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djdestiny
1,386 posts
47 months
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traffman said: Ah Billing Aquadrome......quite literally this year! Mines was a ford orion mk1 , utter s  t in every department . Nice paint though. Correct location, but the pic was taken about 6 years ago
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Ki3r
1,605 posts
28 months
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2001 Focus TDDi 1.8.
Mainly due to me not noticing the warning signs screaming 'don't buy me!".
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boobles
12,163 posts
84 months
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I want to change mine from the A3 to my first 205gti...... Biggest pile of s te I have ever come across in terms of reliability.
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The Crack Fox
8,086 posts
61 months
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Renault Scenic. f king b d s theap.
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Phil Dicky
3,652 posts
132 months
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For some bizarre reason in the mid 90's I bought a Rover 800 Vitesse, it was an old mans car, still is an old mans car and at the time I wasn't an old man....(I am now though)
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ajb85
974 posts
11 months
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My worst car also happens to be my favourite - 1996 Rosso red/pink Alfa 146ti. It was a nail when I bought it, but I didn't care. An amazingly quirky car to have at 18, I drove it everywhere like I had just stolen it and consequently needed to replace the clutch, radiator (spent all summer with the heater on full blast just to keep the temp down), suspension arms etc. Needless to say I couldn't afford to do any of this, assuming I also had to put fuel in the tank to make it go. Happy times.
Cam belt snapped so I sold it on ebay for spares. Enjoyed a new lease of life with an 'Alfa restorer' albeit short lived, it was scrapped in 2006.
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the_scorpion
526 posts
64 months
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PumpkinSteve said: the_scorpion said: 2003 Focus Ghia Estate.
Bought pre-registered with only 93 miles on the clock. Uncomfortable, Cheap plastic looking dash, Doors sounded terrible when you closed them, rubbish on petrol but worst of all, there was no ashtray or ciggie lighter.
Got rid of it after only six weeks for a Hyundai believe it or not and that was much better than the Focus. Did you not open the doors or look at the dash before buying it then  I did but the more I used it, the more it annoyed me.
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Urban Sports
7,462 posts
72 months
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Pixelpeep said: Would have to say my current car, a 2009 Astra VXR
Very thirsty.... best ive seen is 23! No way!
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JREwing
1,854 posts
48 months
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BarbaricAvatar said:  It wasn't THAT bad really, i've driven worse (surprisingly). It's just i kept getting pulled over by the Police for no reason. That Belmont is ACE
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ejenner
Original Poster
536 posts
50 months
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R12HCO said: Blair357ci said: horster said: Mk4 golf 150gt tdi. Power steering pump went. Clutch pulley on alternator I then had all suspension bushes changed as they were knocking . Fair enough it should run well now I thought. Then the camshaft had to be changed as it wore flat edges on the lobes. That was a grand. 3 months later went into limp mode and was gonna cost 300 to fix. Had 105k on it and I finally threw in the towel. All this in 18 months. First 4 years was fine thg to be fair to it. Sounds like you bought my old one! My mk4 gt tdi 110 has been the same (except camshaft). Clutch, flywheel, all bushes front and rear and still get knocks and wobbles along with limp mode and water leak. Forgot to add about the rusty wings. Amazing... surely it can't be that bad?
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BarbaricAvatar
436 posts
17 months
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JREwing said: BarbaricAvatar said: It wasn't THAT bad really, i've driven worse (surprisingly). It's just i kept getting pulled over by the Police for no reason. That Belmont is ACE Ummm... why?
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Burbleboy
135 posts
79 months
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nottyash said: Rover 216 Vitesse Rover 220 GTI Rover 216 SLI I should of learned my lesson  Red Rover 214i British Racing Green Rover 214sei (wrote red rover off so purchased a....ahem, cough cough....better one to put all my modified bits on) Red Rover had 2 gearboxes renewed (scrappy) Green Rover had 2 gearboxes (scrappy again) Green rover had head gasket go on drive to work the day after i bought the f kin thing!
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had ham
1,479 posts
52 months
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A toss up between a new P plate Golf Mk3 GTI and new '53 plate BMW Z4. Both were utter sacks of s t in terms of reliability - although the Z4 probably shaded it - it actually spent more days back at the garage than it did on the road before I got rid. It was also awful to drive, bouncing around on uneven roads on its stupid run-flats, and it wasn't that quick. Added to that, the local dealer didn't know his arse from his elbow, and I caught him out lying a couple of times. So the Z4. I still frown when I think of that PoS.
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Dave Hedgehog
5,320 posts
73 months
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otolith said: Dave Hedgehog said: Breadvan CTR
horrible thing, constant wheel spin every time you pull away, every time it rains wheel spin .... Did yours not come with the optional traction control system?
I found it OK as long as you didn't let the front tyres get too worn, at which point it did really lack traction in the wet. interesting idea, compromise my acceleration to over come the limitations of the cars design or .. buy a 4WD car 
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Fishtigua
2,981 posts
64 months
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The lowest of a pretty lowly bunch was a Venezuelan built Ford Corcel. My first and only Ford I've ever had. Body was a lash-up of an old Renault 12 and a 1500cc four pot motor of unknown power or oil/water retention. Brakes were very iffy but she was great in mud and floodwater upto headlight hight. It cost me Bs2,000,000.00 cash in hand. Thats about £1800. What a PoS. 
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Loose Lips
451 posts
117 months
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A couple of contenders here.......Ford Sierra 1.8 16 valve. Unfortunately there were 8 in the engine and the other 8 in the radio.
It went back to the dealers more times than I can remember. I am not a violent man but I apparently I threatened the Sales director after the car broke down for the 6th time in 4 weeks.
Ford bought the car back from me when we went to court.
The second was a company car. I went for a Rover 400 as it had air con- well for 3 weeks at least. It was a hateful car
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b19rak
139 posts
86 months
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nottyash said: Rover 216 Vitesse Rover 220 GTI Rover 216 SLI I should of learned my lesson 216 Vitesse, by far the biggest piece of s t ever. Loads of electric problems such as engine cutting out on the motorway when indicating.
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Rostfritt
803 posts
20 months
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ajb85 said: My worst car also happens to be my favourite - 1996 Rosso red/pink Alfa 146ti. It was a nail when I bought it, but I didn't care. An amazingly quirky car to have at 18, I drove it everywhere like I had just stolen it and consequently needed to replace the clutch, radiator (spent all summer with the heater on full blast just to keep the temp down), suspension arms etc. Needless to say I couldn't afford to do any of this, assuming I also had to put fuel in the tank to make it go. Happy times.
Cam belt snapped so I sold it on ebay for spares. Enjoyed a new lease of life with an 'Alfa restorer' albeit short lived, it was scrapped in 2006. My dad had the same. Panel colours went from orange, through red to pink. Peeling pink spoiler (which just sounds a bit wrong) looked horrible. Despite that it went well, but I could not get a sensible insurance quote on it when he came to sell it. Sold it to some Estonians who seemed ecstatic with it.
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rj1986
450 posts
37 months
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206 Auto. One of the first in the UK. Didn't work at all- gearbox, fuel system, auto wipers, nout.
Got rid within 8 months.
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Vince70
1,189 posts
63 months
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b19rak said: 216 Vitesse, by far the biggest piece of s t ever. Loads of electric problems such as engine cutting out on the motorway when indicating. I remember years ago having an xr3 and my father had the 216 vp which I think was same car as the vitesse but with leather seats and different wheels, I was quite impressed with the 216 Efi engine it revved nicely, and was quicker than my XR3 also it was more economical, it also didn't handle to badly. I can't remember my father having any trouble with his but maybe it I'm looking through rose tinted glasses, but I think back then that rover were equally as good as any vauxhall or especially ford at the time as I think ford were making body shells out of rusty old indesit washing machines and using the crappy cvh. And it also pre dated the head gasket eating K so it never was tarnished with those problems.
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