Whats the worst vehicle you ever had?

[austin552]

Peugeot 505: Had the trans rebuilt and then motor died.
Ford Escort: Filled the gas tank and the motor blew up.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

1998 Dodge RAM 2500 Crew Cab w/ the big V8 and a 5-speed.

Utter, complete, total POS.

[bryanthompson]

1989 AMC Eagle Premiere. $200 car after my brother totalled my Grand Prix.

I've seen three Premiere's driving around, ever. I'm surprised any of them run at all. One was up in Madison, one in the middle of nowhere, NE, the other was mine after I sold it off. yikes.

[masraum]

'85 olds omega 2.5L or maybe '88 Old Delta 88 307. Both gutless and gray.

[jrdavid68]

I honestly don't remember what model year it was - late 80's early 90's anyway - Mitsubishi small size pickup. It had something like 250k miles on it.

My father-in-law passed away and had just bought this piece of crap from some side of the road schyster used car lot. Anyway, after a couple months, mom-in-law couldn't deal with it anymore so we went and gave the stealer something in the neighborhood of $1000+ to get the title. I don't think I had it a month before the motor blew. Got $350 from some guy to take it off my hands (it actually had some decent wheels on it).

Didn't bother me one bit to see it go.

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

1980 Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel

Slow..

Very Slow. Beater car from who knows where as it had a block heater and an AM/Shortwave with one speaker. You turned on the A/C and it blew hot air. The car had that weird outgassed vinyl smell.

had constant problems with water accumulating in the fuel, it overheated a lot, and it was ugly.

One day my friends and I cut the roof off emulating the seminal 80's skateboarding classic "Thrashin" in a moment of utter boredom in the garage. I subsequently bent the car in half driving it offroad.

One of the more memorable purchases for $300

[tabs]

1962 Corvair....Pure and utter DEATH WISH......

[Halm]

1981'ish Audi 5000 diesel. Terrible gas mileage, and so slow that I had to turn off the A/C to pull away from a stoplight.

[yellowline]

The 944.

(It's the best and worst car I've ever had, by default.)

[VINMAN]

95 Bmw 318i what a piece of crap.

[IROC]

1981 Datsun pickup truck. Had some corrosion in the gas tank. Even multiple fuel filters couldn't keep that crap out of the carburetor. I had to remove the cover on the float bowl about once a week and hose it out with carburetor cleaner to keep it running. And I had to push start it most of the time.

Mike

[VINMAN]

Funny this topic came up. yesterday in Barnes n Noble , I was flipping through a book called "Crap Cars". written my some british writer from Motor Trend or one of those rags. While some of his picks are definately noteworthy, his pick for #1 worst car of all time is the VW Beetle.
Hmm... perhaps theres some leftover bitterness from WWII??
Of all the cars Ive owned, my Beetles(6 of them) were some of the most reliable vehicles i've had.

[legion]

1985 Plymouth Turismo "Duster" -- Not a week went by without a maintenance issue.

1985 MB 300D -- My father sold it to me just as all of the big maintenance items were due. (And it was expensive to fix for a college student.)

1985 Chevy S10. The floor had rotted out, so I riveted in some sheet steel. Suddenly the doors closed right and it handled better. It had a short in the main wiring harness somewhere between the fuel injectors and the engine computer. It would blow a fuse whenever it rained. The cost to pull the engine just to trace the short was more than I paid for it so I donated it to the American Lung Association.

1987 944S -- Had an engine fire while I was driving it. No, flames do not make the car go faster.

[JeremyD]

Triumph TR7 - Red - checker board interior. I walked home - or pushed it more times than I would like to remember.

[slakjaw]

1999 Chevy S-10 ZR2

What a POS!!!!

I will never own another chevy truck!

[Jeff Higgins]

1984 Mercury Lynx (Ford Escort). Notice how many mid-eighties American cars made the list?

When I was ready to trade it in I offered to take up a collection at work. If my buddies could match the trade-in value, we would have driven it up to the woods to the top of a cliff I know of. The plan was to spend a day getting drunk and shooting it full of holes, then to light it on fire and push it off. My co-workers that had not shared my years of frustration with that little POS opined that my plan was somewhat environmentaly irresponsible and refused to help. I was deadly serious...

[TerryBPP]

1985 BMW 735i. Should have know it was a turd. It was mint when I bought it for next to nothing. After a week the central locking went out, 2 weeks the head gasket blew, 3rd gauges all died, 4th the tranny would only go in reverse, 5th found out the crank bearing was worn away and damaged the block. Ended up investing $3000 and sold it for what I paid.

[targa911S]

1985 Jaguar XJ6 VDP total P.O.S.

[Taz's Master]

Merkur XR4ti

[Z-man]

Originally posted by VINMAN
Funny this topic came up. yesterday in Barnes n Noble , I was flipping through a book called "Crap Cars". written my some british writer from Motor Trend or one of those rags. While some of his picks are definately noteworthy, his pick for #1 worst car of all time is the VW Beetle.
Hmm... perhaps theres some leftover bitterness from WWII??
Of all the cars Ive owned, my Beetles(6 of them) were some of the most reliable vehicles i've had.

The fact that the 924 was mentioned in that book has been covered ad nauseum In the 911 tech section

My two worst cars I've owned:
1972 VW Fastback - nevermind the rain, even if the humidity level reached a scant 50% that car wouldn't start!

1981 Plymouth Turismo TC-3. The clutch, alternator, H2O pump, steering rack, door locks, turn signal stalk, and countless other things 'went' on the car during my 2 year tenure with it.

-Z.