Worst vehicle you've ever driven?

[Niall]

I do think you're being a little OTT, if you can drive a lowered 306 & not complain, I don't somehow think you were sick in a brand new car because it started it's engine on it's own. Lol.

I wasn't actually sick lol. But it did make me feel sick. And no, I'm not being OTT. Ive driven a lot of cars in my relatively short period of driving. It literally shook the whole car from side to side.
Don't forget as well my 306 is not my daily, if it was that shit would of been gone a long time ago lol

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F30. And yes your right there was but every time i did it just flashed up unavailable on the screen although in all fairness, it could be a bedding in thing as my Kia stop start wouldn't work for the first 300 miles.
Regardless though, you would of thought a "premium" manufacturer could build a car with a eco feature that doesn't have to be turned off all the time otherwise you will fill the car with sick!

My uncles 5 series was much the same. Far too lurchy unless you tap the throttle slightly before to wake it up just before. Drove the 1.6tdci focus and have to say the start/stop tech in that is seamless so how are BMW getting it so wrong!

Exactly. The stop start in my Kia is fine. Very very occasionally it will be a bit rough but thats it. That 3 series was just terrible for it!

[daddyfixit]

Vauxhall calibre; company car lasted 1 day !!! some gobsh*te bought it when I parked it up in the demonstrator bay, after me getting out and spitting at it............................

[toseland]

wait.. i am about to win the internet...


i drove a BLAZE 1.4 (hire car, remapped.... brutal 0-60 times)... which sucked manschlong

[Eeyore]

Ferrari 355. It was left hand drive, All the pedals are stupidly close together and there is a plate that your foot gets stuck under every time you put the clutch down.

[Poodle]

I want to change mine, just remembered the Chrysler PT Cruiser. Words can't describe how crap it is, will have to drive one to find out. The interior gives you a good idea of the rest of it, the material you can see EVERYWHERE is 1970's plastic btw... http://www.cargurus.com/Cars/2002-Chrysl...r=INTERIOR

[toseland]

its american.. american;s idea of luxury is.. "bigger" not more luxury

[Razorback_Rob]

I want to change mine, just remembered the Chrysler PT Cruiser. Words can't describe how crap it is, will have to drive one to find out. The interior gives you a good idea of the rest of it, the material you can see EVERYWHERE is 1970's plastic btw... http://www.cargurus.com/Cars/2002-Chrysl...r=INTERIOR

These injure my eyes in a way only a Chrysler could!

[DavidA]

I've quite enjoyed all of my cars - the MkII Cortina was a hoot in the wet for example - but I drove a Mitsubishi Canter box van for two days for a local company and after driving from Wiltshire to Yorkshire on day 1 was practically crippled...I couldn't even stand up straight to walk after getting out of the cab.

[toseland]

I want to change mine, just remembered the Chrysler PT Cruiser. Words can't describe how crap it is, will have to drive one to find out. The interior gives you a good idea of the rest of it, the material you can see EVERYWHERE is 1970's plastic btw... http://www.cargurus.com/Cars/2002-Chrysl...r=INTERIOR

These injure my eyes in a way only a Chrysler could!

i do love the chrysler philosophy with regards to the cabriolet version... no integration, no styling changes to make it look better they just practically lopped the roof off with a body saw, and bolted the soft top on..

[THE_Liam]

Bloody stop-start. Gonna be a liability in 10 years when you get held up at every light by cars failing to restart.

[DarkInferno]

Fiat punto. 1.1 I think... my back aches just thinking about that slow, ugly, uncomfortable pos.

[Dum-Dum]

I'm torn between my daewoo matiz 0.8 first car that i still have love for but i know it was a terrible car, fuel economy down below 20mpg when ragged (i cant average that low over a tank in the 6) terribly made, small uncomfortable, could get airborne off undulations in the road at alarmingly low speed understeered with just front passengers and with rear passengers the front wheels might as well not of been on the floor.


And a Skoda Octavia VRS estate, this one to be specific

How do they make a top of the range big sporty estate that only does 0-60 in about 10 seconds and understeers worse than a vectra. Its huge on the outside, tiny on the inside and incredibly poorly made. At 75k in a little under 2 years its falling apart, most of the interior trim is loose or falling off, the seats already have covers on to hide the worn bolsters and even the door cards have holes in the vinyl where people rest their arms, it constantly flashes up warnings about blown bolus that aren't blown and the engine is rough as a badgers arsehole. Also the DSG box is useless, blasting alon3 in 3rd and lift a little for a corner and it'll stick it into 6th, using it in sport on the paddled and trying to hold it at 4k in 2nd after 3 seconds it'll decide that your wrong and give you the next gear anyway. Brake heavily from speed to something and then jump back on the throttle and it'll need a seriously long time to think about what gear you might like and when it does decide it'll be wrong.

Oh yeah right what's with this...

VWs 2.0 CR TDi (140/170/180) - ok they can make some impressive power levels, but so could any CR Diesel with a good cylinder head...

But what the feck is with how bleeding ROUGH, LOUD and HARSH they are!? Soon as you lift the clutch to start pulling away, all the engine vibrations are just instantly transferred into the cabin, everything shakes and rattles... They're nice and responsive which admittedly is more than can be said for PSAs CRs...

They also have a chronic whine that seemingly every single one has...

Drive a PSA 16v Commonrail from 10 years ago and you'd think it runs on double cream and kittens! Yet the VAG TDis get stonking reviews.

Agreed apart from the bit about "nice and responsive"

[DavidA]

As far as the Skoda is concerned - not ideal considering what it's being asked to do...

[RetroPug]

wait.. i am about to win the internet...


i drove a BLAZE 1.4 (hire car, remapped.... brutal 0-60 times)... which sucked manschlong

[Niall]

Chris i would love to know what you guys did to that Octy because mine was bullet proof. Alright, it wasn't a handling machine but it was well built and took a hell of a lot of shit (just ask any members that came in it with me haha)

[lolsteve]

Mums ford fiesta 2002 1.4
Seriously underpowered for a 16v (80hp) , a k series is 100 and is an older design.

The interior plastic is cheap but feels thick, resulting in a poor quality heavy car
Seat material is not suitable for distance driving or if you wanted any comfort

Just overall very poor quality and surproses me how they sold so many

[Sian]

1.4 307! Gutless and just generally not nice to drive! I've had some other awful ones too haha

[Pete]

In many ways the Bluebird take that crown, Gutless yet thristy 1.6 bag of spanners and bouncy ride due to the 'custom' springs. Still loved it though..Not got high standards when it comes to cars TBH if it stops starts and go's round corners jobs a good 'un!

[procta]

worst car I drove, was my mates courtesy car, it was a corsa 1.2 xsi, it was an 05 plater, and I tell you what, it was bland, my 1.1 metros were more fun to drive! we gave that thing hell, and it wasn't setting our lives on fire, to this day we cannot see what the chavs and boy racers saw in them!

[Richieboi13]

Honda civic ek4 1.6 vti was never ending breaking down spent like 1k almost in the first week fixing the fecker !!

[scot.ramsell]

Fiat Punto Sporting. Had 6 steering racks in 3 years. Oh and several turbos

[Danny2009]

Turbo on a sporting you say....

There's too many to list one that sticks out 1.2 corsa b dreadful in every way it's a corsa what do you expect only car to date I know of that did 80 in 4th and 60 flat out in 5th so yes it was on te redline in 4th all the time

[Jtrigga]

Fiat Punto Sporting. Had 6 steering racks in 3 years. Oh and several turbos

Didn't know the sporting had a turbo thought it would be more of the 6 speed box that's made of cheese.

[Razorback_Rob]

Fiat Punto Sporting. Had 6 steering racks in 3 years. Oh and several turbos

Didn't know the sporting had a turbo thought it would be more of the 6 speed box that's made of cheese.

That's what I was thinking but then I thought maybe lot of money put in to turbo it or something.. But I also didn't realise it had a 6 speed box the only fiat "sporting" model I ever drove was a friends seicento which was awful in every aspect!

[THE_Liam]

Wasn't the GT the turbo one?

[Seb_Ryan]

Wasn't the GT the turbo one?

I thought this.. sporting was just a trim model?

[Razorback_Rob]

Turns out the sporting 1.2 16v did come with a 6 speed [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] wtf.

[scot.ramsell]

It was an active sporting model, it did have a turbo! And 85bhp! With a 1.9 JTD engine.

[THE_Liam]

It was an active sporting model, it did have a turbo! And 85bhp! With a 1.9 JTD engine.

Oh a diesel, right.

[scot.ramsell]

Not very exciting I know. However I was trawling my old car history and I have found a pic of my 2004-2006 ride which was truly awful.... Renault Laguna 3.0 IDE Privilege. That was god awful