Most boring car you've owned?
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My current E90 335i M-Sport.
It's fast but doesn't let you know in any way, shape or form that it is. Doesn't feel it, doesn't sound it & doesn't look it.
+ it has an automatic flappy paddle gearbox. Lots of people told me... "once you go auto then you will never have a manual again. They are awesome".
Well lots of people were wrong. I hate the gearbox.
My 1st ever 1982 MK1 Golf 1.1c was more fun to drive. And it had an eyebrow spoiler which made it as quick as the 335i.
It's fast but doesn't let you know in any way, shape or form that it is. Doesn't feel it, doesn't sound it & doesn't look it.
+ it has an automatic flappy paddle gearbox. Lots of people told me... "once you go auto then you will never have a manual again. They are awesome".
Well lots of people were wrong. I hate the gearbox.
My 1st ever 1982 MK1 Golf 1.1c was more fun to drive. And it had an eyebrow spoiler which made it as quick as the 335i.
2004 Mazda 3 1.6TD
Handled well (Focus Suspension?), nice colour (Winning Blue), smooth, quiet, comfortable and practical I guess.
Boring, oh so boring. Engine was gutless, it felt slow and had none of the crazy torque I was used to in my old Skoda Fabia 1.9 TDI and with worse economy. Tried to jazz it up a bit with an awesome sound system but ended up selling it under a year later before I fell asleep at the wheel.
Bought a 'Spaceship' Honda Civic 2.2 iCTDI after that which was much more interesting and made me smile.
Handled well (Focus Suspension?), nice colour (Winning Blue), smooth, quiet, comfortable and practical I guess.
Boring, oh so boring. Engine was gutless, it felt slow and had none of the crazy torque I was used to in my old Skoda Fabia 1.9 TDI and with worse economy. Tried to jazz it up a bit with an awesome sound system but ended up selling it under a year later before I fell asleep at the wheel.
Bought a 'Spaceship' Honda Civic 2.2 iCTDI after that which was much more interesting and made me smile.
FTBBCVoodoo said:
My current E90 335i M-Sport.
It's fast but doesn't let you know in any way, shape or form that it is. Doesn't feel it, doesn't sound it & doesn't look it.
+ it has an automatic flappy paddle gearbox. Lots of people told me... "once you go auto then you will never have a manual again. They are awesome".
Well lots of people were wrong. I hate the gearbox.
My 1st ever 1982 MK1 Golf 1.1c was more fun to drive. And it had an eyebrow spoiler which made it as quick as the 335i.
I had a 335 and found it boring as well I kept telling myself it can't be , but it had to go in the end ,great car but so boring .now I have a Clio 182 that is not boring one little bit . It's fast but doesn't let you know in any way, shape or form that it is. Doesn't feel it, doesn't sound it & doesn't look it.
+ it has an automatic flappy paddle gearbox. Lots of people told me... "once you go auto then you will never have a manual again. They are awesome".
Well lots of people were wrong. I hate the gearbox.
My 1st ever 1982 MK1 Golf 1.1c was more fun to drive. And it had an eyebrow spoiler which made it as quick as the 335i.
My lovely Kia Picanto wins hands down! Cheap runaround. Insurance, T&T £250 for the year. She lives down a dark and dingy alley way. Never been locked, Yet nobody has ever thought of stealing it! Long live the most undesirable car ever created. oh and it struggles to hit 40 on a slight incline....
Ford C Max 1.6TDCi. Utterly boring and equally as hateful to drive and try to maintain. Steering no feel, clutch no feel, brakes no feel, gearbox no feel, electric bl**dy handbrake no feel, seats no feeling in my bum having sat on them for more than 1/2 hr, black plastic dashboard nasty to feel. The only thing that didn't make the most boring car possible is how hateful it is.
Owned for 6 months and never ever ever again.
Owned for 6 months and never ever ever again.
FTBBCVoodoo said:
My current E90 335i M-Sport.
+ it has an automatic flappy paddle gearbox. Lots of people told me... "once you go auto then you will never have a manual again. They are awesome".
Well lots of people were wrong. I hate the gearbox.
That has to be one of the most true statements ever made as far as I am concerned + it has an automatic flappy paddle gearbox. Lots of people told me... "once you go auto then you will never have a manual again. They are awesome".
Well lots of people were wrong. I hate the gearbox.
it absolutely baffles me how anyone can say that about an auto and say that they are awesome because all they ever do as far as I am concerned is make me love a manual gearbox even more. yonex said:
Usually there is always something I can find but the Toyota Corolla 1.3 was devoid of character and any kind of dynamic ability. Infact the only thing I can recall was that the dash lights were quite soothing 
You can have a lot of fun in cars like that. Friend of my brothers years ago had a beige Nissan Sunny, really did drive it like he stole it and tried many many times to kill the thing but failed. In the end he sold it for what he originally paid for the thing. I'm too old for this thread by far it seems. A Morris 1100 that did 200 miles per pint. "They all do that sir". A 1500 Maxi that was a tardis inside but no power steering needed huge muscles and I am sure the gearbox had all the cogs in there somewhere but unfindable, plus 0-60 in two days. Two ruddy company Marinas, 1275cc, drum brakes and no servo. The pits and far far worse than the preceding Moggie 1000. Strangely perhaps, my Golf II 16 valve GTi. Direct top, 4000 rpm at 80 mph, meant it was so tiring on a journey that I only kept it six months from new. Mercedes W123 230 coupé. Loved the idea of a Mercedes but I didn't like being overtaken by pushbikes. It lasted three months that one. On the bright side, there were a wonderful series of 323, 325 sport and M6 Beemers during the 80s. Then I grew up and got as boring as my cars except for my classics 
For me , an Audi A3 TDi, bought new in 2000. Sport version with 110bhp (pretty powerful in those days for a 1.9 diesel). Lovely cabin,motorway cruiser and ok looking by my God, what an utterly boring and forgetful car to own. I was living and working up in Glasgow at the time and I took many a drive up in to the highlands past Loch Lomond and the rest. Some of the best and most beautiful driving roads and this car seemed to make the whole process totally forgetful!
Horrible chassis and dull steering with absolutely no feel whatsoever. I moved "up" to this from my first car, a Renault Clio 1.9 diesel (67bhp) so I thought it would be "better". The Clio had a great chassis (as did most French cars of that era) and was great fun. Lesson learnt.
After the Audi (2 years and just short of 40,000 miles) I bought a Honda Civic Type R (EP3). Now that car restored my faith in actually "driving" once again. Not perfect (no car is) but got the pulse racing and you always felt part of the process,part of the car.
Horrible chassis and dull steering with absolutely no feel whatsoever. I moved "up" to this from my first car, a Renault Clio 1.9 diesel (67bhp) so I thought it would be "better". The Clio had a great chassis (as did most French cars of that era) and was great fun. Lesson learnt.
After the Audi (2 years and just short of 40,000 miles) I bought a Honda Civic Type R (EP3). Now that car restored my faith in actually "driving" once again. Not perfect (no car is) but got the pulse racing and you always felt part of the process,part of the car.
ContiLean said:
Spent 9 months as a VW sales rep after college, part of the job as a newbie was driving cars to/from other dealerships and occasionally having to take them home - this included anything we'd taken in as a part-ex.
Hateful experiences:
'04 Hyundai Accent - Conceived by people who hate driving/cars/other people
Chrysler PT Cruiser - Spent 15 minutes figuring out how to start it. Wished I hadn't bothered.
Renault Laguna 2.0 - It was gold and had half a drumstick lolly stuck in the ashtray. That's all I can remember.
Vauxhall Signum 2.2 - Some guy in the street yelled "why are you driving your dads car?" Cool fridge though.
Rover Metro - I'd screwed up a deal with a customer so was given this as a demo as punishment. My boss removed the relay for the stereo and heater. To be honest I can't remember the drive, just the shame.
Mk5 Golf 1.4 (non FSi) - "This car is pretty big, let's give it 80bhp"
I think that's it, I've blocked out the rest.
That reminds me, my MK4 Golf 1.4. What a stupid idea having that terrible engine in the lardy Golf. Nice interior though but it eventually died from oil getting in places it shouldn't.Hateful experiences:
'04 Hyundai Accent - Conceived by people who hate driving/cars/other people
Chrysler PT Cruiser - Spent 15 minutes figuring out how to start it. Wished I hadn't bothered.
Renault Laguna 2.0 - It was gold and had half a drumstick lolly stuck in the ashtray. That's all I can remember.
Vauxhall Signum 2.2 - Some guy in the street yelled "why are you driving your dads car?" Cool fridge though.
Rover Metro - I'd screwed up a deal with a customer so was given this as a demo as punishment. My boss removed the relay for the stereo and heater. To be honest I can't remember the drive, just the shame.
Mk5 Golf 1.4 (non FSi) - "This car is pretty big, let's give it 80bhp"
I think that's it, I've blocked out the rest.
This is a great thread to remind me of some of the sad cars I've owned!! Here is a selection:
There was the Hilman Minx my father bought me as a "sensible" replacement after I put my Mk1 Escort Mexico into a ditch backwards in 1979!!! The only redeeming features of the Minx were that it was annonymous and never broke down!!! I nearly kissed the guy who eventually rear ended me outside a KFC one night and wrote it off!! A few years later I bought a nearly new Chrysler (facelift) Avenger to use for work and stop me collecting points in my first sports car - it was cheap and horrible but again reliable with steering which never seemed to be connected to the front wheels..... part exchanged it for a Metro which was slightly more fun for the commute.
After that the most boring car had to be a 1996 company Lexus GS300 - I chose it to be different as all my peers had BMW 5 series - what a mistake..... it was a luxury barge...... no soul but again never went wrong.... couldn't wait for the lease to expire and get a 5 series - but then that was a 540 which was a lot of fun!!!
There was the Hilman Minx my father bought me as a "sensible" replacement after I put my Mk1 Escort Mexico into a ditch backwards in 1979!!! The only redeeming features of the Minx were that it was annonymous and never broke down!!! I nearly kissed the guy who eventually rear ended me outside a KFC one night and wrote it off!! A few years later I bought a nearly new Chrysler (facelift) Avenger to use for work and stop me collecting points in my first sports car - it was cheap and horrible but again reliable with steering which never seemed to be connected to the front wheels..... part exchanged it for a Metro which was slightly more fun for the commute.
After that the most boring car had to be a 1996 company Lexus GS300 - I chose it to be different as all my peers had BMW 5 series - what a mistake..... it was a luxury barge...... no soul but again never went wrong.... couldn't wait for the lease to expire and get a 5 series - but then that was a 540 which was a lot of fun!!!
Well I had to laugh at the picture for this story - I owned that car to the colour and spec. I wouldn't say it was boring but it was awful. It had a horrible droning engine that seemed to peak at 4k and then drop off to nothing. It wallowed around like a hippo and I never pushed it in the corners for fear of doing a 180. I didn't expect it to be as great as my previous E46 M3 but I also didn't expect to look forward to arriving at my destination so much.
I was so disillusioned with the 350Z it actually lead me to buy my most boring car - A £1000 Mondeo Graphite shed. That one was gutless and I was ridiculed for driving it, but it never pretended to be anything but practical and I loved it! I haven't spent more than a couple of grand on a car since.
I was so disillusioned with the 350Z it actually lead me to buy my most boring car - A £1000 Mondeo Graphite shed. That one was gutless and I was ridiculed for driving it, but it never pretended to be anything but practical and I loved it! I haven't spent more than a couple of grand on a car since.
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