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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #30 on: 18 January 2010, 21:04:33 »
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fast becoming my omega  >:( it can only get better i keep telling myself  :'(


Same here i'm afraid :(
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #31 on: 18 January 2010, 21:18:09 »
1982 Talbot Solara. Only 5 years old shiney silver with blue interioir & green glass, £200 looked great. Within a week i could only select 2nd & 4th gears. Swapped for an old blue Avenger estate with a red bonnet, tough as old boots despite the abuse & lack of oil & water checks!!! :y
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #32 on: 18 January 2010, 21:44:17 »
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.
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #33 on: 18 January 2010, 23:33:50 »
Fiat 127, 40 quid. Absolutely crap in every possible way. Sold it (after much welding) for £100  :y
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #34 on: 18 January 2010, 23:46:40 »
My dad had a VX4/90 years ago and wish hed never sold it :(

Mate had a 126 watercooled.  It lay dead in a scrappies 7 years and 19k miles later with a warped head!
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #35 on: 19 January 2010, 00:03:09 »
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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

Have you still got it......... :y
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #36 on: 19 January 2010, 10:26:00 »
My own cars:
1987 1.2 Nova saloon
1983 1.1 Fiesta
1981 1.1 Fiesta
1988 Astramax with full GTE running gear
1996 Rover 800 turbo
1998 Mini cooper
2000 clit sport
2002 MG ZS
1976 Fiesta Ghia
2001 Omega v6

Company cars:
1993 1.8d Escort van
1995 1.8d Escort estate
2002 Dewoo Tacuma
2004 Citroen C5 2.0
2004 Citroen Picasso 1.6d
2008 Hyundai i30

Worst has to be the picasso, uncomfy, unreliable, poorly built.
Second has to be the escort estate, not a bad car but brutally underpowered, 55hp, 5 up fully laden boot it wouldnt do more than 60.
Third was the astramax, i know why Vx didnt put a GTE engine in them, it was lethal  ;D
Alll the rest i was quite happy with and never had any major issues with  :y
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #37 on: 20 January 2010, 20:51:29 »
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Fiat 127, 40 quid. Absolutely crap in every possible way. Sold it (after much welding) for £100  :y
Fiat 127's rotted like billy ho but you must admit they were fun to drive. Revvy little engines that sipped fuel no matter how hard you hammered them & the handling was mini like....grin factor inducing, road legal go kart but sadly built for italian climates. :(

    Not like me to big up a FWD but i'm glad to be old enough to remember what fun they were. Guy. :y
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #38 on: 20 January 2010, 22:22:53 »
Daewoo Nubira 2.0 CDX Estate, 98/S.

Company car which I must admit I really wanted before I got it. I'd had a non turbo Astra D estate before which im sure only had a steering wheel as an optional extra, so when I was offered a 6 month old car with a 2.0 litre engine, elec windows all round and air con it was a no brainer.

That piece of sh1te honestly was in the garage every 2 weeks for something or another. Mainly front suspension problems, but also 2x new short engines, 4x altenators, new gearbox and rust on the leading edge of the bonnet. Hateful car, and dealer service which made Vauxhall dealers look helpful!!!! (Its not often you get 'offered out' by a service manager, I did)
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #39 on: 20 January 2010, 22:38:57 »
Worst cars ever.
Hillman avenger in snot green with a brown vinyl roof it was not my choice it was a company car
Ford Escort 1600 diesel the slowest car ever bar none
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #40 on: 20 January 2010, 22:42:58 »
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Worst cars ever.
Hillman avenger in snot green with a brown vinyl roof it was not my choice it was a company car
Ford Escort 1600 diesel the slowest car ever bar none

You forgot about the daf 33 with variomatic gearbox,with it's aluminium head that warped with heat and you had to let it cool down again before setting off on the rest of your journey that was a slow car as was the fiat 126
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #41 on: 20 January 2010, 23:01:40 »
I never had the pleasure of the Daff I'm glad to say the Escort was bad enough I used to get overtaken by old ladies on bicycles it was so sad
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #42 on: 21 January 2010, 08:17:09 »
A 1981 Talbot Samba 1.0l in red, based on a peugeot 104, 3 stud wheels, no floor, bought for three terrapin, and a mountain bike, when I was 16 back in 1994, it was my first car!  horrendous it was!!!
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #43 on: 21 January 2010, 12:41:07 »
Has anyone noticed that Talbot/Chrysler offerings seem to be quite common on this thread. ::) ::)
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Re: worse car ever
« Reply #44 on: 21 January 2010, 16:50:38 »
Today, my wifes Vx Corsa 1.4 8v is the worst car EVER  >:( ;D

See here - - > Head Gasket  ::)
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