Most boring car you've owned?
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A 1.1 Fiat Punto. I had a Calibra at the time and I was due 9 points (on top of the 3 I already had) so needed cheaper insurance. At the same time my trusty Vauxhall engine died having just hit 88k miles. I was told it would be £1500 to repair the Calibra which I needed rid of anyway or I could trade it against a Punto for £1700.
It made sense at the time so I reluctantly took the plunge. It was cheap motoring apart from buying headlight bulbs and fuses for the horn every 2 weeks but my god it was dull.
It made sense at the time so I reluctantly took the plunge. It was cheap motoring apart from buying headlight bulbs and fuses for the horn every 2 weeks but my god it was dull.
Currently I have a 2003 1.9TD Volvo V40 - in Silver - it is by a distance the dullest car I've ever owned.
However having a car that
A) You don't give a s
t about
B) Will never get stolen
C) Has been 100% reliable despite not being serviced in the 6 years I've owned it.
D) Costs virtually nothing to insure/tax/run
E) Is comfortable and not in the slightest bit taxing to drive.
Is an absolute revelation. (Might be easier because I also have a Caterham i suppose)
However having a car that
A) You don't give a s
t about B) Will never get stolen
C) Has been 100% reliable despite not being serviced in the 6 years I've owned it.
D) Costs virtually nothing to insure/tax/run
E) Is comfortable and not in the slightest bit taxing to drive.
Is an absolute revelation. (Might be easier because I also have a Caterham i suppose)
Like another person mentioned I can usually find a few redeeming features of most cars but the dullest car I owned was the first one ever had.
L reg Astra 1.7D Merit. At the time I didn't give a toss and it was in reasonable condition and was larger than most of the stboxes my friends had.
But my god was it basic. The car had a god awful GM 1.7 NA Diesel in it which wheezed about 50HP, remember with 3 people in the car it struggled to get over the pennines section of the M62 above 60. No power anything, the steering was stupidly heavy.
Impossible to wheelspin either which was rather dull as a 18 year old.
L reg Astra 1.7D Merit. At the time I didn't give a toss and it was in reasonable condition and was larger than most of the s
tboxes my friends had.But my god was it basic. The car had a god awful GM 1.7 NA Diesel in it which wheezed about 50HP, remember with 3 people in the car it struggled to get over the pennines section of the M62 above 60. No power anything, the steering was stupidly heavy.
Impossible to wheelspin either which was rather dull as a 18 year old.
My old Y Reg Ford KA. Alot of people seemed to think that they're fun and handle well. I couldn't disagree more.
On top of that it had no power at all, the brakes were straight up dangerous and pretty much non-existent and i couldn't stand to be seen in the thing.
However, it was pretty reliable over the 3 years i had it for and was pretty cheap motoring. I'd always recommend it as a first car to anyone.
On top of that it had no power at all, the brakes were straight up dangerous and pretty much non-existent and i couldn't stand to be seen in the thing.
However, it was pretty reliable over the 3 years i had it for and was pretty cheap motoring. I'd always recommend it as a first car to anyone.
1998 Polo 1.9D CL
I had just resigned from a job with a car and needed cheap wheels quickly. My in-laws had had this then six year old Polo from new and were about to PX it against a new Golf. It wasn't a car I would have normally even looked at, but given the short term nature of the purchase, the fact they offered it to me for the PX price (cheap!) and the fact I knew its complete history, I snapped it up.
What a dire thing it was. Despite just 40,000 religiously serviced miles, it was soggy, vague, woefully underpowered, and the engine burned oil like an old boiler. To add insult to injury, it only did about 45 mpg which was nowhere near enough to compensate for the fact you got burnt off at the lights by old boys in electric wheelchairs.
And then it started rotting on the rear arches and tailgate.
All that can be said for it is I didn't lose money on it when I punted it on to some Kiwi backpacker a year later who "wanted it for the VW quality." "Erm, OK. Good luck!"
The following year SWMBO bought a mk4 Fiesta 1.4 Zetec. It blew the Polo away in every respect. So much better to drive (extra performance aside) that you wouldn't believe it was from the same class. Better built too.
I had just resigned from a job with a car and needed cheap wheels quickly. My in-laws had had this then six year old Polo from new and were about to PX it against a new Golf. It wasn't a car I would have normally even looked at, but given the short term nature of the purchase, the fact they offered it to me for the PX price (cheap!) and the fact I knew its complete history, I snapped it up.
What a dire thing it was. Despite just 40,000 religiously serviced miles, it was soggy, vague, woefully underpowered, and the engine burned oil like an old boiler. To add insult to injury, it only did about 45 mpg which was nowhere near enough to compensate for the fact you got burnt off at the lights by old boys in electric wheelchairs.
And then it started rotting on the rear arches and tailgate.
All that can be said for it is I didn't lose money on it when I punted it on to some Kiwi backpacker a year later who "wanted it for the VW quality." "Erm, OK. Good luck!"
The following year SWMBO bought a mk4 Fiesta 1.4 Zetec. It blew the Polo away in every respect. So much better to drive (extra performance aside) that you wouldn't believe it was from the same class. Better built too.
2001 Honda Legend, total under the radar car, did everything well but not quite as well as other cars in its class.
Big v6 that sounded bland, well built but didn't feel it, we'll specced but nothing interesting to play with.
A full on 7/10 car, best thing about it was that no one ever noticed it.
Big v6 that sounded bland, well built but didn't feel it, we'll specced but nothing interesting to play with.
A full on 7/10 car, best thing about it was that no one ever noticed it.
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