Alright, I've been having a blast reading about first cars/best cars over on the 'week of the 20th' thread. Without the concept of 'best cars for "new drivers"', what was your 'first car' or 'best car' story.
My first car was boring but reliable; a 4-door Mazda GLC (Pre-zoom-zoom). Ran it till the AC and the heat both went out. I think I got about 200k miles out of that thing. Kept replacing the stereo with better, better, better. Did all the maintenance and learned a TON about working on cars.
Best story I've heard was my brother's. Inherited my parents 1976 Volkswagen Rabbit when he went to college. He drove that thing around MN/WI and the Dakotas until there was more rust than metal. Drove for a month with cardboard covering a hole under the clutch/brake pedal until it got wet and 'went away at about 60 mph'. Ended up having a friend who was a welder tack some sheet-metal to the floor so he'd quit getting wet. He loved that car for some reason.