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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Mr Skrunts on 25 April 2016, 15:12:03
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Chrysler Alpine, 1.4, slow, white, exspenive parts and FWD :-\
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Tough call between a '55 1.9 Cdti Vectra C estate and a new '07 Seat Altea XL... Both have seen me stranded...
Have had a handful of shitty Granadas, but none of them ever needed abandoning, even the £50 MoT free sieve ;D
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Technically I suppose it would have to be my 1989 MK4 Ford Escort 3 door estate.
In every measurable way a dreadful car, even down to only having a 4 speed manual box. Shortly before the tin worm claimed her for the final time, she was using about 1 pint of oil every 100miles :o.
However she represented freedom to me after passing my test and I have some of the most enduring and happy memories of my late teens/early 20's in that car. Including a run to Le Mans 5-up, in the sweltering summer heat with the heater on full blast to try and cool the engine! Great days ;D
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Granada 3.0 Ghia Coupe, Saluki Bronze with matching poo colour beige vinyl roof, the car was a death trap, bought it in my youth at the Auctions, 150 quid.
The metal Sunroof completely ejected itself at 70mph, the passenger window exploded of its own accord, anything over 50mph and the ATF would piss all over the exhaust manifold leaving a cool 007 smoke screen behind it, the Autobox would jump out of drive, you had to start the thing in neutral then rev the living daylight out of it and quickly jam into Drive otherwise it would stall and refuse to stat again, the brakes would just total lock up at point if going over a bumpy road, once a week I would have to remove the starter motor and re tighten the torque plate bolts to stop them from rattling.
I became a nervous wreck just owning the car and all my mates refused to get in it, it was jinked, cost me a fortune to run and gave me nothing but bad luck since buying the thing, I eventually sold to a Granada Nut, only to find the Council had removed it the day before he came to pick it up.
Probably worth a shit load of money now.
Stock picture, not the actual car.
(http://platewave.com/content/plate/photos/resized/RRW770R_1429889943.jpg)
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White morris marina ..held together with news paper and filler. Also a whiteish rover 216 where the gearbox fell out while driving down the bypass at esher.
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I'd like to say it was the utterly knackered Astra van, but it would have to be this heap:
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/awfjplmmt0r387w/P5110004.jpg?dl=1)
I've owned a lot Capris, and this was the worst. Ignore the shiny paint, as the bits underneath it were rotten, and mechanically it was worse than the Astra. Not a good use of £300
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White morris marina ..held together with news paper and filler. Also a whiteish rover 216 where the gearbox fell out while driving down the bypass at esher.
I had that happen in a 2.0 Monte-no-go at 70 on the M6 once.
My worst was a 950 Fiesta pop which had nothing on it, required the valve clearances setting once a fortnight, leaked every fluid that should have been in, out and every fluid that should have been out, in.
Cracked the cylinder head whilst heading down the bank towards Leeds doing 70 and then nursed it to Newcastle and back to Stafford whilst is consumed more fluids than George Best
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For me it must be an '00 plate silver Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 DTI. Bloody awful in every respect.
Door handle fell off
Gear knob came out of box
Rear wheel collapsed
Leaked water into the passenger compartment (never found out where from)
MAF's went x2
Constantly refused to start after a long run
Gutless performance
Chucked more smoke out than a steam locomotive
Sold it privately and was relieved to get shut, even managed to only loose about £50 when it went but that never accounted for all the money I spent repairing the darn thing!
Up to quite recently I used to see it in Warrington plated as a taxi :o :o :o
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Omega.
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Hmmm.
Probably the Zafira Elegance 2.0DTi, though the frekkin thing keeps going. Abysmal MPG aside (30mpg average), it's a cheap runabout... ...but I'm now having to remember to park it downhill :(
Nova 1.2LS is also close runner, again, just wouldn't break.
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Orion 1.6i ghia
Sack of shite that would never piggin start >:(
Spend break knows on trying to understand why :(
The last straw was when I got burnt off at some traffic lights by my old man in a 1700cc Volvo 340 GL :-[
It went within the week and I bought a Rover 420 GSI ::)
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That would have to be Triumph Herald closely followed by VW Scirroco MK1
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Orion 1.6i ghia
Sack of shite that would never piggin start >:(
Spend break knows on trying to understand why :(
The last straw was when I got burnt off at some traffic lights by my old man in a 1700cc Volvo 340 GL :-[
It went within the week and I bought a Rover 420 GSI ::)
Hmmm, the GSi wasn't quick off the line if you overcooked the power ;D
I once lost to a 2CV in my Astra GTE through attempting to use any amount of power ;D
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Austin 2200 landcrab M reg 1973.
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Orion 1.6i ghia
Sack of shite that would never piggin start >:(
Spend break knows on trying to understand why :(
The last straw was when I got burnt off at some traffic lights by my old man in a 1700cc Volvo 340 GL :-[
It went within the week and I bought a Rover 420 GSI ::)
Hmmm, the GSi wasn't quick off the line if you overcooked the power ;D
I once lost to a 2CV in my Astra GTE through attempting to use any amount of power ;D
Tell me about it ::)
This one came with 185 / 70 / 14 steel wheels on ;D
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Orion 1.6i ghia
Same here! ::) Mine used to randomly jump out of gear, which was a bit disconcerting when overtaking! :o ;D
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I can see I'm of the wrong generation to really compete in this thread.
Most of the sh!t you guys were forced to drive was recategorised as "modern classic" by the time I was on the road! ::)
;D
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I had a Triumph Acclaim....
...but it was actually quite alright. Not the best handling, not the quickest either. But a decent little runner.
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This thread will deffo run and run!
Ok, lots to choose from, but the main contendersm would be a Citroen GSA with nearr-zero accessibility for routine maintenance and a likiing for rust, or a Volvo 460 diseasel (NOT the hairdressers' car!) with the Renaul engine/gearbox. That car first let me down by breaking a cambelt, then had a passion for breaking gearboxes.....
Ron.
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Oooh... Peugeot 104 has to be up there ::)
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I had a Triumph Acclaim....
...but it was actually quite alright. Not the best handling, not the quickest either. But a decent little runner.
Just like buying a Honda 8)
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I had a Triumph Acclaim....
...but it was actually quite alright. Not the best handling, not the quickest either. But a decent little runner.
Just like buying a Honda 8)
Yup, I think the only change BL made was to put in bigger, more comfortable seats, as the UK clientele had fatter arses than the japs....
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Renault 25. Biggest POS ever built.
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Renault 25. Biggest POS ever built.
There are a lot of serious contenders for that title!
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Ford Transit 2,4td, rwd, '00. Total crap, gets stuck everywhere, body is one big chunck of rust thats painted. And who the f*ck thought let's put a key lock for opening bonnet :o What's wrong with the cabel like on normal cars? Took me 3 hours to get it open, and i had to do Jezza with a big(ish) hammer. Lights totally useless and the list goes on and on....
I cross my fingers it will NOT pass mot in september. ::)
BUT on the plus side. It's damn fun on icetrack ;D
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Ford Fiesta 1.3 Ghia was the worst I`ve owned, hand painted black with the worst gearbox ratios I`ve ever had the misfortune to use.
It almost seized on the M62 on the way back from Hull one night and wouldn`t start on the key after that so we had to tow start it around Morrissons car park and take it to the scrappers ;D
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The biggest heap I had, although very reliable and in fairness it was a second car, was my old mini van. I fitted the longer stroke engine from an Austin 1300GT in to it and treated it...... errrr, very badly. It was a sacrificial vehicle used as my teenage stunt vehicle. ::) The valve stem rubber seals used to ride up the stems so I had the ability to back off in gear for a few yards and then floor it to smoke out the person behind.
My most unreliable car for poor starting was definately my Cortina MK3. The gear stick came off in my hand if I did aggressive gear changes.
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My most unreliable car for poor starting was definately my Cortina MK3. The gear stick came off in my hand if I did aggressive gear changes.
They all did that! Everyone who has driven a Ford hard will have suddenly punched the dash holding a gearlever
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Hilman Imp without a shadow of doubt. It was cheap for a reason. Well maybe a hundred different reasons.
The best was a Ford Pop when I was 12. Once started it ran on any fuel and was the only car I have ever owned that you could select reverse when doing about thirty miles an hour.
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98 rover 214. Dizzy roter kept burning out. Front window winder folded up in the door
93 toyota hilux surf 2.4td. Absolutely junk so slow I was being overtaken by hgv's uphill
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Hmmm.
Probably the Zafira Elegance 2.0DTi, though the frekkin thing keeps going. Abysmal MPG aside (30mpg average), it's a cheap runabout... ...but I'm now having to remember to park it downhill :(
Nova 1.2LS is also close runner, again, just wouldn't break.
I appreciate that the Zaf is a might heavier, but the Focus is averaging that and it's petrol :o
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Renault 25. Biggest POS ever built.
I would be kind and describe my £100 poo brown Monaco as quirky... it was actually horrible and bought pretty much straight out of a council pound, but passed it's MoT first time with no advisories and never failed to get me to work, so can't have been that bad. The icing was getting £500 for it when it got written off by a Maestro.
A shed? Absofluckinglutely... Worst car ever owned? Not even close ;)
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Morris shItal 1.7 HL Estate.
Took me years of driving a decent car before I stopped clenching my buttocks before each bend.
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Morris shItal 1.7 HL Estate.
Took me years of driving a decent car before I stopped clenching my buttocks before each bend.
My dad had the 1.7HL Saloon from new. If you did a wheel spin away from a junction the back end used to bounce. ;D
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The current Vx Omega 3.0 estate in boring silver...
Loud exhaust
half dead torque converter (which in an AR35 is shit to start off with)
not even remotely fast
utterly flat below 5krpm
25mpg
drivers door won't open without two cranks of the handle from inside, or leaning on the door whilst unlocking from outside
rear suspension knocks
ride quality is piss poor on anything other than a new motorway
diff whines
heated seats don't work
climate control in any facelift is a joke... all or nothing. usually all.
brakes are wooden
headlights are less use than a candle in a jam jar
but then at £190 I guess that's to be expected. ::)
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Fiat Strada for us......
Biggest heap of sh*t we have owned. Due to a deal at a local garage with minimum px, I got back the full purchase price, although it was held together by rust.
Bought it for £750, sold it for £750.........for a Daihatsu Charade with 17000 miles on the clock !!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Worst car I've owned should have been one of the best,Toyota Camry 2.0 Turbo D,really comfy and brilliant on fuel although not very quick.started to smoke a little if left idling which turned out to be the turbo,stuck a (Bloody expensive)new one on and a month later the cylinder head cracked which cost a small fortune to fix,got shot of it soon after.Sad thing was I traded a lovely Rover sterling for it to save some money on fuel ::) :'( :'(
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Fiat Strada for us......
Biggest heap of sh*t we have owned. Due to a deal at a local garage with minimum px, I got back the full purchase price, although it was held together by rust.
Bought it for £750, sold it for £750.........for a Daihatsu Charade with 17000 miles on the clock !!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Colleague of mine had a Strada Abarth. Twin Weber 45 DCOEs on a twin cam and it went quite well, IIRC. 8)
I wonder if he's given into the challenge of keeping it rust-free yet. On a hot day it used to sit in the works car park dripping Waxoyl from every orifice!
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Which has cost the most. Suitable for masochists. :y
(http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n35/Lagondanet/History13049/13049bonhams09.jpg)
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Several years ago I had a company car, from new, for my field service role - a Fiat Mirafiore estate!
An incredibly poor design wth very limited load space, mostly taken up by suspension parts, lousy fuel consumption and dead uncomfortable: suspension was basically the polyurethane cushions in the seats!
Ron.
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Morris shItal 1.7 HL Estate.
Took me years of driving a decent car before I stopped clenching my buttocks before each bend.
Having driven a Marina and an Alfasud on the same day I can say that one handled better than the other.
One was a delight to drive, the other was a sack of shit. :)
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Worst for me has got to be a 1976 mk3 Corrina 2000e estate looked great when I bought it , but should have realised the new shiny paintwork was hiding loads of rust.
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Which has cost the most. Suitable for masochists. :y
(http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n35/Lagondanet/History13049/13049bonhams09.jpg)
Love these, although Metallic Prosthetic-Limb Beige wouldn't be my first choice of colour! ;D
Are these the ones with a dash that looks like it came from 2001 A Space Odyssey?
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Morris shItal 1.7 HL Estate.
Took me years of driving a decent car before I stopped clenching my buttocks before each bend.
Having driven a Marina and an Alfasud on the same day I can say that one handled better than the other.
One was a delight to drive, the other was a sack of shit. :)
One was a delight to drive, but the windscreen wipers went bezerk every time I pressed the brake pedalthe other was a sack of shit. :)
FTFY. :y
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Mk5 Cortina . Forget how many times it would not start from cold , very similar to the wretched Pug 106 built from cheese :( Most reliable was the Carlton 1.8 saloon :)
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Love these, although Metallic Prosthetic-Limb Beige wouldn't be my first choice of colour! ;D
Are these the ones with a dash that looks like it came from 2001 A Space Odyssey?
Actually gold.
Has the (Casio calculator style) LED dash.
:y
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Morris shItal 1.7 HL Estate.
Took me years of driving a decent car before I stopped clenching my buttocks before each bend.
Having driven a Marina and an Alfasud on the same day I can say that one handled better than the other.
One was a delight to drive, the other was a sack of shit. :)
I'm sure that the Marina was a delight! :y
My Marina 1800TC Coupe finished in mustard with a black go faster stripe down the bonnet was great! 8)
For £50! :y ;D
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Prolly a '65 Cortina Mk1 Estate, although amazingly I sold it after 18 months for more than I paid! A profit for the only time ever. I spent the whole period of ownership filling rust holes, or trying to start it. :o :y
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Volvo 940 GLS Estate 2.4 Low Blow Turbo...
Went like stink in a straight line to around 130 (didnt take long to get there either) but show it a corner or try to slow it down .... from any speed..... was a sack of 2 tonne shite....
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Got to be either a 1987 white Montego estate with a four speed box, junk from new and 80,000 odd miles did not make it any better
Or a BX deisel :o spent so much time in the dealers getting that bloody suspension fixed and having new locks fitted on a regular basis.
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Hillman imp...always overheating and breaking down..worst thing that happened was that the two rubber couplings on the drive shafts exploded ripping out the rear brake lines with it and had to use the handbrake to stop...awfull piece of kit.....
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Volvo 940 GLS Estate 2.4 Low Blow Turbo...
Went like stink in a straight line to around 130 (didnt take long to get there either) but show it a corner or try to slow it down .... from any speed..... was a sack of 2 tonne shite....
Terry the chip man had a modded Lexus that was horrifically quick in a straight line, would easily loose traction at 90+ in the dry during autobox gear change. But the real fun was slowing it up or changing direction. Only drove it a few times, as it used to scare the bejesus out of me.
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Volvo 940 GLS Estate 2.4 Low Blow Turbo...
Went like stink in a straight line to around 130 (didnt take long to get there either) but show it a corner or try to slow it down .... from any speed..... was a sack of 2 tonne shite....
I had a couple of 940s, and also a 960. I quite liked them. My Mrs still has a '97 940. It just keeps going.
Anyway, my worst car a Ford Sierra. Bought brand new and auto trasmission packed up driving it home from the garage. Loads of other stuff also. Got shot of it and. . . . . bought a Volvo !
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would have to be an L reg 1.4 citreon zx that i got for free with a years tax and mot i gave that car death every time i drove it and it still would not die eventually gave it to a friends other half who then killed it by mounting a roundabout with it and taking out two concrete posts at the side of the road
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Vauxhall Omega 2.2 /2.6 According to my neighbours . Every other weekend I would have her jacked up or have the bonnet opened, they must have thought I was nuts,
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Apart from the Corrina 2000e the other bad car was a Corsair 2000e 1968 model was fine until it rained & then wouldn't start never found what the problem was & finally burst into flames outside St Helier Ambulance Station in view of all my workmates ,replaced it with a Granada 3.0 Ghia.
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The current Vx Omega 3.0 estate in boring silver...
Loud exhaust
half dead torque converter (which in an AR35 is shit to start off with)
not even remotely fast
utterly flat below 5krpm
25mpg
drivers door won't open without two cranks of the handle from inside, or leaning on the door whilst unlocking from outside
rear suspension knocks
ride quality is piss poor on anything other than a new motorway
diff whines
heated seats don't work
climate control in any facelift is a joke... all or nothing. usually all.
brakes are wooden
headlights are less use than a candle in a jam jar
but then at £190 I guess that's to be expected. ::)
Most of that is just normal wear and tare ::) ;D ;D
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Talbot Alpine, the gear stick was like stirring soup, it always over heated so had to drive everywhere with the heater on and carry a couple of gallons of water in the boot and a dodgy alternator bracket that would slack off just enough to stop charging but nit enough to squeal.
Went everywhere in that old banger!
Andy