The worst car you've ever driven...

[VtecMini]

I thought I'd bring this up, cos I felt it's more likely to get entertaining and truthful responses than "What's the fastest/best/biggest car you've ever driven", or at least so I'd imagine.

The main reason I thought I'd post this is actually cos I had the misfortune of having to drop a colleagues company car off at the local Ford dealership. (I live local, he doesn't, so I foolishly volunteered to run the errand).

It was a W reg (early 2001?) Ford Mondeo 2.0 Petrol.

The seat was uncomfortable, the driving position was... well... wrong. The steering felt as though it was being assisted back to it's central position by a spring the size of a shock absorber, which meant that every time I loosened my grip on the wheel at any point, the damn thing tried to go straight forwards. For a 2 Litre 16 valve it felt lethargic and uninterested in going anywhere soon. The brakes were wooden, the clutch was creaky and the gearbox felt like stirring a bag of bolts with a spanner. The gear knob itself was a slightly rounded off cube. The fascinating bit is that some guy out there actually got paid to design that.

The only real redeeming feature was the stereo. It was nothing special, but it worked. Which was nice.

To be fair, It's a company car. It's probably been mistreated and abused all it's life. But it was still horrible.

I know that there's people out there that have driven hundreds of cars, all the way down to Austin Allegros, Tata pickups and god knows what else, but the point I'm kinda getting at is that this is a modern car. I've driven cars fifteen years older than that thing that were more comfortable and satisfying!

[.:DB9:.]

lol - I dont care what I drive .. at my age your just grateful that you've got behind the wheel of a car

[Mustang]

Originally Posted by .:DB9:.

lol - I dont care what I drive .. at my age your just grateful that you've got behind the wheel of a car

i agree we young uns need all the practice we can get for the srtict british laws

[bk4uyeah]

1991 rusted out, powder blue, Ford Taurus Wagon

[byronleehk]

1980 Mazda 323 1.5 with nothing. Had a boombox as the car radio/stereo. 80% of the time you have to double / triple clutch to get 2nd gear in (still grinded). One of the rear taillights had red masking tape over because the original plastic one was broken. Wipers didn't work. You could 'peddle to the metal' and still won't get a speeding ticket in a 40mph zone.

That was my ex-girlfriend's car

[SlickHolden]

81 ford falcon
60% was rusted out, Engine coverd in oil couldnt find the leak there was that many, No back seat, 3speed auto with only 2 gears that worked would jump from first to second and back anytime it felt like it, No handbrake 4 doors only 2 open, suspension was shot the front was 100mm hire then rear, The speedo wouldnt work so it had markings on the rpm for speeds only one light on higbeams, Power steering worked fine. Lucky this wasnt my car, The man that owned it was a family friend he used this car on the farm and only drove it to his work as a logger

[KnifeEdge_2K1]

Mercury Mystique (Ford Contour). To be specific my dad's mystique, I hate to be say this because it makes me seem like an import noob but american engineering sucks, this car doesnt have the ability to close the vents so ur constantly eating the exhaust from the car infront of you, no heated mirrors, the power steering broke 1 day after the warrentee expired which meant turning became a chore. I've had a bad history with american cars, of the 3 accidents i've been in throughout my life (none caused by me), all 3 involved an american car. Obviously this doesn't mean anything but its just bad karma. The 2 other cars our household owns is a Honda Accord 98 EX V6 which I addore and a 99 Corrolla LE which is my sister's. If I had to quantify my love/hate of these 3 cars I'd say the accord gets a full score of 10. corolla a 7 and the mystique a 1 just because it moves.

[UK CARS]

worst car ever drivin for me, probally the FisherPrice Corvette, though ive herd the real one is worse

[Mustang]

1L metro, the Mk1

[Blue Supra]

Morris Austin 1800, i think its called that anyways it has hydro elastic suspension, dad used to sell them, my mate in college after having a drunk chick put him throught the windshield of his 180B (dont ask this guys an idiot) he got one of these things, he let me drive although i dont know why i bothered, i suppose because im young and havent driven many different cars. it had a steering wheel the size of a 44 gallon drum lid and about as thick too, completely gutless auto (colum shift from memory) bench seat, the "hydro-elastic suspension" was a bit lacking in the actual suspension department, there was something wrong with the fuel system or exhaust or something so it had a flaming exhaust! Also a 85 ford falcon, a couple of canadian mates were living in Aus for a few months, this thing was on LPG, had no power steering, bench seat coloum shift, only 2 outta 3 gears worked, the timing was out so it was completetly gutless and they took this thing from canberra right around victoria south australia up through the red centre around into queensland and there it stayed not because it died but becasue one of the crashed into some1 else and they just sold it to a wreckers and bussed it back to canberra,

those were the good old days. *sigh*

[jcp123]

Hard for me to think of...I haven;t driven that many cars, but I'll tell you the 2k4 Corolla S loaner car we had was a real piece. No balls. Hard suspension. Not very refined in the least; I'd rather have my old Focus than that thing, and it wasn't a terribly inspiring car. At least it rode a little short of harsh and was probably at the end of its shakedown so nothing else would have broken.

[DEATH2000]

The sh*tiest car ive ever driven has to be my moms 95 Ford Windstar, the steering is to jerky, and the gas is waaaay to sensitive for me. my uncles 72 Lincoln Conntinental is better and its like 15ft long!!! The worst car in the world has to be a mazda 323, we had one as a rental and its the biggest P.O.S u will ever see, the seats sucked, the stering was almost nonexistent, and u had u had to have super human strentgh to shift the bloody thing. the second i saw it i said "oh shit, this is gonna be one crappy ride".

[stratos]

i'm only 14 so ... the worst car i ever drive was a toyota pod in gt-concept

[McReis]

I wouldn't like this thread to die right now, so here's my tale:

I drove more than one Morris Marina 1.5D. What about that?

Hardest steering, clutch and even acelerator in the world! The carter keeps banging the floor and it goes no further than 110 km/h.
It's so noisy inside and out that it's considered anti-social.

Best of all, at night, when your neighbourhood is quiet, you can ear it rusting away!

[Turbonutter55]

The worst car anyone in my family has ever had was a Ford Galaxy 2.0 petrol. Drives like a boat, and crappy build quality both on the interior and with the electrics. The gutters would fill with leaves, so water would flood the cabin and short everything.