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What was your worst ever car.

Mine was a Vauxhall Astra that smoked when you stick your foot down and I braked once and the heaadlight popped out and slid down the road. When i went to pick up the headlight some A*shole ran over it for a laugh! :mad:

[Edited on 6-2-2002 by Administrator]

lol:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

never really had a bad car,

5 beetles(still got one ..1966 import)
honda crx(sold)
rover400(sold)
rover200(max power feature car)
rover200(race car)(still got)
bmw 325 m-tec(2.7)(still got)
nissun sunny zx(sold)
3 lexus is200

[Edited on 6-2-2002 by superchargedIS200]

Blimey mat.. youve had enough cars!

The Sunny ZX... what year was that?

1990,wish id never sold it ....it was awsome,1.8 twin cam,made my own exhaust for it....

its still knocking around here where i am ,keep thinking of buying it back

do you have a pic of that.. i have a sunny 1.6 Coupe on an F plate

wondered if it was the same type

Worst car owned:

Mark II Escort. It pulled to one side and was erratic under breaking, I ripped one front wing on a concrete post, I had to get a new engine when the piston rings went and I often had to get other students in my hall to push start it. (Finally took it to a garage and the mechanic showed me a sticky black ring and said - that was an air filter once...)

When I first bought it the back seat was loose so I bolted it down but not well enough. First time I drove it with a couple of mates in the back and braked hard they and the seat flew forward into a heap behind me.

Had a nice gear change though. I never found a gear change to match it until the IS200. :cool:

Worst cars driven but not owned:

Talbot Horizon. Huge gear lever and it was a lottery which gear it ended up in.

Vauxhall Corsa - Vauxhall dealer's courtesy car. Appalling handling, no brakes, no engine, awful steering and you kill your back reaching for the seat belt. What is that woman in the TV advert on about?! If you drove a corsa like she suggests you'd be in a ditch.

[Edited on 6-2-2002 by javadude]

my last car was my worst.

1998 BMW 328, black metallic, full M-tech body kit, M suspension, etc. It was only just 2 years old with 1 previous owner when i got it, and on average cost £600 a month to keep :mad:

bits kept falling off or malfunctioning - it was in at the dealers at least twice a month

anyway, i only had it 6 months and then managed to write it off in an accident (after just spending £1600 on a service & new tyres :mad: :mad: )

man - never ever am i having a BMW again.

my is200 is the best, but i've very good memories of my lovely 1984 Astra 1.3L in bright red - that was a grand first car

[Edited on 6-2-2002 by rob200]

My 1st car was the worst -
Escort Mk3 1.3L 81(W)

Thankfully my cars have got better & better over the years !

2nd Car - Fiesta XR2 Mk2 86©
3rd Car - Toyota Corolla 1.3 GL 88(F)
4th Car - Toyota Corolla 1.6 GTi 92(J)
5th Car - Toyota Corolla 1.6 Si 96(P)
6th Car - Impreza 2.0 Turbo 99(V)

And last and the best - IS200 SE 00(X)

i used to love my Escort Mark Two.. man anyone could work on that car.. even a monkey could fix a problem with it. he reapir manual was only about 20 pages :smilegrin::smilegrin:

And it used to be great to back end it around a roundabout... what a fun car that was :smilegrin:

My worst car was technically not owned.... the company car I have just given back - horrid horrid barge of a car - loathsome - I cannot stress how poor the car is - once driven forever shi'ten!!! Rover 600 !!! Urghhhh

As for the car list..... errr........ I think this is the lot....

Mk2 Escort 1100 pop
Mk1 Fiesta 950 pop (got to get NCD somehow)
Mk3 Escort 1600 GL (horrid)
Mk1 (Mk3 Escort) Orion 1.6i Ghia
Nissen 100NX
Peugeot 309 GRDT
Peugeot 306 DT
Honda CRX VTi (still got) - great grin factor car
Rover 600 (nuff said)
Lexus IS200 SE - best car I've owned for day to day transport (still got)
Honda NSX - best car, bar none! (still got)
Plus a few motorbikes, and lots of driving of other cars..........

[Edited on 8-2-2002 by UltraViolet]

Hey Sammy.. never realised you had an NSX.. wow.. what a nice motor that is... *drools*

:smilegrin:

Talking of hondas, the best car that i liked the most was a mark 1 Honda prelude.. man that car was so faithfull and i was a pig to it. In the end it died of rust and i could not get no more filler on the car... but the engine was still real good. I drove around the whole country in that car.



[Edited on 8-2-2002 by Administrator]

Thanks..... and yeah - I've a real leaning to the sporting Hondas, and the NSX is really special!
lol - I seem to have become 500x more attractive to men around here since I got it! heehee.
Only thing is... so has the boyfriend when he drives her too! :smilegrin:

My worst car was a 1981 Triumph Acclaim in old man beige, SAU 481X. It had one elderly owner from new until I bought it in 1997, and it took me three hours to blow three out of four exhaust valves!! I think the car had been used to doing 30mph max, because when I took it up the M1 at 95mph it took exeption! Two days after I got it back on the road, it jammed in 1st gear - new gearbox. My dad reversed into on the drive and buckled the wing and bonnet, then I drove it into a hedge while attempting a right angled bend at 50mph. I finally gave up on the car when I cracked the sump driving down a farm track. I hated every minute of that car:mad:

My dad had a Triumph Acclaim Triomatic (sort of half automatic), had few problems with it and sold it after two years for the same that he bought it for. It was completely gutless though especially with that gearbox. I remember he also got it up to 95 once and something broke.

[Edited on 8-2-2002 by javadude]

Saab 93 in the stealers every week, an i got told nothing but lies by the stealer. before that triumph 1300 uuckk:P

[quote]Thanks..... and yeah - I've a real leaning to the sporting Hondas, and the NSX is really special!
lol - I seem to have become 500x more attractive to men around here since I got it! heehee.
Only thing is... so has the boyfriend when he drives her too! :smilegrin:[/quote]

You would need your wipers on if you drove near me with the NSX.. i would be drooling over it... I have always loved the NSX.. I like Honda alot!
:smilegrin:

hehe - nice to know a fellow fan! I have loved and dreamed of owning an NSX ever since its launch in 1990 - so as you can imagine, even though I was chuffed to bits when my new IS200 was delivered not last saturday, but the saturday before..... the fact that I was buying the NSX the following saturday, sort of overshadowed it! It is indeed a dream come true for me - I love that car - the curves are just stunning, and driving.... well - I suppose this isn't the place to start waxing lyrical over a Honda.......
Forgot where I was.
My IS200 has now done 700 miles, and I am starting to venture closer to that redline...... :tumble:

I used to have a flintstone car, the bottom fell out and you used you feet !

Escort 1300
Cavalier 1600 GSI
Metro ( I was possessed by the Devil )
Exscort Estate
Mat, once broke the strutts on a new rover V8 in Cyprus! ( pot hole jumping)
Orion Ghia
Volvo 440( had to get rid of it I didn't have a flat cap)
Driven TVR Cebera 4.2 not that good.
I have done 0-120mph in less than 1 second( parachute, before it opened)
Used to ride in a highly charged armoured V8 rover. ( with bricks being thrown at me)!
Now its the quiet life with my IS200sport/supercharged.

Worst Car? - Umm, had a few...
FIAT (Fixed It Again Today) '97 Punto GT Turbo (Black). For 3 months it went like a rocket, the next 18 months it was in the garage being "fixed"! - repeatedly for spitting its coolant out when idling in traffic - then overheating and making some very strange noises from the engine. Also had the nice side effect of being on full boost at standstill in traffic.

The iconic '93 Clio 16V was great until the power assitance hose for the breaks split at 85 mph on the M1. All the fluid was instantly vapourised on the cat, the cars following me went thro' a mile long fog patch. Still it had the best seats of any car Ive driven. And more dials to watch than any car this side of a Aston.

The slippery '97 Mazda 323 1.8 Exec. Had the oddest gear ratio ever, was a sloth up until 80 mph then went like a rocket to 120mph....

The boy racer '99 Saxo 1.6 VTS had the worst seats of any car I've had.....But the most sublime suspension setting for B french roads.

My Cars:

1 - MG Metro (the worst car in the world)
2 - Renault Clio 1.9D (slow and noisy)
3 - Peugeot 306 DTurbo (great car)
4 - Lexus IS200 Sport (my best car yet, despite some probs)

Phil:cool:

I've had a 306 DT too - agree, great ickle car, great engine and great chassis!

I'm still driving my 1st car, a Civic.
It;s not to bad.
The worst car I drove was a 1st generaton CRX, it was ready for the breakers.

*****, such a battle in my list for worst car, but here goes with the list, you decide which was worst

MkII Escort estate (back wheel fell off after I overtightened the wheel nuts)

Renault 18 estate (the shape of the dashboard meant the clocks melted in strong sunlight)

MkIV Cortina (I bought it in the dark + I'm colour blind, didn't realise the front was brown and the back was red)

MkII Escort 1.6 (Parked it upside-down on a bus stop)

Mini Clubman (actually pretty good)

Mini 1430 (very good, but learnt 2 valuable lessons: if you drastically change the power output of your vehicle, drum brakes are not a good idea and theft insurance is worth it's weight in gold when you've sunk over £1000 into the engine on parts alone)

Vauxhall Firenza 2300 (I loved this car, but so did the rust, yellow with a black vinyl roof looked like a mini-muscle car)

Ford Cortina 2.3 Ghia (later installed a 2.8 from a written off Capri, learnt to hate fuel injection)

Citroen Visa 1.7D (don't laugh it would sit at 100 on the motorway all day sounding like it was ticking over)

Mini 1000 (leaking master cylinder, couldn't arsed to fix it, just used the handbrake everywhere)

Vauxhall Cavalier SRi (used to die for no apparent reason)

Lada 1600 (really old one, wooden dash, all the guages were in Russian, I fitted a FIAT 2.0L twin cam, sold it to a Lithuanian)

Cavalier 1.6 (bought for £50 with MOT, needed piston rings badly, looked like James Bond smokescreen. I used to keep the oil at the minimum mark to reduce smoke, for some reason the cam seized in the head)

Astra 1.3 (had been rear ended by a transit van, but drove great)

Mazda 626 (I don't know why, but my friends started calling me Dr Patel)

1996 Escort 1.4 (horrible, horrible, was on irish plates and I used to get pulled up all the time)

Toyota Carina-E GTi (a very under-rated car, has the 175bhp motor from the MR2)

Toyota Carina-E TurboD (boooooorrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiinnnnggggg)

Rover 620Ti (very fast, no handling whatsoever, made it feel 10x faster)

Vectra 2.0 SRi (ate gearboxes, but I actually loved this car)

Vectra 1.8SRi (was quite nice, but too slow)

Lexus IS200 (still got)

Clio 1.6Si (still got, think it was made on a Friday afternoon, everything electrical has failed at some point)

On top of this I've had several bikes:

Honda SS50
Honda C50
Honda CB100
Yamaha RD125LC
Yamaha TZR125
Suzuki RGV250
Suzuki GSX-R600 (still got)

I know you said you change your cars frequently but that's some list! (I've had 5 cars in 14 years - I just don't compete!)

Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6 -93 was my first and worst car.

I have owned the following cars:
- Toyota Corolla 01/1999 - 06/1999
- Toyota Avensis 06/1999 - 02/2000
- Lexus IS200 2000 (Millennium Silver) 02/2000 - 01/2002
- Lexus IS200 2002 (Intensa Blue Pearl) - My current ride

Lexus IS200 is the best car I've ever driven, the 2nd best is probably GS300. (IS200 is fun to drive, GS300 is quiet, and moves like a train...)

hmmmm worst cars...... this will be fun.....

1st Ford Capri 1.6 Laser...... hills?? forget it

2nd XR3 that was fun, apart from going through 3 carbs.... orange too

3rd BMW 325i that was fun!!! i miss that car in the snow.... slide that back end out baby!!! woooo hoooo

4th Escort 1.8.. i know i know, what did i do that for??? looked ok, BEFORE the ex crashed it twice... into the very SAME wall!!!!

after that i've had like 20 cars, company ones..... the Lexus was real nice, i must admit though, the celica (black) was real nice... untill i wrote it off at 130MPH !!!! one good thing.. it was safe... lol... well, the boss wasn't too happy LOL

so, therefore the Capri was the worst.... or was it the XR3... hmmmmm

[Edited on 17-2-2002 by moschops_72]

Ist Mini 1000- Great little car
2nd Cortina Estate - improved my love life
3rd Chevette GLS - pass everthing but a garage
4th Same as above
5th Chevette estate- crap
6th Chevette estate - crap also
7th Chevette estate - hit a tree in Northern Italy and left it there.
8th Astra 1300 estate - went like a rocket
9th Cavalier 1600 - nice
10th TR6 rotted like a pear but would pass any MG
11th Cavalier 2000 sri - fast
13th Rover 3500 - very smooth
14th Astra GSI - 150mph but broke down every day, got rid of it as quicky as i could
15th Jaguar XJS 5.3 - pass every thing except a petrol station 8mpg
16th Volvo 850 - best car i had at this stage
sounded great, 20valve sticker on rear always confused people (it was a 5 Cyl)
17th omega 2.5 cdx estate - crap, broke down on first day and nearly everday after
18th Astra GTE- great pocket rocket
19th Belmont SRI (wife complainted about 2 door GTE)
20th Merc E200 - great looks with twin headlights but no go in it (2ltr)
21st Volvo s40 t4 - Great for wiping the smile off Vectra sri's drivers
22nd 306 1.9 tdg - smelly disel you can keep them
23rd 306 1.6 much better
24th 306 cabriolet so goodlooking still have it
25th LEXUS GS300 mk1 leggato - stripped down gs no sunroof etc etc.
26th LEXUS GS 300 mk2 Sport - all the looks no guts
27th LEXUS GS430 - now i like playing with BMW's and wipping the grin of their faces. But have to watch out for the M's as they are faster

If I take it steady 75-80 average 28mpg put my foot down and it averages 15mpg. But i love it (sad person realy)

What next? Don' t know Yet, except it will be another Lexus. My brother is on his second GS,

My dealer loves our family 5 cars in 3 years, is that a record?.

you have had quite a few motors Dave!

Stick with the Lexus!

By the way... are you coming to the meet Dave?

Yep,

Chris my 13 year old son is getting up early on the day to wash the car and make sure it shines amongst all those lovely little 200's.

hehhe i can certainly make my tub shine...

it is so long i need two car parking spaces!

Iv'e had a
Mk1 Cortina 1200cc
Humber Scepter
Austin j2 minibus with Valve Radio
another Humber Scepter
VW 411 estaste
Sunbeam Alpine (Fastback)
Ford Escort van
Austin Allegro (Worst car)
Peougeot estate 7 seater(Cairo Taxi)
Austin Montego VDP
Reanult 5. Whats yours called? remember the ad?
then another Renault 25 GTX
Citreon Xantia Td which my girl friend now owns.
THen My GS00 Sport
:yes:

whats this.........

[quote]Humber Scepter[/quote]

you gotta find a pic of that,sounds like something from Thunderbirds:D

That was a cool car ... not

:smilegrin:

try this ....

[url="http://www.rob-1725.freeserve.co.uk/sceptre/gary/gary.jpg"]http://www.rob-1725.freeserve.co.uk/sceptre/gary/gary.jpg[/url]

damn!!! some of you guys change cars like other people theire underwears

my IS is my first car...

haha my first car was a escort MK2.. i could make it drift round roundabouts so easily!

Sold it and it ended up in the back end of an ambulance apprently

fun car

dam that sceptre was an ugly car[url="http://www.teamlexus.co.uk/forums/images/regan.gif%20"]http://www.teamlexus.co.uk/forums/images/regan.gif [/url]

Hey! whats wrong with the Scepter. it was great in its day. 0 to 60 in 18 seconds top speed of 90.
It had leather and a telescopic steering columb. This was in the days when petrol was 25p a gallon!!!!

it may have been a good car...........but its still dam ugly


the metro was a good car in its day:o

i drove a twingo the other day....eeeeewwwwwww

:regan:

1st mk2 Golf CL 1.6 Diesel Turbo
2nd mk3 Golf 1.9 TDi
3rd Lexus IS 200 SE

Probably the MK3 Golf was the worst - the MK2 was legendary and the MK3 moved into the sensible car league - well apart from the VR6

Crapi 1.3l..........sooooooooo slow but the only car I've ever sold for more than i bought it for..............

heres my list:

1. '79Datsun Cherry GL (was already 'finished when i got it)
2. '69 Volvo 144 DL (one owner...imaculate condition)
3. '84 Volvo 340 DL (real crappy! renault engine)
4. '88 Ford Escort Nordic (its a ford)
5. '91 Toyota Celica Gti (current car)

and my sixth car will be either a
IS200 or an mk1 GS300.


@lpher

Heres my last 3 cars

1st my Corolla SI

Oooh, worst cars...these are pretty good contenders:

Mk 1 Ford Fiesta - the mechanic laughed so hard when I took it for an MOT, he wouldn't take the money to do it

Mk II Ford Escort (Yellow!) - Didn't 'do' starting. Has to park it on a slope to bail it out after it rained. When it got sunny, the carpets grew mushrooms!

G Reg Seat Ibiza GLX - 1st 'proper' car, sold it to get a deposit on a flat

Honda Prelude V-Tec (4th gen) - my hubbies car, still got.

The IS200 is DEFINITELY the best! :smilegrin:

i lnow how you feel with the mk2 escort.. used to have so much water in the foot well that when you breaked the water you to make a wave and sloped all over the dash!

The escort had a serious problem with rot in the inner wing...

fun car though... great on gravel tracks

[color=Blue]They're my 3 latest cars some of the ones before like the Mk3 Escort,it was two tone green and completly rotten [/color]

I have had loads of cars but the worst has got to have been a BMW 325i, boy was that car a dog! It broke down at least once a month & after owning it for a year I ended up spending about £5000 in servicing on it! I would never ever own one again!

Best cars:

Toyota MR2 Mk1...what a car looking to buy another one!

Toyota MR2 Mk2...good but not as much fun as the mk1

Mercedes 190E 2.6 Very smooth & reliable

present car IS200 sport...top car..needs more oomph though!