First car given to me was a 1984 Pontiac Acadian on my sixteenth birthday. I flipped that in a ditch by the side of the highway a couple of months later.
First car I purchased was a week after the accident; 1990 Ford Tempo with 2400 km on it for $1200 cash.
Since then I've gone through a 81 LeBaron, 87 Dodge 250 extended van, 86 VW Fox, 89 Sonata, 95 Dodge Neon and the 95 Ford 150 pickup I'm currently running into the ground.