YQUSTA
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 11:13 AM |
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Mine was my 53 plate passat what a heap nothing ever went right from the day I picked it up.
It was even worse than the ford escort that was bought for me as my first car which when inspected had been in a crash and was bent to buggery mum
said it drove like a crab 
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Meeerrrk
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 11:19 AM |
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MK2 golf 1.3 4speed. at the time, fantastic, but as soon as i got a modern car i realised how bad the golf was!
For Sale : 2008 Aries/Stuart Taylor Motorsport Locoblade (954 Blade)
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splitrivet
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 11:21 AM |
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FSO Polonez (hangs head in shame) the first new car I actually owned. It was like driving a barge.
In saying that in 3 years in never went wrong until me and my lad were going to a job and he commented how reliable the car had been, a mile later
heard this banging noise looked in the mirror to see the petrol tank had fallen out and was being dragged along about 3 yards behind the car with
sparks flying everywhere.
2 weeks after that the cam chain broke and it was tatered.
Cheers,
Bob
[Edited on 11/2/09 by splitrivet]
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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britishtrident
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 11:23 AM |
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Chrysler 180
It was a half decent Chrysler Ryton design switched to France for internal poltical reasons. Once the Poissy plant was in charge the Simca designers
then stripped all of the British mechanical and electrical parts out the design a substituted an engine with a major design flaw and gear box that
could engage two gears at the same time. The french made electrics were well up to that countries renowned low standards.
The ones made by Chrysler France were bad enough but then they switched production to Spain -- with Spanish made electrical parts !!
[Edited on 11/2/09 by britishtrident]
 
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wescottishmatt
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 11:31 AM |
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2006 Vauxhall Astra - 1.9cdti (SRI version). Nothing but problems with it from the day I bought it until the day I sold it back to the dealers.
I'm not sure if it was the car that was bad or the totally useless 'dealers' up here in Aberdeen.
I was told by the dealer that they didn't know what the strange rattle noise from the engine was so I'd have to drive it until it broke
properly and then they'd fix whatever it was. It took two days in the end of harsh driving to finally destroy it. Six months of hassle for a
dodgy water pump.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 11:32 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by f1ngers
Worst car I ever had was this one:
 
Description
Totally gutless under 5000 revs and forever breaking. Bits used to fall off it and I used to keep a carrier bag with all the bits of trim, clips, nuts
and bolts that fell off that either I couldn't find where they were from or were too broken to replace. Once towed a caravan with it and kept
getting stuck on hills around Devon either stalling it or masses of tyre smoke. The final straw was when the cam belt broke and the lease company took
it back as the repair costs were too high! (company car)
I had a 216 coupe and it probably rates as one of the most reliable cars I have owned. Was 4 years old when I got it, kept it for 2 years and
absolutely nothing went wrong with it at all - did quite a lot of mileage, too (and ragged it like hell as I was only 21).
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 12:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by handyandy
skoda estelle 
got all the jokes, yeah yeah .....kept hands warm when pushing it as engine in the back, i used to say " i,ve got a rear engined car, & had
a porsche 911 keyring" he he
double its value by filling with fuel, yeah yeah.
times were hard
I had one of them... it was still 100 times better than my worst car...
Austin Maxi 
Probably the only car I've actually hated - performance, build quality, handling, style - all non-existent.
The Skoda did have 'interesting' handling in a cross wind or on roads with lorry ruts, but it went around roundabouts quicker than many
cars I've driven - I *REALLY* peed off quite a number of fast-car-drivers doing that. Mind you - they passed me within 50 yards AFTER the
roundabout!
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 01:00 PM |
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hmmm worst... now thats a close thing
My current car (07 Civic 2.2 TDi) is bloodu awful. definitely the worst built car i have ever owned and has had so many faults in the last 18 months
you wouldnt believe it! Honda- reliable - MY ARSE!
but that has to be beeten into second place by my old renault 19 1.7 TXE .... still have nightmares about that car! <shudder!>
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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scootz
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 01:04 PM |
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My dear departed Grandfather gifted me my first car when I passed my test... he had only owned it for 6 months (bought it from new), but realised very
quickly what a stinker it was!
Ladies and gentlemen... I too have had a...
FSO POLONEZ
[Edited on 11/2/09 by scootz]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 01:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
My dear departed Grandfather gifted me my first car when I passed my test... he had only owned it for 6 months (bought it from new), but realised very
quickly what a stinker it was!
Ladies and gentlemen... I too have had a...
FSO POLONEZ
yuck that makes the Alegro look good!
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Dingz
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 02:03 PM |
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Mk1 Capri 1300 with padded vinyl roof. terrible performance, worse brakes, handled like a barge, rusted away very quickly. I had a Skoda Estelle which
I liked! if you kept a bit of weight in the front it handled suprisingly well just needed more power.
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 02:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dingz
Mk1 Capri 1300
That's sacrilege!!!!
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 03:37 PM |
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Allegro o Not All bad!!
Have to counter Mr Whippy's denigration of what was, in truth, a mediocre car.
My Allegro's best points were :-
1: Cheap to buy (£1600, 16K miles, c.1982/4),
2: Dirt cheap to run,
3: Easy to maintain (very low rech.)
4: Dead reliable.
Bad points - Ooh er!!
The interior trim was diabolically crap. There were globs of assembly adhesive showing all over. Having the gearbox in the sump was a bloody awful
arrangement, and the gear linkage seal always leaked.
At least, I had the model with a round steering wheel!!
By far the worst car I've had :-
Austin Maestro 1.6 c.1985, with that god-awful Audi cast-off g/box. Crap build quality, crap engine (in addition to aforementioned g/box), crap
reliability - kept dying on me, and worst of all, crap decision to buy the damn thing in the first place.
[Edited on 11/2/09 by Dick Axtell]
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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rf900rush
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 05:13 PM |
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Daf 33 Variomatic
libaray picture
My most enviromently freindly car 1975 5.7l chevy powered RR.
[Edited on 11/2/09 by rf900rush]
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splitrivet
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 07:10 PM |
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Hey I wont hear a bad word against DAF's , used to have a 55 rallye it went like stink.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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McLannahan
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 09:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rf900rush
Daf 33 Variomatic
[Edited on 11/2/09 by rf900rush]
Did the DAF Variomatic go as fast in reverse as it could forwards? Old Wive's tale or true?
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PaulBuz
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| posted on 18/2/09 at 08:48 AM |
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Montego MG Turbo.
You've never experienced proper torque steer, till you've driven one.
On boost you have to wrestle to keep it out of the fields!
Oh, & the metric tyres were £200 each.( 15 years ago)
ATB
Paul
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wilkingj
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| posted on 18/2/09 at 02:04 PM |
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I had one of these... An Austin A40.
Dreadful car. The only saving grace was the BMC A series engine, which was good and reliable. The rest was really bad. Talk about rotbox!
Oh and one of the Land Rover's. However this was bought as a restoration project.
It was fairly rusty to say the least. Have a good look at the pics (blow them up as they are thumbnails) There are a few holes
Linky
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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