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Name something in your first ever car that isn't in your current car?

204 replies

OneUmberJoker · 22/12/2025 11:02

A tape slot

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everywhichway · 22/12/2025 11:33

Rust; Nice round headlights with bulbs I could replace; An aerial that passing oiks regularly snapped off; A Choke; A Cigarette Lighter; A real wooden dashboard fascia; A manual gearbox; An engine I could work on and fix myself; A rear seat that frequently detached itself from its mountings.

BurntBroccoli · 22/12/2025 11:35

Choke, rust, rear wheel drive, orange paint. No power steering (that was fun in winter!).

BurntBroccoli · 22/12/2025 11:36

RandomUsernameHere · 22/12/2025 11:33

CD player

I still have one as I have an ancient car. Love browsing charity shop CDs to play in it.

Snackpocket · 22/12/2025 11:36

A sun roof, I miss sun roofs, so few cars have them these days!

TheFairyCaravan · 22/12/2025 11:37

A petrol tank

comeundone · 22/12/2025 11:37

Ashtrays. Multiple ashtrays.

shellyleppard · 22/12/2025 11:37

No back seats ( old mini van).
The choke
Battery behind the drivers seat
A piece of board to cover the engine vent in the bonnet to stop the damp getting in!!
Very old car but i loved it 😁 cost me £15 off the scrap heap and I spent weekends with my dad doing it up ❤️

RescueMeFromThisSilliness · 22/12/2025 11:42

A choke
Manual windows
A sunroof
A cassette player
Ex-H

RosesAndHellebores · 22/12/2025 11:44

Oh, I've remembered another. It had four seats but just two doors.

landoflostcontent · 22/12/2025 11:45

A starting handle (am very very old) It was really useful and I mourned the day we bought a car that didn't have one

BG2015 · 22/12/2025 11:46

Tape player
choke

SwirlyShirly · 22/12/2025 11:46

A massive folder of CDs, pink fluffy dice and a nodding dog 🥴

WhatInFreshHell · 22/12/2025 11:47

A hole in the roof…I had to wear a hood in my car 😂

YorkshireIndie · 22/12/2025 11:47

Non-powered steering. Used to be able to reverse down the hill that was the driveway one handed but when my car changed I had to learn how to do it with powered steering

BecauseofyouIlearntnottotrust · 22/12/2025 11:49

Three pedals and a choke.

BecauseofyouIlearntnottotrust · 22/12/2025 11:50

Oh and one of them had a starter lever.

MrsSkylerWhite · 22/12/2025 11:51

A baby 😁

Mrsdrhouse · 22/12/2025 11:51

Wooden peg to put on my choke as it wouldn’t stay pulled out. Two pegs for v cold mornings.

ghostyslovesheets · 22/12/2025 11:52

A choke

A CD player

A to z of Birmingham

no power steering

Flowerslamp · 22/12/2025 11:52

Choke
Sunroof
Cassette player
Cigarette lighter

TeenageSu1cideDontDoit · 22/12/2025 11:53

Tape deck.

ffffhjdsgX · 22/12/2025 11:54

Various bodily fluids dried into the back seats 😶

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 22/12/2025 11:55

A feasible location for romantic dalliances

ghostyslovesheets · 22/12/2025 11:55

Oh yes - lighter and pull out ashtray

scalt · 22/12/2025 11:57

Home made seats for us children to sit on: telephone directories wrapped in cloth. Rudimentary seatbelts, clearly not originally part of the car, but added later.