The worst car your dad had
The worst car your dad had
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anonymous-user

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83 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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Probably a horrid brown Hillman Hunter circa 1975. It was knackered when he bought it off some bloke in a pub for some derisory sum, and was knackered all of the time that he had it.

At my school, the rule was that if you were late three times in a term you received a detention. My dad negotiated a special "crap car " extension, allowing my brothers and I to be late five times before we hit Der Cooler.

Zaxxon

4,057 posts

189 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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Either the Rover SDI 2000 as it was massivley underpowered, and way too big for it's wallowy suspension.

or

Vauxhall Vectra 1.8. 2003 era

Underpowered, poor brakes, horrific handling. A death trap on wheels.


vixen1700

29,018 posts

299 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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He didn't really have any real bad ones.

From 1972 to 1994 he had two Citroen GSs, a 4-door Renault 5 GTL, a Citroen CX Safari diesel (God only knows why he wanted something so big confused) and finally a late Citroen CX 22 TRS.

On reflection the Renault 5 was probably the worst, as it was the most cramped.

Chicane-UK

3,861 posts

214 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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Talbot Alpines.. man they sucked.

Asterix

24,438 posts

257 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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Austin Princess no question.

Even thinking about sitting in the back made me feel sick - only car I've had motion sickness in and it was simply a crock anyway.

denniswise9

539 posts

186 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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The current shape Civic.

Underpowered 1.8 VTEC, awful auto gearbox - randomly changes gear with a jerk like a learner driver.

He has it in sparkly beige - labelled moondust or something like that by Honda.

Biker's Nemesis

41,410 posts

237 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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Austin Maxi 1750.

DickSkruttock

4,552 posts

197 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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A 1990 Montego GTi

roflrofl

....in Green

yikes

....and a Renault 18 estate automatic hehe

Edited by DickSkruttock on Thursday 16th June 10:19

Chris71

21,549 posts

271 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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No question: Vauxhall Viva. I barely remember it - I was a toddler at the time - but it was already an old banger.

This one's a lot easier than picking the best for the other thread!

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

83 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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I was sick out of the front window of my dad's company Princess, but that may have had more to do with the 97 pints that I had consumed at an 18th birthday party the night before than with the car.

Pixel Pusher

10,414 posts

188 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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Far too many to list. A right stable of munters.

The stand outs though had to be a bright pink XJ6 with wolf race alloys and a cheeky little number that looked like this! He actually bought a white 126 with a red Starsky & Hutch stripe! eek


Asterix

24,438 posts

257 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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Pixel Pusher said:
Far too many to list. A right stable of munters.

The stand outs though had to be a bright pink XJ6 with wolf race alloys and a cheeky little number that looked like this! He actually bought a white 126 with a red Starsky & Hutch stripe! eek

That's ace hehe

Biker's Nemesis

41,410 posts

237 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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I hope my 20 year old son doesn't post on here. whistle

Hudson

1,857 posts

216 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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Toyota Carina, Although he admitted it was st. Cost £200 and he let me drive it round an empty car park when i was 13. It was a lovely shade of beige, with a st brown interior.

PaulB81

883 posts

189 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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Ford Orion in Gold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr GrimNasty

8,172 posts

199 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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They always bought half-OK old second hand stuff, then a nearly new Morris Ital turned up. I screamed and screamed until I made myself sick.

cazzer

8,883 posts

277 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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Biker's Nemesis said:
Austin Maxi 1750.
Oh yes...this.

Its what made me a PHer probably.

He had a blue 1750 Maxi. I hated it. The came the day he was picking up his new car. "Did I want to go with him?"
Well yes of course, it had to be better that a blue maxi.

Oh no it didn't it was a Beige Maxi. (Harvest gold)

I decided then and there never to drive such ste.



Oh, hang on. It's a toss up between that at his Blue Montego 1.6
Not 1.6 GLX or GL or L. Just a 1.6
When it got stolen and burnt out we had difficulty gettin the insurance company to understand there was a model lower than an L.

Edited by cazzer on Thursday 16th June 10:38

Deerfoot

5,240 posts

213 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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Two spring to mind, both company cars though.

A white Granada 2.0 L. This car got stolen from a Ford dealers whilst it was in for a service, he was chuffed to bits.

A red Fiat Croma (first generation) that he absolutely loved.

mike325112

1,074 posts

213 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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My father worked at Rover in the 80's and 90's. Early 90's he had two brand new Rover maestro non turbo diesels in a row! Apparently they were cheap - they needed to be...

minornut

1,049 posts

266 months

Thursday 16th June 2011
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Triumph Acclaim redface