Your most hated car
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From: Sweetwater Texas
Your most hated car
Well, after seeing the nicest car ever, I have decided there needs to be a thread for that car that you wouldn't pee on if it was on fire.
Well that car for me is a 1986 corrolla that was crap brown, lossed speed up even the smallest hill, couldn't go in to parking lots straight because if I did it would smash the the skid plate into the pavement. Drove it for 3 months then a guy pulled out if front of me and stopped on an access road and I hit him runnin 55 totaled the car and I have never been happier.
Well that car for me is a 1986 corrolla that was crap brown, lossed speed up even the smallest hill, couldn't go in to parking lots straight because if I did it would smash the the skid plate into the pavement. Drove it for 3 months then a guy pulled out if front of me and stopped on an access road and I hit him runnin 55 totaled the car and I have never been happier.
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From: Marengo, Iowa
It would have to be an 82 Toyota Corolla Tercel, biggest pooch of a car, and POS to work on. It had such a light rear end it would spin in any slick situation, it had been wrecked 4 times before I ran over it with the tractor... We hit it with baseball bats, jumped on the roof and backed a tractor over it before I crushed it.... I depised that car.
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From: None of your business
Truck in sig. Although it has been behaving lately, it's past offenses have awarded it no phone calls to the FD if it's on fire until it's good and toasty.
I park this thing next to trees when I know a windstorm is coming.
Mike
I park this thing next to trees when I know a windstorm is coming.
Mike
Gone but not forgotten.
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Ford Fairmont, built back when Ford forgot all about quality. The emissions system looked like a plumber's nightmare and if you floored it suddenly the engine would bog down and the car would stop (Dealer gave up trying to fixing that).
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From: on da beach
I am getting fed up with my 95 Winny(Windstar). I am trying to replace the engine mounts, but the idiot AC repair guy damaged a compressor bolt and I can't get it out.(Need to move AC compressor out of the way to get to the top bolt of the engine mount).
I wasted too much time on this one, but I'll get it out tomorrow - one way or another.
The Winny does run better now that I gave it some attention.
( I was hating the AC repair guy more than hating the van!) I am sure you understand.
I wasted too much time on this one, but I'll get it out tomorrow - one way or another.
The Winny does run better now that I gave it some attention.
( I was hating the AC repair guy more than hating the van!) I am sure you understand.
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My 85 Toyota pickup cost me more in the short time I owned it (1990-92) than any other I have ever owned. In that time I put two used engines in it and one transmission. I gave up when that one quit. I popped the valve cover to find the timing chain was eating into the cylinder head. The way people talk about Toyotas, I got the only three bad engines they ever made.
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
any of the 67,68,69,70,or 71 chevys i had.
with the exception of the 69 chevelle with the 396 in it, they were broke more than they were running.
and the 69 396 was about 50-50 in the run/broke catagory.
those 5 years of chebbys swore me off them and onto fords.
with the exception of the 69 chevelle with the 396 in it, they were broke more than they were running.
and the 69 396 was about 50-50 in the run/broke catagory.
those 5 years of chebbys swore me off them and onto fords.
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Dodge colt, my mom had one of those and I hated that car with a passion, broke down so much, towards the end you would couldn't see around you if you were at a stop light because it put out so much dark grey smoke.
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From: The Big, Oregon
86 S10. Garbage truck, absolutely the worst vehicle I ever talked myself into buying. 2.5l gutless wonder, five speeds of slow, and a huge money pit. Put four new tires on, new brakes, new belts, tune up, thermostat, lights, drove it for two weeks and the clutch went with no warning. Just started slipping going up a hill. The thing wouldn't even do more than about 65.
I hauled the front axle for my F100 project home with it, and it barely handled that.
In contrast, my Courier has on two occasions now hauled in excess of 1/2ton of scrap or parts, and managed that at highway speeds. A little slow on the hills, but it could keep up at about 70 hauling some tires and a fully dressed FE going down I-5.
I hauled the front axle for my F100 project home with it, and it barely handled that.
In contrast, my Courier has on two occasions now hauled in excess of 1/2ton of scrap or parts, and managed that at highway speeds. A little slow on the hills, but it could keep up at about 70 hauling some tires and a fully dressed FE going down I-5.
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From: Nebraska
I've never owned a vehicle I hated, but then again all I've owned is all Ford trucks and one Lincoln car. 
I work on about everything at work, and S10's and S10 Blazer's (even the newer ones) are about at the top of the list as far as junk. Older Dodge pickups aren't my favorite either. Then there's an older Neon that's always in the shop it seems...
I actually liked this car, but it had WAY more problems than it should have. My parents used to have a 95 Taurus 3.8. I don't know how many fuel pumps it went through, and it always had overheating problems. They sold it and it ended up having a cracked head plus the obvious head gaskets. My dad also had a 96 F-150 that had more than its share of problems, but it was used hard.
I work on about everything at work, and S10's and S10 Blazer's (even the newer ones) are about at the top of the list as far as junk. Older Dodge pickups aren't my favorite either. Then there's an older Neon that's always in the shop it seems...
I actually liked this car, but it had WAY more problems than it should have. My parents used to have a 95 Taurus 3.8. I don't know how many fuel pumps it went through, and it always had overheating problems. They sold it and it ended up having a cracked head plus the obvious head gaskets. My dad also had a 96 F-150 that had more than its share of problems, but it was used hard.
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From: The Star-Club, Hamburg
My ex's 2001 PT Cruiser. Like I've said before on these forums, all this thing amounted to was a Neon with a 1935 DeSoto body attached to it. Poor quality all around. Trim pieces would fall off at the slightest bump in the road, the sunroof leaked when it rained, whistled when it was closed, and left no headroom when the shade was closed on it. The paint was uneven and blotchy, and it wore the tires down on opposite corners, was nearly impossible to drive on any sort of slick surface, and for my money, the thing was just plain ugly. It was back at the dealership at least 3 times I can recall for warranty work, and once for a recall notice, not to mention how many times I or her father worked on something or other on it that needed fixing. She had traded in a perfectly good Escort ZX2 on this rolling garbage can, which I never did understand. The only good thing about it was that she did'nt get it with the fake-y wood trim on it, and that she took it with her when I sent her packing.
