First vehicle you drove

[Duke87]

Why would they name a car "Citation"? A citation is what you get when you get pulled over. Doesn't sound like something I'd want to drive!

[cpzilliacus]

Why would they name a car "Citation"? A citation is what you get when you get pulled over. Doesn't sound like something I'd want to drive!

It was a terrible car.  Not as bad as the two GM subcompacts from the 1970's (the Vega (maybe the worst car ever built by GM) and then the Chevette), but pretty bad.

[Brandon]

Why would they name a car "Citation"? A citation is what you get when you get pulled over. Doesn't sound like something I'd want to drive!

Maybe because a a horse was named Citation.  Winning a Triple Crown never hurt either.

GM was not the only car company to use the name either.

[Billy F 1988]

First one I drove was a Chevy Suburban to train myself. Then I started driving a 1978 Mercury Bobcat wagon before I went into driving my current ride, a 2002 Ford Escort 4-door sedan with a 2.4 liter motor.

[SteveG1988]

First one I drove was a Chevy Suburban to train myself. Then I started driving a 1978 Mercury Bobcat wagon before I went into driving my current ride, a 2002 Ford Escort 4-door sedan with a 2.4 liter motor.

Ford never put a 2.4L in the escort, i learned to drive in a 1997 Escort sedan, the 1997-2002 sedan had a 2.0L SOHC motor in it,only way for a 2.4L to be in an american vehicle of that size during that time period is to have been a crappy cavalier with the 2.4 DOHC

[tchafe1978]

My wife owned a Citation long before we met. She still refers to that car as the "Shitation". A friend from high school had the body double to the Citation, the Pontiac Phoenix. I agree it was a poor excuse for a car.

[bugo]

A goat.

He didn't ask who your first girlfriend was. (Is that too funny for you, moderation staff?)

[djsinco]

A goat.

He didn't ask who your first girlfriend was. (Is that too funny for you, moderation staff?)

Perhaps he was referring to a Pontiac GTO (Goat!)

[Billy F 1988]

The funny thing about the GTO is that those letters also identify the Ferrari 250 and 288 GTO, which, I guess you can call them "goats", too.

[NE2]

Funny!

[Takumi]

The funny thing about the GTO is that those letters also identify the Ferrari 250 and 288 GTO, which, I guess you can call them "goats", too.

The Mitsubishi 3000GT was also called the GTO overseas.

[Molandfreak]

A goat.

He didn't ask who your first girlfriend was. (Is that too funny for you, moderation staff?)

Perhaps he was referring to a Pontiac GTO (Goat!)

Nice! Missed that one

[roadman]

I learned to drive on a 1971 Pontiac Catalina station wagon - with the 400 "big-block" V8 engine.  My sister, who owned a VW Fastback at the time, likened the Pontiac to "driving our parent's hall closet", but I always thought it was a fun car to drive once I got used to the size.

[djsinco]

Back when I was much younger and a bit more naive, I thought the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagon was the sh*t...

[PHLBOS]

1997 buick century station wagon. all the chicks dug the mommymobile

Not to nitpick, but GM's final model year for car-based stations wagons (both mid & full-sizes) was 1996.

For 1997, the 15-year old FWD A-body platform was finally retired and the Buick Century (& Regal) sedans were revamped and shared the same platform (W-body).

The Cimarron was not based on the Citation.  It was a J car, along with the Chevy Cavalier, Pontiac Sunbird, Oldsmobile Firenza, and Buick Skyhawk.

Correct, the Citation was on GM's FWD X-body platform along with the Buick Skylark ('80-'85), Olds Omega ('80-'84) and Pontiac Phoenix ('80-'84). 

That whole fiasco is a perfect example of why rushing a new car into production is not necessarily a good idea.  The rush was in response to skyrocketing gas prices and long gas lines that started occuring in early 1979.  The platform was originally planned to be launched in the fall of 1978 as a '79 model but was pushed back a year (fall of '79 as an '80 model); however, it's launch ultimately wound up getting bumped up roughly 6 months to April '79 and the rest is history.

GM was not the only car company to use the name either.

IMHO, using a car name that was last used on an Edsel may have been one of Chevy's dumbest name decisions ever.  They should've just kept the old Nova name.

[formulanone]

A goat.

He didn't ask who your first girlfriend was. (Is that too funny for you, moderation staff?)

Is this the right time to mention my first drive was in an Escort (wagon, 1985 model)?

[kphoger]

A goat.

He didn't ask who your first girlfriend was. (Is that too funny for you, moderation staff?)

Is this the right time to mention my first drive was in an Escort (wagon, 1985 model)?

You could word it:  I took my first ride in an escort back in 1985.

[formulanone]

You could word it:  I took my first ride in an escort back in 1985.

She smoked, she was dirty, she smelled, she made noises, bumped into curbs, leaked from its undercarriage (a bad rear main seal), was very cranky on start-up, and generally unromantic. Sounds like an Escort, alright.

Actually, it was in 1988.

[kphoger]

You could word it:  I took my first ride in an escort back in 1985.

She smoked, she was dirty, she smelled, she made noises, bumped into curbs, leaked from its undercarriage (a bad rear main seal), was very cranky on start-up, and generally unromantic. Sounds like an Escort, alright.

Actually, it was in 1988.

Sounds like a bad rental agency to me!

[hm insulators]

You could word it:  I took my first ride in an escort back in 1985.

She smoked, she was dirty, she smelled, she made noises, bumped into curbs, leaked from its undercarriage (a bad rear main seal), was very cranky on start-up, and generally unromantic. Sounds like an Escort, alright.

A little song once sung by Red Green:

"I know a guy who named his car Sue
He was the butt of many jokes
He named his car after his wife
'Cause it's hard to start and it smokes!"

My first car was when I lived on Kauai in the first half of the '80s. It was a 1963 Plymouth Valiant.