FReeper Canteen~What Was The Worst Automobile You Ever Owned~16 Oct 08

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[AZamericonnie]

~The FReeper Canteen Asks~

What Was The Worst Automobile You Ever Owned?

1899-1939

From the Horsey Horseless to the Model T and the Airflow, ten horror stories from the auto industry's earliest days

1940-1959

From the Crosley Hotshot to the Dauphine and the King Midget, ten auto blunders from the '40s and '50s

1960-1974

From the Amphicar to the Pinto and the Gremlin, ten colossal car mistakes from the Vietnam era

1975-1989

From the Trabant to the Lagonda and the De Lorean, the worst cars of the 1980s

1990-Present

From the Prowler to the Explorer and the GM EV1, the worst cars from the past 17 years

[Professional Engineer]

Never owned one but this has to be the worst car ever.

I dunno, they dress up rather nicely.

[AZamericonnie]

Sunbeam Alpine GT. Don’t ask.

Must have been been bad...trying not to ask!:)

[AZamericonnie]

Drive safe! *Hugs*

[PERKY2004]

(happy sigh)

I just love my Mustang .....

[Tanniker Smith]

Good evening, Connie.

Good evening, all.

Worst car I've ever owned? Well, I've only owned two, really. I got married and got a key to my wife's car, but that wasn't mine.

We had a used 89 Accord for a few years and a new 96 Civic that I still have. The Accord had the affectionate title, "Rolling Death Trap".

[buccaneer81]

Worst ever: 1998 Dodge Neon Sport. Bought it new for my wife. At 9000 miles it dropped a cylinder. At 16000 miles, the automatic transmission failed and needed to be replaced. At that point, I fought with the dealership, got full credit on the car for what the Blue Book value was, and bought a new 1999 Mazda 626 that was a trouble free, fantastic car.

[AZamericonnie]

The best car I have ever owned is on the list. Jag X-type.

Funny story....a few years back my brother bought a new Jag. When I asked my lil nephew what kind of Jag his Dad bought he said "Guar". Ok....I thought it was cute!:)

[Victoria_R]

Triumph Spitfire! Something broke on it every day, and parts were EXPENSIVE!!

My family has one of those. They're actually not too bad if someone has a mechanic in the family who can adjust the engine and other stuff to deal with the idiosyncrasies.

They also can make the sharpest U-turns which can be useful.

Unfortunately, it's currently sidelined waiting for parts...

[Dust in the Wind]

1962 Chevy II

Fairly easy to work on but needed it too much as it liked to bend push rods with my driving style of the time ;^)

I bought it from my Dad for $50 and drove it for a year then sold it back to him for $50. y younger sisters then drove it for another year then Dad sold it to a 20 something for $600. So all in all I guess it was a pretty decent car; for being a Chevy in a Ford family...I don't think that I have been unfortunate enough to have had a really bad car.

[AZamericonnie]

The day I drove it home, the oil drained out on my driveway

YIKES.....not a good sign of things to come!

[nina0113]

Same here, though I don’t remember the year of my particular POS. What a horrible car, but it was all I could afford at the time - mid 80’s.

[satan]

MERKUR

[AZamericonnie]

The door locks froze below 32 degrees and I had to crawl in through the hatch - with a baby

OMGoodness! That should make for some family stories!

[Americanwolfsbrother]

Trabants made the AMF Harley's of the 70’s look like green machines (and made some East German and French oil companies very,very rich).AWB

[SandRat]

The 1961 Mercury Vomit errr.. Comet

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Tazilla....a good night? *Hugs*

[rottndog]

BRONZE!!!!!

WOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[SandRat]

Tired.. just got back from a weekend trip to see our eldest daughter, her husband, and the animal menagerie (3 cats, 2 parrots, a rabbit, and a dog).

[Army Air Corps]

They also belched smoke like a factory from the industrial revolution because of the prblem with burning engine oil. That said, I did see on E-Bay a few months ago. The car was pretty much NOS and was the last model made before reunification.

[TASMANIANRED]

She is off the reservation today.

She may have a prowl where she spends each day in a different location.

I put food and water out for her.