Most Disappointing car....

Whilst posting on another thread I got to thinking about the most disappointing car I've ever owned.

Back in 1995 I was given custody of an almost new mk2 Saab 900 cabrio for a weekend. Truthfully it was brilliant and I promised myself I'd buy one one day.

In 2002 I bought a four year old 93 LPT.

It was crap! I had loads of issues with it but most importantly was the fact that at motorway speeds there was no communication between the steering wheel and the front tyres. It was like driving a jelly.

Got rid of it less than a year later.

Anybody else bought something that they always wanted only to find the dream and the reality were poles apart?

(As an addendum, the second most dissapointing was the E46 316ti I bought last Christmas. Never have I driven a more fragile car. Loads of problems and almost all expensive).

 

digweed wrote: had a '92 civic, HATED it!!! got it as a replacement when my first car was stolen.  had it for 9 months.  upside was that i paid �900 for it and traded it for �1000, so i suppose every cloud has a silver lining. D.

I've had lots of rotten cars too but I never actually aspired to owning any of them. Have you bought anything you actually really wanted only to find it was crap?


Edited by ivanovoitch

Don't think reckless will be happy to hear about your Saab. He just spent
700000 Euro getting his one in tip top shape.

My first car was a '96 Fiat Brava. I'd always liked the look of them. I did
prefer the Bravo (3 door) but they were more expensive to buy and insure so
I went for the Brava. BIG mistake. It was such a load of crap. Only had it for 6
months and the engine broke. I was down two valves. Left it at the
mechanics and bought a '02 1.2 Stilo which I loved. Mechanic phoned me
last year to see what I wanted to do with the car. It had been sitting on his
drive for 2 years. Told him to scrap it and keep the money.

Edited by flyingalexf68

ivanovoitch wrote: flyingalexf68 wrote: bought a '02 1.2 Stilo which I loved.. Did it break?

No. Just had no power. I ended up trading it in for a '00 Landcruiser. I still
like the Stilo's. And I very very nearly bought a Stilo Abarth (2.4 litre 5
cylinder with semi auto 'box and sat nav etc), but I'm very glad I bought the
M3.

My first car was an '85 E30 316 - salvaged from a flood - more holes that a collendar and rattled/shook at 60mph. No power steering didnt help either. It dropped to bits, the paint was holding the rust together.

My dad has had loads of Saabs. From a 99L, an old 96 with column change and coaster handle next to peddels, a 900GLs, a 900i and now a 900i 16v (still old shape) bought off ebay for �400. Built like tanks - the 900i has been nearly rolled, ran into by a lorry, had a clio plough into it (the clio's door was a right off - the Saab got a scratch). They are safe cars - you feel safe sat in them. Believe it or not the origional Saabs were designed by a group of bods without a driving licence between them - all aero engineers. The new ones aren't close, my mates got a new 900i and it feels plain, the steering wheel is spring loaded (drive one and you know what I meen) and the worst thing is the plasticky sound the indicator gives off when activated. The black panel thing is a good idea though.

Bought a E36 coupe in feb this year. It was a 96 car and I brought it in from England. Car was perfect but absolutely gutless....no horses under the bonnet...in fact I couldn't find them anywhere in the car! My previous Opel Astra 1.4 was a 100 times better. Got rid of the car after only a few weeks and replaced it with an E30 and I haven't looked back since. And the E30 has got character to boot!

the car i had previous to "christine" was a 1.0L nissan micra automatic, electric windows junked out as i tried to force them down while iced up, radio died, rear passenger window no go but it was a nippy litle thing hated it with a passion - first car.

had one of the new noddy shaped ones when i got home from hols as christine was being written off and by god it was horrible the old one was 10 times better, felt more robust than the noddy mobile.

[QUOTE=ivanovoitch]Whilst posting on another thread I got to thinking about the most disappointing car I've ever owned.

Back in 1995 I was given custody of an almost new mk2 Saab 900 cabrio for a weekend. Truthfully it was brilliant and I promised myself I'd buy one one day.

In 2002 I bought a four year old 93 LPT.

 

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it is a vectra in drag. What did you expect.

Your lucky. My old boss insisted on providing Nissan Almera's. I will never drive a Datsun again ever. Soulless peace of sh1t.

Mick

1st car = Honda Integra 1.5, the pop-up light 5dr one. Loved it (can anyone not love their 1st car?). I'd so much nookie back then...

2nd car = Mazda 323F 1.5, the cool looking one. Loved this as much. great handling, lovely to look at and sit in.

3rd car = Xsara VTR. Got this for good money with only 20k up on it after 3yrs, and sold it 7 months & 14k later for profit. Loved this too, partic the handling which was so fluid and mobile at the rear without being dangerous.

4th car = Bought my 1st gaff, & used Xsara toward it. Hence E34 518i bought for �635, driven for 18months & 31k, and sold for �635. Loved this to bits. Intro to RWD, and it was plenty lively.

5th car = E34 525i. Also loved this to bits.

6th car = E36 328i. A slow burner this, after the E34s. But once I set it up the way I wanted, it was right up there at the top. I still miss it some days.

7th car = E36 M3. Probably the disappointing one out of the lot. Can't put my finger quite on it, as it does everything great. But it just doesn't interest me like the others did for some reason. Maybe it's just too good? 

8th.... M-Coupe I think!

I have a load of cars that I wanna get. M-Coupe, E46 M3, 993 C2 (on 16s!), Clio V6, Elise, caterham...... not to mention a late 80's S-Class, Opel Monza, various Maseratis (Q'porte or Ghibli being top of the list), Lancia Fulvia, Alfa GTV6 (old inboard brakes one), Citroen CX Turbo, Saab 900 Turbo 16, Citroen C6, Peugeot 505 GTi, Fiat Strada 130TC, Lotus Sunbeam..... I could go on for the day.

So many cars, so little money. 

Edited by T.J.

My nomination for disappointing car has to be a '95 Honda Accord 2.0 LSi Coupe.

Traded my Civic Coupe in against it (fantastic car!), and it didn't feel nearly as lively from the get go.  Also felt like a barge on the road compared to the civic.  Gearbox was always iffy, and trim kept falling off.  It's biggest plus was cruise control.