The worst car you have ever owned was....

[69cougar]

1976 Chrysler Cordoba, big slow, and a gas pig to boot. Owned it for 2 weeks. I think the miliatry was interested in it as a tank.

How about yous??

[max_boost]

1986 Pontiac 6000 LE

It was a hand me down from the folks. This car was horrible, stalls whenever it wanted, steering wheel was so tight you couldn't possibly turn it, thank god I crashed it a couple weeks after my 16th birthday. :rofl:

[A790]

1992 Eagle Talon ES. Clutch, transmission, and 5 alternators later I finally sold the POS.

[Gspotracer]

1984 Plymouth Reliant K-car

[Aleks]

92 VW Jetta. What a piece of crap :banghead:

[Weapon_R]

1987 BMW E30

Worst car i've owned. Reliability sucked, parts were expensive, v6 engine wasn't good on gas.

On a sidenote, my GMC truck has been on par for reliability as my Hondas. It has never stranded me or given me trouble whatsoever. I've had it for a year now.

[heavyD]

1996 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z. Bought it with only 60000 kms in 1999 and it was already on its second turbo, (2) ecu's, (4) injectors, headgasket every 6 months, transmission that hated its job, etc, etc. To this day I still refuse to own any vehicle that is built by chrylser or has Bosch parts.:thumbsdow

[2000_SI]

1996 Saturn SL1
303,000 km
bought it for 1000. On the day i got my first credit card i went out and bought nice christmas presents for everyone. came outside, put the presents in the trunk, tried to drive the car, transmission went clunk, long story short, had to get a new transmission.

2 months later, driving to banff, engine started running on only 3 cylinders.. find out one of my ignition wires is broken. replace it, start car, and a piece of the headgasket goes shooting out, along with gas and oil on my windshield. and a piston explodes. Bought a new engine...

Other broken thinkg include radio attena falling off when driving and somehow piercing the rear wheel, and some skids smashed in the rear window with a medieval mace....

[Deetz]

1980 Tercel, just kept breaking with blown hoses, and went through two heads......oh yea it was and AT, so it was very slow.

[Primer_Drift]

Originally posted by heavyD
To this day I still refuse to own any vehicle that is built by chrylser or has Bosch parts.:thumbsdow
^^^
So MMA doesnt count as chryco? :confused:

1982 Mazda RX7 12A
Ran pig rich, smelled of mildew and mold, stalled randomly when idling then refused to restart, would drain the battery at random usually on really inconvenient days(-40C after work at 11pm etc).
Oh and it was composed primarily of bondo with a hint of rust thrown in for strength..

Pretty decent for a winter beater :rofl:

[skyline19]

I have only owned one car so i guess the old 86 thunderbird is the worst car i have ever owned. :dunno:

[bonnieclyde240]

1988 Honda Civic LX

it was automatic, it was an ugly gold color with the paint peeling revealing an orange paint job underneath, the body was rusted to shits, the dash was painted baby blue & it was slow as hell. It was so out of shape that I claimed it as a write off, sold it for the car I have now, and a couple of days later, I see a guy driving it.
Hope he has as much fun with it as I did :thumbsup:

[lude_grl]

Baby blue 88 civic 4dr
oh man where do i start
i used to put myself washing it cuz of the rust
the arm for whnseild wiper blade activation was snapped off
the trunk leaked
the glove box was missing
and it used to make a high pitched whistling noise when it went over 120 and start to vibrate
i had to floor it to go up shaganappi and it would only go like 50 on bad days


then i moved out to camp cheif hector to work and it got stolen
when i went to get it back the theives had blew the engine and it had so much dammage that it was a write off :)

all i know is the theives like tupac mcdonalds and blowing engines when jump starting them :rofl:

[3G]

1993 Ford Cli_toris what a pos it kept going through fuel pumps and stalled randomly


then my POS 89 brown Accord, I swear that thing was haunted

[dj_rice]

1988 Nissan Multi....such a crappy car RIP....everything was wrong with it lol...

[Fluidic]

1996 Ford F-150 5.0L

It was a good truck, don't get me wrong, but among all my vehicles that I've owned, this was, by far, the worst. Terrible on gas and drove like an elephant.

:)

[bundi]

Only owned 2 cars, worst one being my 88 Cavalier and I loved that thing for the most part... had the common TCC Solenoid problem so it stalled all the time until I got it fixed, got rearended in it leaving the University one day which ended up writing the car off cuz it bent the frame... damn unibodies~ few weeks later I was filling it up with gas ( the insurance company let me drive it until I found a new car since it still drove ) and I got hit by some guy backing up like an asshole... got 1000 bucks from him for the damages because he didn't want to go thru insurance.... good thing for me since it was allready done for... ended up making money off of that car!

[Sorath]

2000, golf gl

tranny was uber fukt

[Kirbs17]

1992 Plymouth Laser RS

transmission went, 2 alternators went, blown head, O2 sensor went:banghead:

[Maxt]

1989 saab 900 turbo, complete piece of crap, bought new, it broke down about every 8 feet, and had the worst warranty ever, lots of little clauses and outs, and the dealer which was cooke motors was the absolute fricken worst dealer ever..
A close second is my new Dodge sprinter, I like dodges and usually they are rock solid, this thing is really a Merceded Benz with a dodge badge on it, so far its the worst truck I have ever owned, I had no idea Mercedes quality was such shit.. As of today it has officially spent over a month at the dealer out of service...I've lost faith in it now, to me its just a 50k POS...Maxt

[LudeRoca]

Originally posted by max_boost
1986 Pontiac 6000 LE

It was a hand me down from the folks. This car was horrible, stalls whenever it wanted, steering wheel was so tight you couldn't possibly turn it, thank god I crashed it a couple weeks after my 16th birthday. :rofl:

i had a 89 6000 le it was also a pass me down. then the head gasket blew. :D

[Weapon_R]

Originally posted by Maxt
1989 saab 900 turbo, complete piece of crap, bought new, it broke down about every 8 feet, and had the worst warranty ever, lots of little clauses and outs, and the dealer which was cooke motors was the absolute fricken worst dealer ever..
A close second is my new Dodge sprinter, I like dodges and usually they are rock solid, this thing is really a Merceded Benz with a dodge badge on it, so far its the worst truck I have ever owned, I had no idea Mercedes quality was such shit.. As of today it has officially spent over a month at the dealer out of service...I've lost faith in it now, to me its just a 50k POS...Maxt

Isn't this the truck you rant and rave about so much?

[Maxt]

I think you are confused...
I havent rant and raved about it for a long time, I maybe commented on it on here once, I have been dissatisified with it for awhile, great fuel mileage, but so far the downtime has more than wiped the fuel mileage advantage ....
My old dodge W-150 on the other hand is a great truck, far better than most of the stuff dodge sells today...over half million KM's on the original transmission and transfercase..Maxt

[BlkMaxima]

2001 Chev S-10 ZR-2

PIG ON GAS

BORING IN THE CITY TOO

[2002civic]

2000 cav z-24, the engine blew :thumbsdow

[trikypenguin]

82 chevy malibu station wagon, the big brown rusty beast! but the seats were soooooo effing comforatable :drool:

[SikAssR1]

1998 Dodge Dakota

First and last domestic I will ever buy

[big mooe]

1999 cavalier and a 1985 honda prelude never buying a old honda or a GM again!

[BlueGoblin]

1982 Chevrolet Chevette.

It made a 1976 Jaguar look reliable. I had a total brake failure the first week I owned it - the brake pedal was only held to the master cylinder shaft by a wee pin and clip. I was doing 80 on Crowchild when the whole thing fell apart, dropping the pedal to the floor, useless as a GM engineer. Things went downhill from there and I was mightily relieved a year later when a Pontiac Parisienne made a left turn about 15 feet in front of me on Macleod....

[Rockski]

1989 Dodge airies LE - all at one the; thermostat, rad, block heater, and piston rings went... on the plus side, there was a chunk of soapstone taped to the dash, a dead weasle, hand cuffs, and a suffed animal of "knuckles" all in the front with me, oh yea, and the flaming stearing wheel cover.... somebody actually stole this car...

OR

1993 Lada Samara - cheap piece of shit thats made out of recycled KGB tanks. NO exhaust system, 4 gear went missing when learing to power shift, clutch wasnt really there much to start with, shitty wiring mixed with ceramic fuses made a bad situation worse, and it finaly died when it lost the CV joint in the front. the day before pick your part came and got it, i let loose inside with a sledge hammer, it felt good man:thumbsup: .

[BlackArcher101]

'89 Dodge Lancer, what a piece that thing was.

Stranded me 3 times. The most severe was when 2 rocker arms decided to break going 110 km/h. That and the thing had no power at all, and could barely keep the speed limit if I was driving into a wind.

[HRD2PLZ]

first and worst car by far.... 87 Ford Tempo GL... haha good thing I only had to "learn" how to drive on that POS :rofl:

[abyss]

1984 Toyota Tercel aka "sparkly puke" that's what colour it was. It was like driving a coke can on the highway. So shaky at 110kph. As far as reliability, it was actually a really good car, never let me down. But as far as speed.....oh man, it had as much power as FOUR ride on lawnmowers, that's right FOUR! Don't mess with me, I'll rape your John Deere! Somebody raced it on foot one time and kicked my ass until third gear, that's when I knew it was time for an upgrade.....:banghead: :rofl:

[C4S]

2001 Honda Civic Si :(

FWD + Automatic can't be worse .... :cry:

[Idratherbsidewayz]

The 240's Ive owned (and currently own) are way worse than my old firefly. So many stupid little problems.

-AC never worked
-Cruise control worked when it felt like it
-No LSD
-Seatbelt doesn't retract
-Random bolts missing
-Seems like every single bolt snaps when trying to take stuff off
-Rusty as hell
-Rip in the driver seat hip bolster
-Tweed interior
-Electrical hell (lights stop working at random, or stay on for no reason)
-2 different shades of red
-Looks pink in every picture
-Foam spoiler with massive rust holes underneath it

[sputnik]

1982 Buick Regal Sedan... 4.4L 276ci V8 with a 2 barrel carb. Slower than hell and drank gas faster than the 5.7L 4bbl in my Cutlass.

Frame ended up cracking. So it went off to the shredder.

[eb0i]

1991 Hyundai Scoupe: My first car in highschool, wow this thing was fun, all 98hp of it heh! But it was a piece, bumper fell of when I went through a puddle one rainy day and loged under my car. It was not fun prying out from underneat my car.

1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera: Something always broke just right after I would fix something else. The only upside was parts was damn cheap. I threw it away when it scared the crap out of me this one icy day when I was heading off of deerfoot south and the engine just turned off while I was going 100. I tried to turn it back on to no avail. Turned the key so I would have control of steering wheel and brakes but both didn't work since there was no power....just prevented lock up. Long story short...I crapped my pants, my heart stopped and took transit for a good 4 months before getting a better car.

[bspot]

1991 Mazda Protege GT.

-Had no 3rd gear
-Wouldn't start if the temp was below +5 without being plugged in (cost me a couple days of work).
-Ebrake didn't work
-You've never heard a car squeak and groan that much when you hit a bump
-Dead drivers window
-Would completely lose power momentarily at the worst times, almost died turning left the first time it happened
-Massive exhaust hole that gave me headaches from the noise
-The shifter was so stiff (and squeaky) it wouldn't even go back to centre on its own, you had to push it and search your way into every gear
-Most disgusting feeling clutch I've ever used, that includes the forklifts I've driven

[Sorrik]

1986 dodge mini ramvan :thumbsdow
1986 dodge colt :whipped:
1987 chevy cavalier :thumbsdow
1985 audi 5000 <-- think thats what it was thing ran long enough to get it home POS :eek:
1986 merc topaz :barf:
1987 ford tempo :barf:

everyone of 'em when to the kidney foundation :banghead:

[CdnSilverStreak]

1989 Ford Probe... there seemed to always be something wrong with it... finally got sick of it and sold it...

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by A790
1992 Eagle Talon ES. Clutch, transmission, and 5 alternators later I finally sold the POS.



Originally posted by Kirbs17
1992 Plymouth Laser RS

transmission went, 2 alternators went, blown head, O2 sensor went:banghead:



"worst car" and there are only TWO DSM"s on the list...hmmmm people are not begin honest...haha

My AWD DSM was my worst car...and the worst thing about it...I KNEW the issues I was inheiriting when I bought her...man man oh man do I miss Cyclone.:cry:

[euro_racer]

93 audi 90 quattro....nothing but trouble

[GSR Zero]

1984 Oldmobile Cutlass. When I fully cranked the steering wheel it would stall :thumbsdow

[SiG Baby]

This stupid 92 mazda b6200 truck. It used to grind gears everytime I shifted into 2nd. People used to laugh at me on the road cause I was always grinding, must have thought another dumb chick who can't drive stick.

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by SiG Baby
This stupid 92 mazda b6200 truck. It used to grind gears everytime I shifted into 2nd. People used to laugh at me on the road cause I was always grinding, must have thought another dumb chick who can't drive stick.


hey, that's what I thought...:dunno:just poking fun...

[SiG Baby]

Originally posted by EK 2.0



hey, that's what I thought...:dunno:just poking fun...

Meany...you were probably one of the people laughing too. :)

[Alpine Autowerks]

1990 Audi 200

if I saw "TELUS PAY PHONE" in the caller ID, I knew it was;


A) Pick up a dead POS
B) An angry wife with trunk full of spoiled groceries
C) Work all weekend & pay for a rental
D) ALL of the Above

[962 kid]

Originally posted by Weapon_R
1987 BMW E30

Worst car i've owned. Reliability sucked, parts were expensive, v6 engine wasn't good on gas.


I think I found the problem ...you had the wrong engine...BMW never made a V6

[Weapon_R]

Originally posted by 962 kid


I think I found the problem ...you had the wrong engine...BMW never made a V6

hehe you're right, out of habit. I6

[CryoCarnage]

Originally posted by max_boost
1986 Pontiac 6000 LE

It was a hand me down from the folks. This car was horrible, stalls whenever it wanted, steering wheel was so tight you couldn't possibly turn it, thank god I crashed it a couple weeks after my 16th birthday. :rofl:
I dont know why youd say that because i drove a 1990 6000 for about 4 years and it didnt give me any problems.Steering was a bit loose but thats luxury :D Then some kids stoel it :(

[LudeRoca]

Originally posted by CryoCarnage

Steering was a bit loose but thats luxury :D Then some kids stoel it :(

thats true. you could move the stearing wheel 4 inches either way and the car would still not move.

[ole dsm]

worst car was 1990 turbo awd eagle talon ,
first went the tranny then the head, it was fast for all of 1000km i got to drive it!.

and a close second was my 1992 vw passat syncro g60, real sleeper car , put parts costs a fortune and it was a fragile car.

the best car was actually three, 85 ford ranger, 89 jeep cherokee, and a 94 yj.

[pressure_ratio]

mine wern't so much bad cars,they were just POS winter beaters.I can't complain tho because they were freebies and reliable as a brick.
1981 toyota corolla.Rusty as hell,wouldn't go into 3rd gear,the timing chain was so loose it sounded like ballbearings rattling around in a tin can.Never once plugged it in,started evey time and had a wicked heater.
1986 pontiac 6000 wagon.Great parts chaser.Good car to stay out of trouble.FWD,automatic,family car wagon=No fun to drive..Rusty as hell,leaked everything,injectors leaked and would flood the car,pig on gas and slow as hell.

[Lexxan]

Originally posted by heavyD
1996 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z. Bought it with only 60000 kms in 1999 and it was already on its second turbo, (2) ecu's, (4) injectors, headgasket every 6 months, transmission that hated its job, etc, etc. To this day I still refuse to own any vehicle that is built by chrylser or has Bosch parts.:thumbsdow

I thought it was common knowledge that all dodge chryslers transmissions are complete shit? heh

[Rockski]

Originally posted by EK 2.0







&quot;worst car&quot; and there are only TWO DSM&quot;s on the list...hmmmm people are not begin honest...haha

My AWD DSM was my worst car...and the worst thing about it...I KNEW the issues I was inheiriting when I bought her...man man oh man do I miss Cyclone.:cry:

yea did i ever want to see that scoop you put on, that would of been pimp to see

[DarthHonda]

'95 Pathfinder XE, handled like a boat, drank gas like there was no tomorrow.

[DJ Lazy]

This is a toss up between:

1987 Honda Accord Coupe S & 1986 Honda Prelude...

I sold the POS accord just to turn around and buy the POS prelude... loose loose situation... :thumbsdow

[Police]

^ LOL

[TKRIS]

1990 Pathfinder.
Worse gas milage than my TJ with 33's,
Severely lacking power,

Get this:
I almost bought a 1987 300zx turbo, fully loaded with 150,000km for $750. The tranny in the 300zx needed to be replaced. The tranny shop in town quoted me $2300 to put a new 5speed in (originally an automatic).
I decided to buy the pathfinder instead as I didn't want to deal with tranny issues. Paid $5500 for the pathfinder, $2000 2 weeks later for engine seals, tires, and muffler, paid $1750 4 weeks later to have the tranny rebuilt ( :rolleyes: ), and sold it a few months later for just under $4000. I've never been raped that hard in my life. 4years later, I can still feel it when I sit down.


Kris

P.S. On a side note. My friend bought the 300zx turbo for $700, spent an afternoon fixing a couple of the electronic guages and changing fluids, and sold it 2 weeks later for $3800.

[Chiggles]

Not my own, but was the ride I had access to use back then when I was still living with my parents. 1991 Ford Tempo. Ugly POS that had a discharged AC unit. Tape deck was one of those auto-reverse types, but it kept catching on the tape so any time I put a tape in, it would just switch back and forth between the 2 sides of the tape and never actually PLAYED the tape. Radiator leaked coolant all the time. Tranny was slipping horribly at any speed higher than 60. Suspension was so fucked that you had the turn the wheel about 45 degrees to the left just to keep it straight all the time. Powersteering would automatically turn back the wheel on right turns, but if you cranked it all the way on left turns, it would get stuck there and you had to pull it out of the turn manually to straighten it out. Numerous other problems I don't remember anymore but the point is my Dad probably spent more on repairs than for what he paid the car in the first place and it still ran like shit.

[Ben]

I wonder how many of the problems experienced above could have been solved by replacing the item between the steering wheel and seat. haha =P

[Redlyne_mr2]

My ae86...goddamn thing went through engines more than it did oil changes.

[Ben]

Originally posted by Redlyne_mr2
My ae86...goddamn thing went through engines more than it did oil changes.

Yep, I have to say it. People say Toyotas are the most reliable, but that AE86 must have been the bastard child. I have YET to meet someone with an AE86 that hasn't had less that BRUTAL problems (mind you they all were not funded by a large bankroll). I know 6 people, and ALL of them had engines replaced as the LEAST of the problems, lol. Terrible cars IMO. Seems like the moment you touch them with something aftermarket or performance orientated, they shit the bed, rust out and break down. And what the main issue is, is it seems they dont know when to cut their losses, haha.

Sure there are a few reliable nice ones out there, but odds are against you finding one, and having the money to do it right.

[Arthur Dent]

hmmm ... I've owned lots of POS cars in my time. old k-cars, bronco II, Hyundai Stellar, old British cars.

But the worst one was a 1998 Honda Civic I owned back in 2000 for 6 long months. Two trannies, lots engine problems, trim falling off. :barf:

[scboss]

1984 lincoln everything is wrong so me and my friends turned off the air ride and it was half an inch off the ground then i went off a jump and now i own a 04 cbr lol

[stumpy80]

1989 chevrolet s10, floored it for every merge i went to and still coudlnt get anywhere, brutal handling, soo bad on gas, overall big peaice of shit:burnout:

[chris]

Originally posted by heavyD
1996 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z. Bought it with only 60000 kms in 1999 and it was already on its second turbo, (2) ecu's, (4) injectors, headgasket every 6 months, transmission that hated its job, etc, etc. To this day I still refuse to own any vehicle that is built by chrylser or has Bosch parts.:thumbsdow
don't you drive a mitsubishi and an eagle?

[SneakyNeek]

1988 honda accor with a carbarated engine. god damn it was a peice had like 80 horse power had to floor it to merge haha

[DC2uned]

2000 Toyota Celica.
Hated the car everyday that i owned it.