Worst car you've owned

[Jamirecluse]

As thread title - what has been your worst car and why.

[Garvin]

Wife's 'B' reg MG Metro - complete 'Friday afternoon' car. Delivered new with bent fuel filler cap and then things went drastically downhill from there - jumped out of first gear under load; all lights extinguished over a bump ....... but returned after the next bump; rear screen wiper siezed up; door panels started corroding from the inside out; alloy wheels corroded so much that eventually the tyres couldn't seal on the rims. The final insult was when it failed its first MoT at 3 years old with a broken steering column coupling ......... it just had to go!

[martin mrt]

This one is easy for me, VW Corrado VR6, it was the most unreliable overrated pile of junk I've ever owned, it got to a point where relying on it to make it to work was a gamble.

The Golf VR6s I've had after it were far far more reliable and with some suspension changes handled equally as well as the Corrado (of course if you listen to Internet experts the Golf is the inferior car)

[JulianHJ]

In terms of features, and ability - my first car, a mark 2 Fiesta.

In terms of reliability - my TVR Griffith - an absolute nightmare.

[al1991]

Again?

[edo]

worst car (but I made money on it!) was a stop gap 170,000 mile Renault Laguna.

Worst car reliability wise was a brand new 206 Gti... /what was I thinking/

[falkster]

Lancer Evo 7 FQ300 - best example available. 23k from new and pampered but I hated it.

[Jamirecluse]

al1991 said:

Again?

Yes.

[Gaspode]

1993 Diesel Astra. Utter piece of ste.

[nlldavies]

Peugeot 307 ('02). Constant engine management light/limp mode problems and DMF failure. Dealer was trial and error fixing it for about 14 months.

[read5458]

Golf VR6.

[bamberwell]

1977 austin allegro 1750 "special".....bought as first car, filled it up on the way home ,and after parking up, noticed the petrol pouring out of a spilt 1/2 way up the tank.............apart from that it was slow,ugly,unreliable,didn't handle in any way whatsoever,used a pint of oil every 100 miles and thankfully dropped a valve after a month ...........

[U T]

MG Maestro EFi 2.0. Just dreadful to drive. Also arrived with a warped windscreen that my wife loved because it was almost spot on her prescription, so she could drive without glasses. But a prescription windscreen by and large isn't a great feature.

[Fleckers]

59 plate 118d SE

hateful bit of crap

[Garlick]

Been thinking about this for a while, and I'm pleased to say I've enjoyed every one.

[Yiliterate]

Garlick said:

Been thinking about this for a while, and I'm pleased to say I've enjoyed every one.

Yep, think I'm in the same boat...I've even got fond memories of a 1.4ltr Ford Orion!!!

[Rawwr]

Yiliterate said:

I've even got fond memories of a 1.4ltr Ford Orion!!!

Does that particular memory involve petrol and matches?

[Life Saab Itch]

Driving-wise a Pug 106. It was awful.

However there is a special place in car hell for the Mazda 6 that cost me £7K. Although most of the hate for that is due to the inept dealer blowing up my 400 mile old re-con engine and not admitting fault, leaving me with a dead car.

[Bet2502]

Fiesta Rs Turbo, God oh god did that car torture me with reliability issues and turbo problems!

[Yiliterate]

Rawwr said:

Does that particular memory involve petrol and matches?

Now you come to mention it, there usually was a strong smell of petrol! But as petrol is one of my favourite smells, I viewed it as all part of the charm. Evoked a wonderful feeling of light-headedness...