FabSwingers.com forum: Crap cars you've owned!

By *bi Haive OP Man
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Inspired by a thread where a certain 'Alfisti' may (or may not have!) previously owned a Ford Orion - are there any proper lemons in your car ownership history? I guess we all had a cheap, small runabout when we were learning/first passed our tests - so confess! What's been on your drive?

For me? An Austin Princess, a Renault 5 (1.4 automatic!

) and a brief spell in a bright yellow Fiat Cinquecento!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It was an ex girlfriend's car...

The worst car I've ever owned was a Ford Focus 2.0.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

My first car was a cream Maestro. It had a push button radio, you pushed the button and the needle jumped along the display.

Im not even 40. I know own a car with air con and air bags.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I once had a Citroen Xantia 1.9TD SX that was a total sh*t to me despite the money on servicing and repairs lavished upon it.

Auctioned the bugger. HAH ! Luckily that was a long time ago, been driving company cars since, but now have my own Honda Civic.. mmm

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By *bi Haive OP Man
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"My first car was a cream Maestro. It had a push button radio, you pushed the button and the needle jumped along the display.

Im not even 40. I know own a car with air con and air bags."

I think the Maestro is winning so far!

Unless someone turns up having owned a Morris Ital (like my dad!), in Beige with brown upholstery!!

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"My first car was a cream Maestro. It had a push button radio, you pushed the button and the needle jumped along the display.

Im not even 40. I know own a car with air con and air bags.

I think the Maestro is winning so far!

Unless someone turns up having owned a Morris Ital (like my dad!), in Beige with brown upholstery!!

My next car 18 months later was a Toyota Celica, 1.8, DOHC, and absolute beast. I put £3k of audio in it.

Zero to Hero

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

An opal kadet,Renault 5 x 2 but my favourite was my cream dolomite with walnut interior. I drove that literally until it died

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My first car was a Ford Sierra 4 wheel drive! Which I thought was the dogs compared to all the boy racers in their 1l fiestas..!!!

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By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Mini

Peugeot 206

VW Golf

VW Golf tdi

I'm not sure any of them were that shit, especially given a couple of the posts above!

I now drive my dream car.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not had a shit car. They've all served me well

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dog turd brown austin allegro 1.3hle.... beat that

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By *bi Haive OP Man
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"Dog turd brown austin allegro 1.3hle.... beat that

You've just trumped the Maestro!

Congrats!!!

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By *andy_tomMan
over a year ago

wolverhampton

Morrie ital.. the bigest peace of shit I ever owned.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

rover 214 vitesse.not surprised they went bust

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By *istressZoeTV/TS
over a year ago

cheshire

Haha x fond memories x I once owned a Renault 5 x

Try getting a blowjob in that when you are both wearing sky scrapper heels x

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By *ikki ShooterTV/TS
over a year ago

Epsom

Austin metro... Day after I got it I got rammed in the rear..... Car was dented too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Renault 9. It was the sort of car a kid would draw (generically boxy). Certainly didn't turn any female heads

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Vauxhall Viva and a Ford Orion

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Ford escort. The passenger mat covered a hole.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I have only owned 3 cars and a Transit van and they were all shit apart from the Granada 2.8 auto which blew me away.

I was a biker boy, but still enjoyed driving that car

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

[Removed by poster at 13/08/14 10:07:36]

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By *bi Haive OP Man
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"[Removed by poster at 13/08/14 10:07:36]"

Been towed away?

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"[Removed by poster at 13/08/14 10:07:36]

Been towed away?

Thats what happens when a frogs car breaks down.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

my first car was a Daewoo Matiz

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

Nah, had 30 years of Volkeswagens that never let me down, and two very good Fords since divorce rendered me penniless and I became too old to give a shit about 'status'!

Drove a ghastly little Fiat for a fortnight between Beetles, but I managed to write it off for it's sins.

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"[Removed by poster at 13/08/14 10:07:36]

Been towed away?

I misspelled Beetle - what can I say, I'm only on my first coffee still!

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By *1sexypairCouple
over a year ago

Retford

For me? An Austin Princess, a Renault 5 (1.4 automatic! ) and a brief spell in a bright yellow Fiat Cinquecento!

My first car when learning to drive at 17 was an old mini van bright yellow you could still see the old company name under the paint work(COOP)

From there is went something like this,

Mini car 950cc

Ford Escort 1.2 super deluxe

Morris Marina 1.4 in red

Rover 2 litre

Ford1.3

Mercedes C180 (Auto)

BMW 321i (Auto)

BMW SUV I'm Certainly driving

With respect to all the above cars they were all very good cars at the given time in my life

Wished I still had one or two of them.

Mr T

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland

Austin Maestro.no comment needed

Audi A4. guttles crap

Peugeot. 205gti it was a terrible ride

Vauxhall Vectra. Like driving a frikking boat

Volvo 740gle. Didn't like stopping

Saab 9000. Not a bad car just cost me a fortune

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

blimey my 1st car is older than most people on this thread!

Hillman Imp, racing red

not sure what engine size prob 1100 which was in the boot!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I really miss my cinquecento. We traded it in for a panda.

I want to get another one!

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

I've not owned a crap car. I've loved all my cars, even the 1.2l Corsa.

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By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"blimey my 1st car is older than most people on this thread!

Hillman Imp, racing red

not sure what engine size prob 1100 which was in the boot!"

My parents had one of those when I was wee... it was blue and I used to have to sit in the boot bit on the way to swimming lessons cause there were too many of us. It was warm on top of that engine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

my metro was crap because it was a metro, and my freelander because it cost me so much money in repair bills....think it spent more time on the back of an aa truck than actually being driven.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had a lada riva for a while, that was really really bad to drive, tho it didn't let me down mechanically.

Also had a montego and a Morris ital van.

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By *bi Haive OP Man
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"I really miss my cinquecento. We traded it in for a panda.

I want to get another one! "

That the 'green' way to go!

A bit slow - and I suspect a panda could only carry one person at a time - but they're really cute!

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By *adybee77Woman
over a year ago

MAMOBA, miles and miles of bugger all (Aberdeenshire)

Suzuki alto - now that was a piece of crap

Fiat Cinquecento, had kinda a charm to it

Fiat Brava - now that was a pile of utter crap, sounded like a bag of bolts.

Have also owned some crackers - a VXR astra, an audi coupe quattro 2.8 v6, and now be dream car is my beetle (new style) which I adore.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The metro that to have some stuff pumped into the suspension, hated it and called it a bag of shit on 4 wheels

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

My next car 18 months later was a Toyota Celica, 1.8, DOHC, and absolute beast. I put £3k of audio in it.

Zero to Hero"

Or VERY LOUD ZERO

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

My next car 18 months later was a Toyota Celica, 1.8, DOHC, and absolute beast. I put £3k of audio in it.

Zero to Hero

Or VERY LOUD ZERO

No, I was 18. You'll have to take my word for it.

Bitches loved it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"blimey my 1st car is older than most people on this thread!

Hillman Imp, racing red

not sure what engine size prob 1100 which was in the boot!

My parents had one of those when I was wee... it was blue and I used to have to sit in the boot bit on the way to swimming lessons cause there were too many of us. It was warm on top of that engine.

That's funny

I think the most I had in it was 8 including me, driving back from the pub!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All of my cars have been crap,im never going to spend ridiculous amounts of money on a lump of metal that im not legally allowed to go over 70 mph in

There are are shoes to buy!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

E620 KEG faded blue vauxhall astra belmont 1.3 4 speed.... paid £300 for it in 1998. It sat on the driveway for a year before being scrapped! I didn't get my licence until 2000

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By *U1966Man
over a year ago

Devon

Had 8 in my Hillman Imp to cross local ferry because if they were in the car didnt have to pay 875 cc engine and one of my favourit cars

Crapiest car i have owned Austin 1300

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I passed at 17 and had a Peugeot 107 till I was 19

Then bought a Peugeot 207 1.4 only kept it roughly 6 months slow and sluggish

Then bought a Peugeot 207 S16 1.6 which I loved but had the gearbox break big style so I got rid. Nothing fast but handling was amazing

Now I have a honda civic 1.8, revving the bollocks off it is highly amusing

Can't fault the civic but peugeots are horrendous for reliability and build quality.

And the mrs had agreed to buying a glanza V next year

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My first car was a cream Maestro. It had a push button radio, you pushed the button and the needle jumped along the display.

Im not even 40. I know own a car with air con and air bags.

I think the Maestro is winning so far!

Unless someone turns up having owned a Morris Ital (like my dad!), in Beige with brown upholstery!!

My next car 18 months later was a Toyota Celica, 1.8, DOHC, and absolute beast. I put £3k of audio in it.

Zero to Hero"

What decibels were you hitting?

I've got an install in my civic and hit 140 Db

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

A Renault 6 back in the late 70s. Heap of shit.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"My first car was a cream Maestro. It had a push button radio, you pushed the button and the needle jumped along the display.

Im not even 40. I know own a car with air con and air bags.

I think the Maestro is winning so far!

Unless someone turns up having owned a Morris Ital (like my dad!), in Beige with brown upholstery!!

My next car 18 months later was a Toyota Celica, 1.8, DOHC, and absolute beast. I put £3k of audio in it.

Zero to Hero

What decibels were you hitting?

I've got an install in my civic and hit 140 Db"

Ummm I dont know. It was borrowed/used as a show car from time to time, it was loud and the sound was still pure.

Some twats nicked all the gear one night, I used the insurance on a clifford alarm and never put the stuff back in.

The twats all got a hiding for it too

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