50 worst cars of all-time

[alocispepraluger102]

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/1,2...1658545,00.html

[rostasi]

The descriptions are ROTF funny!!!

Yeah Bucky Fuller's contraption wasn't one of his best ideas...

...and Malcolm Bricklin's first failure was almost my first car.

It was suppose to be a graduation present. I got to drive one

and I thought it was the absolute coolest - kinda reminded me of

all of the spy TV shows that I used to love.

...and those AMC doozies! I had a robin's egg blue Hornet

that had to have a new transmission brought in by Greyhound bus from Atlanta,

(ultimately costing me my job)

because of the fact that AMC was just an amalgamation of parts from

a bunch of other car companies. AMC...ahhh...

I remember one summer while working for a car dealership "hiking" cars

across sometimes hundreds of miles from one dealer to another, I had the

displeasure of driving a Pacer - mostly with my right hand, 'cause

my left arm was desperately trying to hold the driver's side door -

not just closed but actually on to the car,

because it had become detached from the rest of the car.

"Ford Explorer is responsible for setting this country on the spiral of vehicular obesity that we are still contending with today"

Yup.

[Christiern]

I can vouch for the 1961 Chevrolet Corvair. I bought it from my ex wife when she returned to Denmark in 1962 and it was without a doubt a dangerous piece of junk. It sat in front of my building until the windshield was covered with tickets--I "sold" it for the price of the tickets.

[MoGrubb]

I can testify to the Pinto. My mom's hatchback window fell out and it used way too much oil.

[alocispepraluger102]

these anecdotes were better than the article!

[sidewinder]

Just about everything (except classic Rovers and MGs) that British Leyland ever made from 1970 through to the late 80s. Mini, Allegro, Austin Ambassador, Maxi, Mini Metro, duds the lot.

To paraphrase the Triumph TR7 review (right crock-o-shit that one, remember it well) - "It was as if British Leyland's workers were trying to sabotage the country's balance of trade. Oh yeah". Well - they succeeded.

Fortunately our car industry is now provided for by those useful Germans.

Edited September 10, 2007 by sidewinder

[alocispepraluger102]

Just about everything (except classic Rovers and MGs) that British Leyland ever made from 1970 through to the late 80s. Mini, Allegro, Austin Ambassador, Maxi, Mini Metro, duds the lot.

To paraphrase the Triumph TR7 review (right crock-o-shit that one, remember it well) - "It was as if British Leyland's workers were trying to sabotage the country's balance of trade. Oh yeah". Well - they succeeded.

Fortunately our car industry is now provided for by those useful Germans.

i had a new TR6, until i got married, which i loved.

[sidewinder]

Yep - everything up to and including TR6 was OK. The TR7 was a total dog...

[tonym]

Yep - everything up to and including TR6 was OK. The TR7 was a total dog...

Was it Guigaro, the Italian designer, who commented upon seeing it at a motor show....."My God, they've done the same on this side too..."

[tonym]

But they're bang out of order with the Multipla; fantastic cars that handle surprisingly well...(even with 4 passengers , 4 bikes and luggage.....)

[clifford_thornton]

I had not one, but two piece-of-shit Ford Tauruses. The first one in high school, which I gave to my sister upon leaving for college, and the second I got while in college and realized I needed a car again.

The second I abandoned in front of a bar because I wasn't safe to drive it. I canceled the title the next day and got a near-new Honda Civic, which is great.

[Tim McG]

50 worst cars of all-time, tell us about your car from hell.

'72 Ford Pinto.

The exploding model.

Need I say more?

[Tim McG]

Did I mention I only buy/own Japanese made cars now....?

[Shawn]

1973 VW Beetle. Of course it was already 13 years old when I bought it...but in the less than two years I owned it I swear I replaced almost every part on that car. Carb, 3 (!) starters, transmission, exhaust system, oil sender, had to rewire the dash after all the wires fused themselves together into one large chunk, distributor, alternator, etc, etc, etc.

[alocispepraluger102]

I had not one, but two piece-of-shit Ford Tauruses. The first one in high school, which I gave to my sister upon leaving for college, and the second I got while in college and realized I needed a car again.

The second I abandoned in front of a bar because I wasn't safe to drive it. I canceled the title the next day and got a near-new Honda Civic, which is great.

i have had much better luck with my 95 taurus, like 225,000 miles and still going strong.

[clifford_thornton]

Wow. That's surprising.

I barely got over 120K on my 2nd Taurus (a '95).

[MoGrubb]

Re: TRs

A friend of mine's girlfriend had a TR-4 in high school. That thing looked really cool. I test drove one years later, LOVED it, but couldn't afford it. You practically sit on the ground, way cool. I opted for a MGBGT that was kinda a disappointment.

I had not one, but two piece-of-shit Ford Tauruses. The first one in high school, which I gave to my sister upon leaving for college, and the second I got while in college and realized I needed a car again.

The second I abandoned in front of a bar because I wasn't safe to drive it. I canceled the title the next day and got a near-new Honda Civic, which is great.

i have had much better luck with my 95 taurus, like 225,000 miles and still going strong.

I have more confidence in my 2002 Taurus than in an '87 deVille(1991-2003). Haven't had a bit of trouble, 18+mpg around town and it doesn't use oil.

Edited September 11, 2007 by MoGrubb

[alocispepraluger102]

Wow. That's surprising.

I barely got over 120K on my 2nd Taurus (a '95).

a lemon

[sidewinder]

1973 VW Beetle. Of course it was already 13 years old when I bought it...but in the less than two years I owned it I swear I replaced almost every part on that car. Carb, 3 (!) starters, transmission, exhaust system, oil sender, had to rewire the dash after all the wires fused themselves together into one large chunk, distributor, alternator, etc, etc, etc.

My folks had one of those when I was a kid. Recall very clearly looking out of the back after one very long drive to see flames coming out of the back grill and a guy with a big bucket of water running out of his house to help us on seeing it (talk about luck - he was an off-duty fireman !)