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Nice and simple what was the worst car you have ever owned I've had a few stinkers over the years but I have to say my 1985 Austin maestro was to put it in technical terms absolutely crap.I would like to point out that this was also the safest car I have ever owned because it was never on the road due to been broken down.
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A Holden [General Motors] Gemini. Built for them by some Asian mob a real piece of .... bought brand new but always crap. My 35 year old car left it for dead.
Bet no doubt the Lexus, and the service they provide, wash it every 2 weeks loan car dropped off and mine picked up when in for a service. And a real joy to drive.G U T
There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.
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I never learned to drive, but my father had a Chevrolet Bel-Aire that was a piece of junk. We had to have a supply of corks for the radiator, as the original cap was defective and could not (for some reason) be replaced. It would suddenly overheat in all kinds of lousy places like the Long Island Expressway, we had to pull over, allow it to cool off, and then put in a new cork before driving away. Believe it or not we had that car for about six years - I still am amazed.Originally posted by GUT View Post
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I had a Ford Escort [my first car] I loved it, but you needed to keep a bag of cement in the boot or you would loose it going around corners.G U T
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A Chevy Corsica. If the engine light came on it told you in the instruction manual to pull over and get as far away from the car as possible.The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.Comment
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I also had a Ford Falcon, ended up with 750,000 km on it, every week or so I had to strip the cover and put the push rod back n place, got to the stage I could do it in about 10 minutes.G U T
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GUT you know FORD stands for Fix Or Repair Daily - some say Found On The Road Dead
Roy
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G'day Roy
But 750,000 km wasn't bad.
When I was a kid a ford was
A bit of tin
A bit of board
Bashed together
Makes a Ford
and a Holden was
Barely Holden together.G U T
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1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee Orvis Edition.I confess that altruistic and cynically selfish talk seem to me about equally unreal. With all humility, I think 'whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might,' infinitely more important than the vain attempt to love one's neighbour as one's self. If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus, you must not be thinking about yourself, and equally, you must not be thinking about your neighbour; you must be living with your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing.
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Utterly the worst...
I think I can beat you all...back circa 1982/83 my first wife and I became owners of a Morris Marina Coupe...get it up to fifty and the arse end waggled about because there was no weight over the back wheels...put a little weight over the back wheels (like a couple of paving slabs in the boot) and the rear suspension leaf springs (I kid you not!) would go completely flat and threaten to collapse exuding rust dust all over the place...
Ah yes... of course there was the rust...the cars were built with rust pre-installed, the final paint coats sprayed over rust, and every time Leyland went out on strike, the cars were left in the yards to further rust...the 1300 engine was the biggest piece of garbage ever, the propshaft continually whined...and we went through two clutches in two years...
We eventually, through sympathetic contacts in our friendly bus garage, (labour entirely free...well the company paid but didn't know that... and about £150 for parts), had it rebuilt with a recycled 1800 engine, gearbox, clutch, propshaft and rear axle, (I think they altered the engine mountings too but can't recall), and though it then went like **** off a shovel it was never going to be much good. I left the car with said first wife when we split up...and to be honest was never so glad as to part with either!
One very good thing about living in a country where a good deal of the native automotive industry has died...the joy of never having again to ride in a British Leyland motor!
All the best
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1964 Studebaker Daytona.
It was actually a good little car but I bought it in the 80s, and so it needed a bit of work, everyday.
Plus I met a lot of mechanics that took both me and the car for a ride. I actually had a guy charge me for work and when it continued to have the same problem I took it to a different mechanic who when I told him the problem I had fixed showed me the old piece had never been replaced. I was too naïve to recognize you had to check the mechanic. All he did was take the money.
However I loved that car. I sold it to a Studebaker enthusiast and I'm sure he made out better with it. Did his own work.
I nearly put down the Renault I owned here instead, but since it actually never actually ran at all, well...maybe I should have come to think of it.Comment
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Hi Dave, in 1983 I had just left school and went to work in London for my uncle who was a used car dealer the first thing I learnt was that anything to do with British Leyland was for want of a better word shite. The Marina was awfully but the allegro was a crime against humanity dodgy body work back wheels falling of rear Windows falling out and a certainty of a serious oil leak different times then no attempt what so ever to recall these cars.Originally posted by Cogidubnus View PostI think I can beat you all...back circa 1982/83 my first wife and I became owners of a Morris Marina Coupe...get it up to fifty and the arse end waggled about because there was no weight over the back wheels...put a little weight over the back wheels (like a couple of paving slabs in the boot) and the rear suspension leaf springs (I kid you not!) would go completely flat and threaten to collapse exuding rust dust all over the place...
Ah yes... of course there was the rust...the cars were built with rust pre-installed, the final paint coats sprayed over rust, and every time Leyland went out on strike, the cars were left in the yards to further rust...the 1300 engine was the biggest piece of garbage ever, the propshaft continually whined...and we went through two clutches in two years...
We eventually, through sympathetic contacts in our friendly bus garage, (labour entirely free...well the company paid but didn't know that... and about £150 for parts), had it rebuilt with a recycled 1800 engine, gearbox, clutch, propshaft and rear axle, (I think they altered the engine mountings too but can't recall), and though it then went like **** off a shovel it was never going to be much good. I left the car with said first wife when we split up...and to be honest was never so glad as to part with either!
One very good thing about living in a country where a good deal of the native automotive industry has died...the joy of never having again to ride in a British Leyland motor!
All the best
DaveThree things in life that don't stay hidden for to long ones the sun ones the moon and the other is the truthComment
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I bought an old Ford Anglia way back in the early seventies. There was no door lining and you could only turn the ignition on with a screwdriver, which had to be kept in the ignition. The windscreen wiper (singular) had be operated manually - by means of a long piece of string pulled in the direction you wanted the wiper to go.
Despite all this somebody actually attempted to steal it! I was awoken in the middle of the night by the familiar sound of the engine being turned over, time after time. I looked out of the window and the thief had the bonnet up but he ran off when he saw the bedroom light come on.
When I put this old beauty in to be repaired the mechanic wrote 'crap green' in the box where they had to state the car's colour.
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We used to call them 'Dagenham Dustbins' .Originally posted by Roy Corduroy View Post
My first and only car was a Singer Gazelle. I think it was a 1969/70 model but I had it in 1978. The handbrake was on the right hand side and I was forever forgetting to release it. I could actually drive it with the handbrake on! When it rained, my feet got wet. However, it was my little bit of independence for a short time. Shortly after that, I had to give up driving due to medical reasons but I have fond memories of my old Singer.Comment
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all of mine were the worst. I absolutely hate cars...or having one. I've had them out of necessity, but have never liked them. Bicycles....that what I could talk about.
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