Real, real bad cars?
Discussion
So today our Sales have taken in a MK5 Golf.. It's magically now got Traction Control Light on, so I had to take it to VW to be read.
Jesus, Christ.
Are these really as s
t as this one is? Its a 1.4, and out onto the NSL roads..
I thought, this is slow.. 0-60 I got bored at counting in my head at 18 seconds and we weren't at 60mph yet.
So come on, whats the worst car you've driven so far?
Jesus, Christ.
Are these really as s
t as this one is? Its a 1.4, and out onto the NSL roads..I thought, this is slow.. 0-60 I got bored at counting in my head at 18 seconds and we weren't at 60mph yet.
So come on, whats the worst car you've driven so far?
Jonny671 said:
MGZRod said:
It needs traction control?!
Its got bloody ESP too!ESP on that.. I thought it was a joke at first.
I had to check I didn't have the handbrake on, and that there was an engine under the bonnet!
Billywink said:
Citroen 2CV
fine if you're a French farmer, but otherwise a bag of ste. Underpowerred, slow, no safety to speak of, rust quickly, handle like jelly, the list just goes on and on.
PS, yes I know they are simple, easy to repair and have no dizzy, etc, that doesn't make up for it!
Have you driven one? If not please desist until you do. Excellent brakes, handling and a hoot to drive.fine if you're a French farmer, but otherwise a bag of s
te. Underpowerred, slow, no safety to speak of, rust quickly, handle like jelly, the list just goes on and on.PS, yes I know they are simple, easy to repair and have no dizzy, etc, that doesn't make up for it!
I've recently been driving a 10 plate 1.4 astra as a courtesy car and it is collasally awful! The engine has nothing in it and the visibility is so bad there have been a few near misses at roundabouts cos I can't see much out of the drivers side window! Can't wait to get my 20yr old golf back from the body shop, much safer and comfier plus lots more fun
MGZRod said:
Jonny671 said:
MGZRod said:
It needs traction control?!
Its got bloody ESP too!ESP on that.. I thought it was a joke at first.
I had to check I didn't have the handbrake on, and that there was an engine under the bonnet!
I think its more than just a brake sensor fault, the damn thing is slower than slow.. I've driven Smart Cars quicker than this thing.
Jonny671 said:
MGZRod said:
Jonny671 said:
MGZRod said:
It needs traction control?!
Its got bloody ESP too!ESP on that.. I thought it was a joke at first.
I had to check I didn't have the handbrake on, and that there was an engine under the bonnet!
I think its more than just a brake sensor fault, the damn thing is slower than slow.. I've driven Smart Cars quicker than this thing.
hidetheelephants said:
Billywink said:
Citroen 2CV
fine if you're a French farmer, but otherwise a bag of ste. Underpowerred, slow, no safety to speak of, rust quickly, handle like jelly, the list just goes on and on.
PS, yes I know they are simple, easy to repair and have no dizzy, etc, that doesn't make up for it!
Have you driven one? If not please desist until you do. Excellent brakes, handling and a hoot to drive.fine if you're a French farmer, but otherwise a bag of s
te. Underpowerred, slow, no safety to speak of, rust quickly, handle like jelly, the list just goes on and on.PS, yes I know they are simple, easy to repair and have no dizzy, etc, that doesn't make up for it!
They might not have had a dizzy butthey did have points to change and adjust.
I was driving my sisters when it was rammed by a Tw@t in a Scorpio.
RIP PJ
Jonny671 said:
OnTheOverrun said:
An AMC Pacer.
If I'm reading correctly, smallest engine seems to be a 3.8L?Why was it so bad?
It was supposed to have a wankel, but the oil crisis put the wind up that and they didn't have the money to develop a conventional replacement so shoehorned that enormously heavy cast iron straight six in in place of it. Cue supertanker-grade understeer and rubbish performance. AMC produced a lot of crappy cars and this was one of the crappiest.
hidetheelephants said:
Jonny671 said:
OnTheOverrun said:
An AMC Pacer.
If I'm reading correctly, smallest engine seems to be a 3.8L?Why was it so bad?
It was supposed to have a wankel, but the oil crisis put the wind up that and they didn't have the money to develop a conventional replacement so shoehorned that enormously heavy cast iron straight six in in place of it. Cue supertanker-grade understeer and rubbish performance. AMC produced a lot of crappy cars and this was one of the crappiest.
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