pinchvalve (Forum Supporter)
pinchvalve (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
12/20/24 9:27 a.m.

The other thread about a cool 200,000 mile Tundra made me think, what are the automotive milestones?  Help me put together a list, there are no wrong answers, Here's 20 to get started, fill in the blanks

 

  1. Little Tykes Cozy Coupe 
  2. Hotwheels/Matchbox 
  3. Building Lego cars
  4. Helping parent/relative/friend fix a car
  5. Riding in friend's cars
  6. Driving a car-like thing (go cart, golf cart, etc) 
  7. Learner's permit 
  8. Driver's license 
  9. First crappy car 
  10. Breaking down somewhere 
  11. Crazy misadventure with friends
  12. Fixing something yourself
  13. First new car 
  14. First fun car/Miata
  15. First grown-up car (suv/minivan/Lexus)
  16. Mid-life crisis car
  17. First Buick/Camry/non V Cadillac
  18. First warning for going 38 in the left lane
  19. Giving up driving 
  20. Hey, this hearse is actually really nice in the back. 
ddavidv
ddavidv UltimaDork
12/21/24 6:49 a.m.

Steering grandpa's Farmall tractor while sitting on dad's lap

Murray Camaro pedal car

Matchbox cars (I collected them. At one point I had over 800)

Model kits

Schwinn Sting Ray

Mini bike

$300 Fiat 124 Spider

dozens of POS's

Racing in Spec E30

motorcycles

building my first 'hot rod', a 1966 Ford Falcon

 

stafford1500
stafford1500 Dork
12/21/24 9:11 a.m.

First time buying from a dealer (maybe good, maybe bad)

First competitive laps/passes driven

Retiring a car at the end of its useful life

Datsun240ZGuy
Datsun240ZGuy MegaDork
12/21/24 10:00 a.m.

Convincing someone older to let you drive their car when you're underage with no DL.

No mention of sex in a car?

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
12/21/24 10:06 a.m.

Paying off your first car loan and getting the title in the mail?

Running out of gas?  (Did it once as a young man, not nearly since then.)

Cooper_Tired
Cooper_Tired Dork
12/21/24 10:41 a.m.

First flat tire

first burnout

Peabody
Peabody MegaDork
12/21/24 10:43 a.m.

Pedal cars and Power wheels

vwcorvette (Forum Supporter)
vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) PowerDork
12/21/24 4:35 p.m.

First, last, and only motorcycle.

Mr_Asa
Mr_Asa MegaDork
12/21/24 5:07 p.m.
ddavidv said:

Steering grandpa's Farmall tractor while sitting on dad's lap

And/Or driving something well before you should have a license.

AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter)
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
12/21/24 7:12 p.m.

Smoothly shifting three on the tree

Datsun240ZGuy
Datsun240ZGuy MegaDork
12/21/24 7:15 p.m.
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) said:

Smoothly shifting three on the tree

In high school my buddy and I worked for a builder who had a janky column shifter '67 GMC truck and my 16 year old buddy tried to act cool and shift the crappy linkage like it was a performance shifter.

Steve_Jones
Steve_Jones UltraDork
12/21/24 7:53 p.m.

Pushing your own car, hopping in, and popping the clutch because she told you "her parents were not home" and your battery was dead.

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