[Black Powder]

WHAT'S THE WORST CAR OF THE MILLENIUM?

Whatever car I happen to be driving.

[Vidalia]

My Mother the Car....

[supercat]

No. 9 - Renault Dauphine

I know someone who has a Dauphine that was converted to an electric car. Still not quite sure why...

[blackbart.223]

The aforementioned Yugo. It may have been cheap but it was so for good reason.

[socal_parrot]

"HI! I'm socal_parrot and I owned a '74 Chevy Vega."

"Hi parrot!"

The first step to recovery is admitting you need help.

I got better. My next car was a '78 Trans Am.

[I still care]

I had a Dodge Aspen (Volare). And yes, the article describes it exactly. Every time it rained, it stalled. It was scary to drive. I owned it 10 years, out of which 6 it didn't work at all. But I always thought it was pretty. Of course, a car that is pretty doesn't do you any good if it doesn't get you anywhere....

[jumpstartme]

#10- VW Bus...

But, have you seen the new concept VW Microbus? Due for production and market release in 2005. Here it is:

VW, making a comeback...

[gracie1]

What, no Trabant?

[c-b 1]

I once went on a tow call to an accident in town, neither vehicle was going over 20, a le car was T-boned by a 67 Ford Pickup, the right door of the le car was pushed almost to the center of the car, the pick up had some damage but drove away.

[EternalVigilance]

The worst car I ever saw (a good friend had one) was the AMC Pacer...half the car was a glass bubble-like windshield (strange)...and the other half was doors...those doors were so big, the law of gravity assured that they would tend to fall off. The thing ran pretty good, but the body was a disaster waiting to happen.

[Arkinsaw]

I had a Jeep CJ in which I installed 4 rear axles. One broke and I had it done at the dealership. I found that too expensive so the next time it broke I installed it myself. When that one broke I thought I had done something wrong so I had it done at the dealership. The next one I installed myself just to get it in good enough shape to sell.

I also had a Dodge K-Car. When the stop light turned green I stepped on the accelerator. The front bolts holding the seat in place broke. I found myself in the back seat going through a busy intersection. I ended up putting a Domino's Pizza dough tray in the back seat propped up against the head rest to hold it up. If someone had hit me in the rear it would have taken my head off. I guess I can't complain too much. The block cracked so I JB welded it and drove it for close to 50,000 miles. I'm not so sure if thats due to the quality of the K-Car or the quality of a healthy dollop of JB Weld.

[Arkinsaw]

I forget which car it was, I think a Monza or something, where you had to take out the engine to change the spark plugs or change the oil filter.

[L.N. Smithee]

No 6 - Renault Le Car

As you can see, the Le Car had the words "Le Car" printed across the bottom of the door. The late Herb Caen, columnist of the SF Chron, was once told by a dissatisfied Le Car owner that he was going to replace the letters "Car" with "Mon," so that it would read "Le Mon!"

My vote goes to the Ford Escort of the early 80's. Ford had commercials year after year touting the Escort as the best selling car in America.

Seen any on the road lately?

[weegee]

Didn't "Clinton's War" result in our bombing of the Yugo factory?

[Looking for Diogenes]

My dad read this article and bent my ear about how much he loved the VW buses. He had one of the first in this country, which he'd picked up in Germany. He describes how going over the hilly country from New York to Pittsburgh he had to floor it down the hills in order to get nough speed to make it up the next hill.

He also tells of driving it to the Plaza Hotel for a white-tie and tails reception. The valets had never come across a shift pattern like it and took five minutes to get it in gear.

I've got my own fond memories of VW buses, but not all of them are for public consumption.

There are still a lot of them on the road.

[American Preservative]

BeePing! : )

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[rightofrush]

No. 9 - Renault Dauphine

Au contraire - My wife-to-be got one as a graduation present from college. We were driving in north Nevada when she lost control of the car coming out of a cut when caught by a wind gust. We were going at 60+ mi/hr, and the car went end over end three times down the highway. The car was not totaled. We weren't wearing seat belts, and the only injury that resulted was a broken bone in my wife's foot.
When we poped out the car, the truck driver behind us stopped and behaved as though he was seeing gosts.

It was a bit slow going up a hill, but we could often pass cars on the way down that passed us on the way up.

The worst car we ever had was a 1973 Toyota Carina. It may have been the only model of Toyota that was given the "Do not buy this car" award by Consumer Reports.

[goody2shooz]

My all time worst car was a VW Karman Ghia. Dreadful car. Couldn't wait to get rid of it.

Bought a '73 Datsun 240Z. A terrific car, great to drive, easy to tune up and light enough that I can push it on a flat street IF it konks out. Still have it, stored in a heated garage.

If that car was a man, I'd marry it.

[rockfish59]

One of those old MARTINA NAVRATHEVOLVOS!

[rockfish59]

One of the better ones!