My First Car | How The Fast and the Furious Changed My Life

My first car was a 1996 Toyota Supra. I was a junior in high school; I’d just watched The Fast and the Furious, and I wanted to be Brian O’Conner. I kind of pulled it off. I just did it in the wrong order. Brian was a cop who became a street racer. I was a street racer who became a cop, and eventually, the guy who teaches people how to drive. In this episode: Begging for the Supra, and my dad flying to Texas to drive it home Car meets, cruises, and the friends I still have more than twenty years later A tree, a hill, and a one-year ban from my local mall The Driving Tip: why every big feeling, good or bad, changes how you drive Your turn: what was your first car, and what did it teach you? Send me a postcard at outdriving.com or answer in the comments on any of our posts. Yours might end up on the show. Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PusbCDqEg2A Read the Journal: https://www.outdriving.com/thejournal