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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.
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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! |
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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.
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04/10/2005 08:58:35 PM · #29 |
Fiat is still okay in the UK I think
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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. |
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04/10/2005 09:21:24 PM · #31 |
| Mercury Comet. drank, smoked, wet its pants all over the driveway. |
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04/10/2005 09:24:38 PM · #32 |
| Has to be the Russian Lada. |
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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. |
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04/10/2005 09:35:26 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by buzzrock:
I miss the Yugo!! |
Slogan: "Yugo.. we push!"
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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" :)
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04/10/2005 10:36:11 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by kpriest:
and the Gremlin
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Hey... The Gremlin rocks! |
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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.
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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" :)
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Difficult to find parts for it in Wisconsin..... |
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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.
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04/11/2005 01:00:35 AM · #40 |
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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. :-)
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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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