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what was the worst car you nearly bought n why
« on: 10 December 2008, 21:15:31 »
watching TG earlier, got me thinking about this Lada hatchback i nearly bought about 10 years ago, it was an L redg, so was only about 15 months old when i viewed it, was up for £495, we decided as it was echonomical we would buy it :'( with a grimace, when we went back for it we were about 5 mins too late, it was a very lucky escape as on the way home i spotted the most gorgeous 2.0 scorpio ghia granada i had ever seen for the same money, so we bought that and thought sod the economy side to it,  ;D
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Re: what was the worst car you nearly bought n why
« Reply #1 on: 10 December 2008, 21:18:57 »
ford fiesta, small cheap and nasty. cramped up, head rubbed on roof, and just total crappp
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Re: what was the worst car you nearly bought n why
« Reply #2 on: 10 December 2008, 21:20:06 »
economy isnt the number 1 priority for many of the forum users here
i get 19mpg and thats good enough for me

as for worst car I actually owned a maestro which was really a mk2 alegro  but i dont talk about that much  ;)

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Re: what was the worst car you nearly bought n why
« Reply #3 on: 10 December 2008, 21:30:29 »
Yugu Zastava - my first car....

Had to remove head rest in front seat to get the seat tilted forward to get the rear passengers in/ out...

Also the tape kept falling out the cassette player going up hills  ::)
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Re: what was the worst car you nearly bought n why
« Reply #4 on: 10 December 2008, 21:39:01 »
ooh ooh i DID buy a hyundi stellar once, when you turned the radio on the revs went up n the lights dimmed.  ;D
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Re: what was the worst car you nearly bought n why
« Reply #5 on: 10 December 2008, 21:58:39 »
once owned a brown montego diesel estate it even had blacked out windows. it was not clever or funny and can we keep that between ourselves.
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Re: what was the worst car you nearly bought n why
« Reply #6 on: 10 December 2008, 22:07:34 »
Mk II Escort. Orion diesel. Renault 11 are the worst cars i've owned. Horrible cars >:( >:(
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Re: what was the worst car you nearly bought n why
« Reply #7 on: 10 December 2008, 22:17:22 »
Dad wanted to buy me a Fiat 500 for my 1st car .trying to make sure I couldnt go fast. I refused point blank,said I wouldnt drive it.so ended up with an HB Viva. If I had got the little Fiat and kept it...kerching. ::)
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Re: what was the worst car you nearly bought n why
« Reply #8 on: 10 December 2008, 22:23:43 »
A Rover 400 Estate, dealer brought it to me, but was pushing me to decide too quickly so said no, he was not happy ::), but I was cos I later bought our first Mig estate :y :y :y :y
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Re: what was the worst car you nearly bought n why
« Reply #9 on: 10 December 2008, 22:39:15 »
a 1.6L Sierra - bought it off a mate for £100 when I was pissed.

The next day, when I got it home, I realised it was a hideous shed and a soon to be MOT failure, so it got gradually stripped down in the street and sold for parts.

I think my dad finally got sick of it and had the rolling shell collected by a scrapper when I was out one day.  :D
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« Reply #10 on: 10 December 2008, 23:06:41 »
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Mk II Escort. Orion diesel. Renault 11 are the worst cars i've owned. Horrible cars >:( >:(
What's wrong with Mk2 Eccies? They rock. With you on Renault11's & Orions though...dogsh*te.
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Re: what was the worst car you nearly bought n why
« Reply #11 on: 10 December 2008, 23:24:50 »
Fiat X1/9.  Nearly bought one aged 19 as my first car.

You need reasons why?
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Re: what was the worst car you nearly bought n why
« Reply #12 on: 10 December 2008, 23:29:00 »
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Fiat X1/9.  Nearly bought one aged 19 as my first car.

You need reasons why?

No ........... :y
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Re: what was the worst car you nearly bought n why
« Reply #13 on: 10 December 2008, 23:36:36 »
galactic mileage N reg Jag XJ6 auto - absolute bucket, 90k on the clock (i reckon it was 290k the nick it was in) - in a moment of weakness i nearly bought it cos i've always had a wee thing for Jags and it was a beautiful BRG colour - luckily a nice elite turned up and saved me from myself  :y
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« Reply #14 on: 11 December 2008, 08:06:44 »
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economy isnt the number 1 priority for many of the forum users here
i get 19mpg and thats good enough for me

as for worst car I actually owned a maestro which was really a mk2 alegro  but i dont talk about that much  ;)

Doug


Doug, what was wrong with the Maestro ? I drove a Maestro van 700 with the 2 litre diesel for about 5 years for work. I found it a bit noisy but it would tow anything and never missed a beat, apart from normal servicing it only cost the firm one clutch at 97,000 miles and it actually wore out. So I was pretty impressed really.

As for my worse car, it had to be the Alfa 156 3.0 V6 Auto, it was a toss up between that and the Vovlo T4, we bought the T4 and only after learnt how unreliable the Alfa where.

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