Your first experience, When did you catch the magic? Options

[ZacMan1987]

I was lurking over at supraforums.com and they had a thread going about the day you bought your ride, and it got me thinking back...

It was September, still hot as could be, Tennessee summers. I was just back from school on labor day weekend when I got the call. My celi had come in from Wisconsin. We went down to the dealership, and I drove her for the first time, and from that moment, I knew she was going to be mine. I fell in love with everything about that car from the very moment I slid into the driver's seat. She was so smooth. Everything about her just flowed. She was going to be mine.

I almost laughed in an old woman's face when she walked up and started inspecting "my" car. She was aparently shopping, and stopped to inspect "my" car!?? Right then and there, my bond officially formed. She had made some comment to her husband about not liking the door style (no frame around the top) and I calmly told her "You needant concern yourself. I just bought this car."

After the wrangling and paperwork, I walked outside and there she was, freshly washed, shiny as could be, and 100% mine. The first thing I did was to take her out to the lake and stare out over the water. Just stare. With my sunroof open, and the starlight beaming in.

Funny thing is, I still get that feeling every time I slip into her in the morning to drive to school. Every time I see her across the parking lot, every time I wash her. There is nothing like the celica.

They say that a man's first love is his car. While I don't believe that (forgive me celi!) She's still my favorite thing in all the world.

I LOVE MY CELICA!!!!

[Valo666]

i fell in love with my car 12 years ago..lol. My grandparents live no more than 10 min driving from my house, so we always go over to spend time with them. When i was about 7 or 8, their neighbour came home with his brand new car. It was a 94 GTS. I fell inlove with it right then and there. Every time i would go over to their house i would look out the window at it for at least 20 min. Then, i completely forgot about it. Their neighbour kept it in his garage for awhile barely bringing it outside. Then, around my 18th b-day, i bought my 87 supra that died on me like..2 months after i bought it. So we got sick and tired of having the supra, my moms van, my dads grandprix, and my sis' car all in the driveway. So we moved the supra over to my grandparents place and put a FS sign on it. I would go back every week or so to move the car's position so it looks like some ones been driving it. When i was moving it one day, i saw my grandparents nieghbour had a FS sign on his car too. So i went over and took a look at it. I told my parents about it, told em i would go 50/50 on the price with them. Then i hadda go to Waterloo for the weekend(near where Lissa lives) for my school's Robotics meet. So i was in the pits, hangin out, doin a lil bit of work on the robot and i got a call on my cell. My parents told me that they have somethin shiny and red in the driveway for me when i get home. So since i was 7 or 8, ive loved my car.

And, best thing was, when i bought it, it had 120xxxKM on it(very low) all original, original owner with a 3 inch thick booklet of receipts and bills for it, and the only problem was, the sunroof leaked a little bit, i had some bondo cracks at the bottom of the passanger side rear bumper and a bit of rust on the passanger side rear wheel well. Also my volume knob was missing from the radio.