scruffythefirst Posted March 15, 2010 Posted March 15, 2010 Ford capri 1.6 0.8L. Best and worst, rusted to hell, wouldn't start and got T boned by a BMW. Slammed in the weeds, on compomotive ML's (minilight replicas) goose s**t green, got a great reaction wherever it went. Quote
cliveboy8 Posted March 15, 2010 Posted March 15, 2010 Best: my current C320CDi Sport Merc. Worst: A Talbot Alpine in Orange with brown cloth interior. Fatbaldbloke: I know what a Sunbeam Stilleto is/was. My father had am Imp Sport. Twin carbs and a top speed of 85 mph. That's downhill with a tail wind! Quote
Buzz Billsberry Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 Best (Company) Car; SEAT LEON CUPRA (270BHP) Worst (company) Car Audi A4 Buzz Quote
Norman Verona Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 Apart from the 7. Best 3* Lotus Cortina, Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior, Lancia Integralle (2) Worst Lancia Dedra - it was never 100% right Range Rover - it had to be recovered 14 times in 12 months * I've only listed 3 from the hundreds I've "owned". Being in the motor trade I just took what I fancied. If they were good I ran them for as long as I liked them. Quote
Captain Colonial Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 Best: 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350, white with twin blue hood-to-trunk (bonnet-to-boot) stripes. Miss that car bad, right down to the sticker on the dash that said "Warning - Do not roll down windows at speeds over 110 MPH" - at that speed, rolling down the windows was about the last thing you had on your mind! It was more like, "If I turn, will the bias-ply tires (tyres) do anything except squeal like a pig?" Worst: Ford Sierra diesel estate (company) - what a mangy mutt of a tractor that was. Someone drove into the back of it and wrote it off, thank goodness. Quote
frubpato? Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 Worst - rover 400 I had as an interim company car while Mercedes got their a** into gear. It had a huge boot but was complete tinny cra*. Rubbish engine as well. Stuff all below 5000 revs and then only noise above it. Best - merc c class diesel the first of the common rail. V reg. I loved that car following the gunsight along twisty roads always made me smil Quote
blankczechbook Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 can't say i have a worst car.. none of them have caused me any real hassle to mark them out from the others. but of the cars i've driven via work - the worst - that made me scream at it - audi a3 1.6 auto. it couldn't decide when it wanted to go, and then once it'd made it's mind up it still couldn't go :-D Quote
zvezdochka Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 Most memorable : original astra GTE : XR3i beater in 1984, remember the thrill of having 185-65-HR14 tyres! Best on road: BMW325i M Sport auto (although Combined cycle 39.9 mpg according to BMW, but 30 mpg is real avge) Worst Vx HB Viva (76) - constant maintenance - water pumps, tappets , rust, exhausts lasted only 12 months before rotting away. Having said that, I think this was the norm for most cars in the 70s. Quote
stephenh Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 Worst was a Rover SD1 with V8 engine. It was also jolly nearly the best. Good because it was very comfortable and provided you used the gears (manual box) very quick for a large saloon. Also road holding wasn't bad if you could put up with the vague power steering. Brilliant tow car, again if you used the gears, and ignored 5th. Worst because the rear suspension bushes were made of plastercine I think. They needed replacing several times a year. And whoever designed the final drive ratio needed to go back to school to learn sums! Its top speed in a straight line was achieved in 3rd gear! If it had had the power to pull max revs in 5th. it would have been doing about 200mph I think!! Quote
John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 Best - Peugeot 306 GTi6 / Triumph Dolomite Sprint with overdrive Worst - Fiesta XR2 mark 2 - smoked like a BBQ Quote
Porkie Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 Best overall is my newest one... Ferrari F430 Syder F1 I am just in love with it so far!!!! not as fast as my Westy off course, or my 911 Turbo... but just BEAUTIFUL to drive! here she is last friday when I picked her up!!!!! Worst? thats hard... I have loved all my cars to be honest. Even my first one when I was 17... a brown and gold Sandpiper II Fiesta Mk1! cool... I was NOT! Quote
Cleggy the Spyder Man Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 now that's just blatant showing off Quote
Porkie Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 Hahah you can have a go if you want Cleggy Its a lovely thing! Quote
Cleggy the Spyder Man Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 Hahah you can have a go if you want Cleggy Its a lovely thing! I will remember you said that Quote
Captain Colonial Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 Hahah you can have a go if you want Cleggy Its a lovely thing! I will remember you said that He probably meant having a go at cleaning and polishing it for him. Lovely mota though... Quote
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