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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #15 on: 15 July 2009, 15:24:06 »
Only had one.

But the worst car my dad had was a hilman imp, before i was born. Spent more time off the road than on apparently. It eventually happened to catch fire :-X :-X
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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #16 on: 15 July 2009, 17:08:03 »
Citroen Xantia is the worst I have ever had - endless suspension problems!  :-/ :(
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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #17 on: 15 July 2009, 18:02:43 »
It would be a close thing between my first car,a HB Viva,and my Sierra 2.0gl.
The viva went through 4 gearboxes and 5 clutches in about 9 months,but this was at ;east partly due to the fact that I was a teenager,so moving off from a standstill invariably involved revving it until the valves were bouncing merrily and then slipping my foot off the side off the clutch pedal sharply to break the traction in the big 145x12 tyres. ::) ;D
you could also sit beside it for a while and watcg it rust away,but it was my 1st car and I do have some happy memories of it so the award must go to the Sierra.I had it for 8 years while the kids were growing up,didnt really have much interest in nice cars etc,just working every hour in the day and raising kids etc,the car was utterly reliable,never did a thing wrong,only changed the oil about once every 3 years but it was the most bland,dull,tedious contraption I have ever driven.Hearing aid Beige inside and out and the engine should have come with a ventolin inhaler as it was completely asthmatic,didnt matter how much stick you gave it,it just wouldnt revup and go.
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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #18 on: 15 July 2009, 18:28:32 »
Oh there have been so many. Hillman Imps - dreadful.

Viva HB with a misfire all the way round Europe, brakes burnt out in the Alps but the best was a

Mini. Bought it for £25 from a guy at Coalville. First roundabout I arrived at applied the anchors and found myself parked facing the kerb across the slow lane. The rear subframe was only held in place by the handbrake cables

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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #19 on: 15 July 2009, 18:29:26 »
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Wouldnt say any car I've had would be the worst.

Been happy with all of them at the time.

I'm with you on this one!

However I had a Citroen C5, a car very similar to the Omega.....big, comfortable, loaded with goodies and a magic carpet ride.....but the electrics!  ::) This was the reason for getting rid....constantly going into limp home mode despite nothing physically wrong.....amazing how much it costs to find nothing physically wrong too btw.....and also the reason why I bought an OBD reader and kept it on board at all times....:y
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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #20 on: 15 July 2009, 19:08:14 »
Back in 96/97 I had a Ford Mondeo as a company car. To say it was Sh*te would be a compliment. The company I worked for at the time then made a shock announcement that our car policy was changing to a Vauxhall Only policy. The guy's with the Merc's and the Beemers were mighty p1ssed off but I got my first Omega. Fantastic. Never looked back  :y
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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #21 on: 15 July 2009, 19:34:05 »
Range Rover 4.6 HSE - money pit!! >:( >:(
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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #22 on: 15 July 2009, 19:36:07 »
a 1995 renault laguna 1.8 LX, the worst most unreliable piece of metal i have ever seen in my life
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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #23 on: 15 July 2009, 19:56:54 »
Early Montego company car, one of the other guys described the gear selection as stirring a stick in a bucket of sh!t, spot on.

Close second was a Renault 16 that cost me 50 quid, owned it for a whole 2 weeks until my mechanic mate informed me it had a cracked chassis, I weighed it in at the scrappie and made 4 quid on the deal! What makes it stick in my mind was the awful column change gearbox, in the time I had it I never did find 4th gear.
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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #24 on: 15 July 2009, 20:11:25 »
A Renault thing with a number, kept breaking down.

Worst driven - Escrap van (the really bad chassis version)
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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #25 on: 15 July 2009, 20:17:46 »
car I hated the most was a Chrysler Alpine 1400, Sooooooooooo underpowered.



Most problematic car was a Brand New Astra GTE, put me off Vx for quite a while.
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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #26 on: 15 July 2009, 20:23:25 »

Peugeot 309 as a company car after having had cavaliers for four years it was a hateful piece of crap and put me off Peugeot forever
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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #27 on: 15 July 2009, 20:25:14 »
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Early Montego company car, one of the other guys described the gear selection as stirring a stick in a bucket of sh!t, spot on.

Close second was a Renault 16 that cost me 50 quid, owned it for a whole 2 weeks until my mechanic mate informed me it had a cracked chassis, I weighed it in at the scrappie and made 4 quid on the deal! What makes it stick in my mind was the awful column change gearbox, in the time I had it I never did find 4th gear

dad had a montego - funnily enough i always found 4th - pity it was whether i meant to or not!! eventually i just ignored 2nd went from 1st straight to 3rd to avoid confusion  ;D
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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #28 on: 15 July 2009, 20:33:12 »
My dad bought a new Renault something or other about 20 years ago,he was driving along one day and the blu-tac or whatever they used to hold the drivers seat in place came unstuck and he ended up lying in the back looking at the headlining,he never did work out how he managed to get it stopped.French cars are to be avoided like BL cars used to be imo.
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Re: Worst car you have had
« Reply #29 on: 15 July 2009, 20:34:51 »
Has to be a Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V which had the most evil torque steer i have ever known ;D
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