boris77 Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 1) Fiat Uno 70. P.O.S. Rust, brakes iffy, final straw when the door handle came off due to rust. 2) Renault 5 1.7. Throttle would stick (rather scary), to drive in a straight line the steering was on wonk, speedo under read, master cylinder failed. Finally the cambelt snapped. 3) Vauxhall Astra (2003) 1.6 Sxi. Mechanically fine. However the most uncomfortable car to drive ever. Killed my leg and back. Quote
mikef Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 1. Austin Maxi - no further comment required. 2. Volvo V70 estate - if it could go wrong, it did. 3. Nissan Micra CC Urbis - SWMBO's car. 'Nuff said. Quote
SootySport Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 1. Not that I would own one but my workmate does, I give you the most ugliest car on the road http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped....719.jpg 2. In the same vane the Nissan Juke. I never had one of those either. 3. But I do admit to a Morris Marina 1.8TC . Everything went wrong, I hated it and it hated me so much that it caught fire with me in it. Quote
davidgh Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 1998 Range Rover 3.9 Vogue (unreliable) 1976 Peugeot 504 GL (very unreliable) 1985 Renault 25 2.7V6 (appallingly unreliable) Quote
Cleggy the Spyder Man Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 mine are almost too emabarrasing to mention 1. my first car an austin allegro - had some fun times in it but boy was the handling dangerous - beyond 50mph everything got all rather scary 2. my second car - a hyundai pony - rusted away quicker than you could imagine 3. fiat punto 1.2 - was quite snazzy back then - dull as dish water and as slow as it gets - then the head gasket went Quote
fatbaldbloke Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 OK, Number one, the worst by a huge distance... Sunbeam Stiletto...full of potential but never, ever worked. Had a full engine rebuild but still needed to pull the choke out to keep it going on the motorway as it just got colder and colder. Turn the heater on and it more or less stopped. Throttle stuck open on the north circular one Friday evening. The final gesture was when I was trying to part exchange it at a garage, the owner put it on a lift to look underneath and as he walked under it, the bottom hose let go and soaked him in hot antifreeze.... Number Two... Triumph TR6. Not the marque in general but the one I owned. It was twisted from front to back, I could never get it to sit level on the road, so I ended up always parking it with two wheels on the pavement. It didn't look too bad that way. I sold it to a guy from Cranfield Uni with it parked on a kerb and I noticed about two days later that he had started doing exactly the same. Number Three... a company car... Jaguar S-type 4 litre V8. My God, what an ugly car. I can't imagine what came over me choosing it in the first place. Then add to it the fuel consumption of an ocean going liner. Every time I went out in it shares in Shell went up! Quote
Dibby Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 3) Vauxhall Astra (2003) 1.6 Sxi. Mechanically fine. However the most uncomfortable car to drive ever. Killed my leg and back. Had a series of Vauxhall Ashtrays as project cars at work and found the same, Wales to London was a killer for the back. Chairs were too hard, no contours, no support where it's needed, a wooden stool would have been comfier. Plus the slabs of soul-less wipe-clean plastic across the dash and spongey indicator stalks that had no definite 'click' so you had to keep looking at the dash to see if you have left your indicator on. Tinny stereo, not very nice yellowy orange LED dash, throughly average performance from the 1.7 and 1.9CDTI and not very inspiring handling. Just an all round not very desirable car. OK for people who chose cars on what's cheap to get them from A to B with the minimum fuss. Low end mass company car crap. Quote
peterg Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Hillman Imp - first car, always seemed to need something doing to it, on the other hand, when it worked it was great fun... Citroen Xantia 1.9d - most uncomfortable, unsupportive seats ever, gutless engine but, it was a company car so cost me nothing Ford Cortina mk2 1.6 - engine blew up at 63k so I scrapped it as rust was taking hold everywhere too... was only 8 years old Quote
John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Fiesta XR2 Mk2 (smokey old flat as a fart CVH engine) Escort Mk3 Diesel van (same as above but diesel) Sierra 4x4 Ghia estate (rusty old misfiring pig) Quote
Dommo Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 For me, I'd go with: 1) Vauxhall Corsa 'C', 1.2 I think. Had it as a hire car because some taxi driver was being a typical taxi driver and tried to write my car off. It was gutless. It was soul destroying. It was horrible. It didn't go, it didn't stop and it certainly didn't turn. Even then I had to take it to Vauxhall because the steering rack kept locking up. Turned out there was a recall or something. Unfortunately they had the part in stock so they did it there and then. Think I'd have been ok with walking home. 2) Mk2 Focii. This is an odd one and is purely derived from examples as hire cars. The mk1 focus I liked. The mk2 I hated every time I got one. Seats were uncomfortable and it just wasn't as fun as the mk1. The mk2 facelift however, I liked! I bet there's not a lot different about them either. Particularly in the seat department. That's probably about it for me. I guess I've been lucky and not owned crap cars so far. Well, none that I consider crap. Quote
Dibby Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Citroen Xantia 1.9d - most uncomfortable, unsupportive seats ever, gutless engine but, it was a company car so cost me nothing Ahhh, the joy of the days before you got taxed on company cars? Luckily our company lets us run our own cars, some of the partner companies are sending the staff down the company car route and a bunch of Kia Sportages turned up in the car park, no way would I pay £200 a month in extra tax for one of those. Quote
John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Fiesta XR2 Mk2 (smokey old flat as a fart CVH engine) Escort Mk3 Diesel van (same as above but diesel) Sierra 4x4 Ghia estate (rusty old misfiring pig) Just spotted the trend - they are all Fords! Quote
peterg Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 QUOTE Ahhh, the joy of the days before you got taxed on company cars? it wasn't THAT long ago However, it was a lot more financially beneficial in those days... when that company stopped giving out company cars (I didn't really do any business mileage) they gave me a £6k salary rise to compensate for having to buy and run my own car Quote
Hammy Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 3. But I do admit to a Morris Marina 1.8TC . Everything went wrong, I hated it and it hated me so much that it caught fire with me in it. yep been there too - worst car i ever owned. Also had a Skoda Estelle ( poor mans 911) which was slighly less worse ( brakes failed twice, and it was less than 2yrs old 10k miles). Very interesting handling in the wet and you had to "flood" the carb, like you did on old motorbikes, for it to start in the winter (Mrs H didn't like that aspect). Interesting design features such as battery under the rear seat, clutch that you had to fit each pressure spring and adjust the length individually, plus loads of shims under the front suspension mounts. Very light steering as I recall. Quote
peterg Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 QUOTE Skoda Estelle ( poor mans 911) more like poor man's VW Beetle Quote
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