worst car you ever bought?
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Just wondering. What was wrong.
I got a green MINI once with no front windows (coz they'd been smashed) and more rust than metal. That wasn't really the fault of the car though. If it were in good order it would be as good as any other MINI. It was shockingly poor though.
Apart from that, my Mitsubishi Galant. It was perfect, low mileage, latest shape... but just so boring. A bad car because it was dull with a capital D
I got a green MINI once with no front windows (coz they'd been smashed) and more rust than metal. That wasn't really the fault of the car though. If it were in good order it would be as good as any other MINI. It was shockingly poor though.
Apart from that, my Mitsubishi Galant. It was perfect, low mileage, latest shape... but just so boring. A bad car because it was dull with a capital D
Edited by ejenner on Sunday 29th July 14:20
54 plate Vectra SRi CDTi 150 estate.
Poor handling, rough ride, heavy understeer, awful gearchange, spent weeks at the dealer for misfires, electrical problems, alarm problems. Dealer was so dumb they traced the alarm fault to the sensors in the rear cargo area side windows and replaced them with clear glass not noticing the car had pivacy glass in all the other back windows. . . . . . . .
And I only bought it to cart the dog about in!
Poor handling, rough ride, heavy understeer, awful gearchange, spent weeks at the dealer for misfires, electrical problems, alarm problems. Dealer was so dumb they traced the alarm fault to the sensors in the rear cargo area side windows and replaced them with clear glass not noticing the car had pivacy glass in all the other back windows. . . . . . . .
And I only bought it to cart the dog about in!
L.H.D Pontiac 6000LE with a stupidly big side exit exhaust, not good on a fwd 2.8 v6!
Straight swapped it on Ebay for my old hearse, drove from Preston to Portsmouth to pick it up, it made it 10 miles before breaking down leading to a 12 hour multi AA van recovery.
It sat outside my house for 6 months then got jobbed off to the scrappy!
Straight swapped it on Ebay for my old hearse, drove from Preston to Portsmouth to pick it up, it made it 10 miles before breaking down leading to a 12 hour multi AA van recovery.
It sat outside my house for 6 months then got jobbed off to the scrappy!
Blair357ci said:
A brand new 2003/53 VW Golf GTI TDI 150 had to be recovered 24 times + boot lid struts failed knocking me out! + a clunk which the dealer couldn't find turned out to be a loose pipe which rubbed thro the brake line causing brake failure on a subsicant owner.
That sounds like a proper shocker...!
Reliability plays quite a large role in making an owning experience pleasureable. I know it sounds boring but unreliability brings a constant doubt into my mind and ruins it for me.
2002 Golf GT TDI 150 - forever going wrong, usuually expensive. Handled like, well, to be honest it did'nt really handle at all.
2004 Saab Aero - nothing but trouble from day one. Turbo made bizaare and presumably expensive sounds, bizaare knocking noises from the front at low speeds. Plus it was hardly quick. 210bhp felt like 120 most of the time.
2002 Golf GT TDI 150 - forever going wrong, usuually expensive. Handled like, well, to be honest it did'nt really handle at all.
2004 Saab Aero - nothing but trouble from day one. Turbo made bizaare and presumably expensive sounds, bizaare knocking noises from the front at low speeds. Plus it was hardly quick. 210bhp felt like 120 most of the time.
Mister3man said:
Reliability plays quite a large role in making an owning experience pleasureable. I know it sounds boring but unreliability brings a constant doubt into my mind and ruins it for me.
2002 Golf GT TDI 150 - forever going wrong, usuually expensive. Handled like, well, to be honest it did'nt really handle at all.
2004 Saab Aero - nothing but trouble from day one. Turbo made bizaare and presumably expensive sounds, bizaare knocking noises from the front at low speeds. Plus it was hardly quick. 210bhp felt like 120 most of the time.
The 3rd Golf mentioned and we're only on page 1. 2002 Golf GT TDI 150 - forever going wrong, usuually expensive. Handled like, well, to be honest it did'nt really handle at all.
2004 Saab Aero - nothing but trouble from day one. Turbo made bizaare and presumably expensive sounds, bizaare knocking noises from the front at low speeds. Plus it was hardly quick. 210bhp felt like 120 most of the time.
ejenner said:
The 3rd Golf mentioned and we're only on page 1.
Funny that...Mate of mine owns a 2004 Polo GT with a 130 Tdi lump in it. Thats been an unreliable heap since day one as well. Its even starting to rust now
All our company cars were VW's of around the 2007-2008 era. They weren't much better either
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