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Re: Cars Again - What's the worst car you have ever owned.
« Reply #45 on: 26 April 2016, 15:13:51 »
Love these, although Metallic Prosthetic-Limb Beige wouldn't be my first choice of colour!  ;D
Are these the ones with a dash that looks like it came from 2001 A Space Odyssey?

Actually gold.
Has the (Casio calculator style) LED dash.

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Re: Cars Again - What's the worst car you have ever owned.
« Reply #46 on: 26 April 2016, 17:31:59 »
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 26 April 2016, 13:57:58
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 25 April 2016, 23:42:18
Morris shItal 1.7 HL Estate.

Took me years of driving a decent car before I stopped clenching my buttocks before each bend.

Having driven a Marina and an Alfasud  on the same day I can say that one handled better than the other.

One was a delight to drive, the other was a sack of shit. :)

I'm sure that the Marina was a delight!  :y 

My Marina 1800TC Coupe finished in mustard with a black go faster stripe down the bonnet was great!  8)

For £50!  :y  ;D
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Re: Cars Again - What's the worst car you have ever owned.
« Reply #47 on: 26 April 2016, 18:24:38 »
Prolly a '65 Cortina Mk1 Estate, although amazingly I sold it after 18 months for more than I paid! A profit for the only time ever. I spent the whole period of ownership filling rust holes, or trying to start it. :o :y
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Re: Cars Again - What's the worst car you have ever owned.
« Reply #48 on: 26 April 2016, 21:04:50 »
Volvo 940 GLS Estate 2.4 Low Blow Turbo...

Went like stink in a straight line to around 130 (didnt take long to get there either) but show it a corner or try to slow it down .... from any speed..... was a sack of 2 tonne shite....
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Re: Cars Again - What's the worst car you have ever owned.
« Reply #49 on: 26 April 2016, 21:12:37 »
Got to be either a 1987 white Montego estate with a four speed box, junk from new and 80,000 odd miles did not make it any better

Or a BX deisel :o spent so much time in the dealers getting that bloody suspension fixed and having new locks fitted on a regular basis.
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Re: Cars Again - What's the worst car you have ever owned.
« Reply #50 on: 26 April 2016, 21:14:32 »
Hillman imp...always overheating and breaking down..worst thing that happened was that the two rubber couplings on the drive shafts exploded ripping out the rear brake lines with it and had  to use the handbrake to stop...awfull piece of kit.....
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Re: Cars Again - What's the worst car you have ever owned.
« Reply #51 on: 27 April 2016, 18:15:30 »
Quote from: minifreek on 26 April 2016, 21:04:50
Volvo 940 GLS Estate 2.4 Low Blow Turbo...

Went like stink in a straight line to around 130 (didnt take long to get there either) but show it a corner or try to slow it down .... from any speed..... was a sack of 2 tonne shite....
Terry the chip man had a modded Lexus that was horrifically quick in a straight line, would easily loose traction at 90+ in the dry during autobox gear change.  But the real fun was slowing it up or changing direction.  Only drove it a few times, as it used to scare the bejesus out of me.
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Re: Cars Again - What's the worst car you have ever owned.
« Reply #52 on: 28 April 2016, 15:13:42 »
Quote from: minifreek on 26 April 2016, 21:04:50
Volvo 940 GLS Estate 2.4 Low Blow Turbo...

Went like stink in a straight line to around 130 (didnt take long to get there either) but show it a corner or try to slow it down .... from any speed..... was a sack of 2 tonne shite....

I had a couple of 940s, and also a 960. I quite liked them. My Mrs still has a '97 940. It just keeps going.

Anyway, my worst car a Ford Sierra. Bought brand new and auto trasmission packed up driving it home from the garage. Loads of other stuff also. Got shot of it and. . . . . bought a Volvo !
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Re: Cars Again - What's the worst car you have ever owned.
« Reply #53 on: 30 April 2016, 16:09:42 »
would have to be an L reg 1.4 citreon zx that i got for free with a years tax and mot  i gave that car death every time i drove it and it still would not die eventually gave it to a friends other half who then killed it by mounting a roundabout with it and taking out two concrete posts at the side of the road
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Re: Cars Again - What's the worst car you have ever owned.
« Reply #54 on: 02 May 2016, 01:29:44 »
Vauxhall Omega 2.2 /2.6 According to my neighbours . Every other weekend I would have her jacked up or have the bonnet opened, they must have thought I was nuts,
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Re: Cars Again - What's the worst car you have ever owned.
« Reply #55 on: 02 May 2016, 13:05:19 »
Apart from the Corrina 2000e the other bad car was a Corsair 2000e 1968 model was fine until it rained & then wouldn't start  never found what the problem was  & finally burst into flames outside St Helier Ambulance Station in view of all my workmates ,replaced it with a Granada 3.0 Ghia.
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Re: Cars Again - What's the worst car you have ever owned.
« Reply #56 on: 02 May 2016, 15:26:38 »
Quote from: X30XE on 26 April 2016, 00:21:43
The current Vx Omega 3.0 estate in boring silver...

Loud exhaust
half dead torque converter (which in an AR35 is shit to start off with)
not even remotely fast
utterly flat below 5krpm
25mpg
drivers door won't open without two cranks of the handle from inside, or leaning on the door whilst unlocking from outside
rear suspension knocks
ride quality is piss poor on anything other than a new motorway
diff whines
heated seats don't work
climate control in any facelift is a joke... all or nothing. usually all.
brakes are wooden
headlights are less use than a candle in a jam jar



but then at £190 I guess that's to be expected.  ::)

Most of that is just normal wear and tare  ::) ;D ;D
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Re: Cars Again - What's the worst car you have ever owned.
« Reply #57 on: 02 May 2016, 20:20:38 »
Talbot Alpine, the gear stick was like stirring soup, it always over heated so had to drive everywhere with the heater on and carry a couple of gallons of water in the boot and a dodgy alternator bracket that would slack off just enough to stop charging but nit enough to squeal.

Went everywhere in that old banger!

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