What Came First The Car Or The Luger!!

mrerick · 02-28-2014, 11:17 AM

If we're talking absolutes here... the first automobile was 1885, was made by Carl Benz in Germany:

http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-132...0-0-0-0-0.html

I actually saw this vehicle on a trip to Stuttgart several years ago. It's on display at the Mercedes Benz museum there... It was still running, and running well. While I was there, it was taken off the display platform, and a VIP was given a ride in it.

Since the first Luger came about 10 years later, looks like the car came first!!! That's also my personal case. My first car was a 1967 Plymouth Fury III station wagon. It was a land yacht, with 440 carb and about 7 mpg.

Marc

318is_Parabellum · 02-28-2014, 01:26 PM

Y'all make me feel young, heh. 1st car was a 1986 Chevy Chevette I had as an undergraduate in 1994 and 1995. Parents sold it (with my permission) after I joined the Army in 1996. Great little car, 4sp manual, rack and pinion steering, cloth seats. Baby blue, as I recall. First car I bought was a grey 1986 BMW 525e in 1998 when I first was assigned to Germany. Traded that for my baby, a 1983 BMW 525i, 5sp manual, sport seats, factory front air dam and trunk spoiler, Hamann alloys. Bahama Beige metallic paint with factory amber tinted windows. Damn, that car was fast, would do an honest and sustained 140mph+ on the autobahn. I almost re-enlisted just to keep that car... It wasn't eligible for import into the US back in 2000. I saw a lot of Europe out of the windows of that car. Some of my best memories!!

1st Luger came much later, in 2005 while I was living in Richmond. I found my c-block byf 42 at "Bob Moates' Sport Shop" there. I still have it, and will never sell.

02-28-2014, 11:17 AM	#1
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,139 Times in 1,520 Posts	If we're talking absolutes here... the first automobile was 1885, was made by Carl Benz in Germany: http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-132...0-0-0-0-0.html I actually saw this vehicle on a trip to Stuttgart several years ago. It's on display at the Mercedes Benz museum there... It was still running, and running well. While I was there, it was taken off the display platform, and a VIP was given a ride in it. Since the first Luger came about 10 years later, looks like the car came first!!! That's also my personal case. My first car was a 1967 Plymouth Fury III station wagon. It was a land yacht, with 440 carb and about 7 mpg. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

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02-28-2014, 01:26 PM	#2
318is_Parabellum User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 130 Thanks: 80 Thanked 75 Times in 31 Posts	Y'all make me feel young, heh. 1st car was a 1986 Chevy Chevette I had as an undergraduate in 1994 and 1995. Parents sold it (with my permission) after I joined the Army in 1996. Great little car, 4sp manual, rack and pinion steering, cloth seats. Baby blue, as I recall. First car I bought was a grey 1986 BMW 525e in 1998 when I first was assigned to Germany. Traded that for my baby, a 1983 BMW 525i, 5sp manual, sport seats, factory front air dam and trunk spoiler, Hamann alloys. Bahama Beige metallic paint with factory amber tinted windows. Damn, that car was fast, would do an honest and sustained 140mph+ on the autobahn. I almost re-enlisted just to keep that car... It wasn't eligible for import into the US back in 2000. I saw a lot of Europe out of the windows of that car. Some of my best memories!! 1st Luger came much later, in 2005 while I was living in Richmond. I found my c-block byf 42 at "Bob Moates' Sport Shop" there. I still have it, and will never sell.