Whats the WORST car you've ever owned, and why?

[A8_Tony]

My worst car? Had to be the gutless Ford Orion 1.4 Equipe, yes, it was a poofy maroon colour, but by christ it was gutless!! And that was it's biggest flaw to be honest. It looked nice enough, but it just had no go in it.

My car ownership list goes a little something like this:

1989 - LHD BMW 520 - not bad from the <1.0 metro I learned to drive in
Mk5 2.0 Cortina - £150 - battered, bruised, but with a twin Weber, she went like stink
Volvo 240 - cracking car, finally nicknamed the bruise as I owned her in Sardinia, where the drivers are not particularly brilliant :ahem:
Rover SD1 2.6 - loved this. Even now I'm surprised at how low these things sit. But by 'eck, she was a fantastic car, that I'd still buy today
The Orion - 'nuff said
Granada Scorpio 2.9 - the fully loaded hatchback, not the 24v saloon....still fast as feck though
1998 - Passat 1.8 Petrol
2000 - Audi A8 4.2QS - Still own her after 8 1/2 years.....:smileylove:
Works - Volvo S60 - quick, but seriously underspecced in soooo many areas
Works - Audi A6 2.0Tdi S-Line Avant - needed more power, but great car
2001 - Audi 2.8QS LPG'd - let's not go there
1988 - Audi 80 1.9 Tdi - Dead engine....fancy chucking a 4.2 v8 in it?
2006 - Audi A8 3.0Tdi - Lovin' her just now....just wanna tweak it

[S4Phil]

Ford Focus ST170 would be my worst! Noisy, gutless, unreliable, badly built, horrible green dials, uncomfortable, annoying!!!!!

[briang9]

I have had many dodgy ones but to be fair that was probably because when I was younger I was either not able to afford anything decent in the first place or not able to afford to maintain them properly.

Most dreadful modern cars I have driven recently have been loan cars, the worst of which were Ford Ka, Peugeot 207, Vauxhall Astra diesel. My old man had an Allegro in a lovely mustard colour with lovely beige velour interior mix that with the trend in those times for clothes made from man made fibres and you had a static nightmare on board

Oddly enough two of my favourites from my past were also the most troublesome, Rover SD1 and an early mid life crisis induced Fiat Coupe, and even more oddly they were almost exactly the same colour.

[christhompson]

Fiat 124 'Sport' Looked dreadful, uncomfortable, handled like a brick - dangerous even with front wheel torque steer like nothing else I've ever driven. Rust box as well. Better I suppose than the Seat version or even the Lada!

[S4_Sat]

Hmm this is a toughie considering I've not been driving as long as most on here.

Own cars - (under my name)

2003 Renault Clio 1.5DCi - bought new as first car
1998 Audi A4 1.8se - bought when I got bored with the Clio as a project car
2002 Audi A2 1.4se - traded the Clio in for it
1986 Audi 80 1.6cl - bought as a toy

bro's cars - (which I've had use of, he's had a few before the A6 though)

1996 Audi A6 2.6se
1998 Audi A8 2.8
1998 Audi A8 2.8 Sport
2012 Audi A3 1.6TDi Sportback

Company cars (this might take a while, done in age of vehicle, not when I had it)

2005 Merc C180k auto
2005 BMW 320d M Sport
2005 Merc SL55 AMG
2005 Toyota Corolla Kompressor T-Sport
2006 VW Passat 2.0TDi
2006 VW Golf 2.0 GT TDi
2007 VW Golf 2.0 GT TDi 170
2007 VW Golf 2.0 GT TDi 170 DSG
2007 BMW 118d se
2007 BMW 118d M Sport
2007 Aston Martin DB9
2007 Ferrari F430 F1
2007 Bentley Continental GT Coupe
2007 Audi RS4 saloon
2007 Audi TT 3.2 DSG
2007 Audi A4 2.0TDi S-Line
2008 BMW 520d M Sport auto
2008 Porsche Cayman S 3.4
2008 Merc E250CDi Avantgarde
2008 Porsche Boxster 2.7
2008 Range Rover Vogue TDV8
2008 Land Rover Discovery 4 TDV6
2008 BMW 320d se
2008 BMW 730d se
2008 Audi A6 2.7TDi S-Line
2008 Audi A8 3.0TDi
2008 Audi S6 Saloon
2008 Maserati Gran Turismo
2009 VW Golf 2.0TDi Match
2009 Audi A3 2.0TDi sportback
2009 Audi A3 1.9TDi e sportback
2009 BMW 120d M Sport
2010 Rolls Royce Phantom Saloon
2010 Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
2010 Porsche 911 Turbo PDK
2010 VW Golf 2.0GT TDi
2011 Merc CLS63 AMG
2011 Merc CL65 AMG
2011 Honda Civic Type-R
2011 Ford Focus 1.6TDCi Sport
2011 Ford Mondeo 2.0TDCi Titanium X
2011 Range Rover Sport TDV8
2011 Land Rover Freelander 2.2SD4 HSE
2011 VW Golf 1.6TDi Bluemotion
2011 Land Rover Discovery 4 SDV6 HSE
2011 Audi A8 4.2TDi
2011 Audi A6 3.0TDi S Line
2011 Audi A4 3.0TDi S Line Quattro
2011 Audi S5 Sportback
2012 VW Golf 1.6TDi Bluemotion (current car)

Probably loads I've forgotten but thats a sample of what I've driven/had use of in the last 10 years of driving.

[sarg]

Blimey, there's some interesting company cars there S4_Sat!

My list, in chronological order:

1972 Triumph 1500 FWD in dark blue - bought as a scrapper for £125 Summer 1986, spent the next 12 months rebuilding and renovating including full body rebuild and respray, and complete engine rebuild, in time for me to start learning to drive Summer 1987. Ran it until some idiot t-boned me at a junction and wrote if off. Of course I loved this car, was gutted when it got written off

1978 Renault 12 in light blue - bought for £90 to replace the Triumph, total bag of nails, had a leaking piston ring so usually ran on only 3 cylinders, but it was good at jumping hump-back bridges Engine eventually seized, then scrapped

Various 1980's Lada company cars (got a job selling Ladas and Protons). Not as bad as some say, rwd handling could be quite entertaining, most of our demos had twin choke Webers fitted to give them a bit more guts

Various late 80's Renault 5 and 19 company cars (moved to a Renault dealership)

1988 Vauxhall Cavalier in dark blue - bought at auction, on the way home, my friend who gave me a lift to pick it up, ran into the back of it at a roundabout. Grrrr. Had it repaired and sold it at auction 4 months later for a small profit!

1988 BMW 316 in black - my first 'proper' car, great car but a big gutless, struggled to get to 100mph, but took me on a nice roadtrip to Prague, Budapest and back home. Px for:

1988 Renault 21 Turbo in white - seriously quick, never failed to make me smile, sold it privately and took in px:

1986 Volvo 340 in silver - ran it for a few months, then donated to my younger brother for him to learn to drive, and in return received the family:

1983 BMW 520i in white - this car was a great car too, had been in the family since 3 years old, we still had it past 20 years old and it still ran beautifully - the pre-VANOS BMW straight 6s were smooth as silk

1995 BMW 328i Sport in dark blue - bought new (business was good back then), another truly great car, but not without problems, left it behind with the business when I sold out

1990 BMW 535i Hartge in black - seriously quick and loud

1999 Alfa GTV Twin Spark in dark blue - could not pass a garage without breaking down - great car but seriously flawed

2002 VW Golf GTDI 150 in dark blue - gearbox failed at 40k, replaced under warranty, eventually returned (legitimately) to finance company as could not sell it for more than settlement figure

2003 BMW Z4 3.0i in black - another great great car, my first taste of convertibles

2000 A8 4.2 QS in silver - sold the Z4 to raish cash for a house purchase, after seeing the original Transporter film I decided a big limo was for me, and having failed to find a nice enough 7-series, settled on the QS and kept this for longer than any other car I've ever had, but no surprise the gearbox eventually gave up the ghost and was scapped to Poland in 2011

2002 Porsche Boxster 2.7 Tiptronic S in black, current car

Which was the worst? Easy, the Renault 12 was a total dog. Best was probably the A8, and that's why I kept it so long (about 5 years) but there are several there which I'd gladly buy back again.

[briang9]

thats some list of cars there S4_Sat

[S4_Sat]

Originally Posted by briang9

thats some list of cars there S4_Sat

Think I've forgotten a few though. I'm a fleet manager for a car hire company btw, not a drug dealer lol

[Architex_mA8tey]

I wanna be a fleet manager for a car hire company!!

[limoncello]

list below, probably more i cant remember

Ones I hated the most -
Montego though almost new it was a crappy tin can, theres not many about now and with good reason

and the Mini clubman - hated it with a passion, thought they were supposed to be fun, not for me, no room, horrible ride, no idea how they have lasted

have to say the best times were being 18 - 20 and having the chrysler charger (unlike most cars of the time they had elec seats air con etc) and the xjs but wouldnt swap the 8 for them


this is the only pic i have and unfortunately after my g/fs dad had an accident in it.




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Triumph 2000
72 Ford Escort mk2
76 Ford Cortina Mk3
76 RHD Aussie Chrysler Charger 5.9 Litre
Rover SD1 3.5 with big foldback sunroof (was it called webasto?)
Jaguar XJS
Audi 100
Toyota cant remember what it was
Montego
Ford Granada Scorpio
Jaguar XJ6 4.2
Saab convertible (Skip on wheels)
original 1960's mini clubman
Jaguar XJ6 4.2 - used more oil than petrol
BMW 328
BMW 530 Msport
VW Golf
Rover 820
Cherokee Jeep
BMW 328 Saloon
Audi A8