FABRIC FRIDAY!
Vroom! Vroom! Baby on the move! We are loving this Cross Town from Alexander Henry.
To enter to win a yard of this adorable fabric, tell us about your first car. Mine was a white TC3 Miser which was basically a suped-up Plymouth Horizon. One of my dad's friends hit it with a snow plow in our driveway and punctured a gaping hole in the door. My dad didn't ask him to fix it because he was so nice to plow our driveway! I covered the hole with a 92 PRO FM bumper sticker. If you, like my BF Cindy, had a brand new cherry red Pontiac Grand Am, I'm going to be so jealous.
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Find out who won last week's Fabric Friday after the jump...
The winner of a yard of Suzy Ultman Critter Community! is...
- The next hot animal will be... crocodiles!
Good luck everyone!
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My first car was a '91 Chevy Corsica, light blue. It wasn't anything amazing, but got me from place to place until I was rear-ended and it was totaled. :( After that I ended up with an old Ford Escort station wagon, a definite downgrade.
My first car was a Mercury Tracer (which was like 6 years old). I got it from my grandma when she got a new car. Within an hour of getting the car, the alternator and starter died, so I had to save over a months pay to get it all repaired!!
My first car was a 1996 Dogde Dakota pickup truck. My dad bought it to pull our boat. My brother learned to drive shortly after I graduated from HS and totalled it... I had to go the summer in between HS and college getting rides from my grandpa to and from work. :) I have yet to get to pick out my own vehicle! And that was 15 years ago!
PS- this fabric would make something ADORABLE for my little boys-- I wonder what....
My first car was a 1990 Geo Prizm, light blue. By the time it got around to me, the fabric on the ceiling was falling down (and my dad tried to tape it up, which was a good idea until summer came and the glue in the tape started melting, dripping in sticky strings on your head), the drivers side window didn't roll up all the way, and the defrost didn't work (which wasn't a big deal in SoCal). I loved that car. In fact, I still miss it a little.
Oooo cars! Vrooom
a 1990 Ford Tempo that grew grass on the floorboard! LOL
I had an 81 Isuzu impulse.. I thought it was so cool! As I found out a year later, you are supposed to do this weird thing called "changing your oil" ? Or your engine burns up! lol
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My first car was a 1976 Catalina Safari station wagon. Brown. Sat 9 comfortable, plus a roof rack that was known to accomodate friends as well! This huge hunk of metal was the safest thing my mom saw, paid $400 for it, and said, "Have fun!"
89 Mazda ...wrapped around a tree after a fight with my boyfriend of 2 weeks, and walked. The car, and relationship, was quite short-lived. Ah, youth.
Ohh I don't even want to remember my first car...it was a Ford Taurus and the speedometer would bounce around every time it hit 60, so I never really knew how fast I was going. At least, that's what I told the cops ;)
In 1995, I was 15, my dad and I went looking for my first car. Since before I can remember I wanted an old VW Bug, and that is all I was willing to get. We were driving around and found a 1967 red bug that needed al ot of work. But it was only $500. So we bought it and cherried it out. Red and beautiful! I drove that car until I was 24 and needed a more reliable car but it still sits in my garage waiting for me to get it in running order again. I love that car and will never sell her, she is my first baby and always will be.
My first car was a low-riding, white ghetto Isuzu pickup named Raoul. I loved him so much.
My first car was an '89 Nissan Sentra. My dad has always worked in the car world and would often "inherit" cars from customers who decided it wasn't worth it to fix them and they'd just buy a new car. So my dad would put in the time off hours to get them fixed and then he'd bring them home. I got the blue Sentra and drove from age 16 to 20 when it finally gave up. I now drive it's younger sister, a white '05 Sentra :)
There was supposed to be a comma between "white" and "ghetto". Raoul himself was white; I don't know the details of his previous ghetto existence. :)
Oh, I miss my first car. It was a 1993 turquoise Geo Prizm. It had 165,000 miles on it when I bought it (it was a company car), and it made it to nearly 190,000 before it died. I still have the key to it. It was a sad, sad day my freshman year of college when poor Geo George passed to the big junkyard in the sky...
I had a silver-gray 2-door Buick Skylark (I think that was the model?) It was short lived and then I got a navy blue 4-door Buick LeSabre. We called it The Sword. It wasn't "cool" when I was in highschool, but it was reliable and comfortable. (which is more "me" anyway ;)
My first car was a blue Oldsmobile, passed down from my mom. Didn't quite have the "cool" factor.
My first car was an '89 Ford Taurus that my dad bought for $100. It was an amazing car for $100. :) or maybe it was so amazing because it allowed me some freedom. :) I had a truck hit the back passenger door so then it had a dent in it. The damage was more than the car. When I was done with it, my younger brother drove it for a few years. Probably the best $100 my dad ever spent. :)
My first car was a 1984 Ford Escort. I got it as a "gift" from my dad in 2002. I use the word gift loosely. I thin it was more of a punishment for moving out of the house at 18. It didn't have any door handles so we had to leave the windows down if we wanted to open the door. It would stall out in the middle of the road daily. We would have to jump out and pour gas in the carburetor to get her running again. Oh and the seats we not bolted down. When we hit a bump, the seat would literally fly in the air. Thank God we now have a nice car. lol I thought about saving her for my kids, but I don't want them to hate me.
My first car was a 2002 Chevy Malibu! I got it on Valentine's Day when I was 17. I used to drive it for hours up and down the California coast by myself, just for fun! I would blast music, sing at the top of my lungs, and enjoy the feeling of freedom. :)
My first car was a blue 1985 Acura Legend. It had been my grandmother's and when she decided she wanted a new one (conveniently, right when I needed a vehicle), all the cars in the family shifted down a generation.
I have never owned a car! I used to live in the city...no car needed...now hubs and I share a car...but its really his...a Buick Rendevouz. Love it :)
I love that fabric, it's way cute! My first car was a hand-me-down pale yellow 1980 Dodge Omni 4 doors plus hatchback, stick shift. My older sister taught me how to drive it on a sunny day in April, hehe, she kept an eye on the odometer & ran the gear shift. I was in charge of the steering wheel, clutch, crake & accelerator; when ever she hollered "clutch" I'd push it in, she'd shift, then she'd yell "gas" & I switched feet & pedals. It was a hilarious experience, but I eventually got pretty good at it & drove that car for 4 years until it died.
If I win, please, let me know at: maeserquilter[at]gmail[dot]com; and thanks.
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A sweet, dirt brown, Toyota Tercel. Stick shift. My dad made me learn to drive stick at 15! Terrifying. Called it the Brown Bomber. We traded it in for a much cooler Mazda MX-6 before I even turned 16. And then I promptly rear-ended someone two months later. Lesson learned.
My first car was a Chevrolet Celebrity, circa somewhere between 1983 and 1986. It was the color of dried blood, and it was huge! The radio would go in and out when I went over a bump so I had to bang on the dashboard to make it play. This lovely gem was stolen 3 times, and each time something new got broken. By the time I got rid of it the driver's side door wouldn't open from the inside, the windshield wiper knob was hanging by a wire, and the passenger side window had fallen inside the door. I used to say it wasn't pretty, but it sure did have character!
Mine was a fiat 600 in 1971. We drove with it to Luxembourg. It was almost not strong enough to climb the tiny mountains there. Later on the tgarage noticed something was wrong with the engine. LOL. Ah..we were so proud and young
My first car and I were both born in '76, though she was a royal blue Datsun B210. With a hatchback perfectly sized for carrying my cello and my brother's french horn.
1985 Mercury Topaz white with red interior Same year i was born and i thought it was awesome just for that reason haha!
Silver, 2007 Chevy Cobalt. It took me forever to actually get my license. I had just turned 25 when I got them, actually. So I was a late bloomer with my "first car". So I still have it. In fact, I've only had it for a few months. I was so lucky to find it too. It had a little over 20k miles on it! So nice. Only thing I was a bit disappointed about with it was that it is only a two door. Other wise, love it!
My first car was a 1978 Toyota Corona (who knew they had a car model named after a beer?!) which quickly had the "Corona" wording stolen off the car in the high school parking lot!!
My first car was 65 Ford Mustang, I loved driving it. Freshman in High School...1979
My first car was a white toyoto. Not a good car for the Canadian plains.
I have no clue what the year was but it was an old Jeep grand cherokee. It was good for the most part except the gas gauge was broken so I ran out of gas on the side of the road a lot. lol Oh and when I went above 40mph the whole thing would start shaking a bit, the brakes weren't very sensitive either which was scary at times. At least it was a free vehicle!! =)
I had an '85 Dodge Omni, two tone light gray on top and dark gray on bottom. It was a little tank! The last winter I drove it, the windshield wipers didn't work, so whoever rode shotgun had to roll down the window and sit on the door to throw a towel across the windshield as I drove! Real safe, huh!
My first car was a 95 Ford Thunderbird. It was Pine Green and had a V8 engine, though the most important thing for me was the AWESOME A/C. As a high school student driving 25 miles round trip to school in the Arizona heat, the A/C was a must! Sadly, I totaled her, may she rest in peace.
Mine was 1989 Nissan...old lady tan. it was my grandma's.
Oh that fabric is so cute. My first car was a 1990 White Honda CRX. It was a stick shift so I didn't even get to test drive it because I needed to learn how to drive it first. Thank goodness to my now FIL for being there to help me.
My first car was a 01 Chevy Tracker, a babysized SUV. Although it's tiny, and I had practiced for 3 hours the day before my driving test, I almost failed parallel parking. Loved that car... until I crashed into a tree because of ice on the road. And if I didn't already hate winter...
1990 Nissan Sentra. It was only 4 years old and had 350,000 miles on it. I loved that car, only had it for 3 months. Another kid at school rear ended me, with his mom's suburban, because his car was in the shop from being in another accident. Poor Glinda, she's still missed.
My first car was a 10 year old Ford Escort (1986) that my dad had painted for me. I picked an electric purple color out of thousands of paint chips. I miss my 'Purple Pimple' to this day.
My first car was an '81 Ford Laser, affectionately known as the Silver Bullet. By the time I sold it, the plastic around the inside door handles had broken off, and you had to pull the handle in an odd direction to get the door open, and the driver's side door had somehow warped so I had to climb in from the passenger's side. I still loved that car though!
A 1974 or so?? VW Fastback,puke green..hmmm yeah, it ran for 2 months! I think my mom and dad did that on purpose.. That's when I thought it was good time to find me a boyfriend with a car..hehe
I totally love that fabric!!
White toyota carolla. Jealous are you? Two of my cousin got an new audi!!!
My first car was a vintage VW beetle, complete with sun roof. Kept it til the dash caught fire with the baby in the car seat . . .
my first car? haha
my parents gave me their 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Classic when I was 18. http://www.productioncars.com/gallery.php?car=7697&make=Oldsmobile&model=Cutlass
It was 10yrs old already when I got it, but I was so happy just to have a car to drive. I drove to work and culinary school, it went through a lot with me for 5yrs, it was sad to see him go. I want to say thank you dad and mom, thank you my first car :)
My first car (at 16) was a 1990 Ford Taurus with a bright maroon interior. I only got to have a car was because my grandma was getting too old to drive and she needed the money, so my parents bought it from her. I had to pay half. The AC went out twice and the transmission was on its way too. The car was 10+ years old but had 50- something thousand miles on it. Definitely a Grandma Car! I was surprised, then, that 2 years later, it was stolen from our driveway. Because of the low miles, I got more from insurance than it had cost. Sweet!
My first car was a hand-me-down from my mother Chevy Malibu station wagon. I'm not sure what year it was. 1980 or older? It had the wood paneling on the sides, bench seats, and basically no shocks. You could hop on the bumper and get the car rocking and shaking with barely any effort. The windsheild wipers broke, and after my dad "fixed" them, I had to unplug the fuse on the electrical panel anytime I wanted to turn the wipers off.
Lloyd, I miss you! My dad bought me a 1976 blue Chevy Malibu for $150. He knew I loved old cars, but he got lucky buying me the same car John Cusack drove in my favorite movie, "Say Anything." Lloyd had only an AM radio so I played tapes on an old boombox. The passenger door would fly open if you didn't slam it hard enough. The backseat had seen better days. But I loved this car!
Mine was a Maroon Buick Skylark. It was a two-door "beauty" that was Maroon everywhere, inside and out. It kept having electrical problems and would stall at will. We dubbed it Christine! I almost expected the cracked side window to heal overnight.
My first car was a 1989 Volkswagen Jetta! it was 11 years old to me, but I loved it! It had a moon roof and everything which was great for enjoying our nighttimes here at the beach!
a 1997 purple/brown dodge stratus
A 1970, AMC, Green Gremlin! :-) love this fabric! Have a little grand-nephew that I would love to make something for out of it!
Oh my goodness - I don't even remember the make of my first car! It was a little red block, a stick shift, and I drove it until the transmission fell out of the bottom. Good times.
'90 Dodge Shadow. It was red and I had stuffed Simba and Nala sitting in the back window. Their noses were magnetic so it looked like they were kissing. Dorky!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this print. I think I'd make something fun for my little guy with this!
A used Oldsmobile 88 was my first car
My first car was a hand me down. It was an old Ford Crown Vic - I hated it but it got me where I needed to go. Thanks for a chance to win.
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My first car was a VW Rabbit, which was so cute until I totaled it six weeks after getting my license. Oof!
My first car was a maroon 1983 Honda Civic hatchback. Awesome.
My first car was a reddish '97 Ford Contour. I paid $500, and before we parted, it would randomly turn off while driving down hills (or when I wasn't on the gas)... Very cool.
my first car was a red chevy sprint with a fox racing ticker on the back window and zebra striped seat covers.
My senior year I bought a 1983 Eagle Talon. It was as old as me but in fantastic condition and I *loved* it.
Haha. Ohhh my first car was a 15 passenger van, provided by the parents! If you couldn't guess, I am from a big family. So that's what I drove to school and such.
My first car was a gift from my older brother actually, it was his old car. A Chevy Cavalier from the 80's, spray painted black by my brother...we called it the black stallion. It was actually not bad. My brother had taken good care of it and installed a cd changer that held 6 cds, and he had put big bass speakers in the back, so I thought I was pretty cool. It eventually died by the time my younger brother had used it to death.
I remember my dad calling my dad calling our house saying..."Tell Sarena to come outside I have something for her", I was about to be 16 and I just knew it was a car, so wait until a hear honking outside, sprint out the front door and just stand there in disbelief. It was a 1980 Trans-Am that was about 4 different colors. So i thought, maybe a paint job will help...I get in and there is fuzzy purpleness everywhere! Dashboard, floor, roof...everywhere. He says lets go for a ride...so I get in and start to drive...i hit the breaks and all the lights in the car come on...he says...oh it adds character...oh my goodness! I will never forget my first car!
My first car (In the spring of 1996, when I was 16.) was a 1977 Delta 88 - no reason to be jealous of me! My dad is a mechanic and he had to rebuild the engine before he gave it to me after buying it used. It was so fast he threatened to put a block under the gas pedal so I couldn't go over 65 mph. lol! I remember that a friend and I spent hours using gold thumbtacks to tack up the sagging ceiling fabric on the inside. Oh the memories!
My first car was a used, white, Chevy Cavalier '91 which I bought with $2000 cash! That was a long time ago! Love the cute fabric.
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My first car was a peach colored 1981 Chevy S-10 Pickup Truck with a topper and plywood and carpet lining the truck bed. It couldn't get above 45mph and stalled at almost every stoplight. I guess that's what happens when you get a car that's as old as you are! I love this fabric, I pinned it to my pinterest board a few days ago and am trying to decide what I'll use it for. I haven't made anything for my baby boy yet so I think I will use this fabric on him, it's so fun!
My first car was an '81 austin mini...my current car is an '89 austin mini...I'm kind of dedicated :-) Love the car fabric.
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My first car was an 83 Honda Prelude, with a sun roof! My girlfriends and I used to cruise around our small town, thinking we were so cool. I miss that car!
My first car was a Mitsubishi that my friend gave to me after she crashed it into a wall. The rear wheel used to scrape up against the wheel drum if I turned too sharply.
My first car was a Mitsubishi Lancer that I bought myself. It was quite nice actually for a first car! My best friends first car was a brand new Toyota rav4, couldn't not be jealous!
My first car was a pale green 1972 Fastback Type 3 Volkswagon I called . I fell in love with it when I was five and my aunt owned it it had a yellow duck on the rear window I treasured. I reconditioned the engine at 17 with my dad a real bonding experience and loved traveling in it. Great little car.
My first car was a hand me down from my grandparents. A 93 Chevy Lumina. The cute thing was years later when I met my hubby he had one just a few years older. :)
A forest green Honda Civic. It served me faithfully until someone decided to steal it from off my driveway- with me watching! :(
my first car was an '88 honda prelude si. lots of fun to drive...like a go cart....with a leaky sunroof for an extra surprise in the morning when it rained the night before...and questionable ac...all black, black windows, black interior...i changed a lot of tires on that thing and did a lot of repairs! (i started driving it in 2000...not 88....haha)
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1990 Light Blue Honda Accord. My parents got it for me for my 16th birthday but...I had to learn how to drive it since it was a stick. I almost gave up when my dad took me to learn and my little brother came along and learned it faster than me. I got out of the car and walked home I was so mad. My roommate totaled the car when I was in college but to this day that is one of the best little cars I have ever owned.
It was a 1991 Infiniti Q45. Sounds nice, but it really wasn't. It leaked in the rain, had 2 windows constantly falling off the track, blown speakers, blown shocks, broken speedometer, the power steering literally blew up, and the tire (after it was fixed) had to be blown up every 6 hours. I carried a air compressor in my trunk. Oh, and the clear coat was peeling. I was so glad to get my next car! I got a massive deal on an '86 Jaguar :) Good thing for Salvation Army! That's where we got it!
I have never had a car I hope that doesn't count me out of the drawing.
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My first car was an '86 Honda Prelude. It was an amazing car. We could cram a surprising number of people in it, it had a moonroof, and it never had any mechanical problems in the slightest. Even after it passed 200,000 miles it still ran like a superstar. I'm still kinda sad I got rid of it.
My first car was a 1986 Chevy Nova! We called her Cherry Bomb Bomb! I took a picture of it when she hit 200,000 miles. Miss that car still!~
I am probably your oldest reader and follower - my first car was a 1969 chevy malibu - burgandy - used but in great condition. I had just graduated from college and was so proud of this car - still have pictures of it.
my first car was a big pippin white cutlass supreme. completely blue interior... purchased at the ugly duckling car lot. i rear ended someone in it and cried so hard that they didn't even call my insurance company or the cops... lol
after that my car always appeared to be winking.
53 Chevy!
A 1976 Chevy Nova that my dad got at an auction of retired police cars. So you couldn't open the back doors. Also, since the seats didn't move and being short I had to use a couple pillows. It was a boat and I miss it.
My first car was a 78 Datsun SX. It had faux sheepskin seat covers (that covered up the holes in the seats), no power steering and was a stick shift. All my friends thought it was sooo ugly, but I loved it! Maybe it had something to do with the fact that a really cute boy liked to drive it.
My first car was a tiny Mitsubishi mirage...it was like a clown car! Amy @ gasudimack@sbcglobal.net
I got to indefinitely borrow my parents' 1992 Ford Taurus when I was 16. Three days after getting my license, a lady ran a stop sign and hit me on my way to school. Of course it was the first day of finals and I drove 20 MPH the rest of the way to school while shaking uncontrollably.
The old lady finally gave out one night when white smoke started trailing me because it blew a gasket. Poor old thing needed $3,000 worth of repairs so we donated it.
My second car wasn't much better: a white 200 astro van (AKA rape-mobile-looking car)
Now I rock my grandma's 1994 red jetta that i bought with money I had saved since I was 12 years old for a car!
My first car was called a Monza, I think. It was a bronzy color, I think. I'm not much into cars. I don't really care much about the faciness or the "features" or the make and model, or the upholstery, or the stereo system - just get me from here to there, and have good tires and a good ac, good breaks, I'm good! So you know I can't remember much more about that first little car of mine.
My first car was an 89 Toyota Celica. It looked pretty decent, but the radio was possessed and would always switch itself off whatever station we put it on and revert back to a classical station. Blaring classical music on the way to high school...not cool. I smashed it twice and it finally got totaled when someone turned into me. After that I had to drive the mini-van to school, which actually wasn't all that bad. The radio worked and my parents took out the extra seats so we couldn't pack it full of teenagers, but it made for a nice large space to nap in when we didn't want to go to class, and the windows were tinted so the security guards couldn't see us hiding out in there. Those were the good days!
My first car was a bright orange Chevy Nova with a huge engine. My father bought it for me when had to travel for student teaching. Orange and blue were the university colors, and of course, he got a great deal on the price. mlwright29(at)hotmail(dot)com
Fiat 126 - think of the car on the fabric - but it was red. I loved that little car ... the day it drove no more was a very sad one. It was about the size of a roller-skate and the seats were like school canteen chairs ;-)
I had an '87 Aerostar minivan... wish I would've kept it since now I really need a minivan! :)
Oh I just LOVE this fabric. How cute are those cars!! I'm going to show my age now because my first car was a 1976 Pontiac Sunbird in a gorgeous color of almost lime green- ok maybe it was closer to a leafy green. Had I been given the chance I surely would NOT have bought that color but you can't be picky when that's what they have in stock. Heck, I was just thrilled to be getting a car that was only 1 yr old with low mileage. It was a great car until I totalled it about 5 yrs later right in front of my house when another car came flying down the road and smashed into me hard enough to knock my car back into my yard.
My first car was a white manual Honda Accord. I forgot what year it was when I had it, but it was old. It was a hand me down, hand me down, hand me down. I had it for less than a year before it died (everything was breaking down) on me and I donated it to charity. I loved it because, well, it was my first car and it taught me how to drive a manual.
Love the featured print!
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First car was a baby blue Dodge Dart that my boyfriend got me. Gosh I wish I had kept that car!
Love that fabric! I had a grey honda civic. It was awesome.
Hmmm... when I come back another day for a new entry, can I just repeat my first answer? I can? Thanks.
Oh my goodness - I don't even remember the make of my first car! It was a little red block, a stick shift, and I drove it until the transmission fell out of the bottom. Good times.
Grey Jetta, stick shift. Broke down all the time, but was fun to drive.
Oooooo my first car was a 1990 ice blue chevy Corsica which I had for several years until my little sister totaled it when she borrowed it to run to the store for our parents, she was fine but my car was not and then both of us didn't have a car for a little while. I love this cute fabric it Is darling I have lots of boys and this would find a fun home !!!!!
My first car was a 2000 Honda Civic. We just got rid of it a few months ago to buy a minivan.
my first car was a toyota corolla'90. i was driving it in 2003.
A maroon Mazda 626. 96, I think? It was bought at an auction by my uncle, and I inherited it a little later. I liked it well enough, but it had issues. Leaky transmission, the alternator wouldn't charge the battery so I had to jump start it EVERY TIME. But it did what I needed it to, mostly.
I had to buy a car just like my Dad's, it was a rather noisy burnt orange VW Beetle Superbug. One day when it was raining I put a plastic bag under the grills on the back, (to protect the engine?)and totally forgot it. Amazingly, it kept working and later discovered a huge plastic log on top of the engine and it took me a while to work out just what it was???!!!!
I had a red dance stick shift man I loved that car, high school graduation gift from my parents yes the sun roof leaked and yes stick shift on back country roads were a pain but I still feel bad getting rid of that car
My first car was a 99 Chevy Prizm, dark green
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My first car was a 1989 Mercury Sable. It was a strange color...a kind of golden brown, maybe like Tiger's Eye? My friends and I jokingly referred to it as the "poop mobile," even though it was not really that color.
A 94 white Chrysler LeBaron! You know the song "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" by Cake? The car gets a shoutout in that song; I spent a good deal of high school cruising around with that song blasting out of my car. =)
My first car was a 1993 White Plymouth Acclaim. :) It wasn't pretty-but it got me from point A to point B
My first car was a light blue Pontiac with squeaky brakes.
A Honda accord- 92 I think. I shared it with both my siblings during college. My brother then drove it til it literally fell to pieces.
I inherited the family "bug truck"..yes my parents own an extermination company and when they decided to get a new company vehicle they passed down the purple bug truck with logo and mom's name painted on the door. oh and my dad had put a louder exhaust on ...not sure why but assume to embarass me even more by drawing more stares! Oh I love my parents! Atleast I had wheels I guess....
When I was 16 I saw a minty green 1955 ford gathering parking tickets and left a note on the windshield offering to buy it for $200. It worked. I reupholstered it with a glue gun and spent the next 2 years getting up early to dry the spark plugs with a hair dryer to get it to start. It wouldn't go in reverse so I had to be careful where I parked, but I loved that car!
My first car was a hunk of junk oldsmobile that was older than I was. It's all my mom could afford..... but I was SOOOOOO happy to have it. I washed it every week : )
My first car was a 1980 Chevrolet Citation that my parents bought when I was 3 months old and saved for my sweet 16. It was puke green and my friends nicknamed it "The Booger". Awesome.
Mine was a Chevy Cavalier POS. We didn't realize until after we'd bought it that it had been in an accident and the driver door frame was bent (these were the days before CarFax)
My first car was an 81 VW Rabbit. Spray painted blue. The top coat would fly off and hit the windshield while I was driving. There was no heat and no radio. The heat from the engine came through the hole where the radio was supposed to be and kept me warm while my friends froze. I had to scrape the ice off the inside of the windshield and be careful with the ice patch on the floor under the pedals. I miss that car. It had character.
My first car was a Pontiac Sunbird. It wasn't long for this world though; I bent the frame when I swerved to avoid a deer running across the road. I braked too hard on the wet road, sending the car into a spin, and then a very nice tree stopped me. I was fine. The deer was fine. The car was not fine. Good thing it was already a well used vehicle!
My first car was a 95 (this was in 97, so it was pretty new) Corolla that was mint green. I loved that car, and proceeded to have 3 more corollas after it. As I drive 50 miles, two days a week to college, I wish I still had that low gas mileage vehicle!!
My first car - 1975 Vega ! lol cream and cocoa interior - stick shift of course. Got me though college!
A white '89 Volvo 740 Turbo with no gas door cover. Miss that turbo power...
I had a toyota that was made the years I was born. It was two shades of brown and would stall every time I went up a hill...lol
A busted up '84 royal blue Mustang - a hand me down from my sister. You know the one - no air, no defrost, heat that smelled like anti-freeze, known to stall although it wasn't a stick shift. Good times!
My first car was a little red eagle summit....and I think I literally drove the wheels off of it! :) Thanks for the fun!
Oh lush fabric, my first car was an orange volkswagen beetle named Jarvis! He was very cold and smelly but much loved!
thanks for the giveaway!
We had a 1968 Ford something! A very ugly gold thing that took us from Minnesota to our first home in Kansas!
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My first car was a blue mini! I loved her and kept her for 11 years!
have to admit, 'my' car was a grand-am that my older brother and sister drove first.... fenna_otten at yahoo dot ca
The first car I bought was a blue Chevy that's not made anymore. I don't remember the model name. Thanks for the giveaway!
I learned how to drive in Okinawa where my husband was stationed in the Air Force. It was an experience. :) My car was a tiny blue Nissan March that drove like a go kart. Loved it. My son's car seat took up the entire backseat!! When we moved back to the states, I had to learn how to drive on the opposite side of the road, with the steering wheel on the opposite side of the car. It took a while to remember which side of the car to get in on. LOL
I had a 79 powder blue Impalla. We called it the Walla-Walla-Impalla! I could cram so many people in the big old thing.
Fun! My first car was a green 1995 Hyundai Accent. I got it in 2001, I believe. It wasn't in fantastic condition, but it ran alright. I ended up getting into an accident and about ripped off a fender. We found a replacement at a junk yard but only in red. So I drove what was essentially a junker in red and green. I started to affectionately refer to it as "The Christmas Car"... I drove it til it broke down and would not do a thing anymore in 2005. :)
Oh man these comments should be so interesting. First cars, awww. Mine was a white Dodge Omni, my first manual as well. I remember getting stuck at the bottom of a hill and waiting like 5 stop lights before I got out and demanded my mom to help me. I was so embarrassed! Thanks for the memory.
My first car was an '86 Porsche Carrera named Vern. I got it a little bit after college and had it til the beginning of this year -- a guy rear-ended me when I was about a week away from giving birth to my second son. Luckily, I was on my way to a prenatal checkup, so I didn't have to worry about how the baby was for too long!
I had to get rid of it since the frame got bent, but I guess it worked out for the best since I don't think I could have fit two car seats in it. :}
my first car was a volkswagon jetta. my dad went with me to help me negotiate at the car dealership...hummm...wasn't until my then-fiance looked at my payments that we realized i got suckered into a really bad lease! gee thanks, dad! :)
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/chickadeechicka/status/113333864474230784
My first car was the silver Honda Prelude of my boyfriend (now husband). Unfortunately, it was not a real family car, so we sold it as soon as we had children.
I drove my mom's teal ford taurus station wagon, and my brothers and I shared an old 80's burgundy Civic. I BOUGHT my very first car- a Saturn Ion! Which I tote my monkey around in proudly
really cute boy fabric, would make cute curtains in my boy's room!! :)
My first car was a (used) 93 Saturn, it was ok since I didn't need much and I was 16 and didn't expect to get a car for a few more years. The only problems with it was that the previous owner was a smoker and I ended up smelling like an ash tray every time I drove it for a few months until I could get it aired out, and sometimes the horn blew on it's own and I couldn't stop it. I got quite a few dirty looks over that, and then confused ones when I threw up both my hands and showed that I wasn't touching the horn!
My first car is now my husbands car! A 1993 Honda Civic that just keeps giving! Really this car is old and I have had it for almost ten years now but it has such great gas mileage, we just cant give it up. Thanks for the opportunity to win this great fabric!
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I had a 2000 ford escort zx2. I started driving it to high school as a junior and I thought I had the most awesome "sports" car! It was a candy apple red and I loved it. I had that car for about 5 years. My mom helped me buy it, used, of course. And I took great care of my sweet ride. A couple weeks before the senior caravan (seniors car parade fype thing @ my hs) a truck in front of me at a red light backed up into me. Then an old couple back up into my car at a parking lot. Needless to say it ended up going caput on me. I ended up trading it in for another used car and somehow managed to get roughly $1000 out of my piece of junk that was going straight to the junk yard!
My first car was an Opel Corsa, white with only two seats (commercial). It took me in the crayziest journeys trough early youth! Great car, "died" after I was married and mother of two!
My resilient 1986 Honda. It survived me learning how to drive stick-shift...in the winter... perhaps lodging it into a snowbank on my first go...
This print would be wonderful for the room of my son, who, by the way, will learn to drive with his father.
I had a 1986 toyota camry with 235,000 miles on it. Great car! It survived me and was passed along to my brother who promptly totaled it by running into a fence.
My first car was a burnt orange 4 door 1972 Buick Skylark. And I loved her.
This is my entry for Tuesday.
My first car was a 1982 Plymouth LeBaron that my dad paid $200 because it wasn't running at the time. I was only a few years older than that car. After rebuilding the engine, replacing the soft top, dash, and numerous other parts that I don't know that names of, my dad admitted that he could have bought me a much newer car for what he ended up spending on that bargain car. I really didn't mind because I loved having my own car.
I had a used dark red geo prism, but I loved that car!
My first car was a Honda Civic that my parents helped me buy. It was pretty nice until the bumper got torn off in a parking lot and I put it back on with zip ties and duct tape. It stayed that way until I sold it like 6 years later. Classy.
1989 Toyota Celica GTS. Sporty little car that we called the Batmobile.
Omg- you would ask about my first car! Well, to be on the super safe side, my father gave me his old 1982 Lincoln Town Car, white. My friends nicknamed it "The Tank". Let's just say it was certainly like a tank, made it over many a terrain and through alot of teen trouble! It even saved my life a couple times before it finally keeled out! Ahh... i can still smell those leather seats!
Mine was my dad's old black Ford Thunderbird, shared with my older sister until my parents gave up on trying to force her to share with me and I got my mom's old Taurus. :)
My first car was a 93 Caddilac, called the "crappy caddy" it was tore up, and almost as old as me. It had no radio, no a/c, no heater and the leather seats were all cracked up. That's just the inside, the side panels on the doors fell off, and one of the blinker/brake lights was completely turned into the trunk from me backing into a tree, and I got 12 mpg. It got me to and from school, and I could fit 7 to 8 people in there for carpool. Surprisingly, even with a car in such bad shape, everyone wanted it and I always got offers from people to buy it. I loved that car, and if it hadn't broke down, I'd probably still be driving it today.
Oh Goodness..mine was a black Isuzu Rodeo that when trucks would whiz by on the interstate it would feel like it might blow over. The frame on that thing so thin but man was it awesome to have my own car in high school :)
This is my entry for Wednesday.
My first car was a blue Toyota Celica (can't remember the year, but it was definitely not new!). I totaled it after only 3 weeks. Woops!
My First car was a dark blue 10yr old Honda Civic. Nothing had power and the A/C didn't work. And in FL, it hits 110F in the summer easily. I upgraded to a GTI Volkswagon once I had a real job and the car went to my younger sister. Funny enough tho, she gave it back to me when the entire exhaust system fell out from under the car while she was driving down the road :) Now my husband uses it to commute to work. Can't beat 35mi/gal.
My first ever car was a green Chevy. Loved it!
Mine was a red Vista hatchback I loved it, but it came to an unfortunate end :(
My 1st car was an '89 Chevy Corsica, it was a great car until one day when I got back to school from lunch and I pulled the turned the key to shut it off and it stayed running. From then on out I had to start the car and shut it off with a screw driver underneath the steering column. Eventually my blinker switch wouldn't work either and I had to manually 'blink' them. I was in high school though and it was fun having a 'beater' car that we could laugh at.
first car? HA! 1980 Hyundai Excel. If you went over 45 you were afraid the whole car would shake apart!
My first car was a 89 Toyota Celica. It was a stick shift and I killed the clutch learning how to drive it. It was a great car.
My first car was a silver 1997 Honda Accord... stick shift! A decade later, it is still going strong. I will probably cry whenever we get rid of it (hopefully not anytime soon)!
Mine was a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle which cost $1000. Mum drove me to buy it, it died after 6 weeks on the road and then she spent the next 5 years telling me I should have bought a better car! I do remember though, the first time I beat a semi-trailer off at the lights - it was a proud moment. Oh, and the most people you could get in it was 14.
First car was an '84 BMW 7 series, stick shift! I absolutely LOVED that car and still miss it to this day! Wow, that fabric is so stinkin adorable, my mind is already spinning with ideas of what I could do with it :)
'99 Corolla, and we still have it, Dave Ramsey style.
second car was a Ford
My first car was a Chezy coblat SS. Loved it!!!!
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My first car was a 1975 blue Datsun B210, but my brother had a red Pinto...
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My first car: a wine colored 1996 Ford Mustang hatchback with a spoiler. Beautiful. I promptly got in a wreck (not my fault) and had to get a Saturn after that. :(
My first car was a 89 Dogde Shadow (I had never even heard of that. I shared it with my twin sister. Also, I must mention this was my senior year in highschool in 2002. We had to have the oldest ugliest car in the school parking lot, but just glad to have a car. It was white and covered in mold. I thought with a good wash it'd come off, even used the heck out of some bleach...yeah no, still was covered in mold...LOL! Also, we had to put power steering fluid in it every morning before school, and if we went out at night it had to have more put in. Also, a quart of oil every day, or every other day. It also was like a frozen ice cube during the winter. Covered in ice and defrost took about an hour to melt the frost...we did a lot of scrapping needless to say. We made the car our own as best we could with red steering wheel cover and red flowered seat covers. Boy it was a horrible looking car, but we sure did a apperciate our parents paying the whooping 1000$ for it :) I think it lasted us about 4 months...LOL!
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