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I had an old Rover 25 which I was surprised to hear had a more sports type engine, even for its size. Which was why it was quite responsive at 4k rpm and pretty good for handling. Got really good at driving it after some time.

I came round a corner too fast and luckily there was no car on the opposite side where I was veering into. I never messed around after that.

It was a Toyota HiAce 8 seat van with an undersized steering wheel, a non functioning Speedo or fuel gauge, a moon roof and a sun roof, and the middle bank of chairs could spin around to face the back set.

I misread OP's title but she was a momma cat and I was a little kid, so she used to lick my hair when I was on the floor reading the funny pages in the newspaper. And she was very comforting when anyone was sad.

2007 Hyundai Accent. My favorite thing was that it was mine. It wasn’t a bad car, but it wasn’t a good car either. It was fine. But, it was mine. And then it was totaled by an old guy who ran a red light. RIP Susie Q, my Hyundai Accent.

Mine had a 3-speed crash box with an unusual shift-pattern that basically made the theft-proof. It also ran on both LPG and Petrol so I could drive it everywhere without having to refill.

Petrol was reasonably priced back then and LPG was even cheaper.

Air springs with pushbutton height adjustment on a Subaru XT.

That it doesn't exist. Real money saver that one.

It was the only of my three cars that hasn't been totalled by a driver not paying attention when driving past it.

Yup. Two cars have been written off whilst parked down my street inside two years. Love it!

1988 Nissan Skyline GT with an RB20DET.

It was abandoned by my uncle at our place when he moved overseas and subsequently my sister drove it around a bit. Eventually it leaked coolant from the water pump, overheated and blew a head gasket because she wasn't paying attention.

I was unemployed and bored and I decided to pull it apart and bought all the bits to fix it. I didn't really know anything about mechanical stuff at the time, but I am good at logic and try not to be useless at practical stuff even though I'm really a computer geek. I drove it around for a bunch of years after that until I was earning enough money that I could buy something I wanted which was a Mitsubshi EVO 1.

So to answer the question, favorite thing was that I rescued it from oblivion even though I didn't know much about cars or engines at the time.

currently on my first. its manual. so much fun to drive

It was a small subcompact hatchback but ran on diesel. Back in my home country, diesel is cheaper and considered more economical, and it was rare for a small car to run on diesel instead of gas.

The large comfy bench seat. The trunk space. It being made entirely of steel.

I mean I really hated that car, but she was alright. The sagging headliner, the dead seat cushioning, the fading paint, the regular overheating, the leaking rack and pinion, the grinding noise the timing chain made when going uphill, the unreliable electronic engine components, the fact that it never passed emissions on the first try, the crappy underpowered iron duke, the AM/FM radio with no cassette. I could go on...

My camaro broke down quite often. I had to replace a starter, water pump, alternator, something about the universal joint in the drive shaft, brakes, battery, etc. The clutch was the hardest and I got it wrong 2 times before I got it right on the third. It made me start thinking outside of what was easy and spoon fed. I started to realize that a Haynes manual was extremely limited. Eventually this line of thinking took me deep into fundamental understanding. Most people never think past throwing parts at a problem, but I learned how all of it works at a fundamental level. That journey started with my first car. It shaped my mind and who I am to a large extent.

It came with a snake.

It was reliable like having a loyal dog in car form.

It had a distinct smell that, when I smell it now, brings me vividly back to driving home from high school listening to Metallica.

Fucking everything. But if I had to pick it’s the cassette-melting, vinyl-evaporating hot box it was capable of. Smelled like freedom.

Not my car/pic.

Two couches on wheels, 1989 Oldsmobile Delta 88

That i bought it for $400 and traded it in for $600, also it had a nice big back seat.

I've never owned a car. That's my favourite thing about cars

mine was a five speed and it made me feel so superior to my 16 y/o peers