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Re: Worst car ever owned?
« Reply #30 on: 07 January 2011, 11:43:58 »
G-reg Montego estate in blue, got it from an auction in about 1998, got half way home gearbox was whining, arches were full of newspaper, it was an ex taxi, it smelt of dogs, anyway £20 on filler and paint sorted the arches, a quick bad sorted the smell and £300 profit wasn't too bad either, told the bloke about the gearbox, I knew him and the box last another 49,000 miles so all was well. How that kept going for 3 years I'll never know  ;D ;D
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« Reply #31 on: 07 January 2011, 11:55:14 »
2.5 V6 CDX Omega. ;D ;D
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Re: Worst car ever owned?
« Reply #32 on: 07 January 2011, 12:14:05 »
Renault 25 without power steering  :-[
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Re: Worst car ever owned?
« Reply #33 on: 07 January 2011, 12:48:58 »
HA Viva with a 1.8 Victor lump shoehorned in, still had std axle and crossply tyres. Was known as Ol Smokey because of camcover leaks which necessitated a fire extinguiser at the ready if going more than a few miles.

Marina 1.8TC Coupe. Went like the proverbial but wouldnt stop or go around bends.

To buck a trend my best car was a Hillman Imp, full Monte Carlo suspension, GP 3 Greetham engine, Hewland box front radiator etc (not much left of the original car...perhaps thats why its not a 'worst' one  ;)
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Re: Worst car ever owned?
« Reply #34 on: 07 January 2011, 12:53:43 »
fiat super strada,went pretty quick but rusted out quicker :( ;D
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Re: Worst car ever owned?
« Reply #35 on: 07 January 2011, 13:02:46 »
The worse car I've ever owned was a Vauxhall Astra Belmont.  Whilst there was nothing especially wrong with this example (they were all dire), it was bloody awful. Corners - nah, stopping - nah, acceleration (on the original engine) - oh yes, come to daddy :D

Replacement engine, after the original's valves and pistons had a little chit-chat at 70mph in 1st gear, was average, and thus showed the car for what it really was - shite!  Only had it 3 months, but did around 15k in it.

Still, I replaced it with another Astra, a GTE this time. Still a poor car, but brilliant spec for the money (joyrider era), and a stunningly good engine. Again, appallingly bad chassis went several embarrassing situations with less powerful cars at the lights.


I also had a Vauxhall Nova, that I famously 'found' in the garage.  Great little car to be honest, but has to be in my list of 'worse' cars simply because I couldn't get the seat set right, no matter what I tried. I always found it difficult to drive, because I couldn't get the basics right (seat, mirrors etc) - yet my brother's 2 (newer) Novas never gave me that problem.  Replaced the Nova with the Rover 25 that I still have in April 2000...
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« Reply #36 on: 07 January 2011, 13:58:00 »
Ooh I forgot one.. well, two..

Rover Metro with a 1.4 naturally aspirated diesel engine.  Actually this really wasn't that bad a car - it was a step up from the Allegro, anyway - and it survived being stuffed into a ditch by yours truly when the handling went all funny.

Later found out that the handling went 'all funny' because the front subframe had, for quite some time, been two halves as opposed to a whole..

The next company car was equally appalling - Rover 218D (naturally aspirated Pug engine). Nothing really wrong with it, it just didn't do anything. Like go, or stop, or go around corners, and with no power steering you ended up with arms like Geoff Capes. As I recall the two girls in the office who also ended up with them as company cars hated them because they couldn't park them anywhere (because there was no power steering..)

Still, neither ever let me down.. aside from the Metro trying to kill me that one time.
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« Reply #37 on: 07 January 2011, 15:11:54 »
Very briefly, a Ford Mondeo in 1994.  It was bad because it was a Ford Mondeo, with as much character as a manky dish cloth!! :P :P :P
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Re: Worst car ever owned?
« Reply #38 on: 07 January 2011, 15:24:59 »
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Marina 1.8TC Coupe. Went like the proverbial but wouldnt stop or go around bends.

I'd obviously blotted the most horrible part of my Ital ownership out of my memory until now. Yeah, they didn't handle too well.  ;D

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Re: Worst car ever owned?
« Reply #39 on: 07 January 2011, 15:28:21 »
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Very briefly, a Ford Mondeo in 1994.  It was bad because it was a Ford Mondeo, with as much character as a manky dish cloth!! :P :P :P

Good donor cars, though, especially pre-'95 2.0s.  ;D

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Very briefly, a Ford Mondeo in 1994.  It was bad because it was a Ford Mondeo, with as much character as a manky dish cloth!! :P :P :P

Good donor cars, though, especially pre-'95 2.0s.  ;D

Kevin


That is about as good as they got then Kevin! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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« Reply #41 on: 07 January 2011, 15:49:02 »
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That is about as good as they got then Kevin! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)

That's about as close as I got to one. ;D

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Re: Worst car ever owned?
« Reply #42 on: 07 January 2011, 15:54:56 »
i made a disaster out of my Elite 3 years ago by getting an LPG kit fitted to it buy a company that turned out to be the biggest se of cowboys i'd ever encountered

tragically, it was originally the best car i'd ever been in!

other than that, i've had a bora, 2 corsas and 3 omegas and to be honest none of them let me down, i still have the bora and one omega tho obviously
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Re: Worst car ever owned?
« Reply #43 on: 07 January 2011, 16:17:57 »
If we include works vehicles, 1.8d escort is the worse, worse than the 1.3 Italy :o
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Re: Worst car ever owned?
« Reply #44 on: 07 January 2011, 16:46:36 »
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Marina 1.8TC Coupe. Went like the proverbial but wouldnt stop or go around bends.

I'd obviously blotted the most horrible part of my Ital ownership out of my memory until now. Yeah, they didn't handle too well.  ;D

Kevin

they sounded nice though :y
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