Ha ha,I had one of these once upon a time...
Posted on 03/05/2013 11:52:09 AM PST by US Navy Vet
I'll start, Best-1974 Chevrolet Malibu Classic 2 door just ABSOLUTLY beautiful! Worst-1979 Ford Futura DAMN thing couldn't get out of it's own way, got PASSED by a Ford Pinto on the 805 to the 92(I think)South in San Diego.
Best ever-2008 Trailblazer SS.. just wish it were 6 speed
Worst-a Jeep
Worst, 1986 Dodge K-car. Just a krappy kar, it finally had to be hauled away when the manual transmission locked up solid; the most solid thing about that piece of krap.
Best, 2002 AWD Audi TT convertible 6-speed. It goes like the wind and I can snap your head back against the head rest in the first 5 gears.
Best: 1969 Mach I 428 SCJ. Bought it in 1996 for $10K. It sits in the garage most of the time. Only 57,000 miles. Fast, oh so fast...
Worst: 1977 VW Dasher station wagon. Pretty quick and fun to drive when it decided to run. Sold it and it promptly broke down. Poor guy.
Mine was a blast when it ran. I had a friend with a Triumph that was actually more dependable!
I have had four. The other three in trucks. Only time one let me down was when a fuel pump broke. I duct taped a gas can to the roof and ran a siphon to the carb. Drove it 10 miles home.
See post #12. It was the same running gear with a nightmare smog carb. I feel your pain.
My worst...had to be my 1965 Mustang that was rear ended so I found a 1966 Mustang that had a front end wrecked and had the rear of the 66' welded to the front of the 65'. The drive train had been damaged so the transmission had to be repaired every three months or so. I had the heads shaved and it would run a good quartermile. I traded it in for the Opel....
71 Gremlin
I was able to discover the back glass hinge was bad before it fell out. Dealer wanted like $300. for the back window assy, so I bondo-ed the whole window in place.
All the weight was over the front wheels. Go to the beach with it? Forget it! With snow on the road it wouldn’t take off unless whoever was riding shotgun got out to push to get us going. And that was on Houston’s flat roads. Yeah it did snow. I think it was winter of 73-74 just before I gave it to my Sister when I joined the Navy.
She at first was thrilled. Then she found someone else who was stupid enough to take it off her hands.
Best, 2007 Subaru Legacy Gt Limited wagon, 2000 Toyota Tacoma TRD Offroad 4x4, 1992 Nissan Maxima SE.
The Sube’s just a great car, still have it, love it. Fast, roomy, practical. I wish I’d kept the Tacoma, it was practically good as new with 172k miles, never a minute’s trouble out of it. The 92 Maxima was a very solid car, rattle free and trouble free, I’d go so far as to say it was overbuilt for it’s market segment, another one I wish I’d kept. If it weren’t for the stupid mandated automatic electric shoulder harnesses, I would have. Hated those things. Not Nissan’s fault, most cars of that era had them.
Worst: 1980 AMC Spirit, 1976 Ford Mustang II, 1996 Maxima SE.
The AMC Spirit was bought for me so I shouldn’t complain but it was an awful car. Unsafe, it would swap ends on wet pavement very easily, the rear was very light. The 4 cylinder engine was best described as agricultural. The electrical system was scary, hit a bump or pothole at night and flip a coin as to whether the headlights would cut out. The Mustang II was a disguised Pinto, just heavier and slower. The Maxima was a surprise, I’d had such a great experience with the 92 that I bought another. The new one was looser driving off the lot than the 92 with 150k miles. The transaxle was a constant issue, it would get locked in reverse and have to be towed. The interior was flimsy compared to the one I traded and the A/C was weak.
WORST: 1973 Chevy Caprice Estate Wagon. The thing weighed about 10,000 pounds and got 5 gallons to the mile - but in its defense if you got in an accident the other guy would die in a crumpled heap of aluminum, and you might suffer a small scratch on the bumper. :)
Ha! I had a '74 MGB. Good thing I'm a shade tree mechanic. It was constantly having problems. But when you have the carbs synchronised and tuned up, it was a blast to drive! Especially on Highway 90 down the beaches of the MS Gulf Coast in Summer. Would get scratch in 3 gears...
Best - 2003 Buick Century. They made them for rental cars. Not great at anything, but good at everything.
Worst - 1979 Honda Accord LXi. I think they didn’t put oil in it at the factory. Went to fill it up the first time and checked the oil. Dry dipstick. Should have driven it through the dealers front doors. Radiator blew up. Paint bubbled and peeled.
1981 black t-top Camaro. Handled like a dream and plenty of power.
First car I owned was a 1972 Ford Bronco....A great truck. Wish I'd never sold it...but I bought a '61 VW truck...and I still have it..and it's worth $25+k now...
So I'd have to say....that's the best car I've even driven.
best: 1986 VW GTI , car drove like it was wired into your brain.
2nd best 2003 MBZ C230 Kompressor , unbelievably competant car in all conditions
worst: 1978 Cutlass 305/turbo200/2.29 gears , slow slow slow because it had the infamous sbc camshaft problem (worn lobes because chevy too cheap to heat treat/temper the cam)
2nd worst: Chevy Cavalier ,, rust rust rust ,, clunky , slow and not too economical. cheapest interior ever.
Best is easily a 2010 Cadillac CTS, 304 horses, quiet and smooth ride while the sporty handling is a dream. Honorable mention to my trusty 1995 Chevy Lumina for reliability that saw over 220k miles of hard city driving all over DFW and was a solid value. Definitely understated. Worst would be my high school/college transportation,a lemonesque Ford Freakin Escort, which ultimately caught on fire due to electrical problems, but only after a string of mechanical failures. It just might be the worst car to roll off an assembly line.
1969 AMX
390 V-8
4-Speed Manual
0-60mph -- never timed it. Never cared to.
The ONLY American car made at the time that could beat the Chevrolet Corvette out of the factory.
Speedometer went up to 140 and I can tell you factually it could do it -- easily.
Worst car ever owned: 1976 Mercury Comet. Had a 250 Inline 6 Cylinder that threw a rod while idling at a stop light. Took the 250 Inline 6 out and dropped a 302 V-8 in and turned that lemon into lemonade. Became my Friday Night money maker. Car looked like complete crap with surface rust all over the rear quarters, but it was light and fast as hell with the 302 in it. That car ended up helping pay my college tuition.
Coming from a family full of awful cars, it’s hard to pick a (least) favorite. The really bad ones predated my actual car ownership.
Worst of all time was a Sunbeam Rapier my dad “drove” when I was a kid. Seemingly, every day he would leave for work, then return home a few minutes later, cursing, and grab my mom’s car to get to work. Then a tow truck would deliver the Sunbeam.
After that was a Rambler Classic with a three on the tree. The gear shift linkage would regularly jam and my mom would have to jump out of the car, lift the hood and free the gear shift linkage in traffic.
My personal best car was a 1990 Corolla. It was also the first car I actually owned. It was trouble free for nearly 200k miles. I regretted trading it in for a newer Corolla which was something of a lemon and my personal worst car. My current SUV is far nicer than my first Corolla, but that car got me through my first two jobs and into a real career on the cheap.
Best....1988 Toyota Supra...200 M.P.H. on I-75. I actually worked on the car , amazed that it all went right back in place.
Worst..1984 Z-28 Camero..literally rusted beneath me.
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