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

[mannyo]

My Worst car had to be a Citroen XM, I owned it for just 8 months and in that time had to call out the RAC 3 times due to hydraulic system problems. Hydraulic fluid was leaking out the day I P/ex'd it.

My List of owned cars by order owned (year = car registered year)

1974 Austin Mini 1000
1985 Austin Metro City (bought new)
1987 Vauxhall Astra 1.2 Merit (bought new)
1988 Vauxhall Astra 1.4 Celebrity 88 Special edition (bought new)
1978 BMW 320i
1988 Rover 216i Vanden Plas
1985 Ford Granda 2.8i Ghia
1987 Jaguar XJ6 2.9 LHD
1990 Citroen XM 2.0 SEi Auto (the car from hell)
1988 Ford Escort XR3i cabriolet
1990 BMW 520i SE Auto
1992 BMW 320i SE
1997 Mercedes C180 Classic
2001 Skoda Octavia vRS (one of first in UK, bought new)
2000 Porsche Boxster S
1994 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia commuter hack
1997 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia X Auto commuter hack
2005 Skoda Octavia 2.0TDi PD140 Elegance Estate
2008 Skoda Superb 2.0TDi PD140 DSG DPF Elegance
2001 Audi A8 3.7 Quattro Sport.

[tonupkid]

Worst I've bought was for my wife. Hyundia Pony. An unspeakably appalling car

Worst I've had for me. Renault Laguna V6 3.0. So uncomfortable, so astonishingly uncomfortable

Worst loaner. Nissan Serena. I still see these on the roads, and feel sympathy for those inside, although to be fair they usually look happy enough!

Worst car I've driven. Easy - Lada Riva Estate

I too very much enjoyed a 1988 Senator 3.0 CDI. Really well built, loved the interior, and with switchable dampers all the way back then.
The Senators front grill design was lifted by Audi

Favourite. Probably the last one, D2 S8 but its a close run thing with my Cortina 2 door 2.0 GT

[Architex_mA8tey]

I had a laguna from new that went back into the dealership 14 times in 12 months - electrical issues and 4 new ECU's etc etc, simply appalling. Renault finally got threatened by the fleet manager at Corus who bought over 1000 cars a year and decided to finally take the car back - I will NEVER EVER have another Renault because of how Renault UK handled it (or rather didnt).

Wasnt the Nissan Serena the holder of the slowest 0-60 time of any car for many years? lol something like 28 seconds

hateful hateful car lol

[PsYcHe]

The serena... yuck... Guy I used to work with had one, ironic how he was always obessed with benchmarks and had the slowest motor vehicle in christendom.

But then again, it was basically a van with windows and crap seats.

Thinking about Mrs P's cars... She's only had 2 that I didn't like (because I usually chose them).

1984 Fiat Uno 1000 Fire - Rust on wheels.. crap, but surprisingly OK
1989 Astra Belmont 1600 GL - My dad's old car, was pretty good, quite liked it
1994 Laguna 1.8 RN - Meh... Seriously Meh...
2000 Passat 1.8T Sport - Yes, we did have a his and her's matching set Tornado Red, with black interior, lovely car
2002 Kia Sedona 2.9CDRi LX - Not too slow, wee bit noisy, but like driving an armchair, and more practical than a big practical thing, seats all came out for instant transit van and sliding doors
2005 Vectra 1.8 - Craparolla!!!!! You either got a pile of wheelspin, or kangaroo petrol, no inbetween
1998 Audi A8 4.2QS - Another his and her's matching set
2005 Volvo XC90 2.4D5 - Actually quite like it.. Practical, not stupid slow after a remap, and you can put 7 folk and 2 dogs in it...

Worst.. Either the Uno or the Vectra.. The Uno was an 80's rustbucket so can be forgiven.. the Vectra.. really not for a 21st century car...

[briang9]

Originally Posted by 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

ahh thats a relief

[briang9]

Originally Posted by limoncello

Rover SD1 3.5 with big foldback sunroof (was it called webasto?)

Probably was made by Webasto they make a lot of sunroofs (amongst other things, including the Audi aux heater thingymajig I think) their name is stamped on my solar roof

[Night Train]

Yes, they were Webasto sliding 'canvas' sunroofs on the SD1, also the preceding P6 & P5's had them as options....

[HPsauce]

Here's a bit of West Midlands nostalgia, set to music.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17693856
There must be a few "worsts" in there......

[limoncello]

Originally Posted by Night Train

Yes, they were Webasto sliding 'canvas' sunroofs on the SD1, also the preceding P6 & P5's had them as options....

yes thats the one, slid back so almost the whole roof was open, was really nice in the summer specially as their was no air con - as long as you had one that didnt leak that is.

thought it was a great car at the time, it actually went round corners unlike the older shape Rover 3500 which was like a barrel on the corners, had a front tyre blow out at 115 mph on the M20, fortunately had those tyres which reinflate immediately so not much of a drama at all.

[47p2]

Originally Posted by limoncello

........had those tyres which reinflate immediately.........

Dunlop Denovo tyres