My first car was a 1976 Chevy Chevette (pronounced "Shove-it").

It had the rally package (some stripes) and a 1.6L engine. If the the Chevettes with 1.5Ls in them were POS, this one carried POS to one-tenth of a liter bigger.

Damn thing ran hot from sitting in the sun (keys in my pocket). I rarely knew if I'd get from point A to point B and usually carried a bike in the back just in case.

Admittedly, that was in the latter days of it's life (it was almost six years old). <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

In late 82, I bought my first real car - an 83 Honda 1500S Civic. Comparatively speaking. That car was a rocket. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />