Worst car you have driven

[JohnStewart]

Ah there was a trick to the flooded engine push in the choke put the gas pedal to the floor, turn her over the air rush would clear the fuel and she'd start. A lost art indeed. Which reminds me of when I was telling a young lad how to start a petrol lawnmower on a cold morning and said to pull the choke out. "Whats a choke?" came the reply. That hit home.

Yes, that trick worked wonders most of the time, unless of course like me you had a weak battery and couldn't turn the engine over enough

Corsa C 1.0, i think my Dyson hoover had more power.

It had the most tinny door shut ever, felt like if i closed it too hard it would fold in on itself and warp into a blackhole.

I once had one of those as a hire car. Truly dreadful. I pushed in the clutch and almost put my foot through the bulkhead. The steering was horribly light and completely vague.

 

[adam cool dude]

Yes, that trick worked wonders most of the time, unless of course like me you had a weak battery and couldn't turn the engine over enough



I once had one of those as a hire car. Truly dreadful. I pushed in the clutch and almost put my foot through the bulkhead. The steering was horribly light and completely vague.

I learnt to drive in a Corsa C 1.0. My instructor was anal with block changing and I went from 3rd to 5th going up a slight incline. It just wouldn't go past 50 with my foot to the floor.

 

[Dis86]

Agreed with the Ford Ka, my wife has one and I hate when I have to drive that thing. Glad to be selling it.

Selling the Mrs seems a bit extreme. Any pics?

 

[mrgubby]

The original Renault Espace.

We had one in the company fleet and I had the misfortune to have it for a trip down the motorway.

Horrible horrible horrible thing to drive, it swayed about on the road and genuinely felt like it was bending on roundabouts.

 

[alexakasloth]

Selling the Mrs seems a bit extreme. Any pics?

Check auto trader, hasn't done many miles!

 

[watercooledman]

Check auto trader, hasn't done many miles!

so you think

 

[wozzizname]

Without doubt the worst car I've ever driven was a Land Rover series 2a - appalling ride, steering, performance, build quality. I'd always fancied having one until I drove a friends station wagon, but that put me off for life.

 

[poosemon]

I had the displeasure of a Chrysler Voyager as a courtesy car ones (very random choice of courtesy car indeed).

Had pretty much no redeeming features and was an utter turd of a car.

 

[Mike9000]

Had to suffer three weeks with a Nissan Note hire car many years ago. That was pretty grim…

 

[throwaway4372]

Most cars I've driven have been shocking:
Renault Megane Classic - first car, very old, broke down regularly.
Vauxhall Astra H - wasn't even that old but I felt the clutch going and engine power reduced, so got rid.
Renault Laguna - test drive, clutch was super sensitive, computer always hassling me about late gear changes.
Nissan Leaf gen 1 - test drive, grabby brakes, didn't feel in control, maybe related to regen braking.

Current car I actually really love:
Vauxhall Astra K Auto 1.4T Elite Nav

May end up with an Astra EV next.

 

[Milkyway]

Just seen a FB page that made me chuckle & think of this thread;
“ If you was 007 for the day... what would your choice of car be”

Can you imagine some of the cars on here being kitted out.
( Certainly be well undercover then).

 

[LizardKing]

I've not driven huge amounts of cars but did once borrow a picasso to move some stuff, it felt very unstable going 60+ on the duel carriageways, balloon tires or dodgy suspension felt like the wheel just randomly grabbed the road and dug in at an angle . prior to that was a Vauxhaul belmont, the thiefs that took it got the raw end of that deal!

 

[Lakeland]

Nissan Juke. It worked and was waterproof, that’s about it though.

 

[mattyg]

I've had my share of 70's and 80's ****boxes. But the car that surprised me the most about just how bad it was, was an F-Pace I hired whilst the mrs was away in the X3. (mentioned just for comparison) The F-pace felt unsafe. It wandered down straight roads and had poor traction on a roundabout that whilst can be slippy Its never been dangerous.... Until the F-pace.. I had hired it for 4 days and took it back early I thought it was faulty. But after speaking to a couple of previous owners. One as a company car handed it back after 2 days. It looks like they are just carp