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Re: Worst car...
« Reply #30 on: 27 February 2010, 13:44:40 »
..........my first ever car a diesel Pug 205 GRD.
Whatever posessed me to buy that pile of poo is beyound me.
Still long since gone......... ;)
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Re: Worst car...
« Reply #31 on: 27 February 2010, 13:53:42 »
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Worst car? Fiat 126. 'Nuff said! :(

Didn't the 126 have the hand crank start by the hand brake or was that another model... 
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« Reply #32 on: 27 February 2010, 18:28:50 »
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Worst car? Fiat 126. 'Nuff said! :(

Didn't the 126 have the hand crank start by the hand brake or was that another model... 
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Yep, 2 levers either side of the handbrake, left for the choke and right pulled a cable to manually bring in the pre-engagement of the starter dog with the flywheel, this then closed a switch on the motor and cranking ensued. Built to a price, this car was a complete POS!
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Re: Worst car...
« Reply #33 on: 27 February 2010, 18:48:30 »
My First Car was my Worst Car and an 80's Car!

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...

1988 Maestro Mayfair 1.6

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Re: Worst car...
« Reply #34 on: 27 February 2010, 19:07:35 »
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My First Car was my Worst Car and an 80's Car!

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...

1988 Maestro Mayfair 1.6


I regularly pass an 'L' reg one on my daily commute going in the opposite direction.  Bright red, it is....  Thats the body colour, by the way, not the rust!

Heater must be duff though.  Chap always wears a red wooly hat!   ;D
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Re: Worst car...
« Reply #35 on: 27 February 2010, 21:02:01 »
Worst I had was MGA840V.  Avenger Estate (or whatever re-incarnation of rustbucket of Hillman/Talbot/whatever).

Bought as a fill in car whilst I re-shelled a 6 month old Astra SRi.  Estate was handy for panel storage but, sadly, mainly as storage as the begger simply refused to run most times.  When it did, it was lumpy, misfired, hesitant and a general all round bag of bolts.  handling?  Suppose it did, but maily best when stationary....

Did I mention the water leaks and rust???

Was I ever glad to sell that nugget on? 

Yup......   ::)
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Re: Worst car...
« Reply #36 on: 27 February 2010, 21:07:45 »
Difficult to say tbh. The Omega is definetely the most unreliable car I have owned, Ive never known a car need so much work need doing so often.
The most reliable car I owned was a Sierra but I hated it, it was so tedious in every respect, even the interior was hearing aid beige, but it never broke down despite the fact that it didnt so much have the bonnet lifted from one year to the next.
Also had a Crapi which I found totally tedious, but was also very reliable.
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Re: Worst car...
« Reply #37 on: 27 February 2010, 21:21:08 »
Worst car owned was a Renault 18 [smiley=thumbdown.gif], worst cars driven were from the unmarked pool I used - the Morris Ital, Hillman Avenger, Datsun 120Y to name but a few [smiley=thumbdown.gif] [smiley=thumbdown.gif] [smiley=thumbdown.gif]
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Re: Worst car...
« Reply #38 on: 27 February 2010, 21:39:38 »
Montego estate in blue, bought in about 1997 ish, picked it up at an auction it was a G reg so not years old, ex taxi, gearbox, clutch, smelt of old dogs etc. Sprayed what needed spraying and it actually looked half decent, sold for £400 profit to some un-suspecting person who would've had nothing but trouble with it. Lucky to get shot of that I was.
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« Reply #39 on: 28 February 2010, 11:59:53 »
my worst car was a w plate citroen xsara nothing but hassel backwards and forward to the garage  i was glad to get rid of that car
ive never had any problems with my v8 sd1 except for the body work considering she is now at a grand old age of 29 :) 
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Re: Worst car...
« Reply #40 on: 28 February 2010, 13:18:10 »
All the pre 1980's cars I owned possibly with the exception of a towing barge Wolsey 16/60 (posh version of an Austin Cambridge). Apart from needing a trunnion replacing (aghh they were hard to do) it ran for years without anywork.

They all spent their time breaking down even more frequently than our Omega does now. The difference then was the number of times the part failure actually left you stranded. Cars have moved on tremendously since those days.
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