Stars’ First Cars

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Bon Iver

The group's Justin Vernon hit the streets in a 1996 red Baretta when he was 16 -- but only kept his wheels for three short years. "I couldn't afford it," he says of the car.

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Elijah Wood

Breaking down in his 1972 BMW at age 22 was a "rite of passage" for the Wilfred star. "That was a f--king story! It broke down, started up again, and then I pulled off the Freeway, there was a service station right there," he explains. "It worked out well."

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Deena Nicole Cortese

This guidette's first car was pimped-out Jersey style! Snooki's BFF tricked out her 2001 black Saturn with pink dice, blue underglow and Mardi Gras beads.

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Colin Egglesfield

The soap star was forced to share his '89 Ford Escort with his older sister, Kerry, who nicknamed it Boots. "We rented a keg one night and she slammed the hatchback down and the keg was too big, so it shattered the window, and poor Boots had to get a new back window," the actor recalls. "Other than that it was a great little car."

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Jessica Seinfeld

When Seinfeld went shopping for her first car, she opted for practicality. "My Volkswagon Jetta always worked," she reasoned. "I learned to change a flat and change the oil [on that car]. Now every time I see a blue Jetta, my heart just melts!"

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Gabrielle Union

Frustrated when her parents purchased her a red Sentra, Good Deeds' Union forked over her own funds to buy a Honda CRX -- complete with a license place that said "Not spoiled -- just well taken care of."

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Rob Lowe

By age 16, Brat Pack actor Lowe had saved up enough cash to buy a "very sexy" white Mazda 626. "I kept it until the motor melted because no one told me that I had to change the oil," the actor told Us.

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Hunter Parrish

"When I moved to Los Angeles, I got a Chrysler Sebring convertible because I thought it looked cool," Weeds' Parrish explains. "Turns out it's a housewives' rental car. I got mocked for that by my contemporaries in the television industry,  so now I drive a Chevy electric car."

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Justin Kirk

Having saved $1000 doing odd jobs in his Plano, Texas hometown, Weeds' Kirk hit up eBay to nab his 1998 red Ford Explorer Sport. "My dad flew to Maine and drove it all the way back for me because I was 15 and I couldn't do it," he says.

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Cheryl Burke

Eyes on the road! Dancing With the Stars' Burke crashed her Eclipse convertible when checking out a cute boy during her high school days in San Francisco. "I literally caused a 5-car crash because of a boy!" she says.

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Bryan Greenberg

How to Make It in America's Greenberg crashed the 1990 Nissan Stanza left to him by his grandparents "way too many times." But he strived to keep up appearances, telling Us he installed "a nice stereo system in there -- way nicer than the car deserved."

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Sammi Giancola

Jersey Shore's Sammi "Sweetheart" opted for a Hawaiian theme in her Mazda MX3. "I had Hawaiian seat [covers] and everything," she recalls. "It was really corny."

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Kevin McHale

"My parents lent me their car -- an old '98 Acura -- and then I totaled it," Glee's McHale explains. "It was still drivable so I drove it for a long time, even after I got Glee. I was literally driving it with the metal to the tires!"

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David Arquette

"My parents wouldn't let me have a car until I could buy it myself," Arquette tells Us, adding that he purchased his first set of wheels -- a Dodge Dart -- at age 18. "Thank goodness I had no accidents."

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Sharon Osbourne

The Talk's Osbourne owned a bright yellow Triumph Stag for about an hour before getting involved in an accident in her native England. "I wasn't hurt, but my pride was hurt," says Osbourne, who has since become a Mini Cooper devotee.