re: How much did you pay for your 1st vehicle and in what year?

I bought a 351W (Windsor) V8 from a friend and then paid some shade tree mechanics to install it into a late 1970s chassis my dad got from his work. It had a big "V" in the panel from a fork-lift driver who didn't know what they were doing. Altogether it cost me $600 and ran great until my brother borrowed it and totaled it. Thanks, bro.

$1000 1974 Toyota Corolla in 1983.

My first vehicle my parents bought me: $4k, 1991 Chevy blazer, 122k miles This was in 1997, so 6 years old.

My first purchase: 1998 blazer, 40(ish)k miles for $16k

In the market now for a used truck for my son… no way to find age/miles
On a vehicle for those prices

92 senior year of high school, I was ready to get a car. Saw a 83 Mustang 5.0 (actually had a police package 5.5 in it) I had to have for $3,000. Had some cash and my dad loaned me the rest. That car was so fast and awesome. Looking back, it's no wonder my parents didn't want me to get it

1987 4 door Cavalier in 1990. It had 87,000 miles on it for $3000.

Drove that think all through college and it finally crapped out at 375,000 miles in 1996.

Freshman year of college 1985, when I got tired of hitching rides back and forth to Ruston, I paid 1,700 for a '79 Chevy pickup (standard transmission, no a/c). My Dad said I was a fool for doing it and that I'd be working on it more than driving it. That very night I was beating on the linkage with a hammer to get it out of second gear. That was right before the first of many boot knockings went down on that long vinyl bench seat.

Sold it after two years for 1000. I'd give a lot more for it now.

New Volkswagen bug for $1,750 in 1972.

89 Ranger extended cab. $1600 in ‘96, Fac-to-Bake in Houma slapped a new coat of paint on it for about $1200.