today i test drove a sport red hhr ls auto. I'm pretty sure im getting it....er...i mean my parents getting it for me.My first car will not be a beater.

 

Cool. Will keep my fingers crossed for you.

Back in the day...all I had for a 1st car was a beater...and I had to pay for it too.

 

Good luck! My first car was dolled up real nice when I bought it but it ended up finding out it was a beater a couple of months after buying it. I also had to pay for mine. After my first car I decided I was never buyin a used car again so I could make sure the car is properly maintained. Unless I am buying a classic and restoring it myself so I know that the car was redone properly.

 

me too.... it too was a beater,more rust than body . (69 Biscayne)

 

you know guys...

if I didnt marry a Yankee, I wouldn't know what a 'beater' was. Anyway, most cars I had were nice, I ended up making them beaters. HAHAHA Now that I am over thirty I tend not to tell that many people that anymore. We're all friends here right?

 

Would POS be a better non yankee term.

 

Now...that's funny CH...and interchangeable with the term "beater"

My 1st car was a 58 Chevrolet BelAir...you know the ones that had the problem with the top of the fender above the headlight rusting out? In fact, I had two of them....paid $100 for each and they ran great...just looked like a POS/beater.

 

My first car was a 1961 Ford Fairlane with six in a row,three on the tree..
My friends called it the"clunker" or the "heap" The word "beater" wasen't invented yet!!

 

My first car was a 79 Chevy 3/4 ton pick up with a Big Block 350 V8. I had to put the truck together. Bought the body from a junk yard and found a guy in town that sold me the engine block.

 

My grandpa bought all of his grandkids their first cars. I was the lucky one to get a 1977 toyota corrolla 4 dr. It was in ten different colors, due to rust, new and used parts, and it was made entirely of bondo on the drivers side. I opened up the hood to find out that the underbracing of the hood was only attached in the back of the hood, so it was like opening a door and a screen door just to check the oil. btw I am so jealous that someone gets to start out driving in a HHR.