Love this post and the amount of interaction here too! Some awesome first cars! This was mine:

A 5 door Vauxhall Corsa with the standard weathered plastic trim, damn that pissed me off. Everyone else at the time were buying body kits and trim and all sorts to show off. I had no chance to compete but it was a great car. Called Vera after meeting a girl on a job that worked her arse off (and was good fun).