What is the worst car you ever owned,and why?

andy208833

Never owned a bad car but have been forced to use a Nissan Note by my company to drive between Bristol and Manchester. Worst car ever for Motorway driving and being 6ft not comfortable either

marlot

My worst car has to be my minivan, which used to break down every time it rained. I tried everything I could think of to fix it. Eventually solved it - the little clips which hold the distributer cap on had become weak with age. I managed to get new ones and it never broke down again.

bluebluecow

Worse car 03 Meriva, deff a lemon.
Brought from a dealer, should of relised when previous owners has returned it after a few weeks. Was sold with year test and tax. 6mths later gear grid shifted, so hard to get gears, go to take it to dealer to find out it was out of mot. They MOTd it free and did the work free. It then would geth through oil like mad, was checked every mth at dealer no faults, but always oil light coming on. At that mot the steering bushs needed doing, 1 yr later next MOT, local garage needs new bushes, and various welding and brakes. Few mths later engine light comes on, needs new ERG, cost £250, 2 days later light back on, garage say they could repair it but last time they had one do this turned out computer was the problem. So we got rid of it.
Got a N reg Astra for £200 with years tax, 2 yrs later no problems with it at all lol.

fadetogrey

most of my early cars (74 on) came with some problems,the triumph hearld with ladder chassis,the outriggers rusted and you went up the road crabwise, minor 1000 whose front wheel turned horizontal as it collapsed,mk1 escort whose gearlever came out in your hand as you changed gear,hillman avenger that you needed to begin pumping the brake pedal 100 yards before you wanted to begin to stop, and the mysterious vauxhall cavalier which used a full radiator of water every second day but had no leaks either internally in the engine or out.Thankfully most modern cars dont have you under the bonnet each weekend to ensure you get to work monday morning.

vax2002

Had a few.
TR7, just never ran, luckily I could as mobile phones weren't invented then
Escort xr3i on A plate, 4 years old and the battery fell inside the car it was that rotten, the floor turned in to a bag of crisps and burned more oil than the first gulf war.
citroen bx gti 1.9 16v, blew the rotor arm just about daily and leaked this treacle like substance.
Opel manta GTE, lovely car but brakes made of soft cheese, a death trap.
Last but not lest the wifes laguna 1.8 16v Auto, what a crock of **** they are, never again.

The Best has to be a c reg vauxhall cavalier 1.8 glsi in black, it was just pure motoring bliss, which is why some thieving git nicked it

cyclonebri1

The worst was also my 1st, drove it a total of 4 miles only, the distance from the garage to home.

1965 Mini Van, bright orange, bought in 1973 I think, (when they last rationed petrol).

Anyway took it home in the dark, the headlights failed on a country lane, and the car sank a few inches before I got home.

Rear sub frame had collapesed completely.

Dealer unhelpfull, the old man would not let me drive it as unsafe (quite rightly). To a complaint and an inspection by what was then the weights and measures folk to get a refund and the car towed away.:T:T.

2nd worst was also Leyland, a 1970 Morris 1800S, beautifull car to drive, like a roller on the main roads, and I loved it, but I spent every weekend fixing it, including replacing just about the whole of the suspension and eventually the engine blew as I took my wife to the maternity hospital:eek::eek:, that speeded thing up a bit I'm sure.

Caroline_a

Ooo I had a few too.

MG Metro, bought from work (ex company car, had belonged to learner manager :eek:), clutch went within a week, followed very quickly by gearbox. Jo Bloggs garage fixed gearbox, forgot to collect oil sump to top of engine, engine blew up 2 days later.

Lancia Gamma - head gasket went 2 big hills away from home. The journey home was eventful to say the least. Got it fixed, leaked oil for the rest of its days.

VW Polo - developed an electrical fault that nobody could trace, not even main dealer. Would either not start or would cut out whilst driving, scared the living daylights out of me. No power steering either - was like driving a tank.

More recently have had Hondas. As the ad used to say 'very reliable'...

jackieb

iolanthe07 wrote: »

In 1977 I bought a new Datsun Cherry - in less than four years the wings had rusted right through, and there was no warranty for corrosion in those days. The brakes were terrible too.

My OH had a 1980 Cherry when I met him. Before I knew him a girl who he must've peed off saw him stopped at a junction and kicked his passenger door. Her foot went through it. :rotfl:

datostar

fatbelly wrote: »

Moskvich in the early 1980s - you always knew the brakes would pull one way or the other when you operated them - but you didn't know which way!

I bought one new in 1973. The original Russian tyres were shockers and liked to slide everywhere. Fortunately they wore out quickly and I put a set of Michelins on it. Great improvement. I didn't have many problems with brake balance but getting the pressure on the pedal right was a challenge for it not to try to stop dead and stand on its nose. They were grossly overpowered with that all alloy crossflow DOHC engine and twin choke carb. A friend of mine was inordinately proud of an Austin 1300 GT he had, so we undertook a challenge at 6am one morning on an uphill stretch of straight dual carriageway. The Moskvich left him standing. He couldn't believe it. Fortunately a straight road with no roundabouts or it would have been a different story! Very interesting cars.

Careful_with_that_Axe

cajef wrote: »

Hillman Imp, used to blow head gaskets for fun, it was an engine out to change them it got to the stage that the engine nearly jumped out by itself, then one day I wanted to turn left round a sharp bend and the car decided to go straight on, the steering column had come out of the rack.:eek:

I had one of these as my first car. I had a new head gasket virtually every time I put fuel in it.

My worst, but my favourite car was a 25 year old Mini that had had one previous owner. One speed windscreen wipers, a boot that would spring open when you went over a bump (fun on the way back from a food run), but the worst fault was the keys would invariably fall out of the ignition while I was driving along and when I park up I would have to scrabble round on the floor to find them to turn the engine off. But I loved that car.