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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:26 PM
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No science to this,just what car and why you hated it so much.I'm stuck between a mk3 golf gti,Porsche 924 and Peugeot 106 diesel.But I'll go for the pug as i lost £4200 on it as it went bang on the motorway with no warning and the warranty wasn't worth the paper it was written on.It handled like it was on 500ft springs,had no power and the fuel gauge went from full to light on with even the mildest of cornering.it's only saving grace was awesome economy!!!Golf was crap due too 20 odd mpg at best,dodgy electrics,no performance whatsoever,924 fell to pieces all in one go basically with no prior warning and used to get beaten by 1.3 escorts and the like,which was very embarrassing!!!
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:27 PM
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lancia delta integrale 16v evo3, best looks but worst mechanicals / electricals EVER !!
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:32 PM
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53 plate Corsa with the 1.0 3 cylinder engine. Worse engine ever, so rough, total lack of power. Only had it a couple of weeks as I was selling it on, couldn't wait to get it gone. Horrible thing. Used to get over taken by lorries on dual carriageways if there was a hill, dropping a gear or 2 made no difference to the speed.
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:32 PM
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Punto mk2 1.2. Just the most gutless tinny piece of shit I've ever driven let alone owned... never stung me mechanically other than a HG just hated the thing.

Would never go near another one.
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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easy!

worst car was my first car that my boss sold me lol! a 1983 mk1 austin metro 1.0 in bright orange!
shit loads of rust needed sills floopans and new front wings and front valance welding in!
clutch went as soon as i passed my driving test going up a steep hill the clutch started to slip lol!
the rear brake wheel cylinders and brake shoes where in dangerously poor condition.
both rear trailing arm bushes where worn.
and the tracking was miles out and needed four tyres!
i could go on and on!
only paid £50 for it so not that bad!
got fed up with oil leaks and looking like a prick so gave it to my cousin for free and brought a citreon ax 1.1 much better but still not great! at that time i was paying £1,200 tpft on insurance so was the best i could afford.
best car?
its a toss up of these two!
v reg saxo vtr! loved her the car i aways wanted when i was at school but the dream turned into a nightmare! crap build quality and suprisingly it really did know how to rust quite well!
53 plate 3door focus 1.6 zetec! i own this car now and love it! my first ford and it wont be my last! after years of driveing peugeots and citreons its a breath of fresh air! just needs more power lol!
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:37 PM
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fiat uno.....yeah baby
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:42 PM
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rover 200 i inherited it blew up
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:44 PM
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Cavalier TD (Izuzu engine)

What a fuckin pile of shite
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:44 PM
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has to be the shitroen ax i had, my car at the time was written off and while the claim was going thru this was the tide me over car. what a piece of shit!! would of been better off walking the 15mile to work then drive one of those. had to scrap it when the insurance paid out as there wasn't anybody i hated enough to inflict on selling it too
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:46 PM
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I suppose my first car- nova 1.2. Only because it was old and therefore rotten as hell underneath and things were starting to no longer work, heater for example!!!

Had bad luck with my mk6 escort cabby. Cost me £750 within the fist week of buying it from a bloody garage. (It was in Warrington, says it all. Dripped petrol after i filled it up and they wouldnt help me unless i drove it back up the motorway 30odd miles with fuel dripping out of the tank. A 'reputable' garage then fitted the wrong petrol tank and fucked the sender unit).

Car that cost me the most in repairs was my MR2. Most awkward thing to have work done on and everything is expensive!
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:52 PM
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Another one for punto here, im not sure what mark but it was a v-plate one, so pretty old shape then but it was crap in every way, when you floor it the engine got louder but you wasnt going any faster and it sounded so loud and awful even at low speeds, and it went round corners like a jelly on a bouncy castle, the brakes were shit.

And it was a mechanics courtesy car, so should have been a maintained example i drove..........
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:57 PM
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Ha ha,I knew this would be a good un!!!best car probably my s1 I had a few years back but for reliability/taking abuse deffo the 328i cab,put 100k on it and didn't look after it,kept going after the head cracked in four places for about 10 miles,temp guage buried in the red.knocked it off and it still started back up!!!!
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1984 Mini or the 206 GTi. The Mini had new sills, rear sub frame, rear floor pan, gearbox blew up, valve stems seals went, electrics were an annoyance, wheel cylinders didn't seem to last long, RUST! The 206 was a hateful HATEFUL car. Handling was average, engine was poor, rev counter stated 7000rpm at idle, trip computer played up, rattles, bangs, exhaust manifold port welds broke, engine mount broke in half, clutch judder on another level, seating position was hateful as were the seats themselves. Wanted to sell it after 2 days, sold within a month. Never to own another, ever
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I bought a 3 year old R reg Renault Laguna in 2000... the most expensive car I've ever bought... The most unreliable piece of sh*t I've ever bought!
Never bought French since and never will again.
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:59 PM
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bmw 325 tds, the car wasn't too bad, it was just a heap, and it broke loads!
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Originally Posted by WongRS
bmw 325 tds, the car wasn't too bad, it was just a heap, and it broke loads!
What went wrong with it?
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 06:06 PM
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Not really hated any, have only ever had Fords and none tbh have been grief


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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 06:08 PM
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Its a toss up between a cav sri or an rs turbo.
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Originally Posted by Glenny Boy
What went wrong with it?
head gasket, snapped a rear suspension arm off from the mounts, just through wear and tea, didn;t hit anything, electrics used to go muddled constantly, rear brakes where permanantly ruined!
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Renault megane coupe sport 2.0...

Everything broke.

heres the beauty!!!!

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Astra mk3 1.4 8v probably. Slower than a fat bird on a bike going uphill, lower wishbones made of chocolate, rattled, bits fell off and the engine finally shit itself after only 60,000 miles.
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c reg metro city
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Originally Posted by Less.
c reg metro city

If youre a bloke What was you doing with one of them?

Last edited by Ebonycossie4x4; Jun 19, 2010 at 06:39 PM.
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92 honda civic everyone kept saying v-tech yoooo
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 06:40 PM
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1977 Peugeot 104 gr, my engine fell out,literally!
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Originally Posted by Ebonycossie4x4
Renault megane coupe sport 2.0...

Everything broke.

heres the beauty!!!!

They were the bollox years ago as well,I remember a boy I knew had one and the next day pulled a blonde honey to match the yellow paintwork.he told her after a month or too the car was costing too much and she told him"car goes,I go!!".he had it a while after that!!!his was t reg as well,worth about £500 now !!I nearly paid £4000 for a Renault 19 16v charmade in '96 ,lucky escape there!!!!
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Originally Posted by Ebonycossie4x4
If youre a bloke What was you doing with one of them?
Ha ha I had a metro albeit an MG version, that was also crap.
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Now your talking!!! the MG version is a completely different story.

What sort of power was that pushing i wonder.

Beautiful car lol. What problems did you have?
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Originally Posted by Ebonycossie4x4
If youre a bloke What was you doing with one of them?
Bought it to sell on but kept breaking down and was just shit,one of the few cars I lost on
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 06:54 PM
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e reg orion 1.6i ghia it was that rotton the spare wheel fell through the boot was my first car looked not too bad underneath it was like a tea bag i scrapped it in 1996! so really it weren't that old at the time
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 06:56 PM
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a mk3 golf cl petrol,biggest piece of shit on the face of the earth
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Dare i say....... 90 spec S2 RST -

Had it no more than 3 weeks before traded in for a FRST

Just didn't connect for some reason, comparing to a S1 it felt very lame, and not as well built as a Fiesta.
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i actually preferred my fiesta to any of my escort RSTs so your not the only one mate.
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Originally Posted by tonytantrum
easy!

worst car was my first car that my boss sold me lol! a 1983 mk1 austin metro 1.0 in bright orange!
shit loads of rust needed sills floopans and new front wings and front valance welding in!
clutch went as soon as i passed my driving test going up a steep hill the clutch started to slip lol!
the rear brake wheel cylinders and brake shoes where in dangerously poor condition.
both rear trailing arm bushes where worn.
and the tracking was miles out and needed four tyres!
i could go on and on!
only paid £50 for it so not that bad!
got fed up with oil leaks and looking like a prick so gave it to my cousin for free and brought a citreon ax 1.1 much better but still not great! at that time i was paying £1,200 tpft on insurance so was the best i could afford.
best car?
its a toss up of these two!
v reg saxo vtr! loved her the car i aways wanted when i was at school but the dream turned into a nightmare! crap build quality and suprisingly it really did know how to rust quite well!
53 plate 3door focus 1.6 zetec! i own this car now and love it! my first ford and it wont be my last! after years of driveing peugeots and citreons its a breath of fresh air! just needs more power lol!
driving a citreon ax reminded me of driving a deck chair on wheels to be honest
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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fso polonez
bought it for 20 quid with tax n test in 1996 weighed it in 3 days later as i felt it deserved it
very true
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BMW 316i. completely gutless, and actually broke down more than my rs turbo!
Owned it for 2 years, it did 3 head gaskets, a gearbox, the back lights leaked, it would chew through rear wheel bearings and tyres like there was no 2moro. Avrage service was around £300 as the HT leads were £145 with its stupid "pulse sensor" clip add on.

Its not like it even got driven hard as it was only 1.6, couldnt even light up the rear wheel's, or wheel should i say with its lack of slip diff.
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Saab 900 turbo. Absolute pile of shit. Drove like a tank and drank petrol like one too.
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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ether my first or second car my fist one was a 999cc uno which had 3 hg in 6 months prob my fault, every 17yr old does daft things in there first car!! and my second car a 1.1 rover metro sport!! not much sport about it as that fucker had a cloud of black smoke follow me everywhere
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