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What was your first car?

My first car was actually a pick-up truck.  I bought it for $1100.  It was a 1970 Dodge D100, and 22 years old when I bought it.  That was the year I turned 18, and it gave me a great deal of freedom.  It was near the end of my first year of college; the year I'd spent hoofing it everywhere I went. 

When I got that truck, I went to Nashville, Memphis, Paducah, Murray, Ripley, and many points in between.  Then my aunt decided when I moved in with her that I needed a curfew and to be babied.  That, let me tell you, was a real slap in the face.  It didn't last long either.  I started sleeping out and finding reasons not to come home.  I already knew by the time school ended that I wouldn't be returning.  My GPA was dismally low and I couldn't get financial aid from the university (because it was all allotted and my GPA was too low anyway).  I wish I had known then that the state will pay for minors in state's custody to attend university.  However, I have to admit, I wasn't ready for college at that time in my life.  I'm doing so much better now.  Wouldn't it be nice if the state would pay my tuition now, kind of as a retroactive thing?  Dream on, I know.

I had the truck about 7.5 months before it started having more problems than I could deal with.  I traded with a mechanic for a (more) vintage car with fewer problems.  I loved that car.

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