Your first car - seeing it years later

[Commando]

I figured this would be a good thread topic! 10 mins ago I just spotted my old XE parked out the front of my office. It caught my attention because it was painted in in a weird tan/caramel colour which I haven't seen on any other XEs.

Anyway, since the paint attracted my attention, I went for a wander & sure enough it was my XE. I haven't seen the car for 6 years & was stoked to see that it's still in good nick.

So, the reason for this thread: Have you spotted your first car years after selling it? If so, what condition is it in?

Seeing my first car again really made my day!

[Dansedgli]

I haven't seen mine. I sold my mini to some guy from nsw.

Once I was out with a mate in his old kingswood wagon. A dude came up to us when we were broken down at a servo and it turned out he owned the car 17 years earlier.

He put Jesus stickers all through it as a joke and they were still there. That was a fair coincidence I thought.

[ClassicAU]

I have only ever owned one car before the AU, and it was a 1990 EAII GL 30th Anniversary wagon, six seater auto! I havent seen it for a while now, but i did see it almost a year after i sold it. It had an EL motor in it on gas still running CFI when I sold it. The bloke who bought it drove it to Brisbane and back two weeks after he picked it up from me, and it made it without an issue! It was a funny story at the time.

[Commando]

I call BS on the story being funny

Jesus stickers on the other hand "My other ride is a Crucifix"

[Steady]

Every time I see something made from recycled metal I think of my first car.

[TriymeD]

Saw my Nissan ET Turbo still in good nick bout 4 years after selling it.

I had a 1964 Wolseley thats been in the family since new (35yrs). Had to sell it due to space restraints and $$. Sold it to a hippie like dude from Sale or the likes and thought to myself "don't think I'm gonna see that classic car again" and sadly I still havn't.

Wished I pulled the grill off and hung it in my garage!

[ClassicAU]

I call BS on the story being funny

Ok, it was less funny and more the shitest story of all time! But if you knew the history of my old car, and they way I treated it, you would be amazed it even drove at all, let alone half way across the country! That thing had been through 4 diffs, 3 tail shafts, 2 autos, a head gasket, countless tyres, and that's just what i remember!

[Commando]

So it was virtually All New <tm> when you sold it to him

[Sunboost]

I never saw my old EA S Pack again after I sold it to EASPRINT. Doug saw it a couple times when it still belonged to Dave, but then it got sold off to someone in Geelong. Doug saw it about a year ago and got a couple of pics, don't think he's seen it since. Would love to catch up with it

[Dezza]

The EAII is my first car but we briefly had an EA1 Ghia as well, which we were going to use for spare parts after my first crash. This happened in 2002 and we bought it for $1200. We ended up deciding it was too good to wreck, tidied it up, replaced the steering rack and sold it for $3500! Long story short, the bloke who bought it got murdered a couple of years later. I remember seeing a news update, and it showed the outside of the bloke's house complete with the EA in the carport! It still looked the same as when we sold it.

[Commando]

The EAII is my first car but we briefly had an EA1 Ghia as well, which we were going to use for spare parts after my first crash. This happened in 2002 and we bought it for $1200. We ended up deciding it was too good to wreck, tidied it up, replaced the steering rack and sold it for $3500! Long story short, the bloke who bought it got murdered a couple of years later. I remember seeing a news update, and it showed the outside of the bloke's house complete with the EA in the carport! It still looked the same as when we sold it.

Identity of old car >> death of current owner?

<Newsreader> And in other news a man had been murdered at-
<Dezza> HEY THERE'S MY OLD EA! OMG ITS SITTING THERE IN THE CARPORT! L@@K AT IT!!! A+++ WILL MURDER AGAIN FOR NEWS COVERAGE OF EA

[wicksy]

seen my ed kicking about haha poor bastard doenst know waht he is in for, diff whine, piston rings rooted, noisy gearbox lol, i sold it for $400 then he got rid of it again

[XRated]

I won't see my ED ever again... unless it's in the guise of a neatly packed cube. I would prefer never to see it again than to see it molested by someone anyway.

[LUXO_8]

I never saw my old EA S Pack again after I sold it to EASPRINT. Doug saw it a couple times when it still belonged to Dave, but then it got sold off to someone in Geelong. Doug saw it about a year ago and got a couple of pics, don't think he's seen it since. Would love to catch up with it

ive seen it here a couple of times.....it looks terrible now nothing like it was when you or dave had it.... would take a lot of work to bring it back to being a nice car


ive seen my old XF ute around, looks alright, fresh paint, rust repaired and chrome AU2 replicas.....has the same plates from when i had it

[John_LS1]

Every time I see something made from recycled metal I think of my first car.

same here, nudge_sikbro wrecked my first car out.

[Dezza]

The EAII is my first car but we briefly had an EA1 Ghia as well, which we were going to use for spare parts after my first crash. This happened in 2002 and we bought it for $1200. We ended up deciding it was too good to wreck, tidied it up, replaced the steering rack and sold it for $3500! Long story short, the bloke who bought it got murdered a couple of years later. I remember seeing a news update, and it showed the outside of the bloke's house complete with the EA in the carport! It still looked the same as when we sold it.

Identity of old car >> death of current owner?

<Newsreader> And in other news a man had been murdered at-
<Dezza> HEY THERE'S MY OLD EA! OMG ITS SITTING THERE IN THE CARPORT! L@@K AT IT!!! A+++ WILL MURDER AGAIN FOR NEWS COVERAGE OF EA

It didn't actually click at the time. I saw that the car was identical, and it was only later that I found out it was the actual car. It happened at Stratford of all places. It was in all the local news.

[pHaT`eL]

Last time I saw my old XF GL was on the side of the road with 2 busted LHS wheels after the new owner thought he was a DK and over corrected into the gutter a week after he bought it off me, lol..
My old Escort Pano was sold to one of dads mates who got it looking scmick, was only just sold to some guy in NSW who just wants to body, doesnt care about the motor in it as hes upgrading. My bet is an SR20, 302/351 or a rotor.

[Kenaz]

I won't see my first car again. I sold it to my brother Damo and he sold it to Sundeep and they wrecked it out and sent it to get crushed I think.

[slo_sprint]

I sold my first car to some bloke in S.A. so that i would never have to see it again, i don't wanna know whats become of it either.

I'd probably break into tears and beg to buy it back, i miss that car like crazy

[Rollin]

<Newsreader> And in other news a man had been murdered at-
<Dezza> HEY THERE'S MY OLD EA! OMG ITS SITTING THERE IN THE CARPORT! L@@K AT IT!!! A+++ WILL MURDER AGAIN FOR NEWS COVERAGE OF EA

ROFLCOPTER!

Way to improve a very shit weekend/monday

My first car went to the wreckers after we pilfered the engine and box to put in a range rover - dunno how many 250x flows have achieved this much air

[private9]

^^^^That's awesome! Got any footage/more pics?

[holmsy]

lol i can just see the angle that car is on. the front end getting murdered a second latter.
i like

[bentls]

my first car was smashed to bits by me with an axe so it will never see the road again... the look on the scrap metal guys face was priceless apparently (i wasnt there to see it get taken though)

[PSI250]

i haven;t seen my first car since i sold it. A workmate saw it at a servo not long after i sold it, however as i'd just changed jobs he didn't know i sold it, so was leaning up against it while he waited for me to return to it. would have been awkward when the new owner walked out to his car with some random leaning on it.

prob some mint GT rep now, too bad i sold it before XY prices went sky high!

[Parfrey]

i saw my old xh xr6 on saturday for the first time in about 2 years! still looked mint same rims and everything... although i was only drivin past. may have been forsale too?

[needfordspeed]

I sold my first car to a forum member and didn't see it for about a year until I bought it back. Always missed that car and always wanted to get it back but never did until I heard it was going to be paddock bashed to death :S now it's slowly being restored back to it's original state.

[OED666]

still have my first car!

[Eb Barbie]

The guy i bought my car off spotted me almost a year after i bought it, he noticed the dint his mrs put in the side. Would have loved to have known what was going through his head seeing his previous car all pinked up

[Bipolar]

I'll never see mine again. I sold the old Suby for $300 for as a wreck.

[Robertsbrock]

Haven't seen my first car in years. After selling my XE to wolf he went and sold it to some other bloke and yeah i haven't seen it since. Wish i would of kept it and spent the money on it that iv spend on my EB.

[Frost]

lol I wrote off my first E-series, then mark wrote off my 2nd one, then a 4wd wrote off my 3rd one, so hopefully cartz doesnt write off my one

[Rollin]

The guy i bought my car off spotted me almost a year after i bought it, he noticed the dint his mrs put in the side. Would have loved to have known what was going through his head seeing his previous car all pinked up

He probably wished it was a bullet.

[Gozza]

[Eb Barbie]

The guy i bought my car off spotted me almost a year after i bought it, he noticed the dint his mrs put in the side. Would have loved to have known what was going through his head seeing his previous car all pinked up

He probably wished it was a bullet.

Hahaha wouldnt surprise me

[BROCKYB8]

After 11 years i still got my first original car. THe xf has served me well and still is going.

My rs 2000 mk 1 which had a mean motor / roll cage and big wheels and gaurd went to some guy on aff as a daily.
My Escort panel van (SURFN) It went to the the escort wreckers in frankston. I believe it now is a ute lol.

My zg fairlane is now own by pink bits on aff
My cortina with a 302 and cage. Sold it because had rust in chasis rails. I Sold to some guy in noble park. Saw it drive around 4 about 2 months and last i heard he tookl motor out put into a mazda 323 or soemthing like that

[wolf]

Haven't seen my first car in years. After selling my XE to wolf he went and sold it to some other bloke and yeah i haven't seen it since. Wish i would of kept it and spent the money on it that iv spend on my EB.

last time i heard it kissed the ass end of a truck =(

my first is sitting in a paddock rusting away

[Robertsbrock]

I blame you then lol . Yeah its still sitting behind danny's shed if your talking about the old kingy.

[nstg8a]

my first car was written off two days after i sold it, the guy who bought was tearing along a country road and somehow lost it on a very narrow one lane bridge and managed to spin it 180 degrees on the bridge, over 60k worth of damage to the bridge, and this was back in 1992/3 and one very sad very short XA falcon.
hes probably still paying for the bridge lol.
he did the bolt (all messed up and all) so the cops came and saw me cos he hadnt changed the ownership... they took one look at me and said "never mind, the driver is badly injured, obviously wasnt you"... they found him at the hospital, half dead. he survived but i doubt hes ever really been 100% since.

waste of a good xa, had zero rust, warm 4.1, toyota 5 speed, low, nice new paint, fairmont interior, charger rims, i loved it.... the first of many cars i have regretted selling.