Top 10 Scariest Cars

Cars.com ^ | October 8, 2006 | Tom and Ray Magliozzi

[Lurker]

Best of luck scaring one up. When I was in high school a friend of mine got a brand spanking new one when he got his license sophomore year.

By senior year there was barely a trace of the body left. It had rusted out almost completely.

I didn't think it was possible to almost literally watch a car melt in the rain, but the AMC Pacer is the one car that could pull it off.

On the bright side you could park it in the front yard, flip it over, and make a pretty nifty koi pond out of it.

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[MarkL]

I was just kidding! My first car was a '62 MGA 1600 Mk. II. The only car I ever owned with a wood floor!

My step mother (later given to my step brother) had a car with a wooden floor. It was a 10 year old Datsun B210, and the floor on the driver side had completely rusted through. So, to keep from driving like the flintstones, we put a piece of plywood in to make a floor.

Mark

[2111USMC]

I had a friend in high school that had one of those Mavericks with a 302.

Sucker would haul balls!

[Proud2BeRight]

The VW Thing was the ugliest vehicle made back then. I remember walking into a dealership back then and laughing so hard we couldn't even talk with the salesman.

[Fresh Wind]

My friend had a Lotus Elan. I fit into it OK, but I could never drive it with my shoes on-the pedals were too close together.

They must have had monkeys working in the factory. I've never seen wiring in a car that was as bad as that one.

[Proud2BeRight]

Theyy forgot the Hon-duh Element. It is not just scary but the ugliest thing every to hit the streets.

[Theo]

Of all the cars, that was one I was expecting to see in the list.... :-)

[Chickensoup]

My friend had a Lotus Elan. I fit into it OK, but I could never drive it with my shoes on-the pedals were too close together.

The Lotus Elan was reverse engineered in developing the Miatia...the quinessential woman's car.

[Boazo]

Your right

[MarkL]

The '73 Duster would get tail-happy even equipped with the Slant 6.

Did you know that Iski made a HP cam for that, and you could get an offy intake manifold for a HP carb... IIRC, you could mount a small 4 barrel on it.

Those were great motors!

Mark

[Cobra64]

NOW were talkin!!

Here she is from the rear.

Here she is about a month from completion (doors, gills, emblems, etc.). Note the exclamation ("Fired 45 secs") on the garage wall - only took 45 seconds to break her cherry. LOL.

[ratzoe]

Thru the years...
64 Falcon Convertible - first car, loved it..289 automatic
63 Falcon - 302 boss engine..straight lines only
71 Vega - Have seen no mention of em in this thread..real losers
72 Pinto - Never thought about the gas tank problem and never really had a problem with it
70 VW - Ran forever, low maintenance
74 Vega Wagon - never said I was smart
78.5 MG Midget - Had fun but worked on it an awful lot
85 Shelby Charger - fast and fun
88 Safari Van - never mind
94 Saturn - never mind,too
02 Escape - nothing to complain about
02 Mustang GT - ya only turn 50 once..straight line car, leave it parked when it rains
03 Explorer - Nice vehicle, never a problem with it
89 Vette - Wifes, expensive cuz I won't work on it
06 Mustang GT Convertible - ya only turn 54 once, unbelievably stable and quick
06 Fusion - nice except I don't like the stupid little clock in it.

[Kiss Me Hardy]

That MGB would have been the last with the three main bearings (the one with the lever action door handles?), basically an MGA 1600cc donk with a longer stroke. I've owned three of them, and like like good lookin' women, they were high maintenance but a lot of fun, despite poor handling.

Most fun I've ever had on four (moving) wheels: A bug-eye Austin healey sprite with the original 800cc engine replaced by a 1600cc Ford. Didn't own, just drove it a bunch of times -- and it was like being in the world's fastest and only street-legal go-kart.

Was the aztek really designed by a team of gals? If so, it would explain everything.

[Boazo]

Very nice Tiger - yours? No I did the restoration.Then about year later it was sold to I believe soneone in Florida.

[B-Chan]

Ah, the Sunbeam Tiger, my ultimate dream car...

[bannie]

I don't know who this lady is...but that looks exactly like my first car--except we had big, fat tires on it.

[Neidermeyer]

I had a 1972 AMC Ambassador .. heres a scary thought .. vacuum operated windshield wipers ,, uphill in the rain your wipers would cut out every time... mine was the same yellow color you described.

[bannie]

Have we forgotten the Corvair?

My x-husband had two--so he could keep one running.

[LowOiL]

LOL, I got a pea green 62 Chrysler Newport that is much loved (and needing more)... Pushbutton of course

[Shooter 2.5]

It was a great car and I love it. My only regret about the car was it only had the three speed manual on the floor. I wish I had spent the money for the four speed.

I was able to get one of the spark plugs out only after someone had broken off my radio antenna.