10 Worst Cars of All Time

thestreet ^ | 6-2012 | ted reed

[US Navy Vet]

This is what helped to make alot of US Cars of the Late 60s, all of the 70s and quite a bit of the 80s such POSs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed Raphy Nader penned THIS screed.

[kosciusko51]

I also had a '77 Spitfire as well (50th anniversary of the Spitfire, BTW). Did not have much trouble with the electronics, but the ignition system was previously replaced with a non-Lucas kit. Of course, I did have to replace the master and slave on the clutch and the master on the brakes - I lost half the brakes coming back from Malibu on PCH. I never stepped so hard on them in all my life. Fortunately, the girl in the car with me at the time never knew the difference.

Some other Spitfire humour:

Little Billy and his Dad were down at the autocross watching the Spitfires zipping through the cones. Little Billy looks up to his Dad and says, "Dad, when I grow up, I want to be a Spitfire driver." His Dad looks down at him and says, "You can't do both, son." Q:

[Fresh Wind]

Not long ago, I saw a Range Rover for sale at an estate auction. I don’t remember what year it was, but I think it was maybe 15 years old. Out of curiosity, I got into it and looked around, and noticed a fat wad of old service receipts for the vehicle. It was shocking how much some foolish yuppie had paid to keep that POS running. There was page after page of multi-thousand dollar repairs, the total must have come to something like $15K-$20K.

Never, ever buy an English car.

[Slings and Arrows]

What’s really entertaining about those Smart Cars is to watch obese people drive them. Yes, they do fit into them. How? A very large shoehorn, maybe?

Thank you for giving me yet another excuse to post this video.

[cableguymn]

i had a 1973 monza 2+2 with a/c that originally started off life with a 260 or 262 SBC and a 4 speed.

with it’s little carb it was ok..

So we stuffed a 400 SBC in it with a street cam and holey 650 double pumper..

That car would scare the pants off most anyone if you launched right.

it was a PITA but you could get to the rear plugs. I think we got to them through the wheel wells.

[kosciusko51]

If you are looking for some vintage styling with modern performance, you might be interested in this this:

[Wordkraft]

The batteries (2 6 volt)made jump starting an adventure. But it was the best car I ever had for driving in snow. It never got stuck... and I was living in Cleveland, Ohio at the time.

[oh8eleven]

'75 or ‘76 Triumph TR6
Hemmings Classifieds

[RJS1950]

Years (86) ago I bought a POS, beat up, 72 Vega for a work car. It looked like crap but it ran well, even in below-zero weather and I drove it for 4 years. I bought it for 400 dollars and sold it as a project car for 100 dollars. It was reliable, but not very pretty, a real rust bucket.

On the other hand, the car that should be near the top of this list would be a 71 Plymouth Cricket. I bought one new in 71 and the problems began within hours of leaving the showroom. Since I had to be back at my duty station 1800 miles away in just a few days I didn’t have much time to wait for another car so I stuck with it. It was a true money pit, British parts, an electrical system that was crap, a Leyland suspension that was even worse than crap. After four years, thousands of dollars and little to no maintenance support from Plymouth I dumped it as a tradein on a new Chevy and drove away from the saleslot as quickly as I could without looking back at the money pit I had just left behind.

That car and its Chrysler-Plymouth clones was the worst of the worst I have ever bought.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-—The olds.. well.. Some GM engineer (who probably still works there) thought it would be smart to take a gas engine and bolt some diesel bits on it and see how it went.-—

All too believeable.

[oh8eleven]

I did have to replace the master and slave on the clutch and the master on the brakes
Yeah, me too, more than once.
Also, the brake caliper pistons would stick so often, I could take apart, free up/lubricate and bleed the system in about 11 minutes. LOL ...

[cableguymn]

I think this gal is showing us the proper postion to be in when it's time to push it back to the dealership for repairs.. Push with your hip to save your back.
butt ugly car.

[Little Ray]

Well, since this was Charleston, SC, I don’t think she ever had a chance to find out about snow.
I don’t know how it drove (was a bit young...) but she followed it with a Mustang then a Mustang Mach 1!

[Ditter]

When I was about 14/15 I was riding my horse past a car dealership when I saw an Isseta. I stopped in and the salesman held my horse while I took a test drive. It was pretty fun to drive but I liked my horse and my ‘49 Ford coupe better. Had I known it would be worth $50,000. dollars today I ............ probably would NOT have bought the ugly little toad! LOL!

[doug from upland]

I've had many, many cars. Even a Vega and Corvair. Let's see - several 356 Porsches, Porsche 912, horrible piece of crap Porsche 924, several VWs, Camaro Z-28, several Mustangs including 1966 2+2 and 1967 convertible, 2 vans, Pontiac Grand Prix, Toyota station wagon (yuk, I was very poor at the time, LOL), Pontiac Grand Am (what was I thinking?), Datsun 1600 Roadster, Datsun Z car, Acura, several Hondas, Chrysler Sebring, Mazda RX7 convertible (for 10 years), PT Cruiser (what was I thinking?), Here are my favorite rides from many years ago and currently. The 1959 Porsche Convertible D was wonderful. It had about a dozen coats of black laquer. The Benz has retractable hardtop and a turbo for fun. I may never get rid of this one.

[KC Burke]

I think that is a fine daily commuter.....

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...in Detroit.

[doug from upland]

Also had an MG Midget and an MGTD Replicar.

[cableguymn]

This thing was my 2nd or 3rd car.. I can't remember (my first was a 1982 Honda Civic)..

All the worst of Chrysler and Mitsubishi rolled in to one. You needed a PHD to repair (well... lets be honest.. Patch) the carb to get it to run properly.. for a while..

[America_Right]

Interesting...I OWN an Aztek. It has been the most reliable vehicle I have ever owned! I also think it is aesthetically pleasing in a unique way...:-) It isn’t the standard, run-of-the-mill body style...I don’t agree AT ALL with the #1 choice!!!

You have a very apt name, EnigmaticAnomoly...

[cableguymn]

when I saw the “I love the aztek” post I thought to myself..

There is one in every crowd.

I’ll be they where in the focus group that pontiac used to approve the design.