The wife still talks fondly about her Austin Mini she had back in the day, when it was the real one, not the BMW. She also leased a nice 328i here but didn't keep it. I almost bought it from her.
My first car was a 1968 Chevy Nova 307 2 speed that my Dad had for a while. It was on its last legs with 55,000 miles. I had no idea how to maintain a car beyond taking it to a shop. It started shifting very oddly one day and I took it to where I usually got gas. The guy look at it and showed me a vacuum hose with a hole in it. He trimmed it and put it back on and I drove off, no charge.