3 was my first personally owned one, fuelled (and justified) by dreams of making a lot of money through Amway. /sigh

The portable car phone was the first I used. I drove to client sites for work and we had one in the van. It was a royal pain. Since it was so expensive, I had to store it in the workshop which meant carrying it out to the van each morning, mounting it under the seat, plugging it in and clipping the handpiece into its cradle, a good 5 mins of faffing around, then undoing all that at the end of the day. I'd be lucky if I made one call a month and that was usually to explain to the guy that used the van to commute to/from work that I was stuck at a job and wouldn't be back by 5pm.

I was in pub one day with a bunch of sailors. A yuppie came in wearing one that type on his shoulder. He left it there an uncomfortable length of time while he greeted people then placed it very ostentatiously on the table in front of him. Our table had a good few laughs at his expense.