Worst Car Ever Bought?

[MalcQV]

...the car was scrapped by the council

Funnily enough the two I mentioned were both scrapped. End Of Life vehicle collection

[audipersempre]

1992 Rover 820Si. Leaked gearbox oil, leaked engine oil, leaked coolant, electric window switch pack replaced three times. There was more but it's too painful to re live the experience

Spent more time back at the dealer I bought it from than it did on the road for the 7 months I owned it.

[MalcQV]

Steve they got better I think. Though I never owned an 8 series I leased 4 and 6 series. Did about 50k a year so only kept them for about 6-7 months on average. I never had a single fault. I ran them between 1995-97.

[StuPDi]

i had 3 200's, 216GSi, 220GTi turbo and a 216GTi twin cam, never had a problem either.
My sister had a 92 827si, not really much bother apart from the fuel consumption, then later she had a 820 sli, again with no issues.

seems you got a duff one mate, they happen every now and again

Stu

[KQuattro]

Ford Orion 1.4 Biscayn

Light blue with white hub caps....the car was a dog.

[audipersempre]

Nah, I think a few people got lucky the 820 with the Montego block plus 16 valve head slapped on it was never really any good neither was the transmission.

827 yes and I had one for 3 years with no problems..............but that was a Honda engine as were some of the others in the smaller Rovers.

Smart people bought Rover's with Honda engines

[paul b]

Nah, I think a few people got lucky the 820 with the Montego block plus 16 valve head slapped on it was never really any good neither was the transmission.

827 yes and I had one for 3 years with no problems..............but that was a Honda engine as were some of the others in the smaller Rovers.

Smart people bought Rover's with Honda engines

Or they could have just bought a Honda...

Paul

[StuPDi]

Ford Orion 1.4 Biscayn

Light blue with white hub caps....the car was a dog.

nice colour though

i had 3 orions, they were ok considering how little i paid for them!!

My mum worked for Ford when they were released in 1984 and we had 1 for 3 days before they were launched!! as we also did with the Sierra in 1982!!

Stu

[Combover]

Mine was my Citroen C3, which I bought brand new from the dealer in 2003. I was dead proud, being a new dad and having a nice new car etc.

Anyway, about 3 months in there was a problem in that the car was only working on 3 cylinders instead of 4, so lost all power.

Took it to citroen who 'fixed' it.

Well, safe to say they hadnt. By the end of this saga, the guy on the maintenance desk knew my reg just by looking at me.

Then it would just cut out without warning, engine management light, then cut out. Restart 3 times and it would clear the error.

I then caugh it on a post in a car park and put a crease the full height of it.

Then.......some silly old cow in a Volvo pulled out from a side road on a dual carriage way type road, right into my path and I hit her full pelt at 60mph and did 4 grands worth of damage.

And finally, to top it off.......some mofo nicked it!!!

I now drive a very old, but very reliable Golf!

[dandam]

Worst was an Orion 1.6i Ghia, nice enough car but never managed two weeks without something going wrong, lasted 4 months before being pushed (literally) through an auction.

Best in many ways is my A6, comfortable and economical, though the mk1 is far more fun.

Most surprising was a 406 pug, 2.0 LX petrol, had it for four and a half years, sold it with 173k miles on it and never let us down - went through headlight bulbs like nothing else I have had, at least four every year, engine had a bit of piston slap by the time we sold it, but all in all was worth every penny that we paid for it. Sold it onto a friend over two years ago and he's still driving around in it, still nothing goes wrong - is this a unique 406 I wonder ???