What's the worst car you've ever owned and why?

[MWheatley]

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 :blink:

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??

 

[PedroS]

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 !

 

[HDi fun]

2002 year Renault Laguna II.

 

[MWheatley]

2002 year Renault Laguna II.

Any specific reason?

 

[HDi fun]

Nothing worked basically. Returned it to the dealer after eight days and accepted a full refund.

 

[MWheatley]

Nothing worked basically. Returned it to the dealer after eight days and accepted a full refund.

:amazed: sounds like a good outcome from a bad situation

 

[HDi fun]

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.

 

[MWheatley]

Bummer

 

[HDi fun]

It's not tragic. Twenty odd years ago I had Montego. Boy were they stodgy even by the standards of that era.

 

[obi_waynne]

Renault 9 TLE - loads of faults and rattles and I crashed it after 2 weeks of ownership!

 

[stamford]

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.

 

[pgarner]

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

 

[Loz]

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.

 

[turbonutter69]

A td Escort Estate. My god I could run faster.

 

[obi_waynne]

I'll change my worst car to the Astra I bought off a friend without actually even seeing it. It was rusty underneath, things kept braking on me, including the front suspension mounts, brake discs and most of the electrics had random electric faults.