"what’s the worst car you’ve ever owned”

[Bristolian]

BMW 7 Series (735) - biggest heap of sh1t ever to hit the road . Couldn't wait to get rid even happy to take a huge loss on it.

 

[Gunk]

Forgot the MGB with steel bumpers. My wife liked it as she could swank about in it to impress her friends. Not as fast as it looked.
Bit of a rust magnet tho’ and the inner front wings eventually had to be replaced. It was eventually taken away by an enthusiast from Wales who restored such things.

I owned a couple of MGB’s a 1972 BGT and a lovely early 1964 3 bearing roadster, enjoyed them both, a good example when properly set up is a great car.

 

[raleighnut]

Forgot the MGB with steel bumpers. My wife liked it as she could swank about in it to impress her friends. Not as fast as it looked.
Bit of a rust magnet tho’ and the inner front wings eventually had to be replaced. It was eventually taken away by an enthusiast from Wales who restored such things.

When I worked at the Garage the bosses daughter had one, we used to see it every 3 months or so cos she drove it like a granny but adjust the tappets (always out) check the timing (always out) and balance the carbs (again always out) change the oil and filter then take it out and give it a thrash and it was good, certainly better than when it stuttered in.

 

[Cavalol]

Are we're allowed to include vehicles we've driven?

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

My worst was a Nissan Sunny in the early ‘90s. It h great engine but was a bit of a rust bucket. It got scrap and badly failing an MOT.

 

[tyred]

Easily the 2007 Skoda Fabia 1.2 that I inherited. I had no idea it was possible to hate an inanimate object so much.

Horrible to drive with vague over-assisted steering and harsh, bouncy ride quality, weirdly placed pedals and back-breaking seats.

It drank petrol and broke down repeatedly with niggly electrical and sensor issues and cost me a fortune. Just when it was finally behaving itself, the engine starting burning ridiculous amounts of oil and the mileage wasn't that high. Somehow managed to be inferior to my Peugeot 205 in every way despite being designed 20 years later and despite being much bigger on the outside, it had less usable space on the inside.

My 205 was the best by far and will be returned to the road when funds permit some body work. They were great to drive and the suspension can deal with the undulating bog roads around here in a way very few other cars can. I covered about 170,000 in my ownership and it only let me down once when the fuel pump seized.

Saying that, I have grown to love my Yaris. Not very exciting to look at or to drive but superbly engineered in every way. It just lack an old Peugeot's magic carpet ride.

 

[newts]

I had a Ford Sierra for a couple of years in the early 90's. It was bag of sh*te, build quality was shockingly bad, suspension & brake parts were made of cheese.

 

[Gunk]

I had a Ford Sierra for a couple of years in the early 90's. It was bag of sh*te, build quality was shockingly bad, suspension & brake parts were made of cheese.

It was basically a cortina

 

[Profpointy]

Worst ever, a 1976 Triumph 1300 TC.
Company car. No one could read the manual so the timing was always wrong.
So a lot of "maybe I'll start maybe I won't."
"Is it really inconvenient then I'll break down here."
Eventually little garage round the corner run by a fellow absentee Welsh patriot fixed it.
Was a fun drive then, in a scary sort of way.
But the job was rubbish, so I left and settled for a Vauxhall Cavalier. A real reps car.

Does rather sound like incompetent or can't be arsed mechanics rather than an inherent issue of the car itself.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I've owned 3. They've all been ... cars.

Nothing very interesting about them. Nothing exciting happened to any of them.

 

[Drago]

BMW 7 Series (735) - biggest heap of sh1t ever to hit the road . Couldn't wait to get rid even happy to take a huge loss on it.

I had an E38 740i.

Aside from not really liking it much (it was never my thing, the ex wife bought it as she had a serious case ofnthe Hyacinth Buckets) it was absolutely fine. It even escaped the Nickasil bore issues that afflicted these motors.

 

[Dogtrousers]

A Morris minor. Why they've become a collectors car god only knows. Nothing but trouble and a complete rust bucket.

My dad had two. A convertible which I don't remember and then a Traveller which we had all through my childhood.

My dad was a dab hand with filler.

When I see the bulbous monsters on the road these days I recall that my long suffering parents used to drive off on holiday with three kids (one of whom, usually me, would be car-sick) and a dog in a Moggie Minor.

 

[Gwylan]

Does rather sound like incompetent or can't be arsed mechanics rather than an inherent issue of the car itself.

I forgot to mention the dodgy, pulling brakes, the indifferent windscreen wipers and the appetite for tyres

 

[Gunk]

My dad had two. A convertible which I don't remember and then a Traveller which we had all through my childhood.

My dad was a dab hand with filler.

When I see the bulbous monsters on the road these days I recall that my long suffering parents used to drive off on holiday with three kids (one of whom, usually me, would be car-sick) and a dog in a Moggie Minor.

Our family went all over France in a black Morris Minor Reg was KPP 321.

Mum, Dad 3 kids, roof rack and a camping trailer, one year we drove from Northampton via Calais all the way to the Vendee and I don’t remember it ever breaking down unlike the Hillman Avenger that replaced it.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Our family went all over France in a black Morris Minor Reg was KPP 321.

Mum, Dad 3 kids, roof rack and a camping trailer, one year we drove from Northampton via Calais all the way to the Vendee and I don’t remember it ever breaking down unlike the Hillman Avenger that replaced it.

My dad's was 276 MOG

If it hadn't fallen to bits it would be worth a mint now with that reg.

He replaced it with a terrifyingly powerful Austin 1300, in which I learned to drive.