What's the worst car you ever owned?
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Mine was a Renault 14. Weird offset rear wheels, engine canted back at 78 degrees, practically needed to remove the engine to change the spark plugs, automatic gearbox exploded/disintegrated after a year. The only good news was I bought it at a heavy discount price because it was a dealer demo car even though it had all the bells and whistles being the top model version. Also, the gearbox was replaced under guarantee. It still put me off automatics for a long time. Renault 14 - Wikipedia[^]
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Mine was a Renault 14. Weird offset rear wheels, engine canted back at 78 degrees, practically needed to remove the engine to change the spark plugs, automatic gearbox exploded/disintegrated after a year. The only good news was I bought it at a heavy discount price because it was a dealer demo car even though it had all the bells and whistles being the top model version. Also, the gearbox was replaced under guarantee. It still put me off automatics for a long time. Renault 14 - Wikipedia[^]
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
1974 Audi 100LS - I bought it used in 1980. Dirt cheap and still too expensive.
The Beer Prayer - Our lager, which art in barrels, hallowed be thy drink. Thy will be drunk, I will be drunk, at home as it is in the tavern. Give us this day our foamy head, and forgive us our spillage as we forgive those who spill against us. And lead us not to incarceration, but deliver us from hangovers. For thine is the beer, the bitter and the lager, for ever and ever. Barmen.
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Mine was a Renault 14. Weird offset rear wheels, engine canted back at 78 degrees, practically needed to remove the engine to change the spark plugs, automatic gearbox exploded/disintegrated after a year. The only good news was I bought it at a heavy discount price because it was a dealer demo car even though it had all the bells and whistles being the top model version. Also, the gearbox was replaced under guarantee. It still put me off automatics for a long time. Renault 14 - Wikipedia[^]
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
A Simca, gawd knows what variety. I bought it off a mate with a years MOT* for £10, and sold it back to him a year later without one for the same money. Heap of junk: the throttle jammed full open going up a hill, at the same time as the brakes (such as they were) failed. Fun, fun, fun. * MOT: UK compulsory annual test to ensure your vehicle is roadworthy. I'm not saying it actually took the test, but it did have the bit of paper that said it passed.
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Mine was a Renault 14. Weird offset rear wheels, engine canted back at 78 degrees, practically needed to remove the engine to change the spark plugs, automatic gearbox exploded/disintegrated after a year. The only good news was I bought it at a heavy discount price because it was a dealer demo car even though it had all the bells and whistles being the top model version. Also, the gearbox was replaced under guarantee. It still put me off automatics for a long time. Renault 14 - Wikipedia[^]
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
My Lamborghini only gets 5 mpg. Ugh.
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A Simca, gawd knows what variety. I bought it off a mate with a years MOT* for £10, and sold it back to him a year later without one for the same money. Heap of junk: the throttle jammed full open going up a hill, at the same time as the brakes (such as they were) failed. Fun, fun, fun. * MOT: UK compulsory annual test to ensure your vehicle is roadworthy. I'm not saying it actually took the test, but it did have the bit of paper that said it passed.
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the throttle jammed full open going up a hill, at the same time as the brakes (such as they were) failed
For some reason I have the image of ET on a bicycle crossing in front of the moon... ;P
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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the throttle jammed full open going up a hill, at the same time as the brakes (such as they were) failed
For some reason I have the image of ET on a bicycle crossing in front of the moon... ;P
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
No way was that heap ever going to "get air" without falling off a cliff ... :laugh:
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Mine was a Renault 14. Weird offset rear wheels, engine canted back at 78 degrees, practically needed to remove the engine to change the spark plugs, automatic gearbox exploded/disintegrated after a year. The only good news was I bought it at a heavy discount price because it was a dealer demo car even though it had all the bells and whistles being the top model version. Also, the gearbox was replaced under guarantee. It still put me off automatics for a long time. Renault 14 - Wikipedia[^]
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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No way was that heap ever going to "get air" without falling off a cliff ... :laugh:
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Mine was a Renault 14. Weird offset rear wheels, engine canted back at 78 degrees, practically needed to remove the engine to change the spark plugs, automatic gearbox exploded/disintegrated after a year. The only good news was I bought it at a heavy discount price because it was a dealer demo car even though it had all the bells and whistles being the top model version. Also, the gearbox was replaced under guarantee. It still put me off automatics for a long time. Renault 14 - Wikipedia[^]
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
A 1967 Dodge Dart with 6 cylinder motor. It was 1983? We were kids and the 67 chevelle we had as our first car got rear ended and with unibody construction was done for. The dart had a weird issue that when the dry Santa Anna winds of So. Cal would blow, that thing would not start. So yeah on the most "beautiful" dry smog free days I was late for work - try to explain this to your boss, that on nice days your car wouldn't start. One dark night we were coming back from visiting my parents in seal beach on the 22 fwy at speed when the bolt that held the fan to the crankshaft left. The spinning fan jumped into the radiator with alternator belt attached and I don't have to tell you what that sounded like to go from cruising peace to all hell breaking loose in an instant. After weeks went by, we eventually got the POS back on the road and traded in for a Toyota Corolla hatchback that was a very good car. The 4 x 4 trailblazer we just got rid of comes in a close second but it was a 2003 and we drove it for all it was worth. Except for 3 transfer case explosions, countless ignition coil replacements and the interior plastic breaking left and right it was a pretty decent vehicle.
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Mine was a Renault 14. Weird offset rear wheels, engine canted back at 78 degrees, practically needed to remove the engine to change the spark plugs, automatic gearbox exploded/disintegrated after a year. The only good news was I bought it at a heavy discount price because it was a dealer demo car even though it had all the bells and whistles being the top model version. Also, the gearbox was replaced under guarantee. It still put me off automatics for a long time. Renault 14 - Wikipedia[^]
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
84 Volkswagen Vanagen.... never again. Bought it new. Within 36K miles, a/c broke, lots of little issues. By 50k, the rear CV axles were gone, seems the factory forgot to grease them. 55k - one ot the cylinder heads started leaking fluid. What a piece of garbage
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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A 1967 Dodge Dart with 6 cylinder motor. It was 1983? We were kids and the 67 chevelle we had as our first car got rear ended and with unibody construction was done for. The dart had a weird issue that when the dry Santa Anna winds of So. Cal would blow, that thing would not start. So yeah on the most "beautiful" dry smog free days I was late for work - try to explain this to your boss, that on nice days your car wouldn't start. One dark night we were coming back from visiting my parents in seal beach on the 22 fwy at speed when the bolt that held the fan to the crankshaft left. The spinning fan jumped into the radiator with alternator belt attached and I don't have to tell you what that sounded like to go from cruising peace to all hell breaking loose in an instant. After weeks went by, we eventually got the POS back on the road and traded in for a Toyota Corolla hatchback that was a very good car. The 4 x 4 trailblazer we just got rid of comes in a close second but it was a 2003 and we drove it for all it was worth. Except for 3 transfer case explosions, countless ignition coil replacements and the interior plastic breaking left and right it was a pretty decent vehicle.
Ron Anders wrote:
when the bolt that held the fan to the crankshaft left
I have a similar story. My '72 Ford Maverick had a 170 cu. in. inline 6-cylinder engine. My wife was driving when one of the fan blades decided it had had enough, and struck out on its own. On its way it gouged a trough through the radiator and then committed unlawful congress with the battery. Meanwhile, the water pump disintegrated due to the unbalanced fan, and the harmonic balancer became unbalanced. Essentially everything forward of the engine block was destroyed.
Software Zen:
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Mine was a Renault 14. Weird offset rear wheels, engine canted back at 78 degrees, practically needed to remove the engine to change the spark plugs, automatic gearbox exploded/disintegrated after a year. The only good news was I bought it at a heavy discount price because it was a dealer demo car even though it had all the bells and whistles being the top model version. Also, the gearbox was replaced under guarantee. It still put me off automatics for a long time. Renault 14 - Wikipedia[^]
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
I want an EV because of the far far fewer things that can go wrong but the USA where I be is still too Big Loud Truck.
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A 1967 Dodge Dart with 6 cylinder motor. It was 1983? We were kids and the 67 chevelle we had as our first car got rear ended and with unibody construction was done for. The dart had a weird issue that when the dry Santa Anna winds of So. Cal would blow, that thing would not start. So yeah on the most "beautiful" dry smog free days I was late for work - try to explain this to your boss, that on nice days your car wouldn't start. One dark night we were coming back from visiting my parents in seal beach on the 22 fwy at speed when the bolt that held the fan to the crankshaft left. The spinning fan jumped into the radiator with alternator belt attached and I don't have to tell you what that sounded like to go from cruising peace to all hell breaking loose in an instant. After weeks went by, we eventually got the POS back on the road and traded in for a Toyota Corolla hatchback that was a very good car. The 4 x 4 trailblazer we just got rid of comes in a close second but it was a 2003 and we drove it for all it was worth. Except for 3 transfer case explosions, countless ignition coil replacements and the interior plastic breaking left and right it was a pretty decent vehicle.
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I want an EV because of the far far fewer things that can go wrong but the USA where I be is still too Big Loud Truck.
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84 Volkswagen Vanagen.... never again. Bought it new. Within 36K miles, a/c broke, lots of little issues. By 50k, the rear CV axles were gone, seems the factory forgot to grease them. 55k - one ot the cylinder heads started leaking fluid. What a piece of garbage
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Ron Anders wrote:
I want an EV because of the far far fewer things that can go wrong
Of course if it's always parked, waiting to be charged, fewer things can go wrong than if you were actually driving it...
LOL. U winz d internetz 4 2da. :laugh:
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I like this one: [Volkswagen: Un-pimp Your Ride, compilation. - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWMpHc77qNI)
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My Lamborghini only gets 5 mpg. Ugh.
My Mustang gets 3 - because 'MURRICA!
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
A 1967 Dodge Dart with 6 cylinder motor. It was 1983? We were kids and the 67 chevelle we had as our first car got rear ended and with unibody construction was done for. The dart had a weird issue that when the dry Santa Anna winds of So. Cal would blow, that thing would not start. So yeah on the most "beautiful" dry smog free days I was late for work - try to explain this to your boss, that on nice days your car wouldn't start. One dark night we were coming back from visiting my parents in seal beach on the 22 fwy at speed when the bolt that held the fan to the crankshaft left. The spinning fan jumped into the radiator with alternator belt attached and I don't have to tell you what that sounded like to go from cruising peace to all hell breaking loose in an instant. After weeks went by, we eventually got the POS back on the road and traded in for a Toyota Corolla hatchback that was a very good car. The 4 x 4 trailblazer we just got rid of comes in a close second but it was a 2003 and we drove it for all it was worth. Except for 3 transfer case explosions, countless ignition coil replacements and the interior plastic breaking left and right it was a pretty decent vehicle.
Ron Anders wrote:
the bolt that held the fan to the crankshaft left.
The fan is connected to the waterpump, which is driven with a belt that connects it to a pulley on the crank... Also, there are four bolts that hold the fan onto the water pump. I've never seen all four bolts let go all at once, but I have seen OEM fans lose a fan blade, go off balance, and eventually tear itself apart, but only if you were lucky enought to not have the detached blade slice open one of the water hoses first. :)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
Mine was a Renault 14. Weird offset rear wheels, engine canted back at 78 degrees, practically needed to remove the engine to change the spark plugs, automatic gearbox exploded/disintegrated after a year. The only good news was I bought it at a heavy discount price because it was a dealer demo car even though it had all the bells and whistles being the top model version. Also, the gearbox was replaced under guarantee. It still put me off automatics for a long time. Renault 14 - Wikipedia[^]
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
A VW Passat. Actually nothing really bad. But it kept killing my back. And it had a more or less continuous series of small breakdowns that all cost a fortune to repair. I was happy to see it go. Honorary mention. My fathers Citroën GS. It broke down in a most remarkable fashion. As a fresh driver without a car of my own I had borrowed it from my father when visiting a friend. On the way home I heard a loud bang. And when I tried to apply the brakes, absolutely nothing happened. Now I should probably mention that it had fairly unusual brakes, where the brake disks where attached to the drive shafts at the gearbox. What had happened was that the bolts that fastened the disks to the gearbox somehow got ripped off. Removing the brake calipers with it. I ended up rolling a couple of kilometers before the speed went down so far that I could stop the car by breaking using my feet. Had it broken down basically anywhere else I would have had a serious accident. My father obviously had a hard time believing that I really didn't do anything, tasked me with repairing the car. So I had to exchange a smashed gearbox. This would normally not be a to hard thing to do. Except on this car. There was a welded beam between the front fenders that prohibited me from lifting the engine out of the car. I had to dismantle the front of the car and lift the engine out horizontally before I could exchange the gearbox on this piece of shit car. The whole procedure took me two weeks. As a comparison, it took me two hours to exchange the clutch on a Ford Granada I owned later.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
