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    Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Leading on from the Laguna thread (not that it was a bad car) .. What's the worst car you've driven ?
    Not neccessarily the slowest or the worst looking,but more like,all round generally uninspiring snot.
    I haven't thought about this for too long,but at the moment the Mitsubishi Carisma springs to mind.
    I had one as a rental in Ireland a couple of years ago,400 miles on the clock,so not been abused,and it was the most bland,boring,soggy,uncomfortable,neutral,most unobliging bit of tat I have ever had the misfortune to have to convey.
    Well .. I say all that,but I'll probably think of something worse in a minute

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Carisma eh? Sounds ironic!

    Apart from that primera I mentioned before, the other car I have driven that rates as one of the worst was the 1.1Fiesta Mk3.

    The car on a motorway is a moving hazard - I could barely get it above 65mph which on the M1 for 80miles each day for a week is NO laughing matter I can tell you. You had to plan your move to pass any lorries miles (and weeks) in advance. Not good. Around town though it was fine, and quite cheeky in 1st and 2nd.

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    I had to think for a while about this, I was a mechanic at Halfords for some time and got to road test all manner of sh1t.

    But I think the winner has to be the FSO Polonez, what a feckin awful car !
    closely followed by (not in any particular order of crappiness):

    Yugo (Zastava) 311
    Yugo 45
    Skoda Estelle
    Suzuki Alto 3 cylinder automatic
    Citreon 2CV (and most other Citreons prior to about 1995)
    Renault 4
    Hyundai Pony X2


    I have driven many others that were disgusting, but the list would start to go on a bit.

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    The very worst car I have ever driven was an FSO Polonez.

    I drove some heinous pieces of shite in my time working for Halfords garage, but that has to be the absolute worst ever.

    Maestros were shit too, and so was the Fuego with a broken engine mount that popped the drive shaft out of the gearbox on even the slightest application of left hand steering lock The V8 landrover used by a Sattelite base station installation company was another shitter, they used it in the Desert in Saudi Arabia, and brought it back for a service every 6 months - the front swivels needed rebuilding almost every time !

    Mind you I got to road test a BMW 325i sport - which at the time was 2 years old, on the North Circular before the advent of speed cameras

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    I had to think for a while about this, I was a mechanic at Halfords for some time and got to road test all manner of sh1t.

    But I think the winner has to be the FSO Polonez, what a feckin awful car !

    How spooky that we agreed on the Polonez

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Vectra.....

    What a pile of crap

    Most unreliable though has got to be the Peugeot 205 1.9 Gti i had... things just came away in yer hands !!! bits fell off... electrics just stop working... oil fell out... exhaust dropped off... water dribbled out of everywhere !!!


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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Worst car I've ever had the misfortune to drive, was a Mk2 Golf 1.3 Driver.

    Bloody awful piece of teutonic crap...and talk about slow.

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Worst car I ever drove was a citroen AX, Dont remember what model it was but i know it was a basic one

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Vauxhall Nova 1.0L saloon

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    Gawd... Citroen AX... that brings back horrible memories that must have been supressed....

    Another overheating, electrical disaster...pile of french crap...

    come to think of it i've had some right rubbish over the years..

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    ill agree that a mk3 1.1 fiesta isnt the best motorway car. its still my runabout and at 20 with 3 motors i concider yself well off. 1 st and 2nd its fun agreed! and a laugh round the b-roads but there is way worse out there. my brothers 1.2 clio i concider far worse . i hate the gear chancge too "clunky" and no feeling in the steering or brakes

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    For me a toss up between a Renault 21 Fuego Auto, and a Volvo 244 (the little one).

    Both steered and handled like a tanks (well what I expect a tank would steer and handle like - I've never actually driven one). I thought the Fuego was particularly bad it it actually had sporty coupe type styling making you think it would go fast and be nice to drive. At least when you looked at the Volvo it was obvious what you were going to get.

    The owner of the Renault also had a Mercedes Estate (diesel auto) that vibrated so much at idle it made your legs go numb and wouldn't change up to second gear on any light throttle below about 40 mph - made drving in town a bit interesting.

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    corsa auto and vectra (all)

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    I had the misfortune to have a Seat Marbella as a company car when I worked in Spain many years ago..
    It's got to be the shitest car I have ever had the displeasure of driving, I bent the front wheel in whilst giving it some beans through a set of twisties.. Seat marbella's and twisties don't mix well.. then 2nd gear refused to engage, finally the front bumper fell off during an emergency stop and I couldn't be arsed to pick it up so I drove over it to ensure it was knackered.
    I finally got a newish Citroen AX which was much better but still a bit crap.. died after I drove it for almost 70km's at 130kph with the oil light on.

    Worst thing I've driven recentley is the works Transit van, god knows how that things got any mot on it.

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    worst car i drove was a nissan micra, jap import one believe it or not,i took my subaru impreza into the garage to have the clutch changed and they gave me the micra, it handled like a sack of sh*T on bends and well it was crap!

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Citroen AX - whats going on with the pedals?? they might as well be on the passenger side! Speed boats corner in more of a level fashion!

    Vauxhall vectra/astras - hmmmm yes.....

    Fiat Uno - 129k on the clock! That was an experience! (not a good one tho!)

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    Oooh oooh forgot the loverly 1 litre nissan micra! Vowed never to drive on a again after i passed my test in one!

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    nissan micra for me as well.

    As for cars that fall to bits, its a close run thing between The Ford Focus I've got at the minute, and the Peugeot 405 my dad had as a company car years ago. On balance I think the Peugeot shades it, but only just......

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    Most unreliable though has got to be the Peugeot 205 1.9 Gti i had... things just came away in yer hands !!! bits fell off... electrics just stop working... oil fell out... exhaust dropped off... water dribbled out of everywhere !!!
    Strange that, I had one of those and it survived four years of ritual daily abuse through my driving. In all that time and wheelspining, it only had 1 new clutch,cambelt, a set of brakes....oh and some tyres of course.

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Most unreliable though has got to be the Peugeot 205 1.9 Gti i had... things just came away in yer hands !!! bits fell off... electrics just stop working... oil fell out... exhaust dropped off... water dribbled out of everywhere !!!
    Strange that, I had one of those and it survived four years of ritual daily abuse through my driving. In all that time and wheelspining, it only had 1 new clutch,cambelt, a set of brakes....oh and some tyres of course.
    Same here, mines still enjoying life above 6k rpm on a daily basis. To say its probably been thrashed everyday for nearly 12years and 116k miles it can still battle with the big boys.

    Needed very little apart from oil.. on a weekly basis

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    i had a 1.0 nova saloon as a company car it was crap i had to drive from enfield nth london to hayling island 3 times a week in it AGGGHHHHHH

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    gutted a few of ya hate the vectra ive got an sri as my daily driver n i love it ! but worst one ive driven peugeot 405 1.6 what a pile of absolute followed closely by suzuki vitara and surprisingly in 3rd place subaru impreza wrx wot a squeeky tinny feeling taxi like feel to wot i expected to be an awesome car ! quite quick but

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Oooohh, mmm, got several, if you dont count the cars that were rubbish because they had been abused for miles before i got em, then i think im left with an Austin Maxi, seemed to have no directional control at all in that thing, an old 1500 Lada from when then they were still exactly the same shape as the fiats they were based on and an MG Maestro which just went went wrong once a week from the first day i had it.

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Well a lot of sh1tty cars have appeared on this list, but sorry nothing compares to a FSO Polonez, it really is the nastiest, most hateful car ever.

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Well a lot of sh1tty cars have appeared on this list, but sorry nothing compares to a FSO Polonez, it really is the nastiest, most hateful car ever.
    Agreed, until you've experienced the Polonez you really don't know how nice a Micra or 405 is.

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Perhaps we should all try and get one and do a track day

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Perhaps we should all try and get one and do a track day
    They would all be broken down in the paddock and no-one would get to have any fun on the track

    Anyway I refuse to pay 50 pence for something as useless as a Polonez, a chocolate fireguard is a better investment.

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    Vauxhall Astra 1.6 Ecotec - death on wheels especially at roundabouts or overtaking

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    I agree about the Polonez. I drove my stepdads one ages ago and it seems to have random handling?! You never know if it will understeer or oversteer until it happens. Can make even the most boring drives "interesting". Amazingly it never broke down in the few months he owned it. Was still by far the nastiest car ever. Made my mk2 fiesta 1.1L look like a bentley lol

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    A bloke I used to work with had a FSO Polonez and he loved them

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    Mmmmmmmmmmmmm NICE

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    Throughout its production life the Polonez was continuously being upgraded and in 1991 the second generation, the Caro, arrived, with quite a few changes.


    Wow!!!
    That is state of the art maybe should have called it Polonez Evo2 or something

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    s'got clear indicators an everyfink.

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    I'm amazed at how many people have gone for the FSO Polonez. Amazed, because I've only ever seen one of them...ever. So to meet so many people that have had experience of one, is really something.
    The one I've seen, used to sit in a front yard, round the corner, many years ago. I never saw it move, so can't comment if the inspired styling looks better in motion.

    As for buying one...I've never seen one for sale. Or a Yugo, for that matter.

    Not that I've been looking.

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    As for buying one...I've never seen one for sale. Or a Yugo, for that matter.

    Not that I've been looking.
    Her ya go:
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...478129050&rd=1

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    I drove a brand new polonez years ago, it was a m8's dads..

    I was err... completely rank !

    Only car i've ever drove with disk brakes all round that had crap brakes

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    i had a 1.0 nova saloon as a company car it was crap i had to drive from enfield nth london to hayling island 3 times a week in it AGGGHHHHHH
    I have a confession i got given a nova saloon yrs ago and spent a fuckin fortune turning it into a rallycar it was 90% complete i got bored of it sold the best bits and cos it was the saloon i couldnt even give the shell away so i cut it up with a Stihl saw in my garage much to the annoyance of my neighbours

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    WOW!!!!!


    And it's in Leicester, as well. How ironic.

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    Re: Worst car you\'ve driven ?

    was there not a thriving market in shipping lada's and polenez's to russia? must of been 10 years back

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    I remember that. I remember seeing a picture of them being loaded onto a ship at some docks up North.

    Now all we need is some fanatical Germans to take all the VW's out of this country, and we'll be set.

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