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FReeper Canteen~What Was The Worst Automobile You Ever Owned~16 Oct 08
Serving the BEST military in the world! | Canteen Crew

Posted on 10/15/2008 5:47:53 PM PDT by 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




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To: E.G.C.

Good Morning E.G.C. :)
HUGS


261 posted on 10/16/2008 5:14:33 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA ( God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: AZamericonnie
Good Morning Connie :)
for today's thread!
HUGS
262 posted on 10/16/2008 5:22:34 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA ( God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: GodBlessUSA

((HUGS))Good morning, GodBlessUSA. How’s it going?


263 posted on 10/16/2008 5:26:35 AM PDT by E.G.C. (To read a freeper's FR postings, click on his or her screen name and then "In Forum".)
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To: E.G.C.

Very good, thanks! How are you today?


264 posted on 10/16/2008 5:31:35 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA ( God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: GodBlessUSA

It’s going OK. Been doing lots of stuff on the computer this morning.


265 posted on 10/16/2008 5:33:54 AM PDT by E.G.C. (To read a freeper's FR postings, click on his or her screen name and then "In Forum".)
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To: AZamericonnie

Golly ... this is too easy. A Mazda rotary engine station wagon. What was I thinking back then?


266 posted on 10/16/2008 5:35:08 AM PDT by RightField (A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well,.)
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To: diverteach

I couldn’t agree more. I bought one new in ‘79. Had it for 12 months. It was in the garage 13 times.


267 posted on 10/16/2008 5:35:22 AM PDT by neal1960 (This space for rent.)
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To: RightField
What was I thinking back then?

Kinda the same thing we sometimes say when we think back to who we had a crush on or the clothes we wore back years ago and ..... LOL

268 posted on 10/16/2008 5:59:54 AM PDT by beachn4fun (This space left intentionally blank.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

Good morning, dear

((HUGS))

I’m still waiting for the rain (drumming fingers on the desk)


269 posted on 10/16/2008 6:02:09 AM PDT by beachn4fun (This space left intentionally blank.)
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To: beachn4fun; GodBlessUSA

Good morning to you. (((HUGS))) to both of you.

We had over two inches of rain yesterday.

We have been dry for months. Thank God our prayers were answered.


270 posted on 10/16/2008 6:14:14 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Will it be "comrade" after the elections?)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Yeah, I had a 5 year loan on the thing and couldn't afford to get another truck any earlier than 9 years.

From: CapnJack in NH.

PS: gotta love your Governor, she is right there is a special kinship between Alaska and NH with the tax structures and the love of the outdoors.

Have a good day.

271 posted on 10/16/2008 6:18:52 AM PDT by CapnJack
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To: AZamericonnie

Renault Alliance. I think Renault is French for "crap with four wheels". Bad memories.

272 posted on 10/16/2008 6:20:30 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (We're counting on you to drag the old codger across the finish line first, Sarah!)
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To: AZamericonnie
Worst Car was my first car: 1977 VW Rabbit, w/ fuel injection. The floor board had rusted out under both the driver (real bad) and the passenger (just a little hole). I could see the road under my feet as I drove, and would drop "smoke grenades" down the hole at night (teenage years). That was fun until I missed the hole as I drove and the whole car filled with smoke real fast at 3AM and had to pull over and open both doors and the hatchback to let the smoke billow out. I had to explain what I did to the cop when they passed by, he almost fell over from laughter, didn't get a ticket.
Worst motorcycle was my 1979 AMF Harley XLS Sportster -- I carried two saddlebags of spare parts and tools. It truly lived up to the old Harley adage, "It ain't a Harley if it doesn't leak." I've heard they're better now, but I can't afford to take the risk again.
273 posted on 10/16/2008 8:11:46 AM PDT by USAF_TSgt
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To: mad_as_he$$

You wouldn’t have had to lead me by much...


274 posted on 10/16/2008 8:13:04 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: PERKY2004

If it’s any consolation, it’s much better now in Iraq than ever in the past. I just got back from Southern Baghdad (Rashid District), and it’s getting better. We saw a lot of activity decrease after the “March Madness”, and it’s remained low throughout the summer. The locals are really stepping up (the permanent solution vice the surge - a temporary solution) and taking charge of their own country. May G-d bless you and your husband, and our family will add him to our nightly prayers with my buddies who are still there.


275 posted on 10/16/2008 8:24:41 AM PDT by USAF_TSgt
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To: raybbr

“My parents was a ‘73 green Hornet.”

Both of them? X-D


276 posted on 10/16/2008 9:15:54 AM PDT by Ignatz (Why not enjoy the occasional swede?)
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To: skeeter
LOL The absolute worst was VW vans catching on fire in the summer!!
277 posted on 10/16/2008 9:17:39 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Nemo me impune lacessit (Never mess with an old man. he will just kill you.))
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To: PERKY2004

She has been catnapped.

Details later.


278 posted on 10/16/2008 10:29:52 AM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Thanks Kathy!!

{{HUGS}}


279 posted on 10/16/2008 10:31:41 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: USAF_TSgt

LOL! Great stories both USAF_TSgt!

Btw...WELCOME HOME & thank you for your service!!!!


280 posted on 10/16/2008 12:49:25 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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