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02-02-2012, 12:40 PM
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|  What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
For me it's the Nissan Micra 1.0 T reg. I realise that i don't have a huge car history...actually it's just the micra and my current fabia 
The gearbox on the micra was awful, if you ever went for 3rd you had to cross your fingers and hope for t'best!
So how about you?? | 
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02-02-2012, 12:54 PM
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| Re: What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
alfa romeu 145 1.4 boxer engine. 90 bhp of pure donkeysand very thirsty... poor handling and the electrics didn't help the whole experience. i end up driving it allways at full trotle
and crashed eventualy..... scrap yard it went ! | |
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02-02-2012, 01:21 PM
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| Re: What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
2002 year Renault Laguna II. | |
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02-02-2012, 01:29 PM
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| Re: What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
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Originally Posted by HDi fun  2002 year Renault Laguna II. | Any specific reason?  | |
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02-02-2012, 01:37 PM
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| Re: What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
Nothing worked basically. Returned it to the dealer after eight days and accepted a full refund. | |
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02-02-2012, 01:39 PM
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| Re: What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
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Originally Posted by HDi fun Nothing worked basically. Returned it to the dealer after eight days and accepted a full refund. |  sounds like a good outcome from a bad situation  | |
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02-02-2012, 01:53 PM
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| Re: What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
It was a used one. Circa 3 years old. In fairness the dealer hadn't tried to sell me a lemon. He was just unfortunate and lost money because the car ended up at auction for less than he'd paid the previous owner as a trade in value. | |
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02-02-2012, 01:54 PM
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| Re: What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
Bummer | |
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02-02-2012, 02:20 PM
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| Re: What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
It's not tragic. Twenty odd years ago I had Montego. Boy were they stodgy even by the standards of that era. | |
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02-02-2012, 02:43 PM
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| | Administrator TC Founder Car: A4 2.0T Fsi Quattro
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| Re: What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
Renault 9 TLE - loads of faults and rattles and I crashed it after 2 weeks of ownership!
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02-02-2012, 02:53 PM
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| Re: What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
Probably a short-lived Renault 5, no end of problems and blowing headgaskets, when it reached number four I drove it into the scrapyard and tossed them the keys! Over 30 years I haven't really had that many bad cars that were etched into my memory.
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02-02-2012, 07:01 PM
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| Re: What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
worst woudl have to be my fiesta because of it drinking as much oil as petrol but it wasnt bad, painfully slow but that was the only problem
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02-02-2012, 08:00 PM
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| Re: What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
Suzuki SJ413, I was Young & stoopid (as opposed to being old & stoopid now) the bloke selling it ripped me off. The engine was shot to & needed replacing & he obviously bodged up just enough to sell it on. At the time I was working in a biker pub & the guys offered to pay the seller a visit & re-arrange his knees... sometimes I wish I let them do it. 
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02-02-2012, 10:12 PM
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| Re: What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?
A td Escort Estate. My god I could run faster. 
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