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Ryan Tubridy had a gas nickname for his first car

You'll never guess what Ryan Tubridy nicknamed his first car.
You'll never guess what Ryan Tubridy nicknamed his first car.

Celebs are usually spotted driving something sporty, flash and fast but what about when they first started out? We're asking Irish celebs what their first cars were and the results have been fantastic.

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We got chatting to Ryan Tubridy to find out what he was driving back in the day. The Late Late Show host and RTÉ Radio 1 presenter had a fairly unusual nickname for his first car...

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"My first car was called The Ba***rd and I called it that because it was an Opel Astra and it was imported from the U.K. and it was white and I think it worked about three times. 

"I was trying to date a girl at the time and I was pulling out of a particular city - I won't say in case I embarrass anyone - and it broke down and I was on the side of the road looking at those SOS things with the buttons to get the Guards down, it was chaotic. 

"It kept breaking down, it never worked. My first car: The Ba***rd." 

Check out Tubridy's Top Irish spots from Dun Laoghaire to Clifden here.

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