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Offline RichardDarkwood

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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2011, 01:08:13 PM »
Any Caddy with the 4.3 litre V-8. Worst motor ever made IMHO. They used a all aluminum block and heads and put cast iron sleeves in the cylinders.

1984 Ford Tempo----pretty much all fords, thier electrical charging systems are crap and always will be. If you've ever owned one you know all about the big grey motorcraft ignition box on the inner fender. And they have the ugliest dash layouts of any cay maker.....ever!
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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2011, 01:09:03 PM »
Sorry,Ford makes the list...BIG TIME.
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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2011, 01:10:24 PM »
Any Caddy with the 4.3 litre V-8. Worst motor ever made IMHO. They used a all aluminum block and heads and put cast iron sleeves in the cylinders.

1984 Ford Tempo----pretty much all fords, thier electrical charging systems are crap and always will be. If you've ever owned one you know all about the big grey motorcraft ignition box on the inner fender. And they have the ugliest dash layouts of any cay maker.....ever!

aawww....c'mon..you don't like the duraspark ignition?

and an fyi......the EC5 control system is one of the best domestic engine control systems there is.
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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2011, 01:40:40 PM »
DAEWOO...FTW!!!   :lol

add the mercury mistake to that list of p.o.s. ford motor company crapola...doesn't include the ford pickups and broncos from the 70s.
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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2011, 01:47:57 PM »
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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #20 on: February 13, 2011, 01:59:27 PM »
Most anything from the 70's and 80's.
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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2011, 02:08:41 PM »
Any vehicle with a snorkel can't be all bad.   :aok

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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #22 on: February 13, 2011, 02:10:27 PM »
Ladies and gentlemen i give you the Reliant Robin!
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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #23 on: February 13, 2011, 02:32:16 PM »
The Trabant!
It does come well equipped though.

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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #24 on: February 13, 2011, 02:34:39 PM »
My second car,Ukrainian Tavria. 1.1litre engine, 51 horse power. Engine lifespan about 30k.
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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #25 on: February 13, 2011, 02:51:33 PM »
My first car , Zaporozhets. Had downsized copy of air cooled Porsche 911 engine. 1litre 28 or 41 horsepower. Heater was ingenious , fuel dripping on glowing metallic stripe ! That somehow was suppose to generate heat.
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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #26 on: February 13, 2011, 03:09:29 PM »



The Hungarian microcar, the Fesztival, whose body was made of "pigs blood, feathers and shellac." It was "stylish, but smelly." One of its competitors was the German Kabinenroller:






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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #27 on: February 13, 2011, 03:19:34 PM »
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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #28 on: February 13, 2011, 03:30:41 PM »
British Leyland/Austin allegro:



in music allegro means cheerful or brisk. the BL allegro was neither.

BL cars were ****. others that spring to mind: Princess, Maxi, Ital. all ****.
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Re: Worst cars ever made
« Reply #29 on: February 13, 2011, 04:32:11 PM »
non-Japanese cars in the 70s, 80s and 90s.