some pretty sh*te stuff mentioned so far but afraid my dad's morris marina 1.8 auto (beige) must trump 'em all. Only reason it's hopeless suspension didnt lead to death was it s tendency to breakdown every 15 mins or so. Trevor
Sorry to say, but it was a mk1 gti cabby. It had a 20vt conversion that was pretty bodged. Gearbox was like fishing for p!ss in a stream, took ages to actually find first, managed to get it up to speed for 2nd and.. ended up in 4th! Thing had no brakes, steering was bloody horrible and it was a terrible ride! Not that that goes for all mk1s
would have to say a toyota yaris 1.0 was only learning to drive got bored after 10 mins as dog slow and handled like a boat.
my polo classic was pretty bad! 1.1 so....so...slow and handled like it was driving on jelly. but the worst car ever was a nissan bluebird O....M....G!!!
Oh, Daewoo Matix 0.8l 3cyl 12v by far...Never have I driven a car and felt that the steering column could fall into my lap at any time!
Does a sherpa van count? If not my mrs mums 99 micra complete with L plates when her sister was learning to drive in it
most of my cars apart from the VAG ones, recon my 205 was the worst of the worst, my mates often borrowed it and came back wondering how the hell I was driving it 500+miles a week, one of those cars that only the owner could drive.....it will be on ebay tomorrow if anyones interested???
If vans count Bedford Midi horrific in the wet super light dead steering without an ounce of feel. Only thing I liked was the novelty of column shift. If not Mk4 Fester.
My sisters brand new Mk2 Astra 16v GTE Connoly edition (leather seats!), handled so badly that I managed to barrel roll it 5 or 6 times completely destroying it with less than 200 miles on the clock.......Oh and TPFT insurance so It took over 4 years to pay her back!..........YES ........I know NOW!....
My brother's heinous 306 DTurbo is without a doubt the WORST car I have driven and likely the worst car I ever will drive. I know these cars come with a reasonable reputation, but the only thing it had going for it was MPG. After some idiot wrote off my 200SX for me, I was forced to drive around this piece of crap for 6 months whilst I sorted out my insurance etc. (he was uninsured, no license, drove off etc.). We had to get it through an MOT before we could put it on the road and it failed spectacularly. I've no idea how we managed to get it up and running before the 2 weeks was up. The biggest issue was that it felt like driving a blancmange as the suspension was shot all round, including the rear torsion bar which was so bent that the tops of the wheels rubbed on the wheel arches. It felt like it was coming apart at the seems and was terrifying to drive. It also had a dodgy engine, which had been reconditioned due to it blowing a piston when my brother didn't bother replacing a leaky radiator. Instead of boring out all the cylinders, they just did 1 , so it was really ropey and rough to drive. It enjoyed kicking out a massive plume of black smoke in the mornings too, bless it. He's got it back now and I've advised him that he sells it quick before it fails its next MOT. I would never have thought that ditching it and moving to a car 10 years its senior would be such a joy. The Golf feels like a brand new car compared to that sack o crap Oh, it's worth pointing out that at one point in my life I bought and drove a D reg 309 1.3 GL in BEIGE which had eternally binding calipers. The brakes boiled if you drove more than 20 minutes in it. It was a Rolls-Royce compared to the 306!
I drove my neighbours Talbot once. That is somthing I will never forget. It was soo bad the gear stick came off in my hand, then as I tried to steer the steering wheel was flexing towards the dash, and I only moved it down the road. The best thing was the following week he overfilled the engine oil.
no way a talbot sunbeam is a class car how dare you i challege you to a pistol duel i get to shoot first lol
my parents Renault Scenic, utterly gutless for such a minibus. light and vague steering. comfy seats though and nice little touches with the controls. thankfully it was just a 60mile trip back from the airport.
It's a bit tenuous, but the Mitsubishi Canter truck/van is a thoroughly horrible piece of engineering - 7.5t plated weight boxvan with (scary) hydraulic brakes, totally gutless engine that couldn't get it to 50 even when empty, and a tail-lift that would barely move unless you had the engine running. Out of interest, I asked the missus, she though about it for a while, and then said, with some conviction: "Your car"..
