What's the worst car you've ever owned?

[raspritz 2.0L Find all posts View Profile Close raspritz]

Worst car. Hmm. Well, there was my first car, a 1968 Fiat 850 Spyder. "Fix It Again Tony". Then there was a 1973 Vega. We left that one sitting in front of the apartment until the city hauled it away. And let's not even talk about RVs, which in terms of being POS are in a class of their own.

[Crankys Paint 2.0L Find all posts View Profile Close Crankys Paint]

81 Trans Am. Last year of 2nd gen F body, first year of ECM, 301 v8 with 130 hp back when they had to detune engines to deal with the Democrats first fuel/energy crisis. It was a tank and a turd with t tops that always leaked with brand new GM weatherstrip.

[JP aka LiveFromNY Find all posts View Profile Close JP]

Well, there was my first car, a 1968 Fiat 850 Spyder. "Fix It Again Tony"

Memories! I had a '73 that I loved. I still think it was one of the prettiest cars I ever owned. Unfortunately, try as we might, we could NOT keep it running for any extended period of time. It was really more art than car.

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81 Trans Am. Last year of 2nd gen F body, first year of ECM, 301 v8 with 130 hp back when they had to detune engines to deal with the Democrats first fuel/energy crisis. It was a tank and a turd with t tops that always leaked with brand new GM weatherstrip.

I'm going to second this one as I bought the last one off the lot of a NJ Pontiac dealer in '82.

Funny story from my NYC days way back when...

I'd owned my car for about six months and was just realizing how much I hated it when I noticed another one parking near me in the underground garage of my apartment building in Manhattan. Over a couple months I noticed that the driver was a young man and we smiled and nodded at each other a couple times in brief recognition of our twin black Trans Ams.

Fast forward a couple months more and I'm invited to a party by another neighbor at which the owner of the other Trans Am was also in attendance.

At some point we found ourselves in the same group of people and I mentioned to him that I knew him from his car. He smiled and replied "I thought that was you, aren't they GREAT cars?". I almost felt bad seeing the look on his face telling him how unhappy I was with mine and why it was anything but a great car. "We'll, maybe.", he said, "But the ladies love it. I swear I had a couple chasing after it when I left the bar the other night".

"But, Don," came a reply from someone standing off to the side, "you're a NY Yankee."

Don Mattingly. It seems he had opportunities to love his car that I simply did not.

[JP aka LiveFromNY Find all posts View Profile Close JP]

Don Mattingly. It seems he had opportunities to love his car that I simply did not.

Too funny. I love my Chevy Citation X-11 for the same reasons.

[flatsixer aka rstarga Find all posts View Profile Close flatsixer]

Standing in the pits with Joe Huffaker, who at the time was fielding a Pontiac Fiero for the factory. A guy walks over and says to Joe, "I have a Fiero", Joe replies "I am so sorry"

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Standing in the pits with Joe Huffaker, who at the time was fielding a Pontiac Fiero for the factory. A guy walks over and says to Joe, "I have a Fiero", Joe replies "I am so sorry"

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[Dirk07 Gipsy KIng Diggler Find all posts View Profile Close Dirk07]

My wife's 11/02 VW Touareg. 267 or 276th produced car. Green over green with air suspension,.....
Fun to drive on Autobahn and the Alps, but most of the time we had to drive to the VW workshop. Finally sold after 18 month and 40+ workshop visits.

[Dave Awesome Hello Find all posts View Profile Close Dave Awesome]

1982 Camero Berlinetta V6 like this one, not mine. And several other American cars of the period I could afford. Zero reliability and interiors were terrible.

[sebaroher Seabass Find all posts View Profile Close sebaroher]

interiors were terrible.

Agreed. Chevy LOVES their plastic.

[JP aka LiveFromNY Find all posts View Profile Close JP]

1982 Camero Berlinetta V6 like this one, not mine. And several other American cars of the period I could afford. Zero reliability and interiors were terrible.

Yes, terrible cars. But I wanted one as a teenager when they came out. Remember the commercials?

[Chris Pomares 2.4L Find all posts View Profile Close Chris Pomares]

Also a 82 Z28 Camaro. 305 V8 that was just gutless. At 100 mph the perfectly adjusted hood flapped around so much I thought it was going to open. Gaps, paint overall fit and finish was just awful.
I also had a Copper orange metallic Citation X11. Equally poor fit and finish. For whatever reason I loved that car and wish I still had it.

Now for my dream car. This car is on my mind all the time. Buy a 190SL vin plate with a throw away car attached. I can't do that to a 300SL Coupe. I might get killed. Now have a full Titanium frame?, pan?, and Titanium Euro horizontal racing type suspension built with a full aluminum hand pounded body. Plaid seats, period switches, custom forged wheels 17's, 18's that look correct, etc. Driveline? Probably a new aluminum inline 6 turboed and dressed out to look like it belongs. 1800 pounds maybe. This picture haunts me. I would want the very best fabricator's in the world to build it. I figure maybe 2 million ish to build. At 70 I'm guessing this ain't gonna happen. Even if I had the money the wait list for folks like that would be endless.

[JP aka LiveFromNY Find all posts View Profile Close JP]

I also had a Coper metallic Citation X11. Equally poor fit and finish. For whatever reason I loved that car and wish I still had it.

Finally! Another man of good taste! Here's mine in all its glory.

[Chris Pomares 2.4L Find all posts View Profile Close Chris Pomares]

Awesome JP!

[JP aka LiveFromNY Find all posts View Profile Close JP]

Awesome JP!

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