"The worst car you have ever driven" Thread

Sobanek

Haven't seen this one here, ever.

With all the people complaining about some cars, I came up with the idea for this thread :cool:

What is the worst car you have ever driven?

Mine's gotta be the 2007 Toyota Corolla Verso 2.2 D4D. Totally gutless off the line, loud, driveability close to zero.
Although I did like the armrest.

corktina

Talbot Avenger new in 1978. Every car since has been an improvement. Avenger suffered so much wind noise, you couldn't hear the radio at 70mph.

advertsfox

2009 Chevrolet Kalos I am currently driving until the end of the month. Gutless, noisy, slow piece of spit welded tinfoil American / Korean crap!

CharlieCroker

Daewoo Lanos, without doubt.

No positive characteristics whatsoever!

FearDark

Fiat Punto 1.7 straight diesel car. Worst car ever.

bear1

A 1996 Ford Fiesta.
The biggest pile of ****e I'd ever had the misfortune of owning.
Slow, wobbly around corners, worst brakes I'd ever used and the rattle from the engine will haunt me until I die.
I was glad to see the back of it.

quadrifoglio verde

Polo 9n with a 1.2 3 cylinder 6v 54 bhp engine.....I have a hatred for 99.9% of VAG cars as a result (the 0.1% is the likes of Tossy's S3)

dantastic

Skoda Felicia. Rental car there recently - It was bloody awful!

woody33

The only car I couldn't wait to get out of was an old model Fiat Panda, it just felt dangerous. I'm sure it was that particular car rather than Pandas in general though.

punisher5112

Fiat ulyses, fiat multipla, come to mind

Moneymaker

punisher5112 wrote: »

Fiat ulyses, fiat multipla, come to mind

See one of these around where I live. Horrendous looking yoke.

djimi

Early 2000s Ford Ka. I remember I got one as a loaner car while my car was being repaired, and being absolutely scared ****less the first time I took a gentle bend at 30mph and the car feeling like it was going to tip over! Such a horrible little car to drive.

Girlfriend used to have a 2000 1.4 Polo which wasnt exactly a joy to drive either. Nothing wrong with it per se; I just always felt that it was severely underpowered for a 1.4.

conor2469

Third generation Fiat punto, hateful piece of sh1t.

MuppetCheck

Peugeot 3008 1.6 diesel with one of those automated manual boxes. Car itself was grand, bit slow but fine for what it was. That gearbox was so slow and jerky it made it extremely uncomfortable to drive. Couple that with it being extremely dim witted and it was dangerous if you weren't used to it.

The most disappointing was a Fiat 500. Thought it would be a cool car to take on a road trip around Northern Italy but if anything it was boring and detached. I was expecting a lot better. Herself loved it though.

Also in the mix is a 1.2 Corsa. Hateful turd of a car. So slow, soft and floaty I understand now why nuns drive as they do.

Spike Witwicky

djimi wrote: »

Early 2000s Ford Ka. I remember I got one as a loaner car while my car was being repaired, and being absolutely scared ****less the first time I took a gentle bend at 30mph and the car feeling like it was going to tip over! Such a horrible little car to drive.

I have the opposite opinion of the Kas i've driven. I loved the handling of a mk1 Ka. Like a little gokart. Stuck to the road in corners.

Worst car (van) was a 01 Caddy SDI. Hated it. Crashed it twice too.

bear1

conor2469 wrote: »

Third generation Fiat punto, hateful piece of sh1t.

Get the diesel engine and they are nippy car to drive.

mailforkev

Opel Astra - early 2000s model - not mine luckily.

Bland everywhere and the gearbox was a guessing game when trying to go up or down the gears. No other redeeming features at all.

Actually, my sister currently has a 2005 Almera, same as above.

I learned to drive in a newish 1999 Punto (1st Gen one), now that was a great little car.

Dangel4x4

Proton. They were so ****, I don't think they even had a model name.

_Brian

punisher5112 wrote: »

Fiat ulyses, fiat multipla, come to mind

And the Strada or Ritmo

Austin Allegro

Renault 4

challengemaster

Probably a Kia Sedona 2.9 CRDi - It's what I imagine driving a tank is like.

Thankfully I've never suffered too badly with all the cars I've driven!

challengemaster

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Peugeot 3008 1.6 diesel with one of those automated manual boxes. Car itself was grand, bit slow but fine for what it was. That gearbox was so slow and jerky it made it extremely uncomfortable to drive. Couple they with it being extremely dim witted and it was dangerous if you weren't used to it.

Had the same experience in a 508. I think that would put autobox-lovers off automatic! Flappy paddles as well, which still shift gears every half a century.

Cee-Jay-Cee

A 98 Toyota Camry 2.2

It was the slowest, wurst handling car I have ever had the misfortune of driving. The suspension was so soft that it was bordering on dangerous, it understeered at even a hint of a bend and was completely gutless in all gears. The car was highly maintained and serviced and so wasn't a clapped out banger.

Dangel4x4

CJC999 wrote: »

A 98 Toyota Camry 2.2

It was the slowest, wurst handling car I have ever had the misfortune of driving. The suspension was so soft that it was bordering on dangerous, it understeered at even a hint of a bend and was completely gutless in all gears. The car was highly maintained and serviced and so wasn't a clapped out banger.

They were a huge success in America, weren't they?

Says it all really

djimi

conor2469 wrote: »

Third generation Fiat punto, hateful piece of sh1t.

Id actually love to go back and drive the 96 Punto that I started in. At the time I thought it was great because it was the first car that I was able to drive on the road, but 12 years and several Hondas later Id love to see what I thought of it now!

Eric Cartman

Lexus rx400h , better to drive than most small hatchbacks but so dissapointing for what it is , its v6 petrol and torquey electric motors promised so much but with so many stability systems and battery weight the thing didnt accelerate well at all , absolutely 0 feedback through the steering wheel and in corners it was worse than my d-max by a mile. It felt more like the car was driving you

smurfjed

Too much power and crappy road holding, as to how i survived owning one of these is still one of my personal mysteries

Harry Palmr

Ford Escort Mk 3 1980. A terrible terrible car - raucous CVH engine, auto choke hell, rock hard ride, sloppy handling. Ugh!

Suzuki Swift 1.3 mid 90s - gutless and thirsty. Luckily it was a rental.

boombang

I recently rented a Megane diesel. Horrible, horrible gearbox, soft brakes and shíte interior really put me off this brand.

punisher5112

Nissan primera last model and almera were terrible to drive.

Any people carrier really so the liukes of Renault scenic, ford galaxy, citreon picasso.

Reanault Kangoo kid oh my god was that one pile of sh1t.

nice_guy80

Nissan tiida

punisher5112

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Nissan tiida

I felt a little sick in my mouth.
That model was in Japan in 2001 and comes out here to replace better looking almera.

toastedpickles

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Lexus rx400h , better to drive than most small hatchbacks but so dissapointing for what it is , its v6 petrol and torquey electric motors promised so much but with so many stability systems and battery weight the thing didnt accelerate well at all , absolutely 0 feedback through the steering wheel and in corners it was worse than my d-max by a mile. It felt more like the car was driving you

You weren't in soviet russia at all? :pac:

For me it was a renault 19 utter travesty of a thing, i could've walked faster than it, it would do for going to the shops....just about

punisher5112

I will put in Lada before anybody else also Skoda before they became a good motor.

oldyouth

1980 Renault 14

It was like driving a bath sponge down an icy roller coaster. I never knew which direction I was going until the car made up it's mind. Got rid after 4 weeks with my nerves shot

darragh o meara

Spike Witwicky wrote: »

I have the opposite opinion of the Kas i've driven. I loved the handling of a mk1 Ka. Like a little gokart. Stuck to the road in corners.

Have to agree with you on that, I rallied Ka's for years and they're one of the best handling cars since the mini. I owned a few road going Ka's too and they were all pretty decent for handling, they were never gonna be pocket rockets as standard but a nippy car all the less.

My worst car would have to be the SsangYong Rexton, worst heap of 5h1t I ever had the pleasure of driving.

Bluefoam

punisher5112 wrote: »

Fiat ulyses, fiat multipla, come to mind

Had a Ulyses on holiday one year, great for what it was. The Multipla wasn't bad either.

Worst car I ever drove was a brand new Chevrolet Altos on loan from the garage, there was nothing good to say about this car - I actually feel angry about how bad it was. Second was a Hummer H2 - a real POS.

NSAman

Land Rover Discovery... so underpowered it couldn't even get up the driveway (steep) and this was brand new. Thankfully it has now been addressed..;)

Jude13

CJC999 wrote: »

A 98 Toyota Camry 2.2

It was the slowest, wurst handling car I have ever had the misfortune of driving. The suspension was so soft that it was bordering on dangerous, it understeered at even a hint of a bend and was completely gutless in all gears. The car was highly maintained and serviced and so wasn't a clapped out banger.

This but it was a 2010 Camry, it was brand new and terrifyingly bad.

dgt

Drove many horrible blandboxes over the years but the one that sticks for now will be the mk1 Seat Ibiza. Not the one with the Porsche magic, the crappy remake of the Fiat 903cc engine that turned a fantastic engine into a boat anchor. Gutless, thirsty, noisy, horrible inside, horrible outside, terrible handling..... You get the picture



Although a close second are the scrotums I had with the 1.4PTE that oooozed refinement, he lied through his face.... A terrific handling car ruined by that engine!

ToxicPaddy

I travel with work a lot and I also travel a lot for fun also so between work/holiday rentals and driving friends cars when abroad, the range is fairly varied and not all cars are new (or modern!!)

For me it has to be between an early 90s Skoda Felicia or a 1980s Lada Riva, absolutely horrible cars to drive. Suspension was basically non existent especially on crappy roads in Eastern and Central Europe..

Someone here slated the Skoda Fabia, granted the first gen wasn't great but the newer models are grand little cars.

They don't have many bells and whistles on them and aren't gonna be comparable to many bigger cars for creature comforts, but as a reliable cheap little car which I've had the pleasure of doing many many miles in a rental over the years, you can't really beat em imo.

Supergurrier

97 1.0 litre Opel Corsa.

Useless heap of junk, special note for the gearbox.

Gasherbraun

MuppetCheck wrote: »

The most disappointing was a Fiat 500. Thought it would be a cool car to take on a road trip around Northern Italy but if anything it was boring and detached. I was expecting a lot better. Herself loved it though.

Hired one of these for a week in Cornwall last year thinking the size would be good for the torturous back lanes on the North coast but it was just too small for two adults with gear (rucksacks, boots a lot of camera gear) to be in the car all day without having to constantly organise the interior of the car. They do have a sort of cheeky charm though; we stay on a farm in Cornwall and I think the farmer took offence to it parking amongst his collection of seriously large John Deere kit in the yard

Chris_Heilong

141 1.2 Opel Corsa, Horrid thing. Cheap Plastic everywhere and I am used to Japanese cars so thing should not bother me but it was somehow worse. The power delivery was uneven and there steering feel lacking, It made me hate cars, I could compare it to my sisters 2009 Mazda 2 but the Mazda is light years ahead in everyway.

Kaiser D

I have driven hundreds of cars over the years, but the one that will always have a special place in my heart will be the 2003 Skoda Fabia Saloon 1.9 SDI I had for a week. I cannot fathom how bad this car was. It was slow, noisy and gutless to drive. Inside was awful, everything was horrid plastic. The driving position was so weird too, the driver's seat left like it was so low down. I just can't put it into words how bad the car was. I just can't...

R.O.R

It's been a while since I've driven a really bad car. I've driven some very average cars over the past few years, but nothing that stands out as really bad.

Think the worst I ended up in was an 02 1.4i Megane Saloon. Horrible Velour seats (static city), terrible seating position, had already had 3 years of someones abuse, smelled funny, slipping clutch, very little power, and a boggo base model with keep fit windows. What really sealed the deal though was that it was a day like today, and traffic came to a complete halt on the M50 for about an hour - no Aircon and someone else's dirty, smelly, old car, doesn't make for an enjoyable time.

Honourable mentions to every Citroen C5 I've ever driven, the last model Nissan Primera, the Peugeot 407, and that scuttering cr@p box of an 06 X-Trail 2.0 Petrol Auto 4WD with over 200,000km on, that shuddered uncontrollably for no apparent reason at random intervals, at Motorway speeds. At least it did deal with the Snow and Ice which is the only reason I was driving it.

Wossack

1.4l petrol focus.. pretty much as bad as people say

test drove a gen2 corsa (02 maybe) years back, and couldnt throw the keys back at the guy quick enough. Steering in particular was just so detached - youd get more feedback stirring your cornflakes

Zcott

2000 Hyundai Accent 1.3. Completely soul destroying. Almost made me want to give up driving completely.

porsche959

A 1982 Opel Kaddett.

annascott

8 year old Volkswagen Passat. I borrowed it from a friend once. Everything had to be pushed and pressed with force (brakes etc) and there was a horrible dusty smell from the AC. Horrible journey. Never want to drive such an old car again..

I said

Renault Laguna sports 1.6 petrol wouldn't pull the skin of custard.

Moneymaker

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

141 1.2 Opel Corsa, Horrid thing. Cheap Plastic everywhere and I am used to Japanese cars so thing should not bother me but it was somehow worse. The power delivery was uneven and there steering feel lacking, It made me hate cars, I could compare it to my sisters 2009 Mazda 2 but the Mazda is light years ahead in everyway.

It's quite shocking that even in 2014 they haven't gotten the Corsa right.

Has that damn thing ever been good?