While looking for pics of my Firebird for the favorite car thread I found a pic of a truck I am glad is gone. This thing caused me more problems than I care to think about. Not so much reliability-wise but legally speaking (licensing and registration issues). It was an F-150 with a small block Pontiac motor, courtesy of the previous owner. Anyone else have a car/truck in their past they would like to forget? Post pics too if you have them.
Vehicles you are glad you no longer own!
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skwerl
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RB, that thing looks like a speeding ticket sitting still. Years ago my best friend had a '78 F250 with a '77 Lincoln 460 in it. The truck was chocolate brown so it never stood out. He and I both ran the crap out of that truck (I had the speedometer wrapped all the way around and back up to 20 once) and I think he only got one ticket in the 7-8 years he owned it. I don't think cops see brown very well. If it had been a bright color it would have been citation city.
Back on topic, my least favorite vehicle was my '88 F150. It's the only vehicle I ever bought brand new and it took me 9 years to admit how much I hated it. The AC quit working after 3 years, gas gauge quit working after 2 years, tie rods grenaded at 18K miles, the motor ate a piston at 75K miles and I had it rebuilt, the 'check engine' light came on at 90K miles and was still on when I traded it at 200K, it ate 6 starters and 5 clutches, would miss and spit if I used anything but premium and it never got over 11 mpg.
Back on topic, my least favorite vehicle was my '88 F150. It's the only vehicle I ever bought brand new and it took me 9 years to admit how much I hated it. The AC quit working after 3 years, gas gauge quit working after 2 years, tie rods grenaded at 18K miles, the motor ate a piston at 75K miles and I had it rebuilt, the 'check engine' light came on at 90K miles and was still on when I traded it at 200K, it ate 6 starters and 5 clutches, would miss and spit if I used anything but premium and it never got over 11 mpg.
skwerl said:
Sitting still is what it did best. I never had it legally on the road. When it got up to about 50 mph it would cut out, so speeding was not even an issue. I never had time to get it running right. Lesson learned, don't buy a vehicle at night!
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Im just glad i dont own any more Chevy's 
1970 Plymouth fury old squad car 440 pi.
Just coulden't handle the starter yelling " Leave me alone" "Leave me alone"
Just coulden't handle the starter yelling " Leave me alone" "Leave me alone"
begleytree
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glad I don't have? 2001 dodge ram SLT 1500 360 auto 4x2 ext cab. junk from the day I bought it (in NC) Finally bought back under lemon law for transmission problems. I'll never own another dodge newer than '72.
Chevy Vega...absolutely the worst car ever made by GM.
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A buddy of mine used to drive one of those. We were in high school. I remember then having to stop every 15 miles to check the oil and add some.boboak said:
I had a '73 Ford Pinto. I would have to ask my dates to get out and help me push it to start it. I remember times we would open the hood up, after driving at night, and marvel at the red-hot glowing exhaust manifold.
When I finally retired it, I blasted it with a 12 gauge shotgun a few times. Sounds stupid now, but there was some sort of demented gratification then.
Koa Man
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'72 Subaru that was all rusty and smoked like a hotrod diesel, except the smoke was blue and not black.
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The 1987 Toyota Tercel mentioned elsewhere-one cheap, small car. Everything was optional-radio, and a pax side mirror included. 1.5 l four speed and reved like hell because the overdrive 4th was not much of an overdrive, 3500 rpm at 100 km/hr as I recall. Plus it was one of the last "variable venturi"carburated Toyotas produced and the carb was defective from day one, but on a hidden warrenty-lousy driveability. Sticking a pen down the throat on a -30 C Edmonton morning was a crappy way to begin one's workday. After a $400 tuneup it still wouldn't start and that is when I found out I needed a new carb. Everything that went wrong with this vehicle was an arguement to get repaired by Toyota under warrenty, including a cracked exhaust manifold at 79,500 km that I got fixed under the 80,00 km emissions control warrenty after some flack (sorry the warrenty expired at 60K km was the original response-my answer a cracked manifold leaks raw exhaust upstream of the converter), and getting the carb replaced ($900 worth including intake manifold) was only after I complained repeatedly about the lousy cold starts. Seems you had to raise cain before they "remembered" the hidden warrenty. I got rid of it in 1990 at 99,000 km and got $5500 on a trade for a Nissan truck, $4500 less than I paid new, when I started to have electrical problems. Shortly thereafter appaerently someone stole the Alpine radio I had installed...the car was jynxed.
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The worst vehicle I have owned was my 2000 dodge dakota I bought it at 25,000 miles and that thing went though so many parts I had to have Brand new brakes, rotors, wheel bearings, and everything at 50k. That truck about nickle and dimed me to death it would eat fuses on a week to week basis. It was also a reg cab and was cramped as I don't know what if you would ride in that thing for more then an hour you would have bad pains in your back for days. That was the worst vehicle I every had to make payments on.
The worst vehicle I have owned was my 2000 dodge dakota I bought it at 25,000 miles and that thing went though so many parts I had to have Brand new brakes, rotors, wheel bearings, and everything at 50k. That truck about nickle and dimed me to death it would eat fuses on a week to week basis. It was also a reg cab and was cramped as I don't know what if you would ride in that thing for more then an hour you would have bad pains in your back for days. That was the worst vehicle I every had to make payments on.
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Gremlin with the big-block. 4 speed. Death trap.
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My brother had a 72 Gremlin with a 232 6 cyl. Actually my dad still has it (along with my first car too - 1980 Monza) behind his shop. He planned on taking the body off the Gremlin and making it into an open hunting vehicle.
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IF the body was solid, they're a whole different car with a 3.8 buick/5 speed or a small block chev......boboak said:
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1989 Jeep Cherokee...POS. My mom bought it for me w/ 140k miles, for 3,000. had new black paint, looked pretty good, then we spent another 3,500 keeping it running over the next two years. The major work included exhaust manifold, engine mounts, new brakes all around. the minor work included no less than 4 alternators, two water pumps, countless u-joints, 4x4 switch, and other minor repairs. Needless to say, that's why I won't own another chrysler product. The dodge trucks seem to be ok, especially w/ the 318 engine. It may not pull 10 lbs, but i hear they run forever.
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my mom also had a Chrysler LS300 that also fell apart at 50k miles. Go figure.
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my mom also had a Chrysler LS300 that also fell apart at 50k miles. Go figure.
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The gremlin.........
......was the "X" with the 401 V-8.
......no ladder bars on earth could control this little monster.
......you could launch this bullet dead sideways from a 60mph kick. in any gear you chose.
......in town you only used 3rd & 4th. mom just used 4th. wouldn't help me buy clutches, btw.
......i just visited a site where these little bombs are still raced. either technology has come a long way, or these boys have a death wish.
......was the "X" with the 401 V-8.
......no ladder bars on earth could control this little monster.
......you could launch this bullet dead sideways from a 60mph kick. in any gear you chose.
......in town you only used 3rd & 4th. mom just used 4th. wouldn't help me buy clutches, btw.
......i just visited a site where these little bombs are still raced. either technology has come a long way, or these boys have a death wish.
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Toyota Corona, maybe mid '60s, very much used. Had an automatic, and this was wwaayy before the engineers figured out how to match 4 cylinders and auto trans. Always ran like crap, AC wouldn't hold a charge, and would blow fuses like crazy. There was certain order in which you had to turn off the lights, put it park, lift off the brake pedal, and then turn it off.
Toyota Tercel, '84, very much used & abused. Someone drove this car hard, but never bothered with routine maintenance.
Someone mentioned an old patrol car with the 440. When I was 16 a local used car lot had one & I wanted it. My father said "no, no, & no." I probably would've killed myself speeding in that thing. A few years later a friend of mine did buy one, it was a major POS, a real money pit.
Toyota Tercel, '84, very much used & abused. Someone drove this car hard, but never bothered with routine maintenance.
Someone mentioned an old patrol car with the 440. When I was 16 a local used car lot had one & I wanted it. My father said "no, no, & no." I probably would've killed myself speeding in that thing. A few years later a friend of mine did buy one, it was a major POS, a real money pit.
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That describes my current ride, which btw, is so crappy and ungodly its not funny. 65mph top speed, 73hp, and so little cabin space its not funny. theres probably a 20oz soda bottle with more legroom than my truck somewhere.Chris J. said:
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When my dad was looking for a car for me he found a 73' Nova with a 350 and a 4 bbl and 4 speed tranny. He laid rubber for about 50' while test driving it, and then decided that I didn't need a car like that for my first. Turns out I didn't need a car with a V8 to get in trouble. I wrecked my first 2 vehicles, and they only had 4 cyl.
oldsaw,
Save up some cash and just buy a decent truck already!
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I'm tryin, more or less just waiting for ford to release the new 6.4 diesel.rb_in_va said:
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