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The worst car you have ever owned
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afatbollix wrote: »When someone wrote off my car I bought a cheap van.. A Peugeot partner van. I paid too much for it..
There was
no radio
None of the locks worked
Top speed of 76MPH but I drove every where at 76MPH
Then the heater broke and it was sooo fecking cold I was wearing two hats and gloves then once I put on the window washer and the water froze!! so had to stop and get out the deicer..
Then I got a new car and was going to scrap it but someone was going to give me €100 for it and went out to drive it to them and the starter motor broke.. So had to give it to him for free.. **** of a car..
Ha ha, I remember this one. It was me who got it. Was made redundant just before christmas and no work out there so was looking for something to fill my long days.
Diesel engine, leaked oil. Nearly no brakes at front wheels. No heating, no locks, back doors smashed. Found the back doors in local scrap yard for €50, did the brakes for another €50, put in some old radio I had, fixed the heater fan, fixed locks and other little thingies. Did a massive cleaning and polishing and suddenly this tired old van looked 10 years younger. Sold 2 weeks after to a guy for €750. Got a new job in the same week and moved back to Dublin a week after. Life went up again. :rolleyes:0 -
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My worst car was '89 Fiat Tipo in 1999. Was a student and needed a cheap car as I thought. It looked way better than VW golf II and was well equiped with digital dashboard and other electric toys. Bought as 1.4 16v and was happy for the first week as fuel economy was outstanding and car was driving great. What else can poor student ask for.
Week after the problems started. First wiper on back window stopped working, then electric windows suddenly stopped working as well but as it was winter and -10 outside I didn't cry for them anyway. Then suddenly doors were hard to close and sometimes drivers door opened itself while driving. Then central locks stopped working and soon after I couldn't even lock the car manually. Regulator on drivers seat broke and electric side mirrors stopped working. Reverse and stop lights were constantly at the rear.
Cd player went on short (I think) and heater fan stopped working at the same time. At my last trip to University (I lived about 100km away) front wipers stopped in upper position and after 15km driving from the start position a fuel reserve light came on. Car has consumed 10litres of petrol that would normaly get me to and back from Uni. Filled the tank up (about 40 litres) but it was empty again after about 40km. That was it. I stopped at the nearest bus stop and left it there forever. Took the bus to Uni. Thought it had a hole in tank but it wasn't a case. Later was told that lambda went and that was the reason.
However this experience didn't put me off the italian cars. My wife is driving currently Stilo for more than 2 years already and it is very reliable car, so was 166 alfa she had before. I had Lancia Kappa and I still miss it. It was so reliable and well made italian limo.
All the BMW's I had I could classify as my next worst cars but it's a different story.0 -
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I change car every year and my worse car has to be my current car which is a 2011 Skoda Octavia 2.0 (140 bhp) elegance model. I tricked it out with 17" alloys, Leather seats, tinted windows, xenon lights and Bluetooth.
I can't understand why people go on about them. The issues
- Huge overseer
- Awful brake fade
- Seats are poor with little support in corners
- Torque is poor for a 2.0 diesel
- Suspension is like a boat
But the one positive thing that everyone says - It got a big boot (why that's so important is beyond me)
I had an Alfa 159 ( 150 Bhp ) for 2010 and it was the best car I've ever had.
I'm counting down the days until January until I can finally get rid of the Skoda and pick up a new Alfa 159.
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Worst without a doubt and I'd challenge anyone to beat this...
A Mid-nineties Rover 100 "Kensington". Got it in 1995, my first car and it was new as well....
A truly woeful car in every way. No wonder the British Car industry went down the tubes. It was basically the re badged Metro. It literally shook when it went over 50MPH. And shook badly. The Suspension was a joke, interior was the cheapest plastics they could possibly have found. And the tyres were so thin they were like saucers and I got about 5 punctures in the car as any microscopic dent in the road would rupture the tyre. Just a shockingly bad car in very single way.
When you compare it to a modern Fiesta say, small cars really have dramatically improved.
It was actually exactly like this. Same colour as well What the hell was I thinking??
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leonidas83 wrote: »Ferarri In Affordable Trim
FYP
Theyre a brilliant car, I had one, never let me down. Vandals are vandals,theyre everywhere. Don't know what happened there, sounds like a shagged example :rolleyes:
This year, I have a new winner for the most awful car I've ever owned:
It was a Corsa 1.2 just to clear things up
- Refused to start one morning for some unknown reason
- Miserable cheap flimsy interior that could have been held together by sticky tape
- Ugly dials that didn't work
- Half the lights worked, circuit fault
- Rusted away in odd places (where the pedals were, under the rear bench for examples)
- Blew the core plugs out one day :mad:
- It had the weediest, most pathetic excuse of an engine ever. 43 of the deadest horses one can imagine. I had to get it towed up a hill, it couldn't pull itself up
So of all the cars I've owned this one was the worst, by far 0 - Refused to start one morning for some unknown reason
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I change car every year and my worse car has to be my current car which is a 2011 Skoda Octavia 2.0 (140 bhp) elegance model. I tricked it out with 17" alloys, Leather seats, tinted windows, xenon lights and Bluetooth.
I can't understand why people go on about them. The issues
- Huge overseer
- Awful brake fade
- Seats are poor with little support in corners
- Torque is poor for a 2.0 diesel
- Suspension is like a boat
But the one positive thing that everyone says - It got a big boot (why that's so important is beyond me)
I had an Alfa 159 ( 150 Bhp ) for 2010 and it was the best car I've ever had.
I'm counting down the days until January until I can finally get rid of the Skoda and pick up a new Alfa 159.
:eek::eek:
...you're not the only one....I've reread his post and I still don't see anything wrong.
Oversteer?
In a fwd?Ode To The Motorist
“And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road”
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Renault Clio RX
Head gasket blew.
No horn.
Rubber on sunroof leaked.
Ignition broken.
Door lock broken.
Heating broken.
Electric windows only worked occasionally.
Constantly getting wheel bearing problems.
Piston rings worn so clouds of white smoke would pummel out the exhaust.
(Actually set off a fire alarm at the neighbouring house)
Engine fumes inside the car when driving.
Both footwells had puddles of water.
She was some car though an absolute beast, I used to love driving it but it was just gone too defective in the end and strangely enough I was at an angel reading a year later and she said to me I would have died had I stayed driving that car.
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RoverJames wrote: »^^^ You weren't a believer in spending a pound or two on maintenance
Didn't have many pounds back then (early 90's). Young & inexperienced at the time and reckon the guy who sold it to me saw me coming from a long ways....much better now as regards the service / maintenance I'm proud to say 0 -
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ThePower11 wrote: »Have you even read the thread title?
Yes, and despite the cars many good points it would still be the worst I've ever owned on account of it being a light green micra similar to this:0 -
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