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04/10/2005 06:48:25 PM · #26
Believe it or not, my brother swears by Kia. He has two of them - the minivan, and the sub-compact, and loves them both. Super cheap, and good warranty. Personally, I'd take the Hyundai first.
04/10/2005 07:46:58 PM · #27
yeh, my friend had a 96 mustang..two yrs later wouldnt go in reverse, clutch was bad and he blew a head gasket...sold it for 800.00 and bought another ford (explorer)

Originally posted by ccraft:

Ford.

I had a two-year-old Ford Aspire for exactly two years (it was four years old) and it was a complete lemon. The thing died on the road several times with the same unfixable problem. I'll never ever buy a ford again.

Bought a Toyota (rated most reliable) and haven't had a problem with it in over seven years!

04/10/2005 08:48:37 PM · #28
Nobody's mentioned Fiat, who managed to go from reasonable glory into the pits of hell in the latter part of the 20th century. I have owned 2 Fiats, and 850 Spyder (fun car) and a 124 sedan (workmanlike), and the sedan was about the end of it in the USA. I think the Yugo's a rebadged, older Fiat, not sure.

Robt.
04/10/2005 08:58:35 PM · #29
Fiat is still okay in the UK I think
04/10/2005 09:14:12 PM · #30
I have owned three alleged crappiest.... corvair, pacer and the all time worst car ever - a 1960 Simca.
04/10/2005 09:21:24 PM · #31
Mercury Comet. drank, smoked, wet its pants all over the driveway.
04/10/2005 09:24:38 PM · #32
Has to be the Russian Lada.
04/10/2005 09:34:37 PM · #33
Originally posted by sfalice:

Mercury Comet. drank, smoked, wet its pants all over the driveway.


My friend had one. We called it the Vomit. Long story, but that stuff is hard to scrape off in the winter.
04/10/2005 09:35:26 PM · #34
Originally posted by buzzrock:

I miss the Yugo!!


Slogan: "Yugo.. we push!"
04/10/2005 10:19:44 PM · #35
Originally posted by undieyatch:

I have owned three alleged crappiest.... corvair, pacer and the all time worst car ever - a 1960 Simca.


Found your Simca on "The Best Cars Website" :)
04/10/2005 10:36:11 PM · #36
Originally posted by kpriest:


and the Gremlin



Hey... The Gremlin rocks!
04/10/2005 10:39:37 PM · #37
My mom had a purple Gremlin when I was a baby. She always told me it was one of the best cars she's ever owned.
04/10/2005 10:46:57 PM · #38
Originally posted by kpriest:

Originally posted by undieyatch:

I have owned three alleged crappiest.... corvair, pacer and the all time worst car ever - a 1960 Simca.


Found your Simca on "The Best Cars Website" :)


Difficult to find parts for it in Wisconsin.....
04/10/2005 11:56:54 PM · #39
Originally posted by ccraft:

Ford.

I had a two-year-old Ford Aspire for exactly two years (it was four years old) and it was a complete lemon. The thing died on the road several times with the same unfixable problem. I'll never ever buy a ford again.

Bought a Toyota (rated most reliable) and haven't had a problem with it in over seven years!


You expected something useful that costs what, $50 and is made up of leftover car parts? NEVER buy any company's entry level econobox and expect it to last! The aspire is a joke car.

Look on teh roads - what older cars do you see? The big luxo barges usually, where as if you look at new cars you see bajillions of cavaliers - whether it is the cheap cars are built cheaply or the owners don't spend any money on meaintence I cannot tell you - probably a bit of both.

My oldest friend hates Fords, loves GMs. Reliability he says. He got an 88 escort for $800 and put maybe $200 into it and beat the living sh*t out of it for 4 years and the only failures were the drivers seat back and the shift linkage. he now has a low mileage corsica...he has put $300 into it in the 2 years he has owned it and it now needs a head gasket. EVERY GM car he has owned has blown up the engine. He has had 3 Fords...no engine failures. Hmmm...not the driver/owner.

Yeah, i am partial to Ford and Chrysler. GM makes junk.
The best cars are probably Honda, Subaru and Toyota, in that order.
The worst...nissan, daewoo, anything french, VWs - in no particular order.

Message edited by author 2005-04-10 23:57:22.
04/11/2005 01:00:35 AM · #40
Don't eff with my Kia.
04/11/2005 12:33:22 PM · #41
Originally posted by dogz:

Originally posted by buzzrock:

I miss the Yugo!!


Slogan: "Yugo.. we push!"


Old joke: ...Heard that the Yugo now comes with a rear window defroster--it's for keeping your hands warm while pushing it. :-)
04/11/2005 12:37:27 PM · #42
Originally posted by BradP:

From someone that makes their living working on cars:
Isuzu, Kia, Deawoo, Mitsubishi (Aisan Imports)
Saturn (Domestic)


As far as Daewoo is concerned, I still can't get over the fact that about two years ago, Philly Daewoo dealers had a buy one get one free special. We used to joke that the second car was for spare parts when we heard the ad on the radio.
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