The worst car you've ever driven...

[Niko_Fx]

By the way, Nigel (he's on UCP lately) is renting this car from someone for $100 a month. I had to drive because everyone I was "babysitting" the night before was too hungover

Why is he doing this? Is the MR2 being repaired or something?

[MkIISupraGirl]

worse car I ever drove was a 1986 Dodge Colt. It was given to me for free, but it wasn't even worth that much
1.5 liter 69hp and the slowest shifting automatic transmission EVER. 0-30mph in 10 seconds or more. Even after tranny flushes, filter changes etc. What a crapbox

[mad_max]

the worst car to both drive and look at is a 1996 honda legend. it drives like its on glue and the acceleration pedal has a 3 secound delay before a stupid lump of v6 bgegins to push the car forward.i tried to overtake on the fast lane and the indicator comes on when u accelerate.the wood inside the car is more like sawdust and the seats feel like rocks

[mad_max]

worse car I ever drove was a 1986 Dodge Colt. It was given to me for free, but it wasn't even worth that much
1.5 liter 69hp and the slowest shifting automatic transmission EVER. 0-30mph in 10 seconds or more. Even after tranny flushes, filter changes etc. What a crapbox

there was one of those cars near an abondoned warehouse and within weeks it was set alight by a group of people

[Karrmann]

A plymouth Voyager, ididn't drive it 3 blocks before going back to the dealorship and getting my money back. That car sucked.

[CassioC]

The absolute worst car I have ever driven was a 1990 (or 1991?) Lamborghini Diablo. It was white with cream interior, and I couldn't believe it when I got to drive it. This was one of those dreams coming true moments, which I think is why I was so utterly devastated by the experience.

Firstly, the seating position was absolutely horrendous. Getting in and out of the car was impossible, and you couldn't see out of it. The interior materials were good, but had some cheap kitsch-y parts (not what you'd expect in a car costing a quarter million USD). But fine, this is an exotic, not a Civic. Onto the driving...

The gearbox, until it warms up, is incredibly hard, and that gated shifter makes things much harder (nothing like the Ferrari's, which is also gated). The steering felt like a truck--no power assist, which meant getting those huge front tires to turn at low speeds involved a real work out. The brakes were grabby at low speeds, and a little vague once you go faster (though they did a great job of hauling the car down). The worst part, however, was the pedal arrangements. They are so small and placed so close together (those massive front tires intruding into the footwell) that once I took my foot off the clutch I "lost" the pedal, and hit the brakes as well (I also have big-ish feet). The only solution was to keep my left foot hovering over the clutch pedal.

Noisy, brutal, excessively harsh ride, atrocious ergonomics, and (this is the kicker) an engine that began overheating after only 10 minutes of spirited driving. What a let down. I still can't believe that Lamborghini had the courage to charge people that much money for a car with that sort of build quality. Long live Porsche and the NSX!

I've driven cars with 1,000 cc engines with no a/c and plastic seats in the middle of summer in Rio, and nothing has come close to the utter crapiness of the Diablo...

...I heard that the Murcielago and Gallardo are light years ahead of it though.

[Karrmann]

all those problems have been solved in the Murchileago

[taz_rocks_miami]

The worst car I've ever driven was a VW Beatle while on a trip in Mexico last year. Remember that Mexico was still building them new up until recently! This was a 2003 model. I've never seen a more spartan interior in my life!! The only guage was the speedometer ( with a little needle pointing the gasoline level ), the seat, yuck!! The clutch, let me put it this way, I've been driving manual cars for about 20 years and I've never stalled a car so many times!! Made me feel like a beginer!! The steering, very heavy and vague and god forbid you go too fast in a corner, it understeers like mad, right before the tail end swings out on you! Breaks? 4 wheel DRUMS!!!!!. The engine, very very noisy and with only 44 hp on tap, not much movement. I'm gonna stop now, feeling kinda sick...

Taz.

[Matra et Alpine]

The worst car I've ever driven was a VW Beatle while on a trip in Mexico last year. Remember that Mexico was still building them new up until recently! This was a 2003 model. I've never seen a more spartan interior in my life!!

Have to defend them a little. They dont' care abotu their own car interior on the whole. So a rental isn't going to get much better. Also, you should have been warned NOT to hire a Beetle

The only guage was the speedometer ( with a little needle pointing the gasoline level ), the seat, yuck!!

Spartan is as spartan does

The steering, very heavy and vague and god forbid you go too fast in a corner, it understeers like mad, right before the tail end swings out on you! Breaks? 4 wheel DRUMS!!!!!.

That generation were used to that

The engine, very very noisy and with only 44 hp on tap, not much movement.

Well you were 1 1/2 miles up and the lowest octane pettrol going.

I'm gonna stop now, feeling kinda sick...

Taz.

They do that to you in Mexico so you are releived to get on a plane and dont' think about the state of IT

[Falcon500]

Well my old man used to love driveing his fathers beetle and used to every chance he got untill he got his first datsun 1000.....

And you shouldent be so soft...ive drivan around in a ton and a half of american iron(well actually canadian by that time) with drums all round and unassisted stearing and loved it

[SPN:DOC]

yes,theyre alot of them here in iran-taxi,even police(LOL!)....
theyre cheap,and looks like crap,i hate them,theyre noisy,uncomfortable,weak(heavy and 1600i engine 4 inline-about 76 bhp @ 4500 rpm i dont know how much torque it produce)
most of them have a hard steering wheel-hard for spin-and many more problems,its actually 1 am and i cant think about them,sorry ill give you more infos of them
in my country,are peugeot 405 rear drive!with paykan highline engines,piece of crap indeed,they are aweful
bye for now

I heard it the end of the Paykan, the cars manufacturer, Iran Khodro has signed a deal with Renault to jointly produce a budget model, currently known as the X90 for the local market in Iran..

[Rijoh]

The worst car I've ever driven is a Peugeot 206 HDI. Actually it's the only car I've ever driven I still have to drive it till I get my driving license, than I can drive my dad's Opel Omega, at last

[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

[crisis]

Have to defend them a little. They dont' care abotu their own car interior on the whole. So a rental isn't going to get much better. Also, you should have been warned NOT to hire a Beetle

Spartan is as spartan does

That generation were used to that

Well you were 1 1/2 miles up and the lowest octane pettrol going.

They do that to you in Mexico so you are releived to get on a plane and dont' think about the state of IT

Again with the defence of the VW. No matter, its also a starter in my worst ride stakes. Also count a Datsun 180B, 120Y, a 76 Escort that had a rooted steering rack that shuddered when you hit the brakes, my first car a 62 EK Holden (sorry grandpa (and thanks anyway)). I also remember nearly rolling a 80s vintage Mitsubishi courier van on a sweeping bend doing 50kmh.