Worst Car History

[ColchesterFC]

I'm not really a car person, to me they're for getting from A to B and back again and that's all I'm interested in, but a conversation offshore has made me realise just how bad my car history has been.

1st car was a P plate Turquoise Vauxhall Astra, sold it when I inherited a very low mileage maroon H plate Renaut 21 from my grandad. Ran that one into the ground and scrapped it when it failed an MOT so badly that the garage phoned me and said "Well the ashtray is OK but apart from that it's junk". Replaced it with an 03 plate blue Nissan Primera, which was written off when I reversed into a fence in a car park (£3400 repair bill for a car valued at £1900). Next came a grey 05 plate Ford Mondeo which was falling to bits when I traded it in for the current car which is a grey 57 plate Renault Grand Scenic - now on it's last legs and soon to be traded in, no doubt for something equally as crap as those that have gone before it.

So has anyone got a worse or less inspiring car history than that?

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Renault 11.......absolutely awful car.

Other than that all good.
Astra estate and VW Passat being the best two.

 

[Deleted member 18121]

Mines been fairly mundane, although I LOVE cars, just never been able to indulge so much. I got my first car in 2000 and my history has been:

Fiesta Zetec 1.4 W Reg
Rover Coupe 1.6 P Reg
Rover Coupe 2.0 Turbo R Reg
MG ZS 2.5 V6 - I absolutely LOVED this car 2002
Vauxhall Astra Diesel (owned this for a week) Cant even remember what year
Mazda MX5 - 2007
Peugeot 206 - 51 reg
Renualt Megane - 54 Reg
Renault Megane Scenic - 58 Reg
Vauxhall Insignia Estate - 2012 - still got that one

 

[MegaSteve]

Wouldn't mind having back some of the rubbish cars I had back in the day...
As 'classic cars' they now have value...

In recent times a VW Polo being our worst purchase...
Jeepers that car was 'challenging'...

 

[Tashyboy]

VXR corsa Arctic. Bought it as soon as they came out. Missis T had a red VXR corsa and it was the gators Tators. The Arctic however kept 5,000 Vauxhall workers in employment. It went back to the manufacturers that many times I thought I had bought a Flippin yo yo. God it was gorgeous when it went though.

 

[patricks148]

My father got one of the first 7 series BMW s with the Micro computer controlling everything. Never worked, towed away by BMW a dozen or more times in the end they gave him is money back.

Also had a friend how saved up and bought a new convertible Renault 5. was covered in rust withing 3 months

 

[chrisd]

I had a Mercedes that the garage drivers were drawing lots as to which one would pick it up for repair as they were so embarrassed

 

[Hobbit]

My list includes an Avenger and a .... Maestro. Luxury compared to an early 6volt VW Beetle that was my first car.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Mini
Nova
Fiesta
GS500
Leon

 

[Robster59]

Embarrassment time

• Triumph Herald 13/60
• Triumph 2000 Mk.1
• Austin Princess 1800
• Austin Metro 1.0
• Toyota Corolla 1.3 GL
• Citroen Xantia 2.0 XS
• BMW 318 1.6
• Rover 75 2.0d
• Toyota Avensis 2.0d
• Mazda 6 2.0d
• Toyota Avensis estate 2.2d
• Skoda Superb Greenline 1.6d
• Skoda Superb SE 2.0d

Everything from the BMW onwards has been a company car, some I inherited, others I chose.

 

[richart]

Capri 1.6 Capri 2.O Opel Manta, Capri 2.0, Rover 2.0 GTI Turbo, Alfa 156 2.0 Nissan 370Z

Only cars I have had in 40 years. Not a bad one amongst them.

 

[chrisd]

The list

Ford Prefect
Triumph Herald
Mk1 Cortina
Mini traveller
Ford Fiesta
Ford Escort
Ford Sierra
Ford Escort Ghia
Citroen
BMW 318
BMW 318 WE
Mercedes saloon
Mercedes saloon
Mazda Mx5
Lotus Elise
Mini Cooper S
Toyota IQ
Vauxhall Astra
Nissan Leaf

 

[SocketRocket]

Ford Escourt
Morris Mini Cooper
Ford Cortina Mk1 GT
Morris Minor 1000
Ford Cortia Estate
Hilman Minx
Hillman Imp
VW Beetle 1302 S
Ford Capri 2000
Vauxhall Astra GS
Rover 214 GSi
Audi A4 Auto
Honda SRi
Honda CRV
Audi A6
Jaguar X Sovereign
Mercedes E class + Mazda 2

 

[Imurg]

79 Fiesta 1.1
81 Metro 1.3
81 Fiesta 1.3
80 Renault 14😨
76 Escort 1.3
86 Corolla 1.6 GT
91 Citroen BX 1.6
91 Rover GSi
86 Nova😨
96 405 1.6
Various smallish hatchbacks Citroen/VW/Ford

A couple of shockers in there...

 

[Slab]

A few Fiesta's, Escorts, Cortina, Orion's, Manta's, Ascona's, Bluebird, Prelude, Celica, Avenger, Viva's, Ibiza, Mazda 6, Punto, Jazz, Mazda 323's, Micra, Pug 405, Scirocco, Citroen BX and a few I've forgotten

Best: Manta & Mazda 6 sport
Worst: Bluebird & Citroen
Regret: not getting a Capri

 

[Deleted member 18645]

The list

Ford Prefect
Triumph Herald
Mk1 Cortina
Mini traveller
Ford Fiesta
Ford Escort
Ford Sierra
Ford Escort Ghia
Citroen
BMW 318
BMW 318 WE
Mercedes saloon
Mercedes saloon
Mazda Mx5
Lotus Elise
Mini Cooper S
Toyota IQ
Vauxhall Astra
Nissan Leaf

Chris - you missed out the Model T Ford

 

[Deleted member 18645]

Mini, Fiat X1/9 (loved that car), Astra, Saab 900 Convertible, Focus, Hyundai Coupe, Renault Captur and about to get another Hyundai Coupe.

 

[USER1999]

Mini 850
Fiesta 1.1 popular plus
Sierra ghia 2.0
Audi coupe 2.2 gt
Rover p5b coupe
Carlton 3.0 gsi estate
Merc e300 td estate
Chrysler 300c 3.0 td touring (still got)
Bmw z4 3.0 csi (recent buy)

9 cars in 32 years of driving.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

My first car was brand new in 1982
A brown Talbot Samba

I hang my head in shame and await the scorn that is inevitably heading my way.

Nothing new there then 😂😂😎

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Ford Fiesta
Vauxhall Astra
Mazda Mx3 ( in Cyprus )
Williams Clio
RS Turbo
Renault Megane Convertable ( in Cyprus )
Civic Type R
Peugeot 308
Ford Focus