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Most uncomfortable car you've driven?

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    #62
    Davidth88
    Registered Users Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    1996 Rover 414.

    Brand new , it was a company car .

    I drove onto the M40 ( I lived in West London ) , I had to stop the car and check because the damn thing was SOOOOOO noisy.

    It was uncomfortable , noisy , badly made , just rubbish

    Worst car I ever ever drove


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    #63
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,280 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Renault Clio I got as a rental in Lisbon.
    Ye gods, what a dog.
    It was uncomfortable as hell- and the steering arch was appalling.
    It was also one of the most underpowered cars I've encountered- it slowed right down anytime I encountered a hill. Counter intuitively- it simultaneously drank petrol.
    I never ever rent entry level models any more after having to drive almost 14k in that crap over a 2 week period. Shudder......


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    #64
    dirtydiesel
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭dirtydiesel


    Citreon xantia,it was back breaking being in it for more than half an hour
    Mercedes 190e had a really hard seat, cruel on a long journey.
    Iveco vans are very uncomfortable.


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    #65
    qz
    Registered Users Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭qz


    04 VW Beetle cabrio :( eugh


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    #66
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users Posts: 6,061 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    I echo the Clio post above. The steering wheel position along with the lack of leg room is just all wrong. It handled well though.


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    #67
    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    qz wrote: »
    04 VW Beetle cabrio :( eugh

    Dont lie you love it really :p


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    #68
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    The french have a habit of having really odd driving positions in their cars. My 205GTI was all over the place from a seating perspective.

    I think it's because they didn't give a sh!te about proper seat positioning in the RHD models, seeing as there were so few of them.


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    #69
    Mr.David
    Registered Users Posts: 1,703 ✭✭✭Mr.David


    BMW X3 with the M sport suspension pack. Truly dreadful.

    Most Audis on 20" wheels

    (Relative to expectations not in absolute terms, that would be a stripped out XKR set for Nurburgring work with awful bucket seats that killed me after about 10 mins!)


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    #70
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    unkel wrote: »
    +1

    I had a brand spanking new one as a rental car for a fortnight on my holidays back then and it was the worst car I've ever driven. And I've been driving for nearly 25 years now and I've driven many cars :)

    Bland, cheap, unresponsive, dreadful, plastic. Hateful. And I'm no snob, I've been delighted driving 10 year old base Renault 5s around for weeks. I've owned a Nissan Micra and it was a grand cheap A-B vehicle. Those Corollas are complete and utter crap though...

    This is about comfort, not quality of interior plastics. The 03 Corolla is average.

    Most uncomfortable cars I've driven have all been high driving position where it's like you're sitting bolt upright at Mass. Good Friday Mass with a funeral afterwards even.

    Those would be Opel Agila, Zafira and Ford Transits.


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    #71
    mcwhirter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭mcwhirter


    As a rear passenger a 1998 toyota corolla(horrible experience) and as a driver fiesta mk2 and mk3, both undrivable **** boxes.


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