My first was a '96 Accord I got as a hand me down from my aunt. Nothing really exciting but I was still fond of it being the first car that was truly mine. It was a 4 speed auto with the 2.2 4-cylinder and was pretty peppy (at least for someone with my limited car experience.) It was efficient, reliable and not the…

My '96 Accord (my first car) is still running on an engine with low compression and a head gasket leak. I wanted to get something else when it died, but it just keeps running. It's still pretty peppy too.