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SkwerI
Treehouser
My least favorite vehicle was my 1988 F150. It was the only vehicle I ever bought brand new and it gave me more problems than any other vehicle I ever owned. It spit and sputtered on anything but premium, got lousy mileage even for a pickup, motor sucked a valve at 75K miles, gas gauge quit working at 7k miles, AC quit working after 3 years and I never could find anyone to fix it for a price I was willing to pay. I drove that POS for 9 years and 188K miles, then traded it for a 1994 Ranger (which ended up being my best, most reliable vehicle ever).
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NeTree
Guest
A Saturn. That ting was a lemon doomed from day one. By the time it had 14k miles on it, they had to replace the wiring harness, the computer, and 4 transaxles, before they finally realized the back of the engine was mis-machined. All the while, the support sucked, and I got the runaround.
I'll never by another one.
I'll never by another one.
SkwerI
Treehouser
Erik, is Mike ready to talk about his chip truck? 
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NeTree
Guest
I dunno, but it'd sure get MY vote.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Where is that boy???
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Had one like yours Brett but it never let me down..
My 1990 F150... POS.. Now called ranch truck
My 1990 F150... POS.. Now called ranch truck
Paul B
I dig hammocks.
please see my post in the first car thread, they are one in the same. 
75 firebird.
75 firebird.
I didn't drive this myself but for a worker truck I had a 1978 F-350 with a 360 and an automatic. Gutless, used a lot of gas, always had something the matter with it with the body also. Seat breaking, visor falling off, window not working, ect.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
I guess it would be my 1991 f-150, it wasn't a bad truck but if I have to pick it would be the worst I had
sawinredneck
Treehouser
Don't know that I really had a "worst car", I hated the Maverick, but it ran like a top.
I had a '75 F-250 with a '71 429 PI and a '73 frame (it had the dual piston calipers on the front) and when I finally quit blowing up tranies in it I couldn't keep the 429's lower end together, I kept over reving it. I couldn't keep a 460 in it either, I would over rev it and throw lifters. I guess that's why you shouldn't drag race in a 3/4 ton truck
Had a Ford Ranger, 2.3, cracked the head (common) and the wife cheaped out and wanted me to put on a used head. Same problem in three months. Replaced it again with a Ford reman head, a motorsports cam and Dnomax exhaust. That thing was WICKED in town. We drove it o Vegas and back, best MPG was 28, worst was 12, but not a lick of problems until the clutch went out, that took a weekend to get it bled out right.
Had an '85 Chevy shortbed, WOW!!
Bought it from a guy my dad knew, he'd gotten it in Cali. Dude owned a GM dealership and wanted this to pull his catermeran boat. The motor was too weak, so he dropped in a crate 350 (not sure what designation) crome headers and all topped off with Holley accesories. Tranny went out, he replaced it with a turbo 400. Then it wouldn't pass smog in Cali so it had to go! Light blue with silver, blue interior with the Flexsteel bucket seats and a cooler in the middle of them. 0-45 it was a turd, but hit 45 you better hold on because she was going somewhere FAST!!! Totaled it out on some unmarked road construction, I miss that truck!
'86 Suburban, motor got soft so I had a 400 built up for it, Comp cams 268H, Weiand Stealth, headers with 3 1/2" tubes and a crossover, topped with a Holley 610. Five 700R4 tranies later it sat while I tried to talk a builder into doing a turbo 400 for it. He talked me into a 350 conversion instead, I hated it but still got 13MPG if I kept it tuned up, not bad in a 4wd! Tranny went again, as well as it started eating starters so it sat and got a 4" lift and converted to 3/4 ton running gear. All was fine until the neighbors screamed to much and I got burnt by the city inspector, it had to go in 30 days
'79 Pontiac Gran Prix (I know I know!) it was dubbed the "Gehto cruiser" silver, I had the windows tinted in silver and found a set of "snow flake" wheels for it. Bought it for $300 with a bad motor. It had a 301, scarce as hens teeth and twice as expensive, and not really a good motor anyway! I found a 350 for $150 dropped it in and blew the tranny (seeing a pattern yet?) found a turbo 400 for $25 and made it fit (if you have to ask you don't want to know!) and lowered it, I mean SLAMMED! Cut the front springs then clamped the rears with U-bolts. I put 37k on that car until the motor went and sold it for $500!
My '97 F-150 had the 4.2 V6 with a five speed, it didn't like being driven like a truck! Seriously! That truck pissed off more people than you can imagine, drive it like you think you should and the check engine light would come on after you pissed it off! I was the only one that could make it happy, none of my friends or wife could drive it, it thought it was a sports car and wanted to be driven that way, damndest thing I've ever seen! Hauled wood, hauled skidsteers and drove it like I stole it. Around 80k it blew the head gaskets. At 140k it lost the GEM (windows, dome light, widshield wipers etc ceased to work) the clutch and spun a rod bearing.
My favorite, my '67 Ford Fairlane 2dr hardtop in midnight metalic blue. God was that car a sight!! Had it for two months and it got beat with softball sized hail. I don't like to talk about it much.
My point, allmost all the problems I had with cars, were my problem I guess I was fortunate in that aspect.
I had a '75 F-250 with a '71 429 PI and a '73 frame (it had the dual piston calipers on the front) and when I finally quit blowing up tranies in it I couldn't keep the 429's lower end together, I kept over reving it. I couldn't keep a 460 in it either, I would over rev it and throw lifters. I guess that's why you shouldn't drag race in a 3/4 ton truck
Had a Ford Ranger, 2.3, cracked the head (common) and the wife cheaped out and wanted me to put on a used head. Same problem in three months. Replaced it again with a Ford reman head, a motorsports cam and Dnomax exhaust. That thing was WICKED in town. We drove it o Vegas and back, best MPG was 28, worst was 12, but not a lick of problems until the clutch went out, that took a weekend to get it bled out right.
Had an '85 Chevy shortbed, WOW!!
Bought it from a guy my dad knew, he'd gotten it in Cali. Dude owned a GM dealership and wanted this to pull his catermeran boat. The motor was too weak, so he dropped in a crate 350 (not sure what designation) crome headers and all topped off with Holley accesories. Tranny went out, he replaced it with a turbo 400. Then it wouldn't pass smog in Cali so it had to go! Light blue with silver, blue interior with the Flexsteel bucket seats and a cooler in the middle of them. 0-45 it was a turd, but hit 45 you better hold on because she was going somewhere FAST!!! Totaled it out on some unmarked road construction, I miss that truck!'86 Suburban, motor got soft so I had a 400 built up for it, Comp cams 268H, Weiand Stealth, headers with 3 1/2" tubes and a crossover, topped with a Holley 610. Five 700R4 tranies later it sat while I tried to talk a builder into doing a turbo 400 for it. He talked me into a 350 conversion instead, I hated it but still got 13MPG if I kept it tuned up, not bad in a 4wd! Tranny went again, as well as it started eating starters so it sat and got a 4" lift and converted to 3/4 ton running gear. All was fine until the neighbors screamed to much and I got burnt by the city inspector, it had to go in 30 days
'79 Pontiac Gran Prix (I know I know!) it was dubbed the "Gehto cruiser" silver, I had the windows tinted in silver and found a set of "snow flake" wheels for it. Bought it for $300 with a bad motor. It had a 301, scarce as hens teeth and twice as expensive, and not really a good motor anyway! I found a 350 for $150 dropped it in and blew the tranny (seeing a pattern yet?
) found a turbo 400 for $25 and made it fit (if you have to ask you don't want to know!) and lowered it, I mean SLAMMED! Cut the front springs then clamped the rears with U-bolts. I put 37k on that car until the motor went and sold it for $500!My '97 F-150 had the 4.2 V6 with a five speed, it didn't like being driven like a truck! Seriously! That truck pissed off more people than you can imagine, drive it like you think you should and the check engine light would come on after you pissed it off! I was the only one that could make it happy, none of my friends or wife could drive it, it thought it was a sports car and wanted to be driven that way, damndest thing I've ever seen! Hauled wood, hauled skidsteers and drove it like I stole it. Around 80k it blew the head gaskets. At 140k it lost the GEM (windows, dome light, widshield wipers etc ceased to work) the clutch and spun a rod bearing.
My favorite, my '67 Ford Fairlane 2dr hardtop in midnight metalic blue. God was that car a sight!! Had it for two months and it got beat with softball sized hail. I don't like to talk about it much.
My point, allmost all the problems I had with cars, were my problem
I guess I was fortunate in that aspect.
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Blinky
Guest
My first car was my worst car, Fiat 128 coupe.
Cobleskill
Treehouser
It was a '74 GMC 3/4 heavy duty. The rubber snubber on the controll arm fell off at about 20k. Spit a tooth on the ring gear at about 30. Rounded off a cam lobe at about 50. It never ran good when you gave it a little pedal. If you stomped it it got up and went. Later on I figured out they had it leaned way out to meet emissions. If you kicked in the 4 barrel it was fine. I changed the U joints about 3 times. Never could get the ex from setting the brake before she took it out of park. She said that is how she was taught to do it. I told her to relearn. Didn't happen.
Tree Reb
TreeHouser
I've been a Ford guy forever, I learnt to drive in a 250 but seeing as we're at it.
Worst thing I've ever owned or driven, 1975 Ford F100, 302V8. That thing wanted to kill me.
Worst thing I've ever owned or driven, 1975 Ford F100, 302V8. That thing wanted to kill me.
lumberjack
Young man on the go
Can you explain that? Never heard of that before.
Tree Reb
TreeHouser
Actually that's a good idea, I've seen a couple of autos take off. I can't remember the name of the thing/switch. If it doesn't work you are in gear, turn the key, zoom.
lumberjack
Young man on the go
Neutral safety switch?
Most cars produced in the past 10 years require you to push the brakes to take the car out of park.
Most cars produced in the past 10 years require you to push the brakes to take the car out of park.
Tree Reb
TreeHouser
I don't own anything under 10 years old.
Inhibitor switch.
Inhibitor switch.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
197? Mercury Comet(affectionately known as the vomit). It had only front brakes and could do a wicked smoke show. That was also the reason why I ran into the highschool building with it.
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Strikermike
Guest
I must be quite lucky. But I never really had a bad car. The least appealing car I had was a 1972 Volvo wagon while I was in college It was quit dependable though and served it,s purpose well.
