What was the worst car you ever drove?

Post by **Welly** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:37 am

dogslife wrote:dusted snow off seat

I live on a hill and the 406 dragged itself up to the top in the snow/ice on tickover

Neighbours Vulva V70 did not manage said same task

Carry on....

Post by **steve_earwig** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:25 pm

Welton wrote:Remember in the 80's you'd be traveling along the motorway and your senses would be alerted to the sweet smell of combusted engine oil? .....sure enough further down the road would be a Marina with blue smoke swirling reliably from the pea-shooter My dad had a K-reg 1.3 marina and the noise on the motorway was

This is vaguely interesting - Wiki Morris Marina.

A 1.5-litre diesel version, using an engine developed from the B-Series, was offered in Europe.

And you thought a 1.6 406 would be a dog. 0-60 only off a cliff.

A survey conducted by Auto Express magazine in August 2006 revealed that just 745 of the 807,000 Marinas sold in Britain are still on the road — fewer than one in a thousand. This made it officially the most-scrapped car to have been sold in Britain over the previous 30 years.

That many?

It's all giggles, right the way down to this:

Additionally, as an ill-advised competitor to the Holden Torana and Ford Cortina 6 models, the Marina was also offered from November 1973 with a 121 hp (90 kW) 2600 cc E-series six cylinder engine.

Eh?

This indigenous Marina variant was capable of 0–60 mph in under nine seconds.

You'd have to be out of your mind!

Still, one day we'll be looking back and laughing at the cars we drive today - "Do you remember those awful Peugeot 406 diesels? They had so much expensive electronics all over them, and we all know what the French aren't any good at. Anyway, I'm off to buy some of that V-power oats for my horse..."

Post by **Doggy** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:44 pm

Steve has a point....will this be us in a few years time

And let's not forget the illustrious competion career, (coutesy of 118 118)

Caption competion anyone

Post by **steve_earwig** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:29 pm

dogslife wrote:Caption competion anyone

"No, none of them will start."

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:20 am

"I asked the Haynes guys, they don't know either"

Post by **Welly** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:00 am

"Can you smell petrol?"

mbell666 · Post by **mbell666** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:52 am

" A deck chair really should be standard equipment"

Post by **Doggy** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:21 am

"At least it works as a wind break"

TooT · Post by **TooT** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:18 pm

"There was no winner of Connect Four"

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:30 pm

TooT wrote:"There was no winner of Connect Four"

WIN!

Selekta · Post by **Selekta** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:36 am

owned: 85 honda civic
drove: 81 toyota corolla... clamped rear brake lines, would lock up at the drop of a hat

Post by **Doggy** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:14 am

Not even the 38bhp 1.5 non-turbo diesel.

Post by **steve_earwig** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:05 pm

You know you want one

Post by **Doggy** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:22 pm

You needn't feel left out, Steve
There's bargains to be had everywhere, it seems...
http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/cla ... arno/45535

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:38 pm

Owned: Have only owned 3 cars, so I'll have to go with MK3 Ford Fiesta 1.1L. Not a bad car, was just sloooooowwwww.....
Drove: A toss between a US rental Chevy (read Daewoo) Aveo Automatic and an '84 Skoda Estelle that my dad owned. I think I'll go with the Aveo as it was just HORRENDOUS (just like mbell said)

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