I wouldn't be caught dead in a........

[Meep-Meep]

So what is your least favorite car? Open to all makes and models and for any reason. Looks, engineering, drivability, caused you the most grief, etc...

I'm sure if I think about it I can come up with a list, but what comes to mind right away is a mid 70's Honda Civic CVCC (ED1; ED2 engine).

The oil pumps had a tendency to seize up but the car would still run because the distributor is driven off a different place on the cam, so chugging down the freeway at 70 MPH and sooner or later....KA BOOM! Also the rod journals are different sizes and you have to get the color code off the original bearings to get the correct ones.

 

[CtownChris]

Pinto. death trap.

 

[696pack]

Yugo.

Oh, wait, they are probably RARE now!:yes::rolling::tongueflap:

 

[696pack]

So what is your least favorite car? Open to all makes and models and for any reason. Looks, engineering, drivability, caused you the most grief, etc...

I'm sure if I think about it I can come up with a list, but what comes to mind right away is a mid 70's Honda Civic CVCC (ED1; ED2 engine).

The oil pumps had a tendency to seize up but the car would still run because the distributor is driven off a different place on the cam, so chugging down the freeway at 70 MPH and sooner or later....KA BOOM! Also the rod journals are different sizes and you have to get the color code off the original bearings to get the correct ones.

I had a conversation several years ago with the owner of Ferris Motors in Savanna, Ill. He was the Chrysler, Plymouth, Imperial dealer a block down the street from the Dodge-AMC dealership I worked for from 1968-1974.

He was also a Honda motorcycle dealer back in those days.

When Honda decided to sell cars in the US they came to all the motorcycle dealers that were also car dealers and offered them the franchise. He said he told the Honda sales rep that "they made great little motorcylces but they should stick to that. Your car looks like a pregnant rollerskate." He then smiled at me and said, "yeah, that was a big mistake." At the time of this conversation the Honda Accord was the #1 selling car in America.

 

[Coyote with a roadrunner]

My first car.........drum roll........ 1973 Pinto, Hatchback. I got it in 1981 when I was a freshman in high school. It ran like a champ. 165,000 and I only sold it because the floor boards were totally gone. I lived to tell the story.

 

[HitIt]

PT Cruiser

 

[alleyoopmgv]

I wouldn't be caught dead in a........


Foreign car, a Corvette, or a Camero

 

[Deleted member 214]

Camaro, Chevette, Yugo, Renault, Pontiac Aztek.

 

[Meep-Meep]

I had a conversation several years ago with the owner of Ferris Motors in Savanna, Ill. He was the Chrysler, Plymouth, Imperial dealer a block down the street from the Dodge-AMC dealership I worked for from 1968-1974.

He was also a Honda motorcycle dealer back in those days.

When Honda decided to sell cars in the US they came to all the motorcycle dealers that were also car dealers and offered them the franchise. He said he told the Honda sales rep that "they made great little motorcylces but they should stick to that. Your car looks like a pregnant rollerskate." He then smiled at me and said, "yeah, that was a big mistake." At the time of this conversation the Honda Accord was the #1 selling car in America.

Yeah, they sure sold the heck out of those Hondas. I bet there are a lot of stories like that. I remember those first Honda 600's. They literally had a 600 CC motorcycle engine in them. I never understood the rear leaf spring shackles sticking out under the back valance. Seems to me they could have added 4" to the car (oh, excuse me, 100 mm) and hid them.

Regarding the Yugo. One guy I met had a Moretti Turbo Uno, which was basically a hot rod Yugo with the twin cam Fiat engine. He said with good gas and the timing where it should be he did 147 MPH in NV

 

[63RedFury]

61-62 Valiant,Pacer,Pinto,Vega,Corvette,Camaro,Nova

 

[Roadcuda]

Yugo.

Oh, wait, they are probably RARE now!:yes::rolling::tongueflap:

Well, we get one that most every week drives through the BK where our Mopar Cruise is held!

 

[Aaron]

Ford Exploder

 

[daredevil]

hundai or kia, just sounds commie

 

[69HEMICORONETR/TCONV]

I dated a chick that had a Vega one time, it was a piece of sh*t too ! i had a 69 Bee at the time, we mostly drove my car, I hated hers with a passion.

 

[iraqivet01]

My first car was a Vega (74 and 73) Definitely a love-hate relationship. Burned more oil then gas. Motor might last 40,000 miles. Couldn't give me one now, but for $300 when your a poor 16 year old, that was a deal.

 

[69HEMICORONETR/TCONV]

My Wife said I have to add the Maverick to this list, she hates these thing with a passion, I think she owned one , but doesn't want to confess.:rolling:

 

[Propwash]

89 Ford Tempo..... I have never learned so much from a vehicle I didn't want to know anything about in my life. I pretty much fixed everything until the cycle started all over again. I wouldn't waste dynamite on that heap. She met the end at the expense of a couple deer, with her black lemony soul being worth $653.00 according to State Farm Insurance. Terrible excuse of an American Automobile.

It's probably a bad thing when your Advanced Auto Class in High School picks your car for the class final. Good thing it was a winter beater.... I'm getting ticked just writing about that POS.:moparts ghost:

 

[MarPar]

A Prius!!! I love pullin up to them @ a stop light in da GTXer and revvin da sh*t out of it, and adding a little more carbon to their life...:rolling::rolling:

 

[eagleone1983]

I have to add the Fiero here. My Dad bought me one for $600 in 1998 as my first car in high school. It was an '86 and if anybody has ever seen one I think they were made for 5'3" women, I was 6'1" at the time. Needless to say it didn't last long the clutch went out then shortly after that it caught fire.

 

[19667CORONET]

Any import with a fart can. I cant stand the way they sound.