What's the worst car you've ever owned?

[1LOBOSS]

My current winter beater a 05 Pontiac Wave. Luckily it's a lease and in one year I will purchase a Ranger 4x4

[1SVT2NV]

Originally Posted by 84LX89GT

I was just wondering what was the worst car you guys have ever owned, just something you hated, or were embarrassed to be seen in or was unreliable, boring, etc. just something you hated to drive, also i added a poll to see what catergory most people's cars end up in.

I'll start with mine, it was an '85 Honda Prelude. I hated that thing even though i should have appreciated it since it was my first car. I thought it was boring, ugly and i've never been a fan of japanese cars either. Not only that but everyone at my school had one. Luckily i drove it into a ditch before i killed myself in it (small impact and the thing was twisted up like a pretzel).

How about you guys?

old jeep nothing but problems

[CobraJet428]

It was my "between Musatangs" car, a 1983 Ford Fairmont, that I drove for 5 years between 1988 and 1993. The car had been abused. It burned oil so bad that the catalytic converter began to stop up and it caught fire. Well, you know what happened next. I gutted the converter. As time went on, it began to leak everything except gas and antifreeze. It was a rolling environmental hazard. I am surprised that the EPA didn't pursue me!!! Because of the catalytic converter fire, I dubbed the car the "Fried Firemont." However, it did serve a purpose, meaning I didn't have to walk to get places, even though sometimes I wondered if I might have to!!

[5 Point Oh]

the worst car i ever had was my first. it was a 1988 ford bronco 2. that thing looked like crap and ran half as well. It was black, silver, and bondo. it tapped all the time, and the 2.9L v6 was under powered and probably the worst motor ever built. It had a bad oil pump but i coudln't figure it out because the rockers were well lubricated, and the mechanic i took it to couldn't figure it out until i got stranded on my way to work one day when the engine siezed up. the only good thing about it was it had 4wd and that was a blast in the snow and mud.

[Mr 5 0]

Good thread. No wonder it's lasted so long.

My worst car was probably an old Rambler American 4-door sedan (white body, blue interior) with fairly low miles on it that we had for about a year when my wife and I were first married. I don't know what we were thinking. Six cylinder, automatic. Slow, unattractive, uncomfortable and basically unreliable. We never took it very far. It was her first car (I taught her how to drive) and she wanted something docile and easy to drive. I wanted something cheap. It had various fairly minor problems but the transmission started acting funky after a year so we sold it before it went, totally. I can't believe we ever had such a dumb car. My wife agrees.

I once owned an Oldsmobile convertible that was a nightmare. Looked cool and had some power but handled like a tank and got about 10 MPG. Broke down all the time. Ate water pumps and had a weak radiator. Electrical gremlins, too. I had to sell it for parts after only 3 months when I stupidly burned out the tranny clutches doing doughnuts in the snow. I never got to drive it with the top down.

In more recent years I owned a '90 Mustang I bought new. Practically no problems in 15 years. I sold it in 2005 for $3,000. It had given me 125,000 pleasurable miles and I knew it would eventually develop problems like a leaky head gasket or a leaky heater core. No thanks. I sold it to a guy who had some money (owned a small trucking company). He intended to 'restore' it. I never heard from him again - but I hope he did.

I had other 'grocery-getter' vehicles over the years that were crappy but they also had high miles, which excuse them, to a point. Most things that went on them were not unexpected. Engines and transmissions always held up. This includes a '87 Plymouth Horizon traded in 1995 with 144,000 miles on the odometer and a 1995 Mazda 626 (4 cylinder) with a bad transmission and 140,0000 miles on the odometer that I traded in 2005. Both were traded on a new car. I got next to nothing for them, which is about what I expected as they both were tired and probably went straight to auction, where they belonged.

[rbohm]

the worst car i ever had was a 64 chevelle ss. it had a 283/powerglide. it ran on 6 cylinder, and smoked so bad that that i think the mosquito population declined every time i started the car. i bought the car because it was cheap. it had a cracked frame that i knew about, and some rust in the outer body. when i decided to look closer at the car, i found the frame was broken on the other side was well, the floor pans were almost completely rusted out, among other problems. i sold the car for what i paid for it though, to a guy that complained it wasnt original for some silly reason, and he almost left without buying the car until i pointed out that his 65 chevelle wasnt going to be original either once he swapped out the six for the V8. and besides all the little parts and pieces he needed for the swap were already on the car i was selling him.

[goodyear1984]

uthe worst car i ever had was a 1996 sunfire yea i know its a chick car but i got it from my sister for 1000 bucks and it was in mint shape with only like 70k on the clock...when she had it she put a fuel pump,water pump,headgasket ,valves,lots of brakes,tie rodends,coils,plugs....when i got it the coils ing module and coil cover like every few months ,all the brakes 2 times,tires,tranny,so i sold it to my friend and his girl crashed it and got 4 grand in insurance money....my best was my 4cyl mustang winter car and my thunderbird turbo coupe...always started and brought me where i needed to go..my stang now is even better only thing i had to replace was the tps sensor every thing else is speed parts...also my 1990 jeep 6cyl with 200k tows cars and boats every where the only time its driving is if its towing something have had it for 3 years and put 5k on it towing and beating the crap out of it..i paid 300 for it and only had to put a starter in it

[blacksvt]

Not actually "my" car, but my son had a 1985 Pontiac Fiero, PU, what a rolling turd!

Well, at least when it was "capable" of rolling, it was horrible.

[mustangfiend]

Has to be a Dodge Neon. Horrible had to spend so much money to fix this car. Than I guess it would be a ML320 that car always had it's check engine light on and the supension would always need replacing.

[1nastynotch]

98 Jeep grand cherokee for me. Pretty good off road and in the snow. Everything was fine till I started having wiring problems and it eating through front end parts. I would never buy one again.

Best daily driver to beat the crap out of was my old 89 Mercury topaz! That car was great! Beat the crap out of it and it still kept on going. I drove it home overheating about 25 miles. The thing was bubbling and shooting steam out the recovery tank everywhere. Got it home, let it cool down, added some water and drove it the next day!