Whats the worst car you have ever owned ?

[slot 0]

Ive got to say a have had a few junk yard horrors....eg talbot samba :shock:

but whats the worst car you have ever owned .........? ? ?

[Jim 1]

Well for reliability it has to be the Corrado! But for all round nastiest car (and bear in mind I have only ever owned 3 cars) was my Peugeot 205 Trio. It was superbly reliable, but it was horrible. Loud 1 Litre engine, the softest suspension (body roll to the extreme) known to man, little to no cornering ability even at sensible speeds.. horrible.

[Banana Man 0]

Ok the worst car I have ever owned was a Triumph acclaim which was my first car ( by the way this wasn't out of choice :D ) About the only good thing about it was that it only had 19,000m on the clock when it was given to me. I kept it for a year before I got into the VW scene and bought myself a Golf GTI. I kept trying to make the blo*dy thing go bang so I could have an excuse to buy a new car but the flipping thing would just not die, I remember knocking it from 5th to 2nd at 80mph hoping that would do the trick but it didn't do the job unfortunately. Two months after I eventually sold it the person who bought it had the cambelt snap on him causing the engine to blow LOL nice to see my hard work payed off in the end

[paul 0]

I've been lucky in that all my cars have had some merit in them and been fun to drive from a 1000cc 1972 mini (first car) through mk1 GTI, Citroen AX GT, Nissan Sylvia 1.8T, Corrado VR6 and a few others so I'm going to base this on reliability. In which case the Nissan Sylvia was the worst car I've owned. So many problems........I can't even write them down without getting angy .

[sefton 0]

Mini city complete with holes in the floors, gearbox's that would'nt change down into 3rd, and when it used to be icy ice used to form on the inside of the windscreen! and with a heater that did'nt work it was dam cold!

 

Apart from that it was quite a good little first car :D

[G60Dan 0]

Both my Escort RS Turbo's, were off the road more than they were on it, but when they were working were great cars!! Money pits though!

[Bally 0]

Both my Escort RS Turbo's, were off the road more than they were on it, but when they were working were great cars!! Money pits though!

 

I no how you feel mate.. :roll:

 

All my cars have been a pain at some point! Ford otherwise known as , Fix Or Repair Daily! :lol:

 

had to many Fords, time to hit the VW scene!!! :D

[GRINGOG60 0]

Ive only had Vw's so i cant complain! - 1 Polo, Mk2 Golf Driver,Mk2 Golf GTI 16V, Mk3 VR6, Jetta GTI 8V, And Now my Corrado G60- Not bad considering im only 22!- But probably the worst was the VR6 as it had a serious drink problem and Having cost £7k at the time blew the head gasket after just a week! - went like Sh*t off a shiny shovel though- it's still in the family- costing my Step dad a small fortune :) + the Corrado is quicker!

[Majik 0]

My worst car for reliability was a golf clipper cabriolet, when the car packed up it gave me headaches.

Generally i had a citroen zx 1.4 bought to build up my no claims, and it was crap knocks, and no power. but never let me down.

[Rams 0]

every car I have owned I have had to get heads re built even of friends cars that I boroughed for a couple of days!

 

I learned to drive in my parents Jetta 1.8 H plate with power steering and elec windows, it was the big bumper model and I though it was great. They gave me the car when I passed my test and I slammed the car but the rear was much lower than the front and went through 4 sets of drive shafts, 2 gearboxes and endless amounts of tyres.

 

After the first few months of owning it, I had a defect form as 4 tyres were bold and my dad took the car down to pay for the tyres and the mechanic said this car seems like its being driven really hard, my dad came home with the car and said , ' son, have you been ragging this car? I said, ' me... no''!

 

The worst car had to have been a ford orion that I bought for 1 week, blew that up, I shot the piston through the oil sump if you can believe that!! Then I had teh C G60 K plate to which I didnt blow that one up, its being driven around the corfe mullen area / Wimborne if any of you know that area. The plate is K52 VNH or something. Nice car.

[macca 0]

Fiat 127, tuck my girl friends dad to look it over, he said great car.

 

Later shut the door and half of it dropped out, full of filler, to cap it all sold it for spares and the loom set fire when the bloke drove it away. Soon ditched the girl friend :lol:

 

Wife has a punto now which is a great little car.

[Beetlebug_2001 0]

Well ive only had a few cars lets see first car was a baja beetle, nova kit car(not vauxhall was VW), ragtop beetle, mk3 polo coupe and now corrado, was given a diahatsu domino for nowt and flogged it for 50 quid thats the worst i guess cos beetles rock and all other dubs so has to be the stupid little jap motor.

[vr6storm 0]

my first car was a bit of a Bucket..........a MK2 Escort 1.3L 2-dr.............every panel a different shade of cosmos blue with rust everywhere,soggy carpets and dodgy starter motor............crashed it twice first one was within 2 days of owning it :oops: :oops:,oh forgot had some serious ICE in it..........a £40 "saisho" job from Dixons/Curry's

[stevemac 0]

"X" reg Vauxhall Astra 1.6SR was my most unfortunate car.

 

Three days after buying it, I blew the engine (2 con-rods through the crankcase!! ). Bought & fitted another engine - £500. Around 6 weeks later, I fell asleep while driving to work and completely smashed it up - ending up in a farmer's field.

 

Nice, full Recaro, interior though !!

[Furkz 0]

XR3I spent 3 times what i paid for it but the orion i learnt to drive in and drove for 1st 6 months was spot on only topped up oil once and it bounced off the rev limiter LOL good ol days

[G60Jet 1]

89 Ford Fiesta 1.4s

[Campaign 0]

Pug 205 Diesel.... just.... horrible! Fell to bits, wipers stopped working.... glow plugs cost a fortune.... :shock:

[vondribbley 0]

pug 205 diesel as a company car. Outgoing employee said that the only way you'll get a new car is to write it off... so i did by rolling it :twisted:

 

Trouble is they bought me..... another 205 diesel :x :mad:

[robrado974 1]

er ....... mk2 cortina ..........mk3 ford zephyr 6 ..........mk1 ford zodiac ...... oh the shame ! but havin said that the ford zodiac would leave my mates in their xr2's standing the straight 6 with a 3 speed box was pretty quick off the line .

[aide 0]

great thread resurrection :)

 

for me has to be a mk3 escort 'saphire'. H.O.S.

[KADVR6 0]

1988 vauxhall belmont, it was near enough mint when i bought it with one owner and 35k on the clock, 9 months later it was on a trailer being sold for scrap lol

[mjcp 0]

Ive got to say a have had a few junk yard horrors....eg talbot samba :shock:

but whats the worst car you have ever owned .........? ? ?

 

mmmm Talbot!

 

I had a Tolbat Horizon :bonk:

 

Apparently, they were very high-up the technology tree, the factory cost loads to re-tool ahead of production and they had non straight cut gears in reverse too... Still a pile of poop though!

 

My number plate was A95 ROT... might have been sign... lots of ROT in mine!

 

Marc

[Purple Tom 0]

Audi A3 1.8 20V on an 'R' has to be mine. No torque at low rpm so I had to keep the revs high in order to make progress but then it drank fuel - 25mpg ish! It didn't handle very well, the door mechanisms had worn to the point of the passenger door flying open when I was going round a right hand bend (scary!) and in the 2 months I owned it I replaced the thermostat, temperature sender and both wishbones. It still drove rubbish and it had a leather interior with next to no bolster support whatsoever so on every corner I pretty much ended up sat in the passenger seat! Oh, and it was white and the paintwork was rubbish!!

 

Luckily I swapped it for my Corrado and I haven't looked back since :)

[VR6Pete 0]

My 2007 punto grande! Load of crap, 56k on the clock I've had to rebuild gearbox, replace clutch, failed 2 MOT's, 4 sets of pads. Burnt out heater motor loom, list goes on :)

[mjcp 0]

Audi A3 1.8 20V on an 'R' has to be mine. No torque at low rpm so I had to keep the revs high in order to make progress but then it drank fuel - 25mpg ish! It didn't handle very well, the door mechanisms had worn to the point of the passenger door flying open when I was going round a right hand bend (scary!) and in the 2 months I owned it I replaced the thermostat, temperature sender and both wishbones. It still drove rubbish and it had a leather interior with next to no bolster support whatsoever so on every corner I pretty much ended up sat in the passenger seat! Oh, and it was white and the paintwork was rubbish!!

 

Luckily I swapped it for my Corrado and I haven't looked back since :)

 

Oh dear... I had an A3 1.8T sport from new on an R, it was too early for leather (became and option on the very end of R cars if recall) but it went round corners and has sports seats that held me...

 

I was disappointed byt he torque, it felt like there wasn't any as there was no rush as the turbo picked up. I had mine chipped too and that didn't make the torque *feel* any different (but it was certainly quicker after the chip)

 

I'm surprised the 20vT is such a common conversion to be honest... I guess they fit different turbos?

 

Marc