The worst car you've ever driven...
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Trabi601 said:
The leather is quite possibly the worst part about a modern BMW. I'm still to be convinced 'Dakota' has ever been anywhere near an animal.
(Of course, you may have driven one with upgraded leather)
Also assume you mean the 'old' (original) 1-series, as the current car has the 8 speed ZF box, which is the best auto on the market.
Dakota is leather, but highly processed corrected or split to create the maximum number of hides. The imprint on the hide is actually machined on if it is "corrected" followed by a clearcoat on the surface to provide protection.(Of course, you may have driven one with upgraded leather)
Also assume you mean the 'old' (original) 1-series, as the current car has the 8 speed ZF box, which is the best auto on the market.
BMW Nappa is less processed, keeps the full natural grain and is semi-aniline (i.e. a thinner coat of clearcoat to provide protection)
Merino semi-aniline (some of the earlier merino leather was actually fully aniline i.e. without any top coat) and again keeps the full natural grain.
Overall the leather choice is down to how you envisage the car being used with kids merino I would say is definite no no.
Ninja59 said:
Overall the leather choice is down to how you envisage the car being used with kids merino I would say is definite no no.
Or, in my case, being too tight to pay for upgraded leather once I'd got the car up to £41k. Decent leather really should be standard in a 5-series / A6 / E-Class.300bhp/ton said:
Debaser said:
Porsche 991 Turbo S
Crap interior, rubbish gearbox, not premium inside.
Expected a lot more. So so dull.
This threa is worst car you've driven. So your claiming the Passat and 1.4 rep grade Audi A4 in your profile are better cars to drive than a Porsche turbo. Riiiight Crap interior, rubbish gearbox, not premium inside.
Expected a lot more. So so dull.
"Decent" leather is an open ended statement really "Dakota" is not "bad" leather, many car manufacturers use pigment coated leather that has been corrected (and in many cases as an upgrade) very few offer aniline (or semi) variants are standard.
Furthermore, whilst Dakota may not be the "best" quality leather it's main benefit really for those that need it is durability and the level of additional care required.
Furthermore, whilst Dakota may not be the "best" quality leather it's main benefit really for those that need it is durability and the level of additional care required.
(Fiesta ST engine)Triumph Acclaim - I'm pretty sure the body and floor pan weren't connected.
Everything was OAP friendly light (Clutch, steering, controls - with zero feel) - It was my dad's - He quite liked it, but I hated it!
I also drove something American in the 1990s - Pontiac maybe? That was horrible - Understeered liked a supertanker and rolled like a fishing boat full of refugees... It was so bad, though, that it was kind o fun for one day...
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Everything was OAP friendly light (Clutch, steering, controls - with zero feel) - It was my dad's - He quite liked it, but I hated it!
I also drove something American in the 1990s - Pontiac maybe? That was horrible - Understeered liked a supertanker and rolled like a fishing boat full of refugees... It was so bad, though, that it was kind o fun for one day...
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Killer2005 said:
Another vote for a Corsa. IIRC it was a 2008 1.2 and thoroughly awful.
It was gutless, had an awful gearbox, awful interior and the whole car shook at the merest bump in the road. I really really don't understand why anyone would actually chose to buy one.
My mother in law had a 2007 Corsa from 2 years old and you've described it perfectly.It was gutless, had an awful gearbox, awful interior and the whole car shook at the merest bump in the road. I really really don't understand why anyone would actually chose to buy one.
Other than that, the worst car I've ever driven was a Chrysler Neon. Utter, utter garbage.
Another vote for Vauxhall. Just had a 2015 Astra GTC 2.0D for the day.
I've never been so irritated by a modern car. Awful ergonomics, the handbrake catches your hands with the gear surround, the seat belt buckle sits too proud so caught my elbow. The backrest had a non rachet so was either bolt upright or gangsta. The steering wheel lacked reach. Poor visibility, huge blind spots. The magnification on the mirrors seemed wildly different - never experienced this before but rear view made things look very close and door mirror really far. The graphics were dated. Radio sounded like something from 1980s.
The engine kept stalling out pulling away. I was shocked to discover it was a 2 litre as it was utterly gutless at low revs. Then sounded like a van. ABS was intrusive. Handled well though.
I've never been so irritated by a modern car. Awful ergonomics, the handbrake catches your hands with the gear surround, the seat belt buckle sits too proud so caught my elbow. The backrest had a non rachet so was either bolt upright or gangsta. The steering wheel lacked reach. Poor visibility, huge blind spots. The magnification on the mirrors seemed wildly different - never experienced this before but rear view made things look very close and door mirror really far. The graphics were dated. Radio sounded like something from 1980s.
The engine kept stalling out pulling away. I was shocked to discover it was a 2 litre as it was utterly gutless at low revs. Then sounded like a van. ABS was intrusive. Handled well though.
Edited by shost on Friday 27th May 00:53
1990 seat Ibiza system Porsche badged. My mums replacement for her aging mk2 fiesta popular plus on an A reg 1984.
Fiesta was a million times better and drove far far better. The seat sounded like the gearbox was always dry and was such a horrid car. I was glad when she replaced that with a rover Knightsbridge ie the last of the metro,s although in fairness that wasn't a particularly nice car to drive around in when your almost 20 ha ha.
Fiesta was a million times better and drove far far better. The seat sounded like the gearbox was always dry and was such a horrid car. I was glad when she replaced that with a rover Knightsbridge ie the last of the metro,s although in fairness that wasn't a particularly nice car to drive around in when your almost 20 ha ha.
Probably the '15 plate Vauxhall Corsa CVT-auto hire car we had at work. I'm not sure what engine it had but it was crap, whatever it was. It had a s
t interface instead of proper controls but most curiously, is the only car I've ever got travel sick in whilst I've been driving it 
It did have the unpleasant 'glue' smell that I find with a lot of new Vauxhalls so I'm not sure if that was a contributor, but after half an hour I felt really rather ill.
Honourable mention to the Fiat 500L for being absolutely cripplingly uncomfortable and having not a single redeeming feature.
t interface instead of proper controls but most curiously, is the only car I've ever got travel sick in whilst I've been driving it It did have the unpleasant 'glue' smell that I find with a lot of new Vauxhalls so I'm not sure if that was a contributor, but after half an hour I felt really rather ill.Honourable mention to the Fiat 500L for being absolutely cripplingly uncomfortable and having not a single redeeming feature.
vauxhall chevette, god awful pile of cr@p, that blew a head gasket, and leaked like a sieve when it rained
mk3 VW Passat, who in gods name thought a 1.8 single point fuel injection engine was enough to haul this tanker around, hateful.
Yugo 413 (fiat 128 clone), the basis was ok, but the build quality, or lack thereof, meant it was like driving a motorized wafer, bits kept falling off, the whole interior was brittle and the gearbox was made of toffee, so forgetful, I actually cannot remember how it left my life, just that as some point it did (thankfully).
Hyundai Getz, hired one of these in Portugal, a Korean take on a small peppy euro style hatchback, without the peppy, or the style.
mk3 VW Passat, who in gods name thought a 1.8 single point fuel injection engine was enough to haul this tanker around, hateful.
Yugo 413 (fiat 128 clone), the basis was ok, but the build quality, or lack thereof, meant it was like driving a motorized wafer, bits kept falling off, the whole interior was brittle and the gearbox was made of toffee, so forgetful, I actually cannot remember how it left my life, just that as some point it did (thankfully).
Hyundai Getz, hired one of these in Portugal, a Korean take on a small peppy euro style hatchback, without the peppy, or the style.
Fiat 126p "coupe".
23 horsepower of misery, crumple zone behind the engine.
2 doors for cheapness, not style. 599cc engine and all of 4 gears.
Somehow, we did fit into it for summer holidays. And a fridge got in too, when you took out the passenger seat.
Upon removing the driver's seat, my 2m high cousin could actually drive it comfortably sitting on the rear bench.
Never again.
23 horsepower of misery, crumple zone behind the engine.
2 doors for cheapness, not style. 599cc engine and all of 4 gears.
Somehow, we did fit into it for summer holidays. And a fridge got in too, when you took out the passenger seat.
Upon removing the driver's seat, my 2m high cousin could actually drive it comfortably sitting on the rear bench.
Never again.
T'was a hire car in Spain, in 2009, a green Ford Fusion with a 1.4 diesel engine, it was slow, thirsty, agricultural, it had rubbish brakes, the gear change was woeful and when you punted it into a corner at any speed greater than eleven MPH the whole thing rolled around like a fat old drunkard, considering it was quite a close sibling to the fairly decent to drive Fiesta I was gobsmacked at just how terrible it was.
Trabi601 said:
legless said:
It has to be the (then) brand new 59-plate Astra 1.6 'Design' that I was given as a hire car once.
I'll raise you a similar vintage 1.6 petrol Zafira. Awful heap of junk.t slow, unreliable, it ate its front tyres, looked abysmal and it was a touch heavy on the old jungle juice too as you had to thrash it to make it move.I drove it from Aberdeen to Huddersfield and with four blokes and all our clothes after a weeks working away and it used a hundred quids worth of fuel, it then broke down just before J23 of the M62 where we would have been exiting the motorway
We ditched it, walked up the super spiral slip road and went to a boozer.
Vauxhall Insignia Estate 2.0 diesel, yesterday.
What a hateful piece of ste. Large, no performance, won't pull third gear below 2.5k revs, very laggy in first so pulling out of junctions was interesting at times. I ended up waiting or anticipating that 1 sec for the revs to rise then pulling out. absolutely no pickup in 5th or 6th on the motorway. Cruises fine at 70mph in 6th and could possibly be economical apart from having to drop gears to accelerate.
Visibility for a short driver is appalling. A frames are large and perfectly place to obscure approaching vehicles at junctions.
Sat nav was awful, very outdated, dated display on a 2 year old car. Truly a horrible driving experience.
What a hateful piece of s
te. Large, no performance, won't pull third gear below 2.5k revs, very laggy in first so pulling out of junctions was interesting at times. I ended up waiting or anticipating that 1 sec for the revs to rise then pulling out. absolutely no pickup in 5th or 6th on the motorway. Cruises fine at 70mph in 6th and could possibly be economical apart from having to drop gears to accelerate.Visibility for a short driver is appalling. A frames are large and perfectly place to obscure approaching vehicles at junctions.
Sat nav was awful, very outdated, dated display on a 2 year old car. Truly a horrible driving experience.
Ninja59 said:
Furthermore, whilst Dakota may not be the "best" quality leather it's main benefit really for those that need it is durability and the level of additional care required.
For me Dakota looks and feels cheap and nasty but I agree it does wear far better than the Nappa/Novillo that I've had.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff