What was the WORST car you have owned

[iamwhatiseem]

I have owned a lot of cars in my lifetime, without a doubt the worst ever was a 1980 Chevy Citation.
I lost my ass on this car. I drove it for about 6 months with nothing but trouble. Overheat, would stall constantly when the temps would dip much below freezing.
I am embarrassed to this day to even say I owned one.

Looked similar to this one... ugly to boot.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

81 Mustang Coupe. Essentially a go-cart powered by a four-cylinder sewing machine motor. Was a cheap go-between, quickly dumped. My first and only attempt at being green.

 

[OldLady]

I have owned a lot of cars in my lifetime, without a doubt the worst ever was a 1980 Chevy Citation.
I lost my ass on this car. I drove it for about 6 months with nothing but trouble. Overheat, would stall constantly when the temps would dip much below freezing.
I am embarrassed to this day to even say I owned one.

Looked similar to this one... ugly to boot.

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Ford Escort. Back in the 80's, it already had 70,000 miles on it. Very bad move.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

81 Mustang Coupe. Essentially a go-cart powered by a four-cylinder sewing machine motor. Was a cheap go-between, quickly dumped. My first and only attempt at being green.

Interesting in that one of my best cars was a 82 Mustang GT... of course virtually the exact opposite of the 4 cyl variety

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

81 Mustang Coupe. Essentially a go-cart powered by a four-cylinder sewing machine motor. Was a cheap go-between, quickly dumped. My first and only attempt at being green.

Interesting in that one of my best cars was a 82 Mustang GT... of course virtually the exact opposite of the 4 cyl variety

A friend had a GT. With me being unused to sitting in the passenger seat, he scared the shit out of me one day on some winding back roads.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I have owned a lot of cars in my lifetime, without a doubt the worst ever was a 1980 Chevy Citation.
I lost my ass on this car. I drove it for about 6 months with nothing but trouble. Overheat, would stall constantly when the temps would dip much below freezing.
I am embarrassed to this day to even say I owned one.

Looked similar to this one... ugly to boot.

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Ford Escort. Back in the 80's, it already had 70,000 miles on it. Very bad move.

Close to my 2nd worst car ever... 1974 Mercury Comet.... what a bomb. Looked just like this one.....

 

[iamwhatiseem]

81 Mustang Coupe. Essentially a go-cart powered by a four-cylinder sewing machine motor. Was a cheap go-between, quickly dumped. My first and only attempt at being green.

Interesting in that one of my best cars was a 82 Mustang GT... of course virtually the exact opposite of the 4 cyl variety

A friend had a GT. With me being unused to sitting in the passenger seat, he scared the shit out of me one day on some winding back roads.

I could bark the tires going 55 mph in that thing... God I miss that fun

 

[caddo kid]

my 2000 Porsche Boxster S

It eats tires, an oil change is pretty pricey, and lately it seems to go thru O2 sensors pretty quickly.

It is factory rated for 162 MPH max but I don't drive quite that fast. LOL

 

[Erinwltr]

1974 Chevrolet Chevette (minus the snazzy rims.) Bought it used in the early 80s for 1K and sold it for 900. Don't even want to think about how much I put into that pit.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

1974 Chevrolet Chevette (minus the snazzy rims.) Bought it used in the early 80s for 1K and sold it for 900. Don't even want to think about how much I put into that pit.

Lol... my brother has one for a year or so. Hilarious. The only car I ever knew that would actually slow down if you floored it.

 

[Erinwltr]

I have owned a lot of cars in my lifetime, without a doubt the worst ever was a 1980 Chevy Citation.
I lost my ass on this car. I drove it for about 6 months with nothing but trouble. Overheat, would stall constantly when the temps would dip much below freezing.
I am embarrassed to this day to even say I owned one.

Looked similar to this one... ugly to boot.

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My sister bought a Citation X-11 back in the day. Man that V6 could really move. But a black car without air in the summertime, it was sooo hot but would up surprising being a really reliable car.

 

[Erinwltr]

1974 Chevrolet Chevette (minus the snazzy rims.) Bought it used in the early 80s for 1K and sold it for 900. Don't even want to think about how much I put into that pit.

Lol... my brother has one for a year or so. Hilarious. The only car I ever knew that would actually slow down if you floored it.

I remember trying to pass a semi on a minor highway hill and the trucker kindly slowed down to let my sorry slow ass over.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I have owned a lot of cars in my lifetime, without a doubt the worst ever was a 1980 Chevy Citation.
I lost my ass on this car. I drove it for about 6 months with nothing but trouble. Overheat, would stall constantly when the temps would dip much below freezing.
I am embarrassed to this day to even say I owned one.

Looked similar to this one... ugly to boot.

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My sister bought a Citation X-11 back in the day. Man that V6 could really move. But a black car without air in the summertime, it was sooo hot but would up surprising being a really reliable car.

Which is why I bought it, it was actually pretty peppy...when it ran. Air Conditioner? Mine had one, but I couldn't use it because it would cause it to overheat.
having said that - it had one bonus...the hatchback with the fold down seats.... I was I think about 20.

 

[night_son]

I have owned a lot of cars in my lifetime, without a doubt the worst ever was a 1980 Chevy Citation.
I lost my ass on this car. I drove it for about 6 months with nothing but trouble. Overheat, would stall constantly when the temps would dip much below freezing.
I am embarrassed to this day to even say I owned one.

Looked similar to this one... ugly to boot.

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A 1999 Saab Viggen like the fine example below. Fast and fun? You bet. Until one by one both front struts went out—and that was just the tip of this lemon's iceberg. I'd estimate I pumped around $5000-6000 bucks into the thing before finding someone who love it more than me.

 

[playtime]

a 1976 ford pinto.

it only had about 75K miles on it, but by the time i got rid of it, there was a whole in the floor on the front passenger side, ( i put a cookie sheet under the rug to cover it ) - went thru a qt of oil a week - every time i went up a steep hill, it would overheat. - & it wouldn't go in reverse. i got $25 bucks as a trade in cause the dealer was impressed i drove it like that for about a year.

 

[Dick Foster]

I have owned a lot of cars in my lifetime, without a doubt the worst ever was a 1980 Chevy Citation.
I lost my ass on this car. I drove it for about 6 months with nothing but trouble. Overheat, would stall constantly when the temps would dip much below freezing.
I am embarrassed to this day to even say I owned one.

Looked similar to this one... ugly to boot.

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A 1978 Pontiac Grand Prix. The biggest piece of shit and lemon to ever roll off of a car lot. It's the car that helped convince me to swear off of American cars for life. At no time during my ownership of that lemon did everything work at once. Even the radio was a piece of crap. The transmission was replaced day one in less than 24 hours of my taking it home. The saleman had to replace a split vacuum hose before I could even get the POS off the lot. The list is long of all the stuff that was wrong or went wrong with that POS and GM didn't give a crap so I've made sure they never get another chance to unload another lemon and POS on me.

 

[Cellblock2429]

I have owned a lot of cars in my lifetime, without a doubt the worst ever was a 1980 Chevy Citation.
I lost my ass on this car. I drove it for about 6 months with nothing but trouble. Overheat, would stall constantly when the temps would dip much below freezing.
I am embarrassed to this day to even say I owned one.

Looked similar to this one... ugly to boot.

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/—-/ It was my company car at P&G. They picked up all the cost and expenses and it never gave me trouble. Mine was a 1984.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

a 1976 ford pinto.



it only had about 75K miles on it, but by the time i got rid of it, there was a whole in the floor on the front passenger side, ( i put a cookie sheet under the rug to cover it ) - went thru a qt of oil a week - every time i went up a steep hill, it would overheat. - & it wouldn't go in reverse. i got $25 bucks as a trade in cause the dealer was impressed i drove it like that for about a year.

You're lucky it didn't collapse. This was the first years of the uni body frames. Before they figured out how to do it without the car literally rusting to pieces.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I have owned a lot of cars in my lifetime, without a doubt the worst ever was a 1980 Chevy Citation.
I lost my ass on this car. I drove it for about 6 months with nothing but trouble. Overheat, would stall constantly when the temps would dip much below freezing.
I am embarrassed to this day to even say I owned one.

Looked similar to this one... ugly to boot.

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/—-/ It was my company car at P&G. They picked up all the cost and expenses and it never gave me trouble. Mine was a 1984.

I have known other people that had one, and they pretty much said the same thing. Mine was the model first year, guessing they worked our problems as the went along. Typical of the catastrophically bad auto manufacturing of the entire 70's decade into the late 80's.

 

[playtime]

a 1976 ford pinto.



it only had about 75K miles on it, but by the time i got rid of it, there was a whole in the floor on the front passenger side, ( i put a cookie sheet under the rug to cover it ) - went thru a qt of oil a week - every time i went up a steep hill, it would overheat. - & it wouldn't go in reverse. i got $25 bucks as a trade in cause the dealer was impressed i drove it like that for about a year.

You're lucky it didn't collapse. This was the first years of the uni body frames. Before they figured out how to do it without the car literally rusting to pieces.

hmmm - i didn't know that but did know about the exploding gas tanks... as far as the hole, i went thru a puddle one day & noticed a wet spot on the floor, reached down to feel it & my whole hand went right down to the pavement. but it was free- my father gave it to me, it was my first car i wasn't gonna turn it down.