What was the most unreliable car you ever owned?

[paulqv]

I think we are missing out on car related threads which one may argue is implied on pistonheads!

Though I would therefore start a car themed thread!

Mine was a 1982 VW Golf GTi. It spent about 3 months at the dealership with engine and Fuel Injection problems. Eventually they swapped every single component with another car to get it working!

Lots of other misc problems. Made my '77 AlfaSud 5M seem reliable!

Come on guys, lets name and shame!

Paul

[S2red]

Sad to admit but Austin Maxi

[MGZRod]

My first ZR, died within 3 days

[GrahamF430]

I had a Datsun Sunny when I left college. I bought it at an auction in 1985 for £50. It was awful. It steered on it's own course and smelt of rancid curry. I crashed it in snow (possibly on purpose)and it was only when we got it to a garage we realised there was nothing in the boot. I mean, there was carpet, but the entire car had rusted through to the tarmac. Not really unreliable. Un-desirable, Un-roadworthy, Un-remarkable and Under-no-illusion-it-was-crap.

[collingbroon]

I would have to say my first car which was a red Subaru Justy was a complete pile o crap! Out of all the problems it had, the one i remember the most happened around about the first week or so after I got it, I was leaving college in it and basically the rear suspension fell off! Well I guess that's what you get for buying from an auction for a couple o hundred quid.

[h3ppy]

I bought a golf gti (mk4) a few months back as a run around. It was a friend of a friend so didn't really look it over which was my first mistake! Proper shed of ste!

Sold it on a matter of days later after it leaked oil on the drive and failed to start! Not to mention the fact if you went above 50mph it would try and kill you (every bush was fecked!). lost a fair bit of cash on it as I couldn't sell a car in that condition without telling the new owner!

[R8Steve]

S1 Escort RS Turbo - Despite spending every spare penny on it in my youth it still only managed maybe a couple of hours driving before something else would go wrong again

Those couple of hours though....

[skene]

This Vectra CDTi I have now, piece of st broke down 3 times in the first 6 weeks I had, totalling almost 1000

[Mr Trophy]

My BMW Z4 - always wanted one, had for 5 months, was in getting fixed more than I drove it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au0ZecaSgBA

[Chris Type R]

My Alfa GT I think - been stuck broken down 3 times now. Although it's been the same issue each time, and it's hopefully fixed.

[Hollowpockets]

My old 2003 rs6 and tvr T350 we're equally unreliable for different reasons, too many to list.

[Malx]

My TVR Cerbera. Drove it 100 miles home from the sellers house and the timing chain snapped as I entered my street. 1 Year and a new engine later I got it back, then the starter motor went, then the alarm system, then the new starter, then suspension, then the new new starter, then the engine went again.

A mix of bad fortune and bad garages didn't help.

Did about 4000 miles in 3 years of ownership.

When it was working well, it was awesome but everytime I stopped for petrol I didn't know whether it would restart

[Gramrugby]

I can't comment on TVR ownership, never having had one. However several years ago I bought a 911 from Brandon, the then TVR dealership in Scotland. When collecting the car I had a good look over their stock and asked about TVR's.
They told me that out of all the cars they sold 50% they only saw for servicing, the other 50% were in and out like yo yo's. I always wanted one though, goes back to the 70's when a friend of mine had the first Taimar in Aberdeen, may well have been the first, or one of the first in Scotland.

[jimbo65]

Cortina Mk 3

[TFatC]

BMW 732i. Hateful, hateful car. Only just bought another BMW 18 years later, a 750iL. Whilst reliable, it has bored me to death as it is too clinical, and after 2 months ownership have P/Ex it for something equally looney but with character!

[Steffan]

Very probably the next one I buy. I tend to chose festering classics. Not exactly VW/Audi standards of build.

[A.J.M]

Take a guess....

Funnily enough, both the most and least reliable car's have been landrover's.
My most and least economical have also been landrover's.

• disco is now north of 100k, covered 2500 miles so far and has only had one "hicup"

It flashed a parking brake fault a couple of weeks ago, this was solved by A. Giving it a severe verbal bking. B. Taking key out and putting back in.

[Aidayboy]

I'm sorry but it's a tie between a 2000 CLK 200 & a 2002 ML CDi, both were in the garage more than on the road! Subsequent Merc's I have to say have, touch wood, been reliable.

[Ian974]

Current car managed to do this a year and a half ago, so it gets the vote as most unreliable:

[GoneAnon]

In 1986 I inherited a B reg Rover 213 saloon as a company car. I don't think it was anything personal though - all the company cars were the same.

That was a hateful, horrid car that made me despise the brand more than I would have thought possible - until I was given a Rover 800 hire car many years later. That was such a piece of st that I refused to drive it any further than Edinburgh Airport.