What's the worst car you've bought?
July 2010 ROTM
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Susan Moore, AL
^ f omnis!!! my dads dd omni burnt down when i was a kid, then his sunrise (same thing but plymouth) did the same thing. i've had probably 20 cars, but the worst ever was either my 97 cavalier 5spd which blew up, got fixed, and blew up again in the same week, or my 35th anniversary gt mustang. the build quality was horrendous! it only had 99k on it when i got rid of it. something was wrong with it, it would eat a clutch about every 3k miles. guy i traded it to already put a clutch in it and put it on mautofied. i dont feel bad tho, cuz the civic i got from him is no jewel... best car hands down tho would have to be my 94 ranger 2.3 5spd. 287k on it when i traded it in on a garbage 97 eclipse. only replaced the alternator and 1 clutch on the rangerous maximus. i swear that thing was indestructible...
Last edited by MBrent; Dec 10, 2009 at 10:10 AM.
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Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Pueblo, CO
wow well i've had quite a few,
88 subaru awd station wagon- paid $100 sounded like a fukn tank open headers, just went mudding with it until it died then junked it for $200
85 crx si- got it free paid $40 to tow home, someone put trans fluid in the brake canister, replaced all wheel cyl. and master cyl. drove for a year and sold it 5 times, first 3 buyers stopped makin payments so i repo'd it the 4 guy paid cash in full then after 6 months he just gave it back to me, o i was doin 120 down the highway and the front fenders and grill flew off, it was all plastic.
89 acura legend- paid $10 for it at a dealership.... drove it for along time sold it for $500 all was wrong was the front cv axles were bad, a/c even worked.
88 civic hatchback- paid $300 it was tan with brown interior, it was a dpfi pos so i took a grinder and cut the springs (the right way) no i didnt weld them back, and just drove it slammed if more than 2 people got in it scraped the road, had it for 5 months til we had a hurricane and i went outside to move it cause the water was rising and a big gust of wind ripped my driver door off, bungie cords ftw! i bought a clean 91 shell and put my stuff in it then scrapped the 88 civic.
i have alot more i cant keep cars i had 9 just last year alone, i change them like a pair of shoes.
88 subaru awd station wagon- paid $100 sounded like a fukn tank open headers, just went mudding with it until it died then junked it for $200
85 crx si- got it free paid $40 to tow home, someone put trans fluid in the brake canister, replaced all wheel cyl. and master cyl. drove for a year and sold it 5 times, first 3 buyers stopped makin payments so i repo'd it the 4 guy paid cash in full then after 6 months he just gave it back to me, o i was doin 120 down the highway and the front fenders and grill flew off, it was all plastic.
89 acura legend- paid $10 for it at a dealership.... drove it for along time sold it for $500 all was wrong was the front cv axles were bad, a/c even worked.
88 civic hatchback- paid $300 it was tan with brown interior, it was a dpfi pos so i took a grinder and cut the springs (the right way) no i didnt weld them back, and just drove it slammed if more than 2 people got in it scraped the road, had it for 5 months til we had a hurricane and i went outside to move it cause the water was rising and a big gust of wind ripped my driver door off, bungie cords ftw! i bought a clean 91 shell and put my stuff in it then scrapped the 88 civic.
i have alot more i cant keep cars i had 9 just last year alone, i change them like a pair of shoes.
LMAO THis thread is so full of win, and mine is definately my green civic.
97 DX Coupe, Horribly slow, fart can welded on, cheap intake/filter, full unpainted body kit, ricer tails....
Honostly I hated that car, dam Im glad I have my sol, although I def want a new civic
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From: City of Champs
mines would have to be my 93 civic lx. I loved the car to death, but thing was f'ed from the get go. I bought it on impulse because i wanted a civic no matter what. The motor was blown, so i got a used one installed the same week i bought it. Like 3 months later, my tranny ****s the bed while i was driving home from school. Replaced that with another one. Then like 3 months after that, my starter went bad and i replaced it with a new one. When i took out the old one, the flywheel had broke a chunk off the tip of the starter, and pieces of the starter were stuck in the flywheel and i couldnt get them out so i junked the car. the drivers fender was all bondo, rust like hell on the wheel wells, and there was also bondo inbetween the rear window and the passanger rear window. should have did my hw before purcahsing. but you live and you learn. now i know what to look for.