What is the worst car you ever owned?

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 07/22/2016 at 18:24 • Filed to: None

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1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon. This is close to what mine looked like, but i had wood paneling. The windows in the back seat do not roll down - by design. It was the worst hunk of crap I ever drove and I hated it. Even now, looking at this picture, the rage bubbles inside of me and I have to go outside and hug the Sunchaser to feel better. What’s your nightmare car?

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > ImmoralMinority 07/22/2016 at 18:33

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This car:

It’s also the best car I’ve owned:

I’ve only owned one car.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > ImmoralMinority 07/22/2016 at 18:39

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1990 Mercury Sable. Maroon with maroon cloth interior; picture a deep sea of maroon and you’ve got it.

Paint was already sun-spotting when my parents bought it for me as our third “family” car.

It was every bit as horrid as one can imagine. It was the first car I got to drive myself so there is that.

shop-teacher > ImmoralMinority 07/22/2016 at 18:42

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I’ve owned 12 cars and trucks, and the worst one was also the best one. It was a CPO ‘04 Pontiac GTO I bought in Feb. ‘06 with 5200 miles on it. It was glorious, I absolutely loved it.

It also spent 31 days in the shop in the 3-1/2 months I owned it. Traded it in on a new ‘06 Sierra that I’m still DDing today.

I still miss that pile of crap.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > ImmoralMinority 07/22/2016 at 18:46

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From a reliability standpoint:

But It’s 20 years old, and my only other car is new. From a fun standpoint, it’s the best.

. . > ImmoralMinority 07/22/2016 at 18:47

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Still love it though.

JR1 > shop-teacher 07/22/2016 at 18:51

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How was a legendary LS engine ever in the shop?

shop-teacher > JR1 07/22/2016 at 18:53

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The LS engine was mostly flawless, but a few of those days were because of a leaky freeze plug in one of the heads. The rest of the car however ... Let’s just say it defined the term “Friday car.”

Captain of the Enterprise > ImmoralMinority 07/22/2016 at 19:38

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2005 Crown Victoria LX in beige seats gave me a bad back and it was full of terrible memories of how my dad didn't care about my safety

mazda616 > ImmoralMinority 07/22/2016 at 19:59

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My wife had a 2006 Chevrolet Malibu LT. Her grandfather had always wanted to buy her a car, but he passed away in 2006. So, in 2008, as we were entering our junior year of college and moving about an hour away, her grandma showed up with this Malibu.

It has CONSTANT problems the entire time my wife owned it. It was a tried and true lemon. A perfect example of what was wrong with GM.

Hated that car. So did my wife. We were SO grateful to be given a car (we weren’t married at the time but had been dating for years), but after it spending more time in the shop than on the road and literally falling apart, we couldn’t trade it in fast enough.

The issue was my wife’s grandmother consulted no one, nor did she test drive the car or have it inspected. She just walked in, wrote a check, and walked out. Eeek.

Problems over the course of our ownership (44,000 miles to 86,000 miles):

- Both front CV joints and tie rods dead.

- 4 CD players dead.

- Electric power steering locked up several times.

- Doors not shutting correctly.

- Trim falling off inside of doors.

- Transmission slipping.

- Exhaust rattled (clips broke off for no reason).

- Door switch (car thought the door was open when it wasn’t).

- Alarm randomly went off (because of door switch).

- Randomly not wanting to start. At 50,000 miles.

- Both sun visors broken.

- Dash lights randomly went out and came back on.

- Mysteriously losing coolant (Couldn’t find a leak nor was it in the oil, but it sure was low.)

And there was more I’m sure I can’t remember.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > ImmoralMinority 07/22/2016 at 20:01

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B5 Passat. A mess of shoddy engineering—you can’t even fault the build quality, which was OK but not the best Germany has to offer.

When various attachment brackets should be metal but are instead plastic, when a loose coin can break an armrest hinge, when a glovebox latch cannot even support its own weight from being pulled open, when the entire front suspension is on a 7-year maintenance cycle, the list goes on.

These aren’t the types of problems you ought to find on a modern mass-produced car that ostensibly sells to working-class families who would depend on it.

Sweet Trav > ImmoralMinority 07/22/2016 at 22:14

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1993 Ford Temo sedan.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > ImmoralMinority 07/22/2016 at 22:33

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Meet Vikkie, my old 2000 v70R

She was the worst car ever. And, unlike a lot of people here, I mean it. No love.

bhtooefr > ImmoralMinority 07/22/2016 at 23:04

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I’m honestly not sure at this point.

For sheer moneypit value, it’s gotta be the 1999.5 Golf TDI. It wouldn’t have been as much of a moneypit if I had the space, tools, or patience to work on all of its problems myself, mind you... but it still needed a lot.

However, I think I’ll go with the 88 Civic beater I had. $500, it had completely blown out shocks, made of compressed rust (I had to ratchet strap the trunk shut), no radio, the steering rack felt stripped out some, the brakes were iffy, the tires were atrocious (stopping simply didn’t happen), the automatic transmission was slipping... but it did its job until I could replace it.

wiffleballtony > ImmoralMinority 07/22/2016 at 23:22

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Probably my 1995 Ford Taurus GL. Although in all honesty it really wasn’t horrible.

Wagon, semi manual, not brown, turbo because volvo > ImmoralMinority 07/23/2016 at 01:25

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Toss up between 94 buick regal custom 3.1 auto with major transmission slip and a 91 plymouth acclaim 2.5 slushbox with heater core issues