The worst type of car you have driven!
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Thought I would start a thread on this. Looking for experinces of the worst type, ie Marina, Micara and your justification for your view!
Mine would be a 1967 Reliant Rebel. A guy I knew wanted some advce on stripping and engine, so I went around to his house. His P and J was that car, for which he had paid about £900 in 2004! It was awful! I drove it about 2 miles and came back to his place. The steering was so vague it was like an ocena liner, the brakes didn't, the engine and old a series, form the Morris minor sounded so rough that I couldnt have made more noise with a bag of spanners and the fit and finish was not up to kindergarden standard. My p[revious worst drive was amarina in which EVERYTHING shook and rattled, but this was a stage beyond! The guy was so proud of it and wanted to do it up more. I tried to be diplomatic and suggested that it wasn't my taste in cars! When he told me what he had just paid for it I think he saw the look of utter astonishment in my face!
Hope this makes some interesting reading
Paul
Mine would be a 1967 Reliant Rebel. A guy I knew wanted some advce on stripping and engine, so I went around to his house. His P and J was that car, for which he had paid about £900 in 2004! It was awful! I drove it about 2 miles and came back to his place. The steering was so vague it was like an ocena liner, the brakes didn't, the engine and old a series, form the Morris minor sounded so rough that I couldnt have made more noise with a bag of spanners and the fit and finish was not up to kindergarden standard. My p[revious worst drive was amarina in which EVERYTHING shook and rattled, but this was a stage beyond! The guy was so proud of it and wanted to do it up more. I tried to be diplomatic and suggested that it wasn't my taste in cars! When he told me what he had just paid for it I think he saw the look of utter astonishment in my face!
Hope this makes some interesting reading
Paul
I was given a PT Cruiser loan car from Chrysler when my dads Voyager was in getting serviced. Looked at it and thought, nice retro styling, i'm going to enjoy this! How right i was! I really enjoyed looking at it as i couldn't drive it! It was horrible, the retro styling must have been put into the engineering as well! The ride was lumpy, gear change like stirring porridge and such a weak engine! I actually thought i might like one of them when they came out, thank god i drove one for a weekend first!!
Actually, thinking about it, i had a Neon from them as well one time, it was just as bad!
Actually, thinking about it, i had a Neon from them as well one time, it was just as bad!
A rather soggy 1.9 205 GTi, bought as an inbetweener while i did an engine swap on my brilliant 1.6.
Driveshafts failed, suspension rattled, engine rattled, coolant hoses popped off, clutch slipped, and it crabbed down the road slightly.
£50 cut'n'shut has never felt a more appropriate term. Except i paid £400 for it.
It was that bad i took the only decent bits off it and cut the car up into little bits. Used to have pics of that oh so satisfying day but the website it was on has gone down. Baws.
It's amazing how practically the same car can be brilliant and utter, utter s
te.
Driveshafts failed, suspension rattled, engine rattled, coolant hoses popped off, clutch slipped, and it crabbed down the road slightly.
£50 cut'n'shut has never felt a more appropriate term. Except i paid £400 for it.
It was that bad i took the only decent bits off it and cut the car up into little bits. Used to have pics of that oh so satisfying day but the website it was on has gone down. Baws.
It's amazing how practically the same car can be brilliant and utter, utter s
te.My Grandfather's old 4x4
Ssangyong Musso. 2.5 tonnes plus, Automatic Diesel (No Turbo)
You dare not pull out in front of anything at a junction without a considerable Margin as this thing's 0-60 was between 20 & 30 seconds, with a top speed of 80something MPH.
It was a painfully slow machine to drive and you sat in things like armchairs
Ssangyong Musso. 2.5 tonnes plus, Automatic Diesel (No Turbo)
You dare not pull out in front of anything at a junction without a considerable Margin as this thing's 0-60 was between 20 & 30 seconds, with a top speed of 80something MPH.
It was a painfully slow machine to drive and you sat in things like armchairs
AndyAudi said:
My Grandfather's old 4x4
Ssangyong Musso. 2.5 tonnes plus, Automatic Diesel (No Turbo)
You dare not pull out in front of anything at a junction without a considerable Margin as this thing's 0-60 was between 20 & 30 seconds, with a top speed of 80something MPH.
It was a painfully slow machine to drive and you sat in things like armchairs
Sounds rather fitting to have armchairs seeing as it was going to take you forever to get anywhere! Ssangyong Musso. 2.5 tonnes plus, Automatic Diesel (No Turbo)
You dare not pull out in front of anything at a junction without a considerable Margin as this thing's 0-60 was between 20 & 30 seconds, with a top speed of 80something MPH.
It was a painfully slow machine to drive and you sat in things like armchairs
A few years ago i had the misfortune to drive my mates ( the worst ) mk 4 rs turbo ( in scotland ).
It had morette head lamps that were well past there best infact the car was only useable in daylight. The thing had a a higher rust content than rust! I could go into detail about everything that failed over his year of ownership but i would require a new keyboard afterwards! I wouldnt have minded but he thought it was quick but it was unable to keep up with my 306 turbo diseasel! I lost 52 weekend to that scrap! It put me off kerbside motoring for life!
al
It had morette head lamps that were well past there best infact the car was only useable in daylight. The thing had a a higher rust content than rust! I could go into detail about everything that failed over his year of ownership but i would require a new keyboard afterwards! I wouldnt have minded but he thought it was quick but it was unable to keep up with my 306 turbo diseasel! I lost 52 weekend to that scrap! It put me off kerbside motoring for life!
al
I got a new Mini as a replacement whilst my car was being worked on. At first I hated it, until my mates gave me the old "It's a courtesy car, they expect you to rag it.. everyone does and you're paying for it anyway" speech. Once I started driving it like it was my own - wow! Total turnaround. Mucho fun!
Regarding Micras, I'm going to have to come clean and admit I have a soft spot for them. I learned in one, passed my test in one, and it was the first car I properly drove myself. There. I said it.
Regarding Micras, I'm going to have to come clean and admit I have a soft spot for them. I learned in one, passed my test in one, and it was the first car I properly drove myself. There. I said it.
Lefty Guns said:
Sorry, I wasn't really referring to RR's - they do at least have some offroa ability.
I'm talking about CRV's/Rav4's etc
My wife has a crv and it's balls.
A year ago my mate who is a wrong'ung, which makes this tory make sense...bought a Suzuki Vitara...He had it three weeks and went round an easy corner and the thing rolled...thankfully he survived but the "thing" was ruined...CRV's WTF they're now using them as Taxi's here in the Big 'Deen!!!I'm talking about CRV's/Rav4's etc
My wife has a crv and it's balls.
erdnase said:
I got a new Mini as a replacement whilst my car was being worked on. At first I hated it, until my mates gave me the old "It's a courtesy car, they expect you to rag it.. everyone does and you're paying for it anyway" speech. Once I started driving it like it was my own - wow! Total turnaround. Mucho fun!
Regarding Micras, I'm going to have to come clean and admit I have a soft spot for them. I learned in one, passed my test in one, and it was the first car I properly drove myself. There. I said it.
Uh oh Paul (countach) will not like you at all. Regarding Micras, I'm going to have to come clean and admit I have a soft spot for them. I learned in one, passed my test in one, and it was the first car I properly drove myself. There. I said it.
I've not driven many but at the moment I'd say it's between a diesel chrysler sebring, which seemed to have a powerband of about 50 rpm and was stupidly enormous and a pug 308, which was just incredibly dull. They were both pretty ugly.
Drove to Edinburgh and back in an aygo yeaterday, which was ok but needs more power. 70 took some real effort!
Drove to Edinburgh and back in an aygo yeaterday, which was ok but needs more power. 70 took some real effort!
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