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Most fun was a MK1 MR2. Needed quality tyres to keep it on the road in the wet.
One for the annoyances thread. Garages selling cars fitted with rubbish tyres.
Damned nearly found out the hard way.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I did once drive my friend's Mk1 Golf GTI... and I discovered that my right foot technique was not subtle enough for something that light with that much power.0
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Just for giggles, but I can relate.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.1 -
Rear seat belts weren't mandatory when I wur lad.pblakeney said:Just for giggles, but I can relate.
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School run when at primary school with 8-10 kids in the car! Sometimes I suspect even more.0
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Dorset_Boy said:
School run when at primary school with 8-10 kids in the car! Sometimes I suspect even more.
Pah.
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Worst car: Vauxhall Chevette (aka shoveit)
Most Fun: Peugeot 205GTI 1.9. Bought it while in the forces in Germany and great for weekend sprints back to the UK. Current Cooper S in go kart mode is also fun but not quite 205 level.3 -
Worst car was a Greek hire car in about 2015. End of season 1996 seat Ibiza.
Never have I floored a car so often just to keep it from stalling.
The radio turned the wipers on.0 -
NGL Skoda superb seems to be the car of choice for every chin with a family so it’s probably pretty decent hahashirley_basso said:3 car history.
Defender 90
2011 polo
2018 Skoda superb (current)
Old Porsche will be the second car next year as I do some work driving now out to clients and want something fun. Next year is the plan.0 -
If we are including hire cars then undoubtably the worst car I have ever driven is a Nissan Tilda. Much, much worse than even my teenage bangers.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Worst? Mk 2 or 3 Fiesta - had it after a Fiat Panda 4x4 in about '92 - the Panda was absolutely ridiculously brilliant. The Fiesta? Uttershite. Appalling.
Ended up smashing it through a garden wall which was, looking back at it, too good for it..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Just done Google - Mk 2.
Utterly appalling. Totalshit..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Most fun car for me was my Mini Cooper (BMW not real one). I got nagged into getting it as a company car and then once I had it absolutely loved it. The real bonus was it was so cheap against my allowance I was able to have (literally) every option ion the standard list although I chose not to have the smoking pack
At the end of the lease I wanted another but by that stage I was being nagged for something bigger and ended up with an Alfa Giulietta. Considering all the "you're not a real petrol head until you've had an Alfa" nonsense I never really liked it.0 -
Most fun - Aygo, Panda 4x4 or Golf Mk1 GTI - 1.8.
Oooh - Honda Civic 1.6 VTEC - mental stupid VTEC powerband fun that was tiny but I was had a whole kitchen in the back - as in cupboards, doors etc. 140mph on a regular run, tunes blaring, looking totally street sleeper.
Small cars are just so much more fun - TDVs M4 is ballistic but too serious. Same for her AMG. The Anaconda is mad once you get going in it but its a huge barge. Nothing apart from something quite serious really is going to catch you though if you know what you're doing..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Hire car - Renault Megane diesel. Setting fire to it was too good for it.pblakeney said:If we are including hire cars then undoubtably the worst car I have ever driven is a Nissan Tilda. Much, much worse than even my teenage bangers.
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Yup. That's the one. Base model, in beige. There was a reason it was cheap.MattFalle said:Just done Google - Mk 2.
Utterly appalling. Totalshit.
Still better than a Nissan Tilda. By a long way. You can't drive a rental Tilda like a hooligan even if you try.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Mine was red with a really shite radio.
appalling. totally appalling..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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When I worked at Honda I drove a few, the Type R civics were insane!MattFalle said:Most fun - Aygo, Panda 4x4 or Golf Mk1 GTI - 1.8.
Oooh - Honda Civic 1.6 VTEC - mental stupid VTEC powerband fun that was tiny but I was had a whole kitchen in the back - as in cupboards, doors etc. 140mph on a regular run, tunes blaring, looking totally street sleeper.
Small cars are just so much more fun - TDVs M4 is ballistic but too serious. Same for her AMG. The Anaconda is mad once you get going in it but its a huge barge. Nothing apart from something quite serious really is going to catch you though if you know what you're doing.0 -
Worst car for me has to be a Talbot Rancho - though I actually really liked it when it was working. Worst in terms of sheer boredom probably a Seat Toledo diesel saloon or the current Nissan X trail - though that has other redeeming features the Seat didn't.
Best either a tuned 1275GT or a Peugeot 505 7 seater estate.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
Oooh no - worst car ever?
Every single Landy I've ever driven
totalshit, the lot of them. utter, totalshit..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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In the 90s I bought an Allegro off an old boy and ran it for about 4 months til the MOT ran out. Beige with a brown vinyl roof. It looked like it was lowered but I suspect the shocks were just knackered. I remember starting it once and the entire cul-de-sac filled with smoke - I assume an oil seal went but who knows I'm not mechanically minded - didn't seem to stop it working.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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I mean come on, if we are including hire cars the floor just fell.
I rented one in Tobago that was front wheel drive. On one side. Bloke asked me why I'd driven it for the day. I said because he knew it was fecked when he rented it to me.
Then there was the Hyundai Arseos I rented in Crete. It veered sharply to the kerb as a safety feature.
Or the Seat Panda in tennerife, with cactus spines in the upholstery.0 -
Seat Marbella? Panda copy - owned one - zero sound deadening you had to crank the stereo up to hear it - I'm convinced it's one of the contributing factors in getting tinnitus.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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If I had the money I'd have a merc for the badge but the Skoda is absolutely flawless for swallowing family kit and long drives. Wish it was a bit quieter though.rick_chasey said:
NGL Skoda superb seems to be the car of choice for every chin with a family so it’s probably pretty decent hahashirley_basso said:3 car history.
Defender 90
2011 polo
2018 Skoda superb (current)
Old Porsche will be the second car next year as I do some work driving now out to clients and want something fun. Next year is the plan.0 -
Had a few nice cars over the years but my fav cars are my current stable - Mini R56 S, just fitted Goodyear all season tyres all round and the car just sings everywhere it goes. My Mk1 Mx5 is still a joy to drive, but needs the right roads and is finally aging (gracefully). Incredible car when you consider it was conceived 35yrs ago. Will do a light restoration on it over the winter.
Worst car - hire cars like Ford Mundano’s, or older Ford Fiasco’s. Hiring a car next weekend and not looking forward to what I’ll be lumped with.
I’m caught in an eternal conundrum - I design / style cars for a living and love cars, but I’m perpetually spouting off about the wonders of cycling and would love the number of cars on the road to rapidly diminish.0 -
Rather short car history for me
First car
1994 ford escort (Aqua planed into a roundabout)
2004 Vauxhall Corsa (I was young it was cheap)
2008 Saab 9-3 V6 estate (sold it for a "better car"
2010 Audi A6 estate (sold that and bought back the Saab)
Saab died after the timing chain tensioner decided it wanted to escape the confirms of the engine on startup, person I sold it too missed the oil service an just reset the clock on it
Shame loved that thing terrible MPG, were talking mid 20s motorway, but would destroy most smaller cars and give some of the more sporty ones quite a fright. Not many people expect a Saab estate to be quick.
Now stuck with a 2009 Passat R line estate, Don't let the R line badge fool you, back then all it meant was a nice body kit. started life at 110BHP so had to have it re mapped so I didn't die trying to overtake things
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If you ever meet the guy who designed the current Aygo XClusiv buy him a beer from me - utter joy of a car.
Did I mention that Land Rovers were the biggest pile of shite ever?.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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No, all of them and deffo the old square lumps of leaking, badly steering, noisy, uncomfortable, cramped junk that the Chelsea tractor masses have adopted.
Awful things, all of them..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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and we all know how good the x series are, which is not a lot.oxoman said:
Maybe so but they still keep going, somehow. But only include anything just badged land rover / range rover not proper ones. Best of it is the Germans raped land rover for the new tech for their x series cars.MattFalle said:Did I mention that Land Rovers were the biggest pile of shite ever?
land rover - jingoistic junk..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Range Rovers in any form and their ilk.
Total shite.
Awful creations badly driven by imbeciles.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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