiting on my first car purchase

                                                                      Sweet ironing board tho

                                                                      πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚

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                                                                      • nzzp
                                                                        nzzp last edited by

                                                                        Bought for the Undy 500, old school

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                                                                        • Catogrande
                                                                          Catogrande @nzzp last edited by

                                                                          @nzzp Cortina MkIII 2000E?

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                                                                          • Bones
                                                                            Bones @nzzp last edited by

                                                                            @nzzp my bro had one of these in silver, loved that car.

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                                                                            Even better when he was on tv1 news standing in front of the open bonnet on welly motorway amidst flooding and stacks of cars having to crawl around him.

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                                                                            • Toddy
                                                                              Toddy @Catogrande last edited by

                                                                              @Catogrande said in First cars!:

                                                                              MkI 1300XL Ford Escort. Pale metallic blue. Loved it. Wrote it off spectacularly.

                                                                              Nice. Mine was a MkII. I wrote it off spectacularly too.
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                                                                              • Catogrande
                                                                                Catogrande @Toddy last edited by Catogrande

                                                                                @Toddy I rolled mine, what did you do?

                                                                                Edit: Nice pic. GL by the looks of it. 1.3 or 1.6?

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                                                                                • Toddy
                                                                                  Toddy last edited by

                                                                                  1.3. Rolled mine too.

                                                                                  Was a great first car. I remember driving down the motor way and changing into 3rd when the fucking gear stick came completely off. Clutch was fucked by the time I got home.

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                                                                                  • Bovidae
                                                                                    Bovidae @antipodean last edited by

                                                                                    @antipodean My first car was a Laser as well. 1983 metallic gold colour.

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