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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: waspy on 02 April 2008, 21:01:41
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As above. Mine would have to be a Ford Orion 1.6 GL Diesel, all the performance of a rocking chair, but it did around 70 mpg even when i thrashed it & i did, all the time ;D
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1.1 Fiesta Mk1 Popular, shite engine, shite brakes, non-adjustable seats, stupidly low gearing, foot operated screen washer and no reverse light.........
Ow, did I mention rust......
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1.0 not even a merit Vx Nova saloon :(
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1.0 not even a merit Vx Nova saloon :(
Had a 1.3 litre of these, went like stink up to about 70, then it bottled out :D
Rusty as hell though & the knobs would fall of the dash too :-?
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1.0 not even a merit Vx Nova saloon :(
Had a 1.3 litre of these, went like stink up to about 70, then it bottled out :D
Rusty as hell though & the knobs would fall of the dash too :-?
Really, I had a 1.2 merit and it regularly did three figures round the A52 ::)
I loved it, great little Go-Cart
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Ford Sierra. Couldn't keep it on the road.
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SWMBO had an Austin 1100 Auto !!!! Abso-bloody-useless piece of s****
I seemed to spend half my life keeping the gutless, noisy thing going - she was given it by a relative ... so it had "sentimental" value ???
Was I glad when the crap air-suspension finally collapsed and i could prove it was beyond economical repair ...
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MY first car which was a citroen AX 1.6 petrol.
head gasket went on me 3 times in the space of 18 months. the last time was good and proper it over heated way bad every thing was melted to the front of the engine. i knew nothing about cars then ether. i was only young! gutted i loved that car!
but i love the car i have now more
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SWMBO had an Austin 1100 Auto !!!! Abso-bloody-useless piece of s****
I seemed to spend half my life keeping the gutless, noisy thing going - she was given it by a relative ... so it had "sentimental" value ???
Was I glad when the crap air-suspension finally collapsed and i could prove it was beyond economical repair ...
I loved these little cars despite the dodgy hydrolastic suspension. The 1300's were pretty nippy as were the 1300GT,s, but auto? not in a small car. Not much money now if you look on classic cars under Austin or Morris! :D
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My most hated car was a Chrysler Alpine
But I hate to admit that my most problematic car was a Brand New Astra GTE, my 1st ever brand new car
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I once owned for my sins a Skoda 105 Estelle. Bright orange it was like the flashing beacon on a zebra crossing.
Remember going along the M42 on the way to a concert at the NEC ovetaking a Fiesta which was in the nearside lane. Just getting past it and hit a slight hill. Lost all my speed and was very embarrassed the Fiesta cruised back past me in the inside lane. It was like a keystone cops film. :-[
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SWMBO had an Austin 1100 Auto !!!! Abso-bloody-useless piece of s****
I seemed to spend half my life keeping the gutless, noisy thing going - she was given it by a relative ... so it had "sentimental" value ???
Was I glad when the crap air-suspension finally collapsed and i could prove it was beyond economical repair ...
I loved these little cars despite the dodgy hydrolastic suspension. The 1300's were pretty nippy as were the 1300GT,s, but auto? not in a small car. Not much money now if you look on classic cars under Austin or Morris! :D
Ah the memories. My mum had a Morris 1100 & i remember my brother & i used to try to make her race beetles on the motorway.
It didn't have a radio, so we had a radio on the back shelf & it was my brothers job to keep it tuned in (i think it was a Roberts radio)
Went bloody miles in that
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sierra 2.0 gl.tedious bland heap of s**t.
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I had an a reg vw polo once, biggest rattley pile of crap i've ever driven. Realy basic inside, it didn't even have a radio in it.
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Kia Shuma, which the miggy replaced
It had TERRIBLE build quality, very poor MPG for a family hatch, the 1.6 petrol was hardly a warp engine it oculd be eassily outrun by the TD in our mig. Not enough space, shocking depreciation,m uncomfortable, poor ride quality, tiny fuel tank.... the list goes on
my car history is this: Mk11 Vauxhall Cavalier
Ford Sierra, hatch, 1.8
Ford Mondeo, estate, 1.8 MK1
Kia Shuma, hatch, 1.6
Vauxhall Omega, Estate, 2.5TD
Had the cav probably 4 years, same for sierra, mondeo was 7 years, kia was 2 years and Omega been a coupla months
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Diesel Omega ::)
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I suppose there are a couple of bad ones, notably a 0.8l Suzuki Alto which would barely manage 50mph - or an automatic Triumph Acclaim - absolute heap!
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Had an astravan 1.7td was told get the one with the isuzu engine in, its great!! Yeah right nearly spent the same on fixing it as i did on buying it!!
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I suppose there are a couple of bad ones, notably a 0.8l Suzuki Alto which would barely manage 50mph - or an automatic Triumph Acclaim - absolute heap!
I had an Acclaim, it was a good car, wouldn't go round corners though. Very tidy, not bad in a straight line. Came from your neck of the woods - Fordham (bought it of my gran, so it truely was one careful lady owner ;D)
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Datsun 120Y :-[
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Morris Ital 1.7 Estate.
In all fairness, the only things I ever remember having to fix on it were the heater fan motor and the alternator oh, and the annual front lower trunnion change that was a formality just before MOT time, and of course patching up the rust. ::)
It also did me proud for carrying all my clutter / pi$$3d mates around when I was a student.
Zero appeal in its' styling. Every other car I've ever had I could stand back and look at with a little bit of pride, after I'd washed it, but not the Ital. It was an ugly pig no matter how clean or from what angle.
And then there was the dynamic capabilities of the chassis / suspension. Used to cringe before every corner. Had it had the 1.3 engine I would have just accepted it as a crap car, but it actually could be hustled along reasonably well between corners, which made the handling even more frustrating.
Kevin
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had to think long and hard about this, have had a great many cars. The worst would be a Fiat Panda, bougt in a rush as an 'interim' car, did it's job though.
Not too pleased with current Mig either though, must get it sorted, acting as a garden shed at the mo :-[
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Worse vehicle I've ever been responsible for was a works Ital van. What a crock of shite! Went through an alternator every fornight, and a battery every 3 months. Used to hate it in the winter, as if I had the lights, wipers and heater on together, it would break down.
The mechanics were chasing electric issues with that thing for years, in the end one of them kicked it in temper, and the front bumper and drivers mirror simultanteously fell off ;D. The gave me a Maestro van the next day, much better (so that shows how bad the Ital was!)
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Morris Ital 1.7 Estate.
In all fairness, the only things I ever remember having to fix on it were the heater fan motor and the alternator oh, and the annual front lower trunnion change that was a formality just before MOT time, and of course patching up the rust. ::)
It also did me proud for carrying all my clutter / pi$$3d mates around when I was a student.
Zero appeal in its' styling. Every other car I've ever had I could stand back and look at with a little bit of pride, after I'd washed it, but not the Ital. It was an ugly pig no matter how clean or from what angle.
And then there was the dynamic capabilities of the chassis / suspension. Used to cringe before every corner. Had it had the 1.3 engine I would have just accepted it as a crap car, but it actually could be hustled along reasonably well between corners, which made the handling even more frustrating.
Kevin
I had one of those, never let me down :D
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Either the singer chamois, wide wheels, t bar gear shift, rally seats, which had radiator issues and about 30 miles range before top up needed, or the ex vauxhall viva rally car with a 2300 lump fitted. Only did about 35 miles in it in my younger days.
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Hi all,
showing off here, but, I once owned a 1973 Moskvich 412 Saloon. A Russian piece of cheap crap.
It was the colour of diarrhoea & turned sharp right every time I hit the brakes. (Saved a bloke's life once!) He just stepped out in front of me, I stood on the brakes & finished on the pavement.
Worst car in the world.
Slime.
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Hi all,
showing off here, but, I once owned a 1973 Moskvich 412 Saloon. A Russian piece of cheap crap.
It was the colour of diarrhoea & turned sharp right every time I hit the brakes. (Saved a bloke's life once!) He just stepped out in front of me, I stood on the brakes & finished on the pavement.
Worst car in the world.
Slime.
Were they 2 stroke or just very smokey ? I have vague memory of a Moskvich being owned by a local doctor when I worked at the garage as a kid - early 60's - no such thing as self service then ... "Fill her up sir ? and would you like your tyres checked ??" - hoping they said "4 gallons of best and keep the change" ... 4s 11d a gallon and they gave you a pound note ... a 4d tip !!! ... used to get 6d for checking tyres :)
Suddenly feel very old ... :(
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ford anglia 105E :-? geesh im showing my age again :-X
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ford anglia 105E :-? geesh im showing my age again :-X
:o :o What was wrong with that, quite advanced for it's day, not withstanding front wheel drive taking off. :(
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... ... 4s 11d a gallon .....
Ah! If only petrol was 4/11 a litre! :-? :y :y (Almost 25p for the sprogs amongst us)
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As above. Mine would have to be a Ford Orion 1.6 GL Diesel, all the performance of a rocking chair, but it did around 70 mpg even when i thrashed it & i did, all the time ;D
A Ford 1.6 L Mondeo, when the company I worked for decided to move away from Vauxhall Carlton's, usually 2.0 CD's auto's. When I left the company I personally bought a 3.0 Senator CD auto (Lovely!), then a 3.0 Omega Elite auto (absolutely great @ 150mph on M40). This re-established my sanity! Lizzie Zoom :D
Indeed, my first car, an Austin 1960 Farrina bodied A40, bought for £15 in 1971, had far more charisma and appeal than the Mondeo of 1993! Lizzie Zoom ;D
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Indeed, my first car, an Austin 1960 Farrina bodied A40, bought for £15 in 1971, had far more charisma and appeal than the Mondeo of 1993! Lizzie Zoom ;D
Your Mundane was as good as that?
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Ford Sierra. Couldn't keep it on the road.
ditto, had 2x 2.0, both [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif] in a ditch,
to light on the steering i think :-X
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well my first was a '78 Renault 12. for £250 back in '93. was quirkily different to look at but i hated it as it broke down on the only day i could've driven it to school, i got my only speeding points in it- for gawds sake its top speed was 84 mph! an i got done doing 82 in the bottom of a northumberland valley trying to get up speed to go up the other side!
it also moved like a tank with a 1.3 that didn't accelerate at all and when i needed it to brake, decided not to bother often. when it went completely tits up I wrote it off and the clit i hit and the escort that that it as well! all at a stunning 30mph hmm. :-/
only thing i remember enjoying about it was the sprung rear seat - fun for bouncing on in a carpark. but then I hurt my head on the roof:(
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Here's a first for this post.
Fiat!
A 1993 Fiat Tempra 1.6 to be precise. £3000 it cost!
Electrics - Gubbed
Gearbox - Gubbed
Tyres - Gubbed
All within 1 month of purchase from Arnold Shark. 1 owner, FSH and 50k my arse!
I drove it like a muppet, it lasted 2 months if that.
I drove a 1987 £150 VW Polo 1.3 Coupe S (dontcha know) for about 8 months at full throttle every day and it took it all day long.
It was even better than my 1995 Rover 111i (atchoo, metro)
But not by much! :y
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1.2 CORSA MERIT 8 VALVE the worsted car ever made ,i hated that car .It almost put me off Vauxhall for life,
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Indeed, my first car, an Austin 1960 Farrina bodied A40, bought for £15 in 1971, had far more charisma and appeal than the Mondeo of 1993! Lizzie Zoom ;D
Your Mundane was as good as that?
Yes, and the Mundane did not even have the huge areas of rust eaten body which included the chasis floor separating from the main body! The A40 was still far more exciting! Lizzie Zoom ;D
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My First Car was a [size=12]1978 Opel Kadett 1.2s Coupe[/size]
It wasn't a rubbish car! it was just old! but out of the cars I have had it is the worst!
Rich
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Hi all,
showing off here, but, I once owned a 1973 Moskvich 412 Saloon. A Russian piece of cheap crap.
It was the colour of diarrhoea & turned sharp right every time I hit the brakes. (Saved a bloke's life once!) He just stepped out in front of me, I stood on the brakes & finished on the pavement.
Worst car in the world.
I used to work for a gardening company, and the boss was a bit of a motor wheeler and dealer, and we had a Moskvich as a company run about for a while. I must say it never let us down, though it was very basic...lol
The windows were the winder with a coil of wire round it which went over a pulley at the top of the door and onto the bottom of the window. The weight of the window sent it down and the wire pulled it up. Oh how this name Moskvich brings back memories
If I remember right they were smokey because they were designed to run on anything going in Russia. ie petrol oil mixture or paraffin or diesel.
Suddenly I feel very old cos this was going back to the early Eighties.
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I have had some crackers as i went through a stage in the 80's where i would never pay more than £100 for a car.
A 1969 Hillman imp was the worst, it used to break the accelerator cable once a month until i fitted a rally!!!! version, gear stick broke off in my hand when changing into second gear joining the motorway had to drive it for 20 miles in second, took me 7hrs to change the clutch as the bolts that held the rear panel on where seized and rounded off, in the end it blew the head gasket.
Austin Ambassador front wheel fell off on roundabout, hydrolastic suspension collapsed, took it into garage and they fixed the wrong side, as they could not tell which side was Broken it was that bad, also had to wedge three of the windows closed with wooden blocks.
Volvo 144, i bought this after it had been standing in a field for 4 months, steering wandered all over the place and you needed to be Popeye to turn the wheel, I left the grass growing out of the vinyl roof, took it for mot and the body had detached itself from the chassis, but what do you want for £25 and it was taxed.
Mini 850 van with windows in it and a homemade back seat, took me 11 hours from London to Manchester as I had to leave the M1 at Watford and use the A roads as it would not go faster that 50mph which meant I was stuck with the trucks and in torrential rain it misted up, the windscreen leaked and the wipers could not clear the rain away, I broke down on this journey but luckily it was only a wire that had come off the coil.
Another Mini (1964 version) in Australia, this was so good that I left it in the short term car park when I flew home, the most useful thing about it was the door pockets would hold ice and a six pack off beer, I also set the rear seat on fire with a discarded cigarette, but that was not the cars fault.
Happy days.
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Here's a first for this post.
Fiat!
A 1993 Fiat Tempra 1.6 to be precise. £3000 it cost!
Electrics - Gubbed
Gearbox - Gubbed
Tyres - Gubbed
All within 1 month of purchase from Arnold Shark. 1 owner, FSH and 50k my arse!
I drove it like a muppet, it lasted 2 months if that.
I drove a 1987 £150 VW Polo 1.3 Coupe S (dontcha know) for about 8 months at full throttle every day and it took it all day long.
It was even better than my 1995 Rover 111i (atchoo, metro)
But not by much! :y
I drove a tempra for long time, never had problems like that..
Only had problems with an old model fiat station..
In every bump the car was jumping to the other lane ;D
forgot to say tempra was an old carburator type and was very good with LPG..still miss it..
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an e-reg 1.3 escort estate it was a knacker i quickly sold it to my brother who ran it into the ground and bought meself a citroen bx1.9td best car i`ve ever owned till the miggy :)
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Strangely enough the worst car and the car i loved most were the same ....... a Vauxhal Cavalier turbo 4x4 , hated it for needing something or another fixed/replaced almost every week and whatever it was , it cost a bleedin fortune !! . Loved it because when it worked , it worked well !! 8-) 8-) 8-)
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Seat Cordoba, more bangs and rattles than a one man band, very poor consumption, terrible brakes really hard suspension.......... :P
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MY first car which was a citroen AX 1.6 petrol.
head gasket went on me 3 times in the space of 18 months. the last time was good and proper it over heated way bad every thing was melted to the front of the engine. i knew nothing about cars then ether. i was only young! gutted i loved that car!
but i love the car i have now more
I had a 1.0 AX with no extras (if there were any). Basic as they come with a top speed of 80mph.
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a 1971'k' reg renault 6 tl what a car bought for 20 quid no mot put one on for 25 ran it for 3 months sold for 60 nice profit shame about the car
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An ancient 1ltr Fiesta....
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That's got me thinking about the cars I owned now.
1.1 Mk4 Escort D reg - 1.0 Fiesta Popular Plus F reg - 1.0 Mini Y reg - 1.0 Mini E reg I put a 1320cc Metro engine in and my word did it go well ;D - 1.6 Rover 216 Gti K reg (spectacularly rolled that into a field) - 1.8 Orion J reg (130bhp version) nicked by scum - 1.8 Escort Diesel K reg - 1.3 Skoda Felicia P reg - 1.6 Astra V reg - 1.7 TD Astra Estate R reg - and finally the Omega.
I think possibly the worst car of the lot was that Fiesta. It was gutless, noisy, uncomfortable and was probably the most basic car I have ever owned. Even the radio was crap. Overtakes were a big no, I think it had a top speed of about 80 and that was with a tail wind and steep downhill.
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Worst car I have had in terms of reliabilty was a Renalut Laguna 2.0 RXE. Within the space of 2 weeks, drive shaft, wheel bearing, air con, drivers seat and ligths broke or packed up. Was supremely comfortable though, even if a bit gutless.
In terms of dislike towards a car I can't really say I have hated any of them.
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That's got me thinking about the cars I owned now.
1.1 Mk4 Escort D reg - 1.0 Fiesta Popular Plus F reg - 1.0 Mini Y reg - 1.0 Mini E reg I put a 1320cc Metro engine in and my word did it go well ;D - 1.6 Rover 216 Gti K reg (spectacularly rolled that into a field) - 1.8 Orion J reg (130bhp version) nicked by scum - 1.8 Escort Diesel K reg - 1.3 Skoda Felicia P reg - 1.6 Astra V reg - 1.7 TD Astra Estate R reg - and finally the Omega.
I think possibly the worst car of the lot was that Fiesta. It was gutless, noisy, uncomfortable and was probably the most basic car I have ever owned. Even the radio was crap. Overtakes were a big no, I think it had a top speed of about 80 and that was with a tail wind and steep downhill.
I had one of those. 3 door large spoiler one in pulsar silver. Crank went oval so put a 2.0 turbo engine in it from a tom cat. Loads of happy memories in that car :-)
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I have had some crackers as i went through a stage in the 80's where i would never pay more than £100 for a car.
A 1969 Hillman imp was the worst, it used to break the accelerator cable once a month until i fitted a rally!!!! version, gear stick broke off in my hand when changing into second gear joining the motorway had to drive it for 20 miles in second, took me 7hrs to change the clutch as the bolts that held the rear panel on where seized and rounded off, in the end it blew the head gasket.
Austin Ambassador front wheel fell off on roundabout, hydrolastic suspension collapsed, took it into garage and they fixed the wrong side, as they could not tell which side was Broken it was that bad, also had to wedge three of the windows closed with wooden blocks.
Volvo 144, i bought this after it had been standing in a field for 4 months, steering wandered all over the place and you needed to be Popeye to turn the wheel, I left the grass growing out of the vinyl roof, took it for mot and the body had detached itself from the chassis, but what do you want for £25 and it was taxed.
Mini 850 van with windows in it and a homemade back seat, took me 11 hours from London to Manchester as I had to leave the M1 at Watford and use the A roads as it would not go faster that 50mph which meant I was stuck with the trucks and in torrential rain it misted up, the windscreen leaked and the wipers could not clear the rain away, I broke down on this journey but luckily it was only a wire that had come off the coil.
Another Mini (1964 version) in Australia, this was so good that I left it in the short term car park when I flew home, the most useful thing about it was the door pockets would hold ice and a six pack off beer, I also set the rear seat on fire with a discarded cigarette, but that was not the cars fault.
Happy days.
You have further reminded me about my 'adventures' in my 1960 A40 during 1971/2; and EVERY trip WAS an adventure, with me thinking "will I get home?" !! Apart from the chassis being absolutely rotten (YES! It DID have an MOT!!), the clutch was slipping for over six months and in a strong (anything over 25mph) headwind the car was pushed backwards against its revving engine! I was also stopped by the police on three occasions during a two month period for a 'spot check' due to 'old', 'bomb' like appearance of the car, but it passed muster every time much to the officers surprise; well they did not look underneath or tried to jack up the car! That would have been a shock, with Daily Mirror's, Daily Sketch's and an odd Sun falling out of the sill!
Bloody wonderful days though with my boyfriend! Lizzie Zoom : :o :o D ;D ;D
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SWMBO had an Austin 1100 Auto !!!! Abso-bloody-useless piece of s****
I seemed to spend half my life keeping the gutless, noisy thing going - she was given it by a relative ... so it had "sentimental" value ???
Was I glad when the crap air-suspension finally collapsed and i could prove it was beyond economical repair ...
I loved these little cars despite the dodgy hydrolastic suspension. The 1300's were pretty nippy as were the 1300GT,s, but auto? not in a small car. Not much money now if you look on classic cars under Austin or Morris! :D
Ah the memories. My mum had a Morris 1100 & i remember my brother & i used to try to make her race beetles on the motorway.
It didn't have a radio, so we had a radio on the back shelf & it was my brothers job to keep it tuned in (i think it was a Roberts radio)
Went bloody miles in that
Same as waspy i had morris 1100 cracker little run about loved it but also had a lada when stationed in warminster and i liked that and before any body say it i do have some taste in cars
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Ford Prefect, 3 speed box, vacum wipers, side valve engine, Horrible
car a real rust bucket.
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I've owned dozens of cars over the years, and I can say I've never really had a bad one.
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just thought of one my Dad owned when i was a kid. A Polski Fiat 125p
imagine a Lada1200 .It didn't breakdown, started first time every time
but it was pea green with a brown roof :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
Iknow the saying that 2nd class driving is better than 1st class walking , but who ever thought that up never saw my Dads car it was gross :D :D
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austin morris marina 1.3 bag of poo... ;)
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just thought of one my Dad owned when i was a kid. A Polski Fiat 125p
imagine a Lada1200 .It didn't breakdown, started first time every time
but it was pea green with a brown roof :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
Iknow the saying that 2nd class driving is better than 1st class walking , but who ever thought that up never saw my Dads car it was gross :D :D
My dad had one of them, rather awful thing.
The steering wheel broke off as he was driving it.
Good job he was only pottering round the streets.
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just thought of one my Dad owned when i was a kid. A Polski Fiat 125p
imagine a Lada1200 .It didn't breakdown, started first time every time
but it was pea green with a brown roof :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
Iknow the saying that 2nd class driving is better than 1st class walking , but who ever thought that up never saw my Dads car it was gross :D :D
My dad had one of them, rather awful thing.
The steering wheel broke off as he was driving it.
Good job he was only pottering round the streets.
to my eternal embarrassment it was the only car that passed the private hire mot test first time :-[ :-[ :-[
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just thought of one my Dad owned when i was a kid. A Polski Fiat 125p
imagine a Lada1200 .It didn't breakdown, started first time every time
but it was pea green with a brown roof :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
Iknow the saying that 2nd class driving is better than 1st class walking , but who ever thought that up never saw my Dads car it was gross :D :D
My dad had one of them, rather awful thing.
The steering wheel broke off as he was driving it.
Good job he was only pottering round the streets.
to my eternal embarrassment it was the only car that passed the private hire mot test first time :-[ :-[ :-[
Talking about steering wheels; did anyone ever own or drive a Austin Allegro in about 1972 with a SQUARE steering wheel? YES, I am NOT joking, British Leyland introduced their new Allegro with one as a new initiative! Bloody fools!! That was in the days when us tax payers paid for the survival of the British car industry, and we ended up as the joke of Europe or 'sick man of Europe'! Lizzie Zoom :o :o :o :o ;D
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austin morris marina 1.3 bag of poo... ;)
This was my first car when i was 17. I had a white 1.3 super (goad knows what it stood for, certainly wasn't) with rust patches every were, i bought some big Wolfies for it, which was its down fall as the tyres where £120.00 each & i needed one for the MOT, so i found a 2nd hand one, which blew out on my way home & it sent me through a dry stone wall & i hit a tree. The copper looked at me, looked at the car & said "how did you walk away from that", i didn't have a mark on me, but the car was very much a right off, because it rolled over many times before hitting the tree which totally flattened the back of the car. I was very fortunate
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I learn to drive in a BSM vauxhall corsa, the very first model. Hated it with a passion. In corners it rolled more than a cheap hooker in the hay.....
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heres what iv'e owned in the last 30 years ...WARNING ..It's like watching paint dry reading this list ;D
VW beetle 1300 >:(
vauxhall cavalier mk1 1600 >:(
Alfa Romeo guilietta 1800 :y
Ford capri 3L ;D
volvo estate >:(
peugeot 505 est :(
ford cortina estate :(
vauxhall viva van >:(
honda acty van :-[
renault 20 TX :)
morris ital van :-[
Peugeot 505 est auto :-[
Rover SD1 2L :)
VW passat 2.1 est :)
talbot express van :-[
ford granada hatchback :(
MG maestro 2l efi ;D
volvo est auto >:(
ford escort mk3 van diesel :(
renault 21 2l est :)
fiat uno 1l :)
VW passat petrol est :(
VW passat diesel est :(
ford granada mk2 2.8i ghia x 8-)
renault trafic diesel van :(
Austin maestro van >:(
ford sierra 2l xr 4i 8-)
mazda 2L hatch :)
vauxhall senator 3L :)
Renault Laguna Diesel :)
VW transporter van diesel :(
vauxhall omega 2L est :)
Renault trafic diesel van (current) :-/
Iv'e probably left a few out, but they all had good & bad points some were slow, some were fast, thirsty, economical etc worst cars were the volvo estates >:( Best cars were the Alfa Guilietta & the MG maestro 2L efi ,very fast & lots of fun :y
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Worst car I have owned reliability wise is a toss-up between a '79 Rover SD1 (Circa 1989) and a '89 Peugot 205 1.9 GTi (circa 1998). Seem to remember spending on both on an almost weekly basis. Rover bled me dry after 12 months, Pug after about 6 months!
:( :( :(
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Austin allegro square steering wheel, yes was a bit odd they called it a Quartic or something, but was it ahead of its time? look at the steering wheels on F1 cars they aint ezactly round ;)
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It has to be the 1973 Hillman avenger.I WAS FOREVER REFITTING BITS OF TRIM THAT FELL OFF EVERY TIME YOU PUT THE HEATER ON. :o ::)
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heres what iv'e owned in the last 30 years ...WARNING ..It's like watching paint dry reading this list ;D
VW beetle 1300 >:(
vauxhall cavalier mk1 1600 >:(
Alfa Romeo guilietta 1800 :y
Ford capri 3L ;D
volvo estate >:(
peugeot 505 est :(
ford cortina estate :(
vauxhall viva van >:(
honda acty van :-[
renault 20 TX :)
morris ital van :-[
Peugeot 505 est auto :-[
Rover SD1 2L :)
VW passat 2.1 est :)
talbot express van :-[
ford granada hatchback :(
MG maestro 2l efi ;D
volvo est auto >:(
ford escort mk3 van diesel :(
renault 21 2l est :)
fiat uno 1l :)
VW passat petrol est :(
VW passat diesel est :(
ford granada mk2 2.8i ghia x 8-)
renault trafic diesel van :(
Austin maestro van >:(
ford sierra 2l xr 4i 8-)
mazda 2L hatch :)
vauxhall senator 3L :)
Renault Laguna Diesel :)
VW transporter van diesel :(
vauxhall omega 2L est :)
Renault trafic diesel van (current) :-/
Iv'e probably left a few out, but they all had good & bad points some were slow, some were fast, thirsty, economical etc worst cars were the volvo estates >:( Best cars were the Alfa Guilietta & the MG maestro 2L efi ,very fast & lots of fun :y
Wow! What a list. I notice you have rated the Senator and Omega :D 8-) well, which is certainly my experience with these cars. Indeed I thought the 3.0 CD Senator I owned was THE best; very exciting and a real pleasure to dsrive; why did I ever get rid of it!! :'( :'( :oI note you had a "ford granada hatchback"; was there such an animal? Was there not just the Estate & Saloon? You never had a VX Carlton which is a shame, as I rate the 2.0 CDi (1990) saloon company car of mine as tone of the best, with the last models right up there in the points stakes. :D. Lizzie Zoom :D
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Austin allegro square steering wheel, yes was a bit odd they called it a Quartic or something, but was it ahead of its time? look at the steering wheels on F1 cars they aint ezactly round ;)
True; more like aircraft steering 'wheels' ; :D Lizzie Zoom
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Agree about the 2.0cd Carlton Lizzie. I had one for 5 years. 48mpg on a run to Cornwall. Did 60k in mine before the dreaded chassis rust finally took its toll. There was only so much welding it could take! Loverly motor. :y
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Agree about the 2.0cd Carlton Lizzie. I had one for 5 years. 48mpg on a run to Cornwall. Did 60k in mine before the dreaded chassis rust finally took its toll. There was only so much welding it could take! Loverly motor. :y
And they are still going around if the dreaded rust as you say has not got to them. Carlton 'Diplomats' seem to be surviving well in Kent for some reason. If I have seen one 1 have seen about 10! They are so good perhaps owners are prepared to keep them running?
They were easy to maintain and repair (rarely!) as well; I actually purchased my first company car 1986 Mk 2 Carlton 1.8 (at 120K 18 months old in 1988) and kept running before p/x ing at 188k in 1997. I loved that VX as well.
:o :o :D Lizzie Zoom :D
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austin morris marina 1.3 bag of poo... ;)
This was my first car when i was 17. I had a white 1.3 super (goad knows what it stood for, certainly wasn't) with rust patches every were, i bought some big Wolfies for it, which was its down fall as the tyres where £120.00 each & i needed one for the MOT, so i found a 2nd hand one, which blew out on my way home & it sent me through a dry stone wall & i hit a tree. The copper looked at me, looked at the car & said "how did you walk away from that", i didn't have a mark on me, but the car was very much a right off, because it rolled over many times before hitting the tree which totally flattened the back of the car. I was very fortunate
How could you ever drive one of those? You deserve a medal for "Marina bravery in the course of driving" The MBCD Lizzie Zoom ;) :D :D
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Hi all,
showing off here, but, I once owned a 1973 Moskvich 412 Saloon. A Russian piece of cheap crap.
It was the colour of diarrhoea & turned sharp right every time I hit the brakes. (Saved a bloke's life once!) He just stepped out in front of me, I stood on the brakes & finished on the pavement.
Worst car in the world.
I used to work for a gardening company, and the boss was a bit of a motor wheeler and dealer, and we had a Moskvich as a company run about for a while. I must say it never let us down, though it was very basic...lol
The windows were the winder with a coil of wire round it which went over a pulley at the top of the door and onto the bottom of the window. The weight of the window sent it down and the wire pulled it up. Oh how this name Moskvich brings back memories
If I remember right they were smokey because they were designed to run on anything going in Russia. ie petrol oil mixture or paraffin or diesel.
Suddenly I feel very old cos this was going back to the early Eighties.
Wasn't there another car in the same sort of league called "Wartburg Knight?" Again probably Russian, someone correct me if I am wrong.
:-/