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LOL Missiepie! My H had an aunt and uncle who had 2 Jags. They only had one driver. They kept 2 cars because one of the Jags was always in the shop.</p>
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<p>Are you sure it wasn’t a diesel? I had a 240D in the eighties. Had to make sure no cars were coming for at least one mile before making an unprotected left. 
It was built like a tank, though.</p>
<p>THE 1987 TAURUS FROM HELL. Brand new and after 6 months I had it in the shop 9 times, because it would JUST STOP at random moments.</p>
<p>Audiophile–ah, the Rambler. My parents bought a 59 Rambler Wagon which we all grew up in, lots of memories, like wheels falling off (three separate times), and push button automatic shift–the buttons kept falling back in to the dashboard. Stalled in the rain, always.</p>
<p>My personal awful car has to be my first, a 73 Gremlin, taxicab yellow. Actually wasn’t that bad a car, got it used cheap, but had horrible visibility, no radio, and was bar none, the ugliest car ever.</p>
<p>Well…I think mine were random lemons.</p>
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<li><p>A second generation 1978 Honda Civic. It lost reverse and first gear after a year. It was constantly in the shop. It was totalled in an accident (luckily I wasn’t hurt) and I was glad. It was my second Honda…the first was terrific…and we have one now that is also terrific.</p></li>
<li><p>1984 Subaru wagon…what a piece of junk. The temperature guage was always reading hot, the heating system had to be replaced, it had a few other major issues. I couldn’t wait to get rid of it. It’s the only car I’ve ever owned that I traded in with low mileage. BUT we have had other Subarus since…have one now…no problems. </p></li>
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<p>Best car…my first (well…it didn’t have heat or defrost…but…) 1970 VW Bug…purchased used for $1100. Four years and 125,000 miles later with very little repair work, it was totaled in an accident too. I got $1125 from the insurance company.</p>
<p>thumper was your Honda Civic he model tha had a manual choke on it ? I took one for a test drive once and after stalling it a few times, realized this was not he car for me. I don’t think that was one of their better vehicles. My husband swears by Toyota. His father had a dealership in Sweden…the only cars I have been able to own since we have been together.
He is particular though…have to made in Japan , not USA or Mexico</p>
<p>1997 Volvo station wagon. It was very comfy (loved the heated seats) and drove great when it wasn’t in the shop (where it spent a lot of time). Warning light came on the first week. We should have known that was a bad sign. Six months later something big blew up (don’t remember what). It was in the shop for 3 months! I drove a Volvo dealership loaner for the whole 3 months. I told the dealership it really wasn’t good advertisement for them,lol. After that there was always some little thing going wrong that always carried a big price tag to fix. No more Volvos for us.</p>
<p>This is fun. I can’t believe that no one mentioned my own personal nightmare, Plymouth Fury III ca. 1974. Fury was a great name for it. If you pulled into an intersection and stopped at a light, it would stall out. I had the carburator rebuilt, replaced, adjusted…I was lucky that the mechanic was in walking distance from my apartment. He kept it going for my 4 years of grad school. It took 2 days to get it working so that I could drive home to NY when I graduated. Then 2 days later the transmission went. I fixed it because I needed a car for the summer and there was no cheaper option. At the end of the summer I sold it for $400. This was in 1983. It had all of 70,000 miles.</p>
<p>My parents a few other lemons. 1965 Chevy Impala, had 65000 in 1977, but leaked inside. My mom said “you need a rowboat and oars to drive that thing.” 1973 Mercury Marquis, had 4 firestone 500 radial tires. All of them blew out. One coming back from college on rt. 17, all my stuff had to be emptied on the highway in order to get the spare out. When the second tire blew on the same trip, we had to get towed to buy a new one… They had a rambler too. The only one of these cars that came to us new was the Impala.</p>
<p>We currently have a 1998 Volvo xc v70. It has the same check engine light issues that are described above. It also had an AC problem that was fixed after multiple complaints. Also the headlamps kept blowing out, until there was a recall. I have complained to the dealer, and I made them give me a few repairs gratis, but we have paid for plenty. I also always get the service from the dealer (one time they forgot to tighten the oil thingy and the oil was leaking into the garage.) I am waiting for my D to finish learning to drive before I get rid of this car. I got it because my 3 year old volvo 850 was totalled in a t bone accident, and we walked away fine. That car had no problems in the 3 years we had it. I have the xc for 11 years. </p>
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<p>Haven’t had the check engine light come on in the volvo since the O2 sensors were replaced. Knock on wood…</p>
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<p>Ewww…I hope they weren’t lots of dollar bills…</p>
<p>I’m probably the only one to say this, but our worst car was a '94 Honda Accord. It wasn’t as terrible as many described here, but compared to the Toyotas and Nissans we have had, it was definitely the worst. Engine died at stop signs, all auto windows broke, stranded my H twice, even got rust, all before 60,xxx. My current car is an '05 Mazda6, which I got used from Hertz Rent-a-car two years ago. No problems at all.</p>
<p>When we started dating, H had a '67 Triumph GT6. He was 18, I was 16 and smitten. The blond afro and the cute sports car… Notice that I didn’t say he <em>drove</em> the car… it spent about 95% of the time up on blocks in his parent’s garage because as soon as one problem was fixed, another more expensive one developed and it was lots more hours scooping ice cream to pay for it. Probably a wonderful thing from his parent’s point of view! I looked at cars.com last birthday to buy him one, but there are evidently only about 3 left in the world still running.
Too bad today’s cars are too complex for kids to learn how to fix them. H could drop the transmission and change out a gear in less time than his classmates were spending on physics homework. (maybe that’s why he kept me around?)</p>
<p>Our family had several Volvos which were all great except for the last one…my dad’s 2001 v70. He always has the check engine light going on and off which he says has something to do with the emissions sensor and not tightening the gas cap down tight enough, and there’s been several other problems with it. I think the quality has really gone downhill since they were bought out by Ford, and our last car that we bought was NOT a Volvo.</p>
<p>However, we had a 1983 wagon and a 1995 wagon which were both fine. I still drive our 1992 sedan and it’s got 205K miles and still going strong, knock on wood…it had some throttle problems a couple of summers ago but nothing major since then unless you count the time last summer that we took it for service. The technician forgot to fully torque things down when he replaced the timing belt…which resulted in my mom losing all power steering on the interstate on the way home and having to get the car towed back to the dealer in the middle of a horrendous thunderstorm. I forget what exactly that did to the engine (I’m not good with car parts), but we were lucky it didn’t totally destroy it. Needless to say, the dealership was EXTREMELY apologetic and paid for the towing/repairs and brought the car back to our house (over an hour from the dealership).</p>
<p>Worst car/first car - 1972 Vega - finally blew a head gasket in the middle of nowhere in the middle of winter. Told the repair guy - just keep it.</p>
<p>After owning Saabs for 23 years, I’ve given up this year. The last repair my machanic friend said “I have one word for you - T O Y O T A”.</p>
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<p>That was a very bad year for v70s, all right. I think it was right after Ford bought it, which put me off of Fords forever also.</p>
<p>current Chevy Equinox–horrible turning radius, undiscoverable rattle in the steering column, mysterious starting hiccups nobody ever experiences at the shop…the WORST blind spots (especially right rear corner) which has been repaired 3 times, chipping paint on the radio console buttons…cheap cheap cheap. But our Chevy Tahoe is a gem…go figure!</p>
<p>Worst and best in one package–72 Alfa Romeo GTV. Beautiful, sexy and fun to drive when running. Many parts are flimsy and break in normal use. Requires expert maintenance which is hard to find for a car not imported for almost 15 years.</p>
<p>Worst car was a fairly recent one - 2003 Volvo XC90. Something was always needing to be replaced, including the transmission at 18 months. Once the warranty expired and we had to pay for repairs, it had to go. We need one larger vehicle for towing, and replaced it with a Buick Enclave, which so far has been great. Our other cars are Subarus, which I love.</p>
<p>Ford Windstar. Recalled eight (yup, EIGHT) times.</p>
<p>Ford Taurus Station Wagon.</p>