Thread: What is the worst car you have ever driven?

Originally Posted by isuzurover

I knew someone who had one as a cheap commuter. The only car I have ever seen with a vacuum guage instead of a tacho.

Another mate said: "the tach is broken, it turns the wrong way when you rev the engine"

VB ?? commonbore with the missfire motor and slugomatic. Awful in every way and an "econometer" (AKA: vacuum gauge) generally nailed against it's stop 'cos the only way to move was with your foot flat to the floor.

seeya
Shane L.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

I knew someone who had one as a cheap commuter. The only car I have ever seen with a vacuum guage instead of a tacho.

Another mate said: "the tach is broken, it turns the wrong way when you rev the engine"

XE Falcoons had them and so did some dunneydoores of the same age.
Andrew

That's a ****er Ben. No matter how you drove the 'ol JB Camira it still used more oil that fuel, used to go through @ 3 litres every month or so. I didn't check the oil for 2 weeks once and the light came on!!


On top of all that mine was an auto so worst of the worst.


Trav

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

A lot of V8's in the early 70's couldn't do 150km/h.

Shane L.

A 1970 Range Rover will just pip 150Kph and a 253 it a HT Holden would do well over, with a top speed of 174kph, so what V8's won't do 150?

Even my old mans 1955 Customeline had a top speed of 152 Kph.

Originally Posted by dungarover

That's a ****er Ben. No matter how you drove the 'ol JB Camira it still used more oil that fuel, used to go through @ 3 litres every month or so. I didn't check the oil for 2 weeks once and the light came on!!


On top of all that mine was an auto so worst of the worst.


Trav

A mate of my brother had one....a manual. My brother had a 1971 Morris 1500 5 sp. They were both Nashos in 1971 and used regularly drive Adelaide-Canberra-Adelaide on a 48 hr leave pass. They would depart Adelaide after dinner Friday night and be in Canberra at 0700 Sat morning. Then a family "pit crew" would get to work to prepare them for the return journey. Leave Cbr 5pm Sunday and arrive in time for 0700 parade Mon morning. The Morris 1500 OHC was the better vehicle (relatively) and would cruise all day at 80mph @ 4000 which was max torque in 5th gear...provided you had a spare gallon of oil for petrol stops... The Camira was also a pretty good tourer if it was properly sorted... most were prone to collapsing!

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

A 1970 Range Rover will just pip 150Kph and a 253 it a HT Holden would do well over, with a top speed of 174kph, so what V8's won't do 150?

Even my old mans 1955 Customeline had a top speed of 152 Kph.

The 77 RR topped out at 175kph. That would have been on leaded fuel when dad did that though.

I actually think the Delica is a pretty good vehicle. With 8 people and a 1/2 tonne trailer we averaged 13lt/100km. They ride nice, but you've got to slow down for the corners.

I do agree with the gu being a harsh ride. It seems like Nissan simply upped the spring rate to get it to half handle rather than have some proper engineering done. Except for the 4.8, it's slow and handles like a drunken sailor.

I've been watching this thread with interest. I have driven many many awful cars, but none has stood out as totally obnoxious. But after careful consideration my vote goes to the

Mid/late 1970's Valiant V8, especially the emissions model wagons. The horse owners of the Adelaide Hills loved them because of their sheer weight made them legal to tow two horses, especially as they crossed the border into NSW. But for sheer unadulterated vagueness, loud roaring noises with little change in forward progress, they have to take the cake. One couple had a 1977 CL 318 wagon and they fitted a tiny sports steering wheel so they could rapidly wind on the turns of lock required to change direction.

Another couple had a slightly earlier Chrysler-by-Chrysler sedan with a 360 cubic inch boat anchor. It was so soft in the suspension that the front crossmember would hit the ground if a spoon drain was taken at anything over 20 km/h. I sharpened its towing handling somewhat by fitting utility leaf springs to the rear end.

The sixes were equally slow but not quite as front heavy, you had to do a bunch of engine work to get the engine into a useful shape. A friend of mine had a VH with a nice engine and he didn't believe me that a 245 could be so bad until he put a late one in as a temporary engine while his was being freshened up.

[QUOTE=dungarover;2063817]Worst and only car I've owned, JB Camira. /QUOTE]

My First car was a JB Camira as well.... got me from point a to point z and every point inbetween. I was 17 so again it was transport. Funnily enough I cant remember it using much oil.

The second crappy car Ive owned was a TF magna what a load of **** that was.

My wife would say that the Disco 2 is the worst car ive ever owned, just by the amount ive spent on it. BUT... the wife soon stops complaining when we go bush, and it goes where ever we want it to go.

Cheers

Matt