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The worst POS cars is a tie with all the 1970s era cars our family owned. 70 Ford wagon, 73 Ford wagon, 76 Ford Grenada, 73 Pinto, 74 Mustang II, 70 Volvo, 71 VW, 78 Cutlass. As they aged to over 50K and 5-6 years old, the interiors fell apart, major rust appeared, and expensive repairs came up. All went to the junkyard or were sold for parts at 7-9 years and at most 89K miles.
I don't know if this thread has ever been on here before, and I don't feel like searching to see if it has, but anyway...what was the worst POS vehicle you've owned?
Hands down:
GMC pickup w V8 and automatic. I never hauled a trailer or carried heavy loads and the trans gave out twice.
A couple high school buddies of mine worked at Grand Prix imports in the Denver area in the early 70's. They were always busy not only hustling parts for customers but listening to their complaints, simply saying "never again will I buy a Fiat."
My worst vehicle? 1974 Mercury Marquis Brougham. Bought one for $800, ran great for the first week. In a months time it broke down four times for over than $1500 in repairs. I yelled "UNCLE" and had it hauled off!
Vibration between 62 & 75mph, Engine would rev up 300rpms every time
it shifted to a higher gear, Noisy fuel injectors that sounded like an old
six cylinder that need valves adjusted...All deemed " Normal Operation "
by Chevrolet and General Motors
I seem to be the only owner ever of a 1981 Camaro FOUR-CYLINDER manual tranny. Yes, they made one. Whopping 90 HP.
It went through clutch after clutch (and I was raised on sticks, so it wasn't me).
Rusted throughout. Cheap seats and plastic.
But it was my urban assault vehicle in NYC in the 80s. I had to turn off the car to parallel park, as it wouldn't go into reverse or first any other way, and I was done replacing clutches. It took two hands to shift the other gears. That made for interesting driving.
Once, it was stolen in Brooklyn and found abandoned the next day -- even the thieves couldn't drive it. Cops called me and gently tried to explain all the damage to it -- I interrupted them and said, "That's the way it was when they took it."
Engine died at 104,000 miles.
But my worst car by far was a 2000 Toyota Sienna XLE, top of the line minivan - bought it used in 2010 and it had a new short block (Toyota recall) and rebuilt tranny already. Tranny died again after a year, and when it died again two years later we ditched it. I will never buy another Toyota or Chevy because of these experiences.
Early 70s Ford Pinto, \
Late 60s Ford Econoline
mid 70s Vega
several mid 70s Dodge tradesman vans
Couple of mid 80s full size GM products,Caprice, and Belair
Since about 1990 I now drive Japanese products exclusively..
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