worst cars you have owned

Worst car owned needs to be in context.

If it was a 23 year old 950 Fester with Fred Flintstone floors, 3 weeks MOT left, 17 previous owners and cost ?50 from a bloke in the pub, what do you expect?

If it was a new or nearly new motor from a main stealer then your expectations would be higher and more easily letdown if it turned out to be poor quality and always broke down.

My worst was a 2 yr old Diesel Polo I ran for 3+ years, VW expensive to maintain, always bits going wrong or droping off and never managed to pass any of the 3 MOTs even though FVWSH.

I know everyone knows someone who had a bad experience with one particular brand or another but in my experience modern Renault and Fords are better than modern VWs 8O  Think DJHeap on here can also back that up with his experiences of a new Passat vs a new Scenic

Not had a car I didn't like. Been quite lucky. Only had 4 cars though.

My current Bora has been the biggest headache for breaking down.(i.e. its cost me the most to repair). But its comfy and serves me well so can't dislike it.

My mini was probably worse but I just picked up whatever fell off and gaffer taped it back on.

early-1800 is right

brand new passat TDI estate, door locks continually, ball joints (1 year in), catalytic convertor never even knew diesels had them. nice car to drive solid but never 18 months problem free. Eventually got rid at 7 or 8 years, so did enjoy the car. got rid as air con compressor gone (how much ) and head gasket/overheating just before it was traded in. Interior and rattle wise better then both french cars at 7 years that they where when weeks old.

brand new peaugeot 205 GTi, had for 3 years, rattled like a trouper felt flimsy but great car to drive. Nothing went wrong just new exhaust from me catching when the car came back to earth after a hump.

brand new renault now 3 years old and just one air con pipe thats it. Build quality rubbish in comparison, sloppy to drive rattles, plastic everywhere but problem free and half the price.  

I have had a vast number of cars, and to be honest
a lot of them were terrible, but a couple spring
to mind..

Austin Montego ( I was only 17 when I had that, everything fell off it)
Fiat X19           ( it disintegrated in the rain)
Vauxhall Frontera (40,000 miles, timing belt went, shell bearings etc..)
Sierra 2.0        (used so much oil we called it the Exon Valdese)
                       (After the giant oil tanker ship)

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djheap22 said

early-1800 is right

brand new passat TDI estate, door locks continually, ball joints (1 year in), catalytic convertor never even knew diesels had them. nice car to drive solid but never 18 months problem free. Eventually got rid at 7 or 8 years, so did enjoy the car. got rid as air con compressor gone (how much ) and head gasket/overheating just before it was traded in.

Pretty much what I'm like with the Bora. Had a focus for 2 years spent ?35 on repairs. Had Bora 3 years and reckon I've spent 2000 and theres a bit more still needs doing.  

But as you say its nice to drive, not quick or anything but quiet, comfy etc….

Have not owned any "bad" cars as i have only had Dubs my whole driving life  

and replacing or repairing an old VW is a pleasurable experience not a bad one :wink:

i'm on my first car still, will be getting a bad car soon though  :twisted:

alfa 156 jtd 2.4
lovely engine but massively flawed everywhere else..typical italian car, if a jobs worth doing its worth half doing DO NOT BE TEMPTED BY LOOKS ALFAS REALLY ARE RUBBISH

Not quite a car - but Renault Kangoo van - worthless piece of junk,  but then again most french cars are.  :twisted:

1.3 mg metro turbo

my parents gave it to me for my 17th birthday……… with no breaks…. it never made it onto the road and was scrapped after a year of trying to find parts… thats love for you.

and my old e30, smashed the front the day i got it in a car park when a delivery truck decided to hit every stationary car it could, i went through two engines in a year, the seats where shredded because of a mate smoking in the back, the 6x9 speakers i put in her didnt fit right for two months, i got the speakers fitted and burnt out the engine for a third time at the matterly bowl in winchester with two foot of mud around me and 20 ravers with eyes the size of dish pans trying to push it…

worst car ever frankly.

Austin A30 - when I was 18 (a LONG time ago) !!!!! It lasted 2 weeks...

Prowler said

Austin A30 - when I was 18 (a LONG time ago) !!!!! It lasted 2 weeks…

I had an Austin 1300 GT as my first car when I was 18 (probably a longer time ago than you Prowler!!)

It was orange with a black trim down the sides and I loved it cos it was mine!!!  

It was like driving a baked bean tin on bicycle wheels!!    

quikclipper said

alfa 156 jtd 2.4
lovely engine but massively flawed everywhere else..typical italian car, if a jobs worth doing its worth half doing DO NOT BE TEMPTED BY LOOKS ALFAS REALLY ARE RUBBISH

ditto beautiful to look at but always something electrical going wrong. must be the italians as my ducati 750ss was very similar

ducati 750ss was a friday bike. ended up making a custom loom for one a year or so back after the first being butchered by a moron who got fed up of it and took the whole bike to bits. still only cost us 600 quid in boxes and was an awsome bike once finished (till the handle bar came off pushing it into a trailer)

italians design some of the best looking vehicles on the road but they dont like being driven.

oh if we are including bikes……

kawasaki rgr….

an utter piece of poop, never started when i needed it to, would always break down in the rain, the speedo never worked on mine, or any of the other ones ive seen, when i farted on it i swear the faring broke, electrics constantly blew out with a hell of a white flash each time… shocking bike all round.

yamaha 600 fazer… utter pants.  handled like a set of gates and was about as fast as a honda 50. clocks didnt work right and the whole front fairing console constantly rattling over 30mph….  :x

ive had about 30-40 (lost count!) cars all with varying degrees of crapness mg montego springs to mind bought for ?30 as write off spent ?30 doing it up struggled to sell for ?60 sounded like a squadron of lancaster bombers flying over berlin (all four wheelbearings gone) but worst car was last year 1990 corrado saw on ebay (yes i know alarm bells already) paid more than i ment to      got one way ticket to london, big mistake, picked up in dark, bigger mistake, tried to convince it wasn't THAT bad on way home, fooling no-one, midnight on m6 rear tyre blew out pitch black dint know if it had a spare wheel let alone a jack, luckily both.took to friends garage cos mot had less than a week, (DOH!) to be fair it didnt fail on much bulb,  brakeflexi but everything was advised it was on its last legs.
despite that it was probably one of the best handling cars ive owned and i somehow , i still dont know to this day how, managed to sell it for a ?500 profit :dontknow:

all im saying is 106!  

mk3 8v golf!

Mk3 Fiesta 1100

Absolutely awful car.  Never liked to start when there had been a hint of rain the night before or there way a vowel in the month.  Handled like a wet bar of soap.  Accelerated like it had flagstones in the boot.  On the plus side it did have good brakes though - lol