Worst Car You've Driven?

gorrie · Post by **gorrie** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:19 pm

MacK wrote:
gorrie wrote:Austin Ambassador 1.7... my Dads car when I passed my test. Awful.
We had the 2.0ltr That rolly polly suspension

He had an Autin Princess before it... DOH! you would have thought he'd learn.

Skyenet · Post by **Skyenet** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:44 pm

The_Rossatron wrote:Probably a P reg 1.0 Vauxhall corsa I had a few years back as a courtesy car.

Hope the new model is better

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:05 pm

Volvo 340 - girlfriends mums car when they still sold them . Its no wonder Clarkson drove one in to a tree

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:15 pm

probably a volvo 340 for me as well. so bad i can't really remember it...(thank goodness the brain edits the worst bits

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renmure · Post by **renmure** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:24 pm

I used to get a brand new "free" car for a year with one place I did some work in liu of payment. One year it turned out to be a new Kia Pride. Cant think of any redeeming features whatsoever.

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:44 pm

Citreon Xsara Picasso. Hire car with work. The last one had been a new Astra, which I really didn't like (especially those stoopid indicators!), so I demanded something different . . . wish they'd just given me the Astra!

The Citreon was like driving a bus, and that wasn't just because I was used to the Elise. The steering was so light with no feel at all, and it rolled all over the place. I also hated the off-centre digital speedo. Clarkson's always making jokes about us taking our eyes off the road and crashing because we're trying to check our speed for the scameras . . . with an off-centre speedo, well away from the driver's field of vision, you have to take your eyes off the road for longer to check your speed. Stupid gimicky design!

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:55 pm

dezzy wrote:Citreon Xsara Picasso. Hire car with work. The last one had been a new Astra, which I really didn't like (especially those stoopid indicators!), so I demanded something different . . . wish they'd just given me the Astra!

The Citreon was like driving a bus, and that wasn't just because I was used to the Elise. The steering was so light with no feel at all, and it rolled all over the place. I also hated the off-centre digital speedo. Clarkson's always making jokes about us taking our eyes off the road and crashing because we're trying to check our speed for the scameras . . . with an off-centre speedo, well away from the driver's field of vision, you have to take your eyes off the road for longer to check your speed. Stupid gimicky design!

The Picasso has to be one of the UGLIEST cars on the road. I feel as if it's an insult having to look at them. Also, I really hate any cars with a central speedo, especially where you just have a plane bit of grey plastic ahead of the driver

Apart from not being as easy to use, it looks really cr4ppy IMHO.

My astra is old enough not to have stoopid indicators.

Titanium S1 111S (gla) · Post by **Titanium S1 111S (gla)** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:28 am

I learned to drive in a 1965 Series 2A Landrover 88, with a 3L Perkins Diesel engine, as the sales man told my Dad when he bought it, â€œitâ€™s a very popular motor for fishing boatsâ€œ. No synchromesh, steering which would have tested Pop Eyeâ€™s forearms, no breaks to speak of, zero visibility and a top speed of (I kid you not) 45 Tuts. Just to finish off the assault on the senses it was so loud that you could not drive it without ear defenders.

But it did have a certain eccentric charm.

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:20 am

Rover 214.... nuf said....

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:44 am

Titanium S1 111S (gla) wrote:I learned to drive in a 1965 Series 2A Landrover 88, with a 3L Perkins Diesel engine, as the sales man told my Dad when he bought it, â€œitâ€™s a very popular motor for fishing boatsâ€œ. No synchromesh, steering which would have tested Pop Eyeâ€™s forearms, no breaks to speak of, zero visibility and a top speed of (I kid you not) 45 Tuts. Just to finish off the assault on the senses it was so loud that you could not drive it without ear defenders.

But it did have a certain eccentric charm.

Now given the choice of the old landrover or brand new blandmobile which would you choose

Titanium S1 111S (gla) · Post by **Titanium S1 111S (gla)** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:41 am

I do have fond memories of it. Certainly learnt a thing or two about fixing cars.

Was glad of it the day a Ned in a fiesta drove into my front driver side wheal at traffic lights. He hit the hub dead centre and his car looked like a Coke can that had been stamped on. I go the handle from the big hydraulic jack, stuck it under the track rod and stood on it to straighten the track rod enough to get home. Fiver for a new track-rod end and a bit more straightening and it was good as new. Not even worth making an insurance claim.

Happy days.

The Hoff · Post by **The Hoff** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:11 am

...Perodua Nippa... 800cc 3 cyl. shoebox.. courtesy car (joke!) from MMC 5 years ago..
I could just stay ahead of fully laden log lorries on the twisty windy roads..
Only redeeming factor was the offbeat 911 sound from a 3cyl. engine. even though it was only producing 30 odd horsepower..

Cowan

k12chu · Post by **k12chu** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:25 pm

have driven a few of the "worst cars" category, when i was in india
fiat - premier padmini http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Spee ... 42/pad.jpg

hindustan - ambassador (morris)
http://www.philseed.com/images/1973%20H ... India).jpg

maruti - 800 (almost suzuki alto)
http://auto.indiamart.com/cars/maruti80 ... 00-car.gif

tata - indica (rover city)
http://www.automotivechronicles.com/art ... a-2005.jpg

and the winner i think is the ambassador. that car is like a tank. doesnt move fast.. but when it picks up speed... understeer & oversteer & no-steer & every other problem u can think of and cant think of. i did hear... the new versions r far better!

http://auta5p.car.cz/katalog/hindustan/ ... dor_06.jpg