worst car you have ever driven.

[J308]

Lots of automotive sacrilege in this thread.

[Bryan///]

So you want an automatic transmission that you can shift manually but still shifts automatically?

+1...isnt that the whole point...making the person shift...

so since the chevy cruze is temporarily off the worst car list..lets talk about another POS domestic car..

Now, IDK about all you mustang owner's out there, if there are any on these forums or w.e., but I have never driven any and I am glad. I have sat in 2. they were a 2004 6cyl auto..pretty crappy, but the one car that may trump most others listed thus far is the 90 something pale green "fox" body 4 cyl auto Ford Shitstang.. I have never experienced something so terrible that is known to be automotive like this "car." The infamous Fox body style of mustangs has their fair share of followers im sure, all raving about the great 5.0 engine, but unfortunately their "ETA" type gas saver was a vastly underpowered, ill equipped, and quite dangerous car. The brakes didnt work allowing the car to only be driven safely on level ground beause driving uphill was more like putting the car in reverse, and driving down hill was more like accelerating like a mad man.

The funniest thing about this is that it was a good friend of mine while growing up who owned it and was his first car. Luckily for everyone elses sake the family didnt care enough to ever check the oil even after buying it used and it seized up 4 months later...Now, there is 1 less of these death machines on Earth, and I am glad to know.

[Red Wing]

Surprised alot here are bashing hyundais. I drove a 00 sonata for a few years and that thing was very reliable. Price wasnt too bad and warranty was awesome. In the winter when you put on snow tires it handled very good. Interior was a little too "economical" for me. My only gripe was when I pulled into work early and wanted to take a quick nap I would pull the seat back and try to fall asleep with my arms crossed I could never get comfortable. My left arm would always hit the pillar or seatbelt.

[MaksV]

PT Cruiser.

[Emre]

In my 20.9 years living in the US ive only seen 1 renault. only one.

That's because you're too young. There were plenty around here in the early '80s. Tons of Renault 5s and 11s. You don't see many on the road today because they all rusted to sh1t or died in a fire.

[325ix]

So you want an automatic transmission that you can shift manually but still shifts automatically?

That is exactly what I was thinking.

[defaultName]

had a manual shift option on the autotragic box that, when left in any gear and run to redline, would let you bounce off the redline without shifting. Why give you the option to shift when you can easily destroy the engine/trans by not upshifting at the appropriate time???

So you want an automatic transmission that you can shift manually but still shifts automatically?

[Steeler325is]

Worst car I ever drove was the Chevy Cruze... had a manual shift option on the autotragic box that, when left in any gear and run to redline, would let you bounce off the redline without shifting. Why give you the option to shift when you can easily destroy the engine/trans by not upshifting at the appropriate time???

Close second worst car ever was a dodge caliber with a CVT (continuously variable transmission) yikes

[ALYKZANDYR]

In my 20.9 years living in the US ive only seen 1 renault. only one. same goes for the pinto aswell. seen a few chevettes, and plenty of colts, and K cars though.

[flyboyx]

i date myself but....


dodge horizon automatic. feels like riding a marshmallow.

pinto station wagon. 4 speed

renault lecar. complete piece of dog shit

renault fuego. not as bad a car but full of electrical problems

chevy chevette. another complete piece of dog shit



there is a reason you never see any of these on the road anymore. funny how you see plenty of bmw's and mercedes' of this era but never these pieces of crap.

[325ix]

91 Miata! Too small for somebody thats over 6ft.

Just because you don't fit doesn't mean it's a bad car.

[ohthejosh]

70 beetle.

[warmseth]

1973 Super Beetle.

On the drive home from buying it it barely made it up a steep hill, backfiring and bogging down to 25 mph. Then the next day I drove it to get smogged (back when 66 was the smog cut off date in CA) and the smog guy told me all the smog equip had been removed from the car. I drove it right back to the guy I'd bought it from and he gave me my $ back.

[Emre]

an e30 m3. i was hoping for so much more.

I can almost see where you're coming from. If you just hop into an E30 M3 and casually drive it around the block a couple of times, you won't understand what all the fuss is about. It doesn't feel much different from a 318is, except that the engine is more chattery and you have to keep an eye on the water temp gauge so it doesn't overheat in traffic :p

But when you actually take one out on the track and push it hard, it all suddenly makes sense. The engine makes all its power at the top end. And you really notice how much lighter the front-end is compared to any E30 with an i6 under the hood. It turns in much more crisply than a regular E30. And, of course, the brakes hold up to a full session of track use without fading, the wheel bearings don't fail every other weekend, and the engine doesn't go pop due to oil starvation or snapped timing belts. You don't have to worry about valve float or broken rocker arms.

You don't appreciate how all of these little things make a difference until you really give these cars a work-out.

[Emre]

Too many to list:

An ex-gf's Pontiac Sunfire
My mom's old Chevy Blazer
My cousin's 1st gen Eagle Talon
A number of horrible rental cars: Dodge Caliber; Chrysler Sebring; Nissan Versa; Chevy Aveo; Toyota Echo.

The worst of them all in terms of pure pig-sh1t design and build quality was the Sunfire, but at least that was a cheap car. The one the pissed me off the most was the Sebring, because that one actually pretended to be a real car.