Do you still remember your first car?

[Kevin]

Yes, I remember my first car, I am still driving it. I was 21 before I had managed to scrouge up enough money and had enough income to be able to pay for one. I ended up getting a 89 Geo Metro (the first model year for the car). It is a manual (something I wanted), no tape deck, no AC, but it does have a rear window defroster that still works (and was really nice when I still lived in WI). Seven years later I am still driving that car. I went through last year and figured out how much I had spent on the car, including gas (though I had to guestimate since I usually only recorded gallons used and not prices, I used a flat $1.50 a gallon, which is high since lots of times I was spending less than $1 per gallon, and have never spent more than $1.87 a gallon on it), since I purchased it in 96. All told $5,750 (remember 40-50 mpg) for the purchase price, the few repairs I have done, oil changes, gas, car washes, insurance, everything. Can't say it hasn't been a good choice. Though this year is going to add about $600 to that for various reasons. It really has been the econobox I imagined. :)

Hopefully I will be able to afford another one here soon since I will finally be graduation in July and should have a job that will allow me to get somthing better. For those thinking hmm, 21 in 96, so probably graduated HS in 93 (which I did), wow 10 years to get a degree! I did take 3.5 years off from school and changed majors once that affected progress, and since I had to pay for school on my own rarely had time to take more than 14 credit hours a semester. I also flunked out one semester because I was stupid which meant no progress, so I don't feel bad about it it was 12 semester all told to get the degree, I'll have a 3.05 GPA (3.2 if I could erase that failed sememster) and am happy with the degree I got. But that has nothing to do with the car. :)

So, congrats on the purchase, I hope it gets you through as much stuff as mine has for me, and serves you well.