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By *illbill OP Man
38 weeks ago

dublin

What's the worst car you ever owned

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By *og-ManMan
38 weeks ago

somewhere

1.8 diesel fiesta van in the 90's

Loved it but no power steering,air con or electric windows

Only realised how bad it was after I switched it

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By (user no longer on site)
38 weeks ago

My first car, a Suzuki Swift. Like driving a skip on an E-scooter

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By *rAndMrsRightCouple
38 weeks ago

newtownabbey

Smart fortwo.

Had two of them, both barely lasted a year.

Love the car itself, that's why I went for a second one, hate how unreliable it was

Missus

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By *eralt80Man
38 weeks ago

cork

I’ve only owned two 2 cars and the worst of those was a red 1996 Toyota Corolla. Which was far from bad

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By *chochamberWoman
38 weeks ago

Munster

Mazda.... Jesus what was the model??? Kinda a high up car.

Useless.... Constantly getting notifications from the manufacturer to bring it back in. Very expensive service, all electrics really finicky, any tip and lights and warnings going off.

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By *electableicecreamMan
38 weeks ago

The West

My first van was old Ford Transit with no power steering and no partition. Had to wear ear plugs to drive it.

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By *aseylee324Couple
38 weeks ago

Valley of Squinting Windows

My first, a VW Golf which cost me £100, when it rained the passenger footwell filled with water and the car regularly just refused to start.

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By *otownkid1967Man
38 weeks ago

Portlaoise

Ford Sierra ,it was only 2 years old when I bought it. Blew the head gasket twice. Never touched Ford again nor never will tbh

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By *ural delightMan
38 weeks ago

Enniskillen

Nissan xtrail 28 faults in first year. Stay away

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By *affa31Woman
38 weeks ago

Galway

A 06 focus…bought it cheap cause I had no option…if it rained there was a swimming pool on the passenger footwell and I opened the boot once to find a frog living in there

there were also mushrooms growing in the boot…a smidge damp in there!

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By *adger BrocMan
38 weeks ago

Co. Cork

Leaking cabin pressure vents inside rear bumper. Replacements available so simple fix.

No more wetness.....in the car at least.

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By *rAndMrsRightCouple
38 weeks ago

newtownabbey

Reading about water in passenger footwells, reminded me of my Smart roadster - it had the same issue, as well as passenger window being iffy and not opening the whole way down, cabrio roof only opened and closed when you connected the wires directly to the battery and it did blow its engine at the traffic lights lol (was my absolute favourite car tho and would get another one in a heartbeat if I had spare 6+k and extra £200 a month to pay for insurance alone

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By *oo32Man
38 weeks ago

tipperary

Citroen...ice on inside ofwindow...fuel pump gave in

Sparks out of exhaust

Used to cut out for no reason

Drank oil and water..

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By *j47Man
38 weeks ago

limerick

"A 06 frogus…bought it cheap cause I had no option…if it rained there was a swimming pool on the passenger footwell and I opened the boot once to find a frog living in there

there were also mushrooms growing in the boot…a smidge damp in there! "

Fixed that there for you

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By *roadguyMan
38 weeks ago

Louth, Dub

I bought a new Alfa Romeo 146 1.6 T spark. Within 4-5 hours the car kept cutting out when stopped. Brought it back to the dealer. They couldn't fix it. It then went to Alfa Romeo head office beside the red cow roundabout. They had it for almost a month before I got it back. It was fixed. But they never revealed what the problem was. I suspect the replaced the engine.

The valve timing variator kept failing every 10 months or so. Covered by warranty. Then a van hit the car and it was written off.

Then I bought another Alfa, a 3 year old gtv. Beautiful car. But suffered the same valve timing issue at the 146. So I sold that after 2 years. When German for cars after that.

Although I am tempted by the Gulia 2 liter petrol they seem to be reliable.

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By (user no longer on site)
38 weeks ago

Range rover evoque. Total piece of shit

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By *eard and BoobsCouple
38 weeks ago

Portstewart

Discovery 2 was a complete pile of crap and cost thousands to prep for mot so had the dealer buy it back

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By *nnetteTV/TS
38 weeks ago

Enniscorthy

MGB GT, some yoke. Driving home from night shift (6am) one rear leaf spring gave way, made it home crabbing along the road. And as for rust!

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By *asual777Man
38 weeks ago

i travel all over

Have had bad bmws, and a terrible alfa, and a really bad Renault

Nothing ever goes wrong with the focus. Have had two over the years and they just keep going and going

Like some on here

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By *zippyMan
38 weeks ago

Wexford

Peugeot partner, would feint at the sight of a hill, no amount of tweaks could get it to drive like other partners and Berlingo vans on the road at the time, never any fear of picking up a speeding fine on a motorway with it either

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By *zippyMan
38 weeks ago

Wexford

"Nissan xtrail 28 faults in first year. Stay away"

Seems to be a bit of a lottery with the xtrail, an honest nissan/Renault mechanic will tell you 1 in every 3 can be a nightmare with the electronics, been lucky enough to have a few bombproof xtrails over the years, an early T31 had over 400,000 Kms on the clock before I changed it, only problem it ever caused was the need to change the clock spring. It was a great machine.

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By *inkywife1981Couple
38 weeks ago

A town near you

2l TD Nissan primera.

Put me off Nissans for life.

#ball of shite

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