The 10 Worst Cars - Ever!

johngalt · Feb 26, 2012

If we are taking nominations for new cars, I nominate the new for 2012 BMW 328/528. They have replaced the naturally aspirated 3.0 straight-6 with a 2.0 turbo 4. My dad and I test drove one a few days ago - very sluggish, lots of turbo lag, sounds like a cheap Honda civic, and gas mileage that is barely better than the turbo 3.0 straight 6 in the 335/535, and probably is no better than the engine it replaced.

Marksman · Feb 26, 2012

My sister drove a '73 Vega during the eight years she was in graduate school. All four fenders had completely rusted through by that time, often wondered what kept them from falling completely off. My worst was a '79 Chevy pickup with a straight six and three speed manual transmission. The most underpowered vehicle I ever drove.

Double-O-Dave · Feb 26, 2012

Buick Skyhawk = Pontiac Sunbird = Cheverolet Monza = miserable piece of monkey **** masquerading as a car.

This was a car that gave subcompacts a bad name. I bought one new off of the lot and kept going back to the dealer to have him replace the interior parts that kept falling off. Alas, I was too young and stupid to know how to complain, otherwise, I would have made them take it back. This car was American engineering at its best. For example, the heating ducts all pointed at the driver - there were no ducts on the passenger side of the car. Even on a short trip in the winter, your feet were burning up while your passenger was freezing to death! To do a tune-up, you had to have the engine pulled so the last 2 spark plugs could be changed. After this fiasco I quit buying American made cars.

Regards,

Dave

medxam · Feb 26, 2012

Renault Dauphine - "The Winter Wonder Car" of the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley.

I rolled one while in college and it looked like a beer can that someone had stepped on. Got out without a scratch. Must have been my BAC that saved me.

medxam

BaldEagle1313 · Feb 26, 2012

Double-O-Dave said:
Buick Skyhawk = Pontiac Sunbird = Cheverolet Monza = miserable piece of monkey **** masquerading as a car.

This was a car that gave subcompacts a bad name. I bought one new off of the lot and kept going back to the dealer to have him replace the interior parts that kept falling off. Alas, I was too young and stupid to know how to complain, otherwise, I would have made them take it back. This car was American engineering at its best. For example, the heating ducts all pointed at the driver - there were no ducts on the passenger side of the car. Even on a short trip in the winter, your feet were burning up while your passenger was freezing to death! To do a tune-up, you had to have the engine pulled so the last 2 spark plugs could be changed. After this fiasco I quit buying American made cars.

Regards,

Dave

When I got married my new wife's car was a V-6 Sunbird Coupe. After the ceremony, when we were walking back down the aisle and had been married for maybe 90 seconds, my new father-in-law shook my hand, looked me in the eye and said "your wife's car needs a tune-up."

Sebago Son · Feb 26, 2012

NCTexan said:
Presenting.... The 2012 Fiat 500.

Is this one of them-there Smart Cars?

I drive around 50,000 miles a year on business and I wouldn't drive that deathtrap across town.

Unless I can find an equivalent, I'll keep driving Grand Marqs and Crown Vics until there ar none left on the market and then I'll start pulling them out of scrap yards and rebuilding them to zero mile specs.

'Smart Cars' be damned.

Drew

Will Carry · Feb 26, 2012

A babe magnet! I had to fight off the women with a fire hose.
That and my double nit plaid hip huggers and boozo the clown hair.

65kaiser · Feb 26, 2012

Will Carry said:
A babe magnet! I had to fight off the women with a fire hose.
That and my double nit plaid hip huggers and boozo the clown hair.

Boozo!!! was that Bozo's alcoholic brother???

Marshwheeling · Feb 26, 2012

65kaiser said:
Boozo!!! was that Bozo's alcoholic brother???

I'm gonna say Boozo is apocryphal. If there were a Boozo, he for sure would have had a role in "The Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies":
Shakes the Clown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

walnutred · Feb 26, 2012

jframe said:
Well, nobody has mentioned my personal favorite piece of ****: Suzuki. As a Ford and Suzuki parts dealer who has spent seven years with Toyota, and five years with Nissan before that, Suzuki is without a doubt the biggest piece of junk I've had the priviledge of making money off of in my entire 24 year parts career.

Our 2005 Suzuki Aerio SX must be the exception then. At around 150K we gave it to our son for a college car and I have no idea how many miles are on it now. Other than going through a set of tires every 40K there has been no unusual maintenance issues. Which is good because some parts will be very hard to find not that it's an orphan.

I had a Ford Cortina which was a vehicle only suitable for the British. If you are part of a culture that considered a 5 mile road trip to be a major excursion than a Cortina would probably seem like a reasonable automobile.

BaldEagle1313 · Feb 26, 2012

Will Carry said:
A babe magnet! I had to fight off the women with a fire hose.
That and my double nit plaid hip huggers and boozo the clown hair.

Hey, drop a 401 from a Javelin in that thing and you have a pretty quick car. Squirrelly as heck, but fast.

Kavinsky · Feb 26, 2012

Sebago Son said:
Is this one of them-there Smart Cars?

I drive around 50,000 miles a year on business and I wouldn't drive that deathtrap across town.

Unless I can find an equivalent, I'll keep driving Grand Marqs and Crown Vics until there ar none left on the market and then I'll start pulling them out of scrap yards and rebuilding them to zero mile specs.

'Smart Cars' be damned.

Drew

aint nothing going to save you from that regardless of the make or model, unless its another dump truck, save for maybe driving on the sidewalk to get out of the way, something that fiat, the original lotus elan or the old mini from the original italian job would be ideal for.

after all when it comes to accident avoidance cars like that are ideal because of their small size and maneuverability and judging by the hubcap there its a medium sized civic, not one of those small cars I just described.

Will Carry said:
A babe magnet! I had to fight off the women with a fire hose.
That and my double nit plaid hip huggers and boozo the clown hair.

Hmm hey atleast its got character unlike the cars I mentioned and you dont see those everyday, actually I kinda like it in the same way I like the original mini, its charming in an odd way and those suckers could blow the doors off of the 6 clyinder cars like the E type and the DB5 back in the day.

Evil One · Feb 26, 2012

Kavinsky said:
aint nothing going to save you from that regardless of the make or model, unless its another dump truck, save for maybe driving on the sidewalk to get out of the way, something that fiat, the original lotus elan or the old mini from the original italian job would be ideal for.

after all when it comes to accident avoidance cars like that are ideal because of their small size and maneuverability and judging by the hubcap there its a medium sized civic, not one of those small cars I just described.

Agreed, and most people dont realize that the smart car is a rolling roll cage.
It is more like the real steel older cars than most newer ones.
It doesnt have the crush zones that newer cars have.
It will basically survive a 70 mph barrier impact, however the occupant wouldnt due to the sudden stop.

Jim

Will Carry · Feb 26, 2012

My Gremlin had a 304 Cu/In 5 liter V-8 with the horse power sucking emission controls removed and a set of Hooker Headers with Hush Thrush mufflers. Motorcraft carb with 3 on the floor and 3:51 rear end.It was Bozo orange to match my head.

Sebago Son · Feb 26, 2012

Sceptic...

Kavinsky said:
"... after all when it comes to accident avoidance cars like that are ideal because of their small size and maneuverability..."

You'll never convince me of that hokus-pokus.... I am a reality based human being with a highly objective point of view....

Last spring my Gran Marq and I were rear-ended by a stoned and drunk punk. The speed limit in that zone is 45 MPH. There were no skid marks. He never touched his brakes. He was driving a *** Saturn.

He went to the hospital then Jail. His car went to the scrap yard. I drove home to a nice dinner.

sheepdawg · Feb 26, 2012

I painted and hung wallpaper out of a 73 Pinto Station wagon for 3 years in the late 70s. It had it's moments but if you parked it on a hill it would always start. A 61 MGA that I owned for about a month was the biggest ***. You could shut the door a little hard and have to reset the timing.

DeathGrip · Feb 26, 2012

Will Carry said:
My Gremlin had a 304 Cu/In 5 liter V-8 with the horse power sucking emission controls removed and a set of Hooker Headers with Hush Thrush mufflers. Motorcraft carb with 3 on the floor and 3:51 rear end.It was Bozo orange to match my head.

Sleeper. I tried to buy one from my friend but he couldn't let it go. It rotted in the Everglades. do you remember the Levi interiors?

Ahh the '70's.

Sebago Son · Feb 26, 2012

There with you Bro!

sheepdawg said:
I painted and hung wallpaper out of a 73 Pinto Station wagon for 3 years in the late 70s. It had it's moments but if you parked it on a hill it would always start. A 61 MGA that I owned for about a month was the biggest ***. You could shut the door a little hard and have to reset the timing.

I did part time carpentry work out of my 1965 Corvair 500 4 door while I was going to school in the early 70's... Sure looked funny with a ladder sticking out of the truck. Especially so considering the trunk was in the front...

Kavinsky · Feb 27, 2012

Sebago Son said:
You'll never convince me of that hokus-pokus.... I am a reality based human being with a highly objective point of view....

Last spring my Gran Marq and I were rear-ended by a stoned and drunk punk. The speed limit in that zone is 45 MPH. There were no skid marks. He never touched his brakes. He was driving a *** Saturn.

He went to the hospital then Jail. His car went to the scrap yard. I drove home to a nice dinner.

I ment in the big city with people coming at you and are you sure that was really 45 mph? it looks more like 25 judging by the damage

and yeah of course the small cars going to loose against a bigger car in that kind of case, but I'm talking about in a big city there in that case with the dump trucks, the only way you would have dodged that is with a small and very nimble car.

Sebago Son · Feb 27, 2012

No one knows how fast the crank head was traveling when he hit me. The posted speed was 45 and the prevailing traffic condition in that area is generally alot higher. All I know is that there were no skid marks so I doubt that he hit his brakes.

Regardless. That night I was grateful to be driving a big hunk of American Iron. Elsewise I might have been on the same ward as the idiot who T/A'd me....

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