What was the WORST car you have owned

[Erinwltr]

I was stationed in Hawai'i, my first duty station and I made THE WORST CHOICE, EVER.... Dodge Aries K.
Underpowered, heavy and nothing but trouble.
See above... Stationed in Hawai'i.... And the freeze plugs fell out of the motor..
Took me over 25 years to even consider another Dodge product.
Good lord what was Iacocca thinking....

Oh wow, too bad. My retired military Pops bought a 4 speed manual Dodge K wagon in the 80s. Man he drove the piss out of that thing like a sports car. Good times.

 

[Erinwltr]

think i had a ford tempo when i was like 16 lol

OMG, this thing? I rented one of these, dogged the piss out of it and left it with a burned out transmission for Avis to pick up.

 

[Lysistrata]

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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1999 black Mercury Cougar hatchback, tan leather seats, bought new out of the showroom. It was constantly in for repairs. The service guy at the dealership told me that they would have entirely rebuilt my car by the time the warranty ran out. It did, and then the transmission crapped out at about 43,000 miles. Before I bought this car, I went to the library and read the reviews in all of the car magazines. I didn't buy it on sight. I thought that I did my homework. So much for "German engineering."

 

[G.T.]

think i had a ford tempo when i was like 16 lol

OMG, this thing? I rented one of these, dogged the piss out of it and left it with a burned out transmission for Avis to pick up.

It was newer than that model, but yeah. lol, had a "moon roof" and all

 

[OldLady]

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 and I drive cars like Scarlett O'Hara drove horses.

 

[Wyatt earp]

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.

Lucky you found it that way. When I was a kid I had a '76 Trans Am and found the hole on the passenger side floorboard while I went through a puddle too. But I was going about 80mph and it didn't just get the carpet wet. The force of the dirty salty ice cold water blew a hole in the carpet and went right in my face, temporarily blinding me. I was drenched.

It sucks to be blinded like that while you're going 80mph.

The lady I delivered the Dominoes pizza to gave me a towel to dry off my head.

My mom had a 68 chevy I think, there was a hole in the floor board in the back seat, I used to drop my army men down there as we drove. The hole was so big one of my aunts dogs crawled through when it was parked..we were like startled how the fuck did that big ass dog get in there.

 

[Lumpy 1]

It just wasn't shiny enough for me..
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[Katniss]

Nissan Sentra........UGH! I think I was desperate and POOR at the time.

 

[Erinwltr]

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.

Lucky you found it that way. When I was a kid I had a '76 Trans Am and found the hole on the passenger side floorboard while I went through a puddle too. But I was going about 80mph and it didn't just get the carpet wet. The force of the dirty salty ice cold water blew a hole in the carpet and went right in my face, temporarily blinding me. I was drenched.

It sucks to be blinded like that while you're going 80mph.

The lady I delivered the Dominoes pizza to gave me a towel to dry off my head.

My mom had a 68 chevy I think, there was a hole in the floor board in the back seat, I used to drop my army men down there as we drove. The hole was so big one of my aunts dogs crawled through when it was parked..we were like startled how the fuck did that big ass dog get in there.

Now that shit is funny!

 

[Erinwltr]

Nissan Sentra........UGH! I think I was desperate and POOR at the time.

What year??

 

[Katniss]

Nissan Sentra........UGH! I think I was desperate and POOR at the time.

What year??

It was used.....I think it was a 1989. I'm blocking it out of my memory. lol

 

[Erinwltr]

Nissan Sentra........UGH! I think I was desperate and POOR at the time.

What year??

It was used.....I think it was a 1989. I'm blocking it out of my memory. lol

LOL! I still see these bad boys on the road.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Probably my old Mercury Merkur XR4Ti.

 

[Erinwltr]

Probably my old Mercury Merkur XR4Ti.

I remember those got pretty descent write ups in car magazines. Was yours a lemon?

 

[Natural Citizen]

I remember those got pretty descent write ups in car magazines. Was yours a lemon?

Coulda been. I ended up pushing it more than I drove it. So, I just left it one day. Never saw or heard about it again. I signed the title and left it in the glove box.

 

[Lumpy 1]

Mine was black with that,nobody loves me look as well. It had no power steering or brakes and after a year of driving it, I was a long skinny kid with Popeye arms..

Sure .. people pointed and laughed but it prepared me for posting in Politics and the Flame Zone at the good ol USMB..
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[RodISHI]

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Mine was black with that,nobody loves me look as well. It had no power steering or brakes and after a year of driving it, I was a long skinny kid with Popeye arms..

Sure .. people pointed and laughed but it prepared me for posting in Politics and the Flame Zone at the good ol USMB..
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Those oldies were great. Also kept the arms in shape and one leg if you had a clutch. Hopefully you had an emergency brake.

 

[harmonica]

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.

I had one and it did fine

 

[harmonica]

..I've never had any cars that I owned that were bad

 

[Lumpy 1]

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Mine was black with that,nobody loves me look as well. It had no power steering or brakes and after a year of driving it, I was a long skinny kid with Popeye arms..

Sure .. people pointed and laughed but it prepared me for posting in Politics and the Flame Zone at the good ol USMB..
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Those oldies were great. Also kept the arms in shape and one leg if you had a clutch. Hopefully you had an emergency brake.

Wow RodlSHI .. .. I'm really glad to see you Darlin and I'm still wishing you all the best..

I learned how to be a mechanic pretty quickly thanks to that truck and as I recall the emergency brake was the only thing that worked when I bought it for $ 50 bucks.

It's funny, I went through a lot of vehicles back then and now I watch the car auctions on TV and kick myself (not easy at this point) for not keeping and storing most every one of them..
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