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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #45 on: 21 January 2010, 17:51:17 »
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I have never had a car I wanted to quickly get rid of and all of my vehicles I have wanted to retain if I had had the funds to do so! ::) ::) ::) ::)

These are the cars owned, borrowed and driven:

Cars Owned or Driven Long Term
1960 Austin A40
1956 Humber Hawk (Father-in-laws)
1960 Austin Westminster (Father-in-laws)
1970 Ford Escort L
1969 Ford Cortina Mk2 1.3 L (ex's car)
1970 Ford Cortina Mk2 1.3 L (ex-car  )
1972 Ford Cortina Mk3 1.3 L (   "    "  )
1972 Ford Escort L
1974 Ford Escort L
1975 Ford Cortina Mk3 1.6 Estate
1977 Ford Cortina Mk4 1.6 Estate
1979 Ford Cortina Mk5 1.6L Estate
1958 Duple 56 seater road coach (joint ownership)
1968 Wolsley Hornet III
1980 Vauxhall (all new) Cavalier 1.6L
1982 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8 SRi
1984 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 GL
1986 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 GL
1988 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 CD
1990 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 CD
1992 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 CD
1995 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia
1997 Mercedes C220 Estate
1990 Vauxhall Senator 3.0 CD
1996 Vauxhall Omega 3.0 Elite
1989 Toyota 1.6 GL Estate
2000 Vauxhall Omega 2.5 CDX
2009 Mercedes E320 CDI (loan car)

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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #46 on: 21 January 2010, 17:53:34 »
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I have never had a car I wanted to quickly get rid of and all of my vehicles I have wanted to retain if I had had the funds to do so! ::) ::) ::) ::)

These are the cars owned, borrowed and driven:

Cars Owned or Driven Long Term
1960 Austin A40
1956 Humber Hawk (Father-in-laws)
1960 Austin Westminster (Father-in-laws)
1970 Ford Escort L
1969 Ford Cortina Mk2 1.3 L (ex's car)
1970 Ford Cortina Mk2 1.3 L (ex-car  )
1972 Ford Cortina Mk3 1.3 L (   "    "  )
1972 Ford Escort L
1974 Ford Escort L
1975 Ford Cortina Mk3 1.6 Estate
1977 Ford Cortina Mk4 1.6 Estate
1979 Ford Cortina Mk5 1.6L Estate
1958 Duple 56 seater road coach (joint ownership)
1968 Wolsley Hornet III
1980 Vauxhall (all new) Cavalier 1.6L
1982 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8 SRi
1984 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 GL
1986 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 GL
1988 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 CD
1990 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 CD
1992 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 CD
1995 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia
1997 Mercedes C220 Estate
1990 Vauxhall Senator 3.0 CD
1996 Vauxhall Omega 3.0 Elite
1989 Toyota 1.6 GL Estate
2000 Vauxhall Omega 2.5 CDX
2009 Mercedes E320 CDI (loan car)

Everyone a star!! :D :D :D :y :y


Not easily pleased are you ;D ;D ;D


er,......no!  But what women ever is! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;) ;)

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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #47 on: 21 January 2010, 18:02:41 »
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since we're all scraping the barrell, done a little scraping myself
1974 vauxhall VX 490 bought for 50 quid, no brakes overheating was a feature
1979 Dolomite 1850HL, i must have changed the engine at least 4 times
1980 fiat 132 rubber mount on propshaft gone, BANG BANG BANG BANG it got louder and faster for obvious reasons
1975 Cortina MK3, had no rubber gaiter round gear stick, suffered from bad backpressure so fumes from engine always ended up in car, you had to drive everywhere with windows open, that was actually a great old car.


Im running one of these everyday as its better than my Omega :'(
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #48 on: 21 January 2010, 18:06:09 »
I tend to keep my cars, usually for over ten years, just coming up to 11 on the Omega. The least inspiring to drive has been a Volvo 340 bought for SWTSMBO at auction many years ago. It was like rowing a boat, you were up and down the gears all the time to encourage it to move, fairly solid though. Probably the worst was a 1965 Mk1 Cortina Estate. A complete rust bucket, and never started when you wanted it to. I spent the whole time I owned it filling rust holes with filler, and guess what? It was the only car I have ever sold for a profit!!!
There's one born every day. ;D ;D ;D
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #49 on: 21 January 2010, 20:21:54 »
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Has anyone noticed that Talbot/Chrysler offerings seem to be quite common on this thread. ::) ::)


I had a good one - a 1.6 hatch with proper wheel drive
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #50 on: 22 January 2010, 00:14:52 »
[size=14]Mine would have to be my third car which was a 94 renault 11 1.4l it handled like a barge and went just as well  :-[ Cost me £50 but did last a year  :D[/size][/i][/b]
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #51 on: 22 January 2010, 00:32:10 »
1999 Vauxhall Omega 2.0 GLS
2001 Vauxhall Omega 2.2 CDX

b'use of rust ... every month you have to fix something
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #52 on: 22 January 2010, 00:57:28 »
can anybody beat a rancho ?yup a y,reg it was red and came with spot lights on the roof and two brown paper bags to cover your head with !! :D :D ;D :y
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #53 on: 22 January 2010, 19:05:39 »
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can anybody beat a rancho ?yup a y,reg it was red and came with spot lights on the roof and two brown paper bags to cover your head with !! :D :D ;D :y

I thought they looked rather nice, even though they were just standard Talbot with a bit of extra body trim (and no 4 wheel drive...)
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #54 on: 22 January 2010, 19:08:41 »
Most crappy cars were both rented - a Chrysler Neon 2.0 Automatic which I gave back to the car rental company after 4 hours refusing to drive it, and a Kia Shuma 1.8 Automatic which was just horrible to drive.

Both were rental cars, so new, just to show you that they were crap from day one and not some neglected old bangers that aged badly.

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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #55 on: 22 January 2010, 19:43:59 »
no mention of the citroen picaso yet?
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