What was the worst car you ever had?

For me it was that Damned Alfa Romeo!

I had a POS Rabbit, but that was the last in a long line of POS vehicles.
I loved my VW Squareback, but it leaked like a sieve and I had to drive it barefoot with my pants rolled up so I would not get to work soaking wet. It also caught fire.
I had a Datsun (before they were Nissan) B210. It was fine, but totally ugly.
I loved my 1969 Ford Station Wagon but the stench from rotting food was a real deterent.

@amurican
What happened with your alfa? I have one, I love it, there is nothing better in the world :)

I thank God that all my cars, 3 so far, never gave me problems at all :)

I tried to think about all the clunkers I’ve owned, and all the luxury cars I’ve owned, and I figured out that there was something I loved about all of them, even that Pontiac boat that barely worked and that Datsun pick-up we had to push to start. All the cars good and bad have contributed to my experience of life and given me my character. I can’t say any were worst or best, just different and interesting. Thanks for the question. It made me walk down memory lane and remind me how far I’ve come. From that old rotary Mazda to a BMW 750. Wow.

I had a Suzuki Samurai that was a glorified soda can with a rubber-band engine.

My first car was a lime green ‘75 VW Rabbit, only had it six months before I got in an accident and got rid of it.

My husband and I had a 1981 toyota corolla. You coundnt open the driver’s side door from the outside so you had to open the other door then reach in to open the driver’s door. The fuel gauge didn’t work. The radio didn’t work. The heater didn’t work plus it had no ac. The driver’s side window wouldn’t go down either. I hated that car but my husband loved it. He’s the one who drove it. He would say that the car he hated was the one I drove. That was my 1986 nissan pulsar. It didn’t have much power but was cute.

My car squeals like a piglet who just realized what bacon is every time I turn it on. But I love him. I call it the TARDIS. It’s navy blue and it’s my travelling machine, get it? What… because it’s…nevermind.

1996 Mazda Protege. Best and worst, baby. That’s how I roll. Kinda like the TARDIS.

My license plate says DAL3KS…cause they’re on my ass, chasing me…get it? Ok…I’ll stop.

In high school I had a TR7 that was the biggest pile of poo! The wipers only went half way across the windshield; you had to run the heater full blast (winter or summer) to keep the engine from overheating; and the drivers window only went down three inches making it impossible to pay tolls or to go through any drive-thrus. I could however fit 4 friends in it, which was great fun, providing they were people you wanted to be close with! Good times. **As a side note, that TR7 was never “broken”, yet the stupidly expensive BMW 750 I drive now has spent far more time in the shop. But I suppose the windows and wipers working on a regular basis is a plus. That and I don’t have to travel in a sauna everyday!

This is a toss-up between two cars. I had a… um… what year was it… either 1990 or 1991 Mustang, but it was four cylinder! It had NO POWER. I think it took me half an hour to get up to speed on a hill… and it squealed so loud that I was once told at a Taco Bell that I had to come inside because they couldn’t hear me over the car!

The other one was my first car, my original baby. It was a ‘91 Ford Escort, silver. I loved that little pup. But one day while driving home from tattoos in NYC, it died right at the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. The radio was on and all of a sudden it just sounded like a dying toy, and then I realized that the car wasn’t moving. We had to push it to the side (with fresh ink on our legs!) and tow it all the way to my house in Jersey… $400! Ugh! And then one day the wipers and lights stopped working, of course, in the middle of a pouring rainstorm in a crowded suburb with street parking on a windy hill! UGH! I loved that car though! Hated the Mustang.

Worst car ever was our fugly blue 1986 Nissan Pulsar POS. I can’t tell you how much I HATED that car. It was my wife’s car, actually. What a gutless POS it was.

@Parrothead- You forgot to mention one other thing about that Corolla. Quite often you had to hit the solenoid with a wrench to unfreeze it before you could get it to start.
God, I miss that car. Great engine, too. You still see a lot of Corollas from that era on the road, but how many Pulsars do you see?

POSatively!

Pontiac Fiero.

GEOMETRO FTW

@amurican
My first ride was a 1998 VW golf 2.0, can’t complain, the only thing it needed was petrol, oil and regular service for brakes and injectors, I bought it in 2006 so as you can see, it was not a brand new car but it was the best I could afford back in the day for $8000.00. The only bad thing about my golf was that as it had a big engine and was super fast, it was kind of thirsty…
Then my second ride in my 2005 Ford EcoSport, can’t complain, a compact SUV, low consumption, super nice, fast and stable. Now I also own an Alfa Romeo 146 1.4 lt. with boxter type engine, is the car for the weekends, the sound of the engine is amazing, black and super hot, nothing like an Italian car…

Worst car was a piss-yellow 1979 Volkswagen Rabbit. I feel hatred for it welling in my soul right now.

I am wiping the tears here from laughing. What great stories.

The worst car we ever owned was an Oldsmobile. We bought it from the dealer, being told that it was a lease car of their’s. We’d done that a couple times before & had always had good luck. Not with this thing. It had mega electrical problems. The automatic headlights didn’t work. You’d be driving down the road & the electric door locks would go on & off by themselves. One night coming home, the dash lights went out. It just went on & on. After about 15 times of taking it back to the dealer, they got it straightened out. Come to find out, they’d lied to us. It had been bought at an auction. I wonder why??? No more of that. We buy new cars that we KNOW are new.

What does the“FTW” designate?

amurican, I don’t feel so dense now lol it stands for ”what the f&@k!”

I owned a “piece of shit monza”. That was its full name. Coming out of the parking garage down a hill the clutch broke through the fire wall, almost didnt get stopped. The gear shift broke off in my hand and flew into the back seat. The window fell down in the door while rolling it down. And the last straw was when I opened the drivers door, it fell off the hinges. I bought it brand new! It was a 1980. This was all within 2 years.

By any chance did your Pontyuk Feararrow catch fire and burn?

actually, wtf = what the fuck. ftw = for the win

FTW stands for “for the win”

there goes my dyslexia again.

1986 Peugeot 505 Turbo. It lasted about 300 miles, but it did have a cigarette lighter for every potential occupant. Blew out the main bearing seal and died a tragic death, although it was a lot of fun for a couple of hours.

1970 Ford Pinto
It was a constant problem.
I hated that car!

1982 Renault 18i. By far the worst vehicle ever made. They only made it for one year. The dealer didn’t even have parts for it 6 months after we bought it. Engine troubles. The locks fell out (we had 3 different keys, one for each door and one for the trunk. They couldn’t even key them alike). At 15,000 miles the drive train simply fell out. Yes. Fell out. Back then warranties were 12,000 mile or one year. Then, we had a fire in the trunk from faulty wiring.

The amazing thing was that the following year Renault introduced some other car (Le Car?) and it won Motor Trend car of the year. I traded it in on a Ford EXP which was the second worst car I ever had. Cracked the head twice. We came to learn to love the smell of anti-freeze burning. And then, the glory car: The 1976 Mercedes 300D. Awesome, Awesome car.

No one here has had a Yugo? Those have to be the worst cars ever made.

I had a 1984 Ford Tempo. The driver door did not open. You had to crawl in from the passenger side. The air conditioner broke. The clock could not be set. You had to add three hours and eight minutes to the time that was showing to know the correct time. The radio only worked if you kept your finger on the knob the whole time. It was loud! I had this car when I married my husband. He drove it to the fire station once, and all of the firemen laughed at him. The sad thing is that the car had low mileage on, and everything that could break or fall off did. It also leaked power steering fluid like crazy.

I actually did not hate the car back then. I love my car now. A few weeks ago my husband bought me a Mercedes SLK roadster. I love it ! I have certainly come a long way from those days back then.

I love Fiero’s. I had a 1986 gold one. I got hit from behind, by a motorcycle, and it was totaled with 6000 miles on it. I bought the Tempo after that wreck.

All so new and exciting. I have much I would like to contribute and so much more to learn.

Your Monza experience reminds me of something from an old Pink Panther film. Perhaps GM should stand for “general mishaps” or someting along those lines.

Well Sueanne it sounds like your Renault was from a Peter Sellers film too. I once had an old ‘64 Mercedes 220 seb. A bit rough around the edges but what a smooooth ride! I still miss that one.

Yugo’s, Lada’s and Trabant’s are closely related when scraping the bottom of automotive disasters.

Does anyone remember the little Chevette that drove like a very old truck! The Pint-o seemed like a Bentley compared to that piece of junk!

The Fiero held great promise but due to fuel delivery fire issues and the accompanying lawsuits, GM pulled the plug on that one. Toyota had it’s new price point mid engine MR2 to directly compete with the Fireo. It had similar problems too, but did Toyota give up? Not on your life. They sorted it out and it went on to be a strong seller for years to come. If GM deserves bailout money then Asamma Bin Laden deserves a lifetime golf membership in Palm Springs!

Ah yes the Ford Tempo. Americas answer to the European midsize market. Watch out Audi here comes a Tempo! Like so much that is America. The image is everything! Who cares about substance anyway?

EXP, Does that stand for X Treme Paranoia?

Someone Schizophrenic?

An Alfa Romeo is like any realationship that requires compassion and love untill it locks you out on a rainy day while you are way out in Yosemite on vacation and the alarm cant be silenced unless you pry the trunk open,remove the spare tire to access the emergency disconnect switch for the alarm system. A few of those experiences coupled with it’s automatic memory power drivers seat that comes on all by itself jamming your head into the ceiling until its motor burns out and you need someone to help pry you loose from the Alfa death grip! Whew! and that’s a good day. The sexy 164“S”. Buyers beware! There were sooo many issues with the “S” that Alfa pulled it’s entire operation back to Italy until recently when it announced it’s return. Here we go again? To be fair there were some earlier Alfas that were marvelous feats of style and engineering in their time.Lets hope the new offerings shore up it’s tarneshed reputation. Alfa like BMW and Mercedes makes nice economy cars that would be great to see here NOW when we need them the most.

Schizophrenia isn’t it devine. Purely a reflection of Gods image personified!

As soon as my fever breaks I will have to try and pry myself away from this tantalizing new opiate.

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amurican?

Its called relating.

All these people replying to my question makes me want to relate with each one as best I can.

I make a ton of typo mistakes and I’m really self concious about it. This webtv box doesn’t help either. It keeps skipping letters and causing me to make even more mistakes. Sometimes I have to go back and rewrite it ‘til I get it as close to right as I can.That’s a good part of it really. I am flawed but try my best to get it right.The important thing is not the spelling or the grammer, It’s the message that’s really the most important thing to me. And if my going on and on causes you concern then know that I am trying to contribute in the best way I know how. Please bear with my style of communication for it is the only one I have. OK?

Time to sleep…......

But you could perhaps utilize the @username format to respond to each one, in EDITS on your original post. It’s not fair to us reading it or the person who asked. We have to keep scrolling and figuring out who you are talking to and the question asker is fooled by thinking he has more wonderful responses to read, when really, it’s just you. Repeating.

In this case, you’re the asker, but if you were on another thread, that might suck for them. Can you imagine if someone did that to your thread?

sorry I asked .

If youve read the posts in sequence then you’ll understand my responses and perhaps save yourself from buytng a lemon.