Worst car you've ever driven

Lone Wolf 75 · 09-10-2009, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Pushing_Tin

1988 Ford Tempo. Paid $800 for it and it caught on fire a week later.

I had a cousin that bought an '87 Hyundai Excel and the same thing happened.

robin · 09-24-2009, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Pushing_Tin

1988 Ford Tempo. Paid $800 for it and it caught on fire a week later.

its so unfortunate that it only lasted for a week or two..what a waste of money..

kazuya5611 · 09-27-2009, 10:01 PM

Doing valet parking gave me all kinds of car horror stories, but the worst car I ever had to endure was a Subaru Rex.

I was living in Japan and driving a Honda (US Acura) Vigor, which is a large car by Japanese standards. However, anytime I took it in for service, they'd loan me whatever was available. Once I got the pleasure of driving a Subaru Rex for a weekend. At 660 cc, the engine was about 1/4 the size of the Vigor's and the Subaru's 42 hp was about 1/5 that of the Vigor. Not to mention, I could look out the windshield and see the ground directly in front of the car. I drove it home and parked it for the weekend.

nogoodname · 09-10-2009, 08:59 PM

worst car i driven is my 1990 Pontiac Grand AM Sedan, it was so badly built...lol
such a retarded design..... but it kept on running on the same oil for 30000KM's....
dip stick was so rusty, foam in the oil..... tires were bald.... the hell it with.

i didnt bother taking a pic of it...haahahaha

on the other hand, i have a 1989 Pontiac 6Baller which is totally the opposite... drives pretty good, very well built engine... super duper easy to fix.

then i have the G, which is in another league.....lol

travisjb · 09-23-2009, 12:27 PM

Ford Tempos 80s vintage were really bad ! I spent sooo many hours in my bud's tempo back in high school - totally sucked! radio was utter crap too

I owned a 1983 camaro berlinetta w/ 5 speed back in junior year of high school... piece of crap only had a 2.8l chevy motor with 5 cyclinders working at any given time... I stuffed some 16" IROC wheels on with 255 goodyear tires which punished the suspension and steering so badly i replaced tie rods it seemed like every 3 months... it showed well with the wheels and new paint and chicks digged it, but utter garbage

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wheels

xiven · 09-23-2009, 12:51 PM

1981 Toyota Pickup "Ol Blue"
Man this thing was a piece. The one in the picture has a cap on it but ours didn't. Ours was all dented up and rusted too. It was converted from a 5 speed to an automatic before we bought it. I had to use both feet when driving to keep it from stalling. No power steering = sucky. I definitely made a good impression with the ladies showing up w/ that thing to school. LOL...yeah right

TX_370 · 09-23-2009, 01:02 PM

1991 Chrysler LeBaron

The convertible roof was torn and the back window was hot glued into place.
The side windows leaked, so when it rained I literally had a few gallons of water where the top sits down.
Oh yeah, the automatic convertible top was me using pliers to detach the top from the body of the car and having to force it down.
The little back windows didnt work, so they were in an upright position all the time.
The motor had bad lifters and made this horid "tick tick tick tick BAM" sound and got faster and louder with higher RPMs.
The car was an ugly blue with rust spots.

Singularity · 09-28-2009, 12:34 AM

A 1986 Nissan Multi was probably the worst car I've ever driven:

370Zsteve · 09-28-2009, 09:09 AM

Years ago there was a Renault/AMC "marriage" that produced a monstrosity called the 'Encore'.

My buddy and I rented one when out in Colorado sking. Granted, high altitude, but this POS would slow down to 40mph whenever it hit an uphill grade, even a grade as small as 1%. Sorry no pics.

We renamed the Encore the "Uncar".

1slow370 · 09-29-2009, 04:13 AM

88 firechicken automatic. Headers, valvebody mod, sport suspension, sound system, and body work still couldn't make that thing good. that or my 98 pymouth neon beater but that car's kinda fun in it's own way so it's a tie.

BanningZ · 09-29-2009, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve

Years ago there was a Renault/AMC "marriage" that produced a monstrosity called the 'Encore'.

My buddy and I rented one when out in Colorado sking. Granted, high altitude, but this POS would slow down to 40mph whenever it hit an uphill grade, even a grade as small as 1%. Sorry no pics.

We renamed the Encore the "Uncar".

Something like this?

insalubrious · 09-29-2009, 05:47 AM

I drove an '89 Dodge Colt with about 300,000 miles on it. I inherited it from Grandpa. It had a hole in the floor, Smelled like dead animals and kitty litter. I crashed it through a deck too so it was pieced back together with parts from pick-a-part.

All in all though it was a beast of reliability not pretty but it always worked

BanningZ · 09-29-2009, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by insalubrious

I drove an '89 Dodge Colt with about 300,000 miles on it. I inherited it from Grandpa. It had a hole in the floor, Smelled like dead animals and kitty litter. I crashed it through a deck too so it was pieced back together with parts from pick-a-part.

All in all though it was a beast of reliability not pretty but it always worked

Dude Alex! WTF?! Lol, I remember that Colt, its smelled like a deer was born, grew up, and died in it. Awesome car!

insalubrious · 09-29-2009, 06:21 AM

My next car I'm gonna have old people fornicate in it. So it'll smell like old people sex.

370Zsteve · 10-20-2009, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by BanningZ

Something like this?

GAH! There it is! The "Uncar"!

09-23-2009, 12:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
travisjb A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GSO Posts: 2,803 Drives: VIR Rep Power: 189	Ford Tempos 80s vintage were really bad ! I spent sooo many hours in my bud's tempo back in high school - totally sucked! radio was utter crap too I owned a 1983 camaro berlinetta w/ 5 speed back in junior year of high school... piece of crap only had a 2.8l chevy motor with 5 cyclinders working at any given time... I stuffed some 16" IROC wheels on with 255 goodyear tires which punished the suspension and steering so badly i replaced tie rods it seemed like every 3 months... it showed well with the wheels and new paint and chicks digged it, but utter garbage likeness wheels __________________ 2009 370Z #104 For Sale

09-23-2009, 01:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
TX_370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 5,389 Drives: American Rep Power: 29	1991 Chrysler LeBaron The convertible roof was torn and the back window was hot glued into place. The side windows leaked, so when it rained I literally had a few gallons of water where the top sits down. Oh yeah, the automatic convertible top was me using pliers to detach the top from the body of the car and having to force it down. The little back windows didnt work, so they were in an upright position all the time. The motor had bad lifters and made this horid "tick tick tick tick BAM" sound and got faster and louder with higher RPMs. The car was an ugly blue with rust spots. __________________ 2009 PW Nissan 370Z with Sports Package

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kazuya5611 Base Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bastrop, Texas Posts: 15 Drives: 09 370Z Silver M6 Rep Power: 16	Doing valet parking gave me all kinds of car horror stories, but the worst car I ever had to endure was a Subaru Rex. I was living in Japan and driving a Honda (US Acura) Vigor, which is a large car by Japanese standards. However, anytime I took it in for service, they'd loan me whatever was available. Once I got the pleasure of driving a Subaru Rex for a weekend. At 660 cc, the engine was about 1/4 the size of the Vigor's and the Subaru's 42 hp was about 1/5 that of the Vigor. Not to mention, I could look out the windshield and see the ground directly in front of the car. I drove it home and parked it for the weekend.

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nogoodname Lifetime Premium Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Montreal Posts: 22,357 Drives: E46 M3 Rep Power: 1765	worst car i driven is my 1990 Pontiac Grand AM Sedan, it was so badly built...lol such a retarded design..... but it kept on running on the same oil for 30000KM's.... dip stick was so rusty, foam in the oil..... tires were bald.... the hell it with. i didnt bother taking a pic of it...haahahaha on the other hand, i have a 1989 Pontiac 6Baller which is totally the opposite... drives pretty good, very well built engine... super duper easy to fix. then i have the G, which is in another league.....lol

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xiven A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Atlanta Age: 44 Posts: 4,128 Drives: Cookie Monster Rep Power: 295	1981 Toyota Pickup "Ol Blue" Man this thing was a piece. The one in the picture has a cap on it but ours didn't. Ours was all dented up and rusted too. It was converted from a 5 speed to an automatic before we bought it. I had to use both feet when driving to keep it from stalling. No power steering = sucky. I definitely made a good impression with the ladies showing up w/ that thing to school. LOL...yeah right

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370Zsteve A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Gold Coast CT Posts: 10,599 Drives: 2019 Corvette G.S. Rep Power: 43	Years ago there was a Renault/AMC "marriage" that produced a monstrosity called the 'Encore'. My buddy and I rented one when out in Colorado sking. Granted, high altitude, but this POS would slow down to 40mph whenever it hit an uphill grade, even a grade as small as 1%. Sorry no pics. We renamed the Encore the "Uncar".

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1slow370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: In the D Posts: 3,732 Drives: v8 74 260z ;) Rep Power: 7251	88 firechicken automatic. Headers, valvebody mod, sport suspension, sound system, and body work still couldn't make that thing good. that or my 98 pymouth neon beater but that car's kinda fun in it's own way so it's a tie.

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