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16-01-18, 08:57 AM | #21 |
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Re: What's the worst car you've owned?
2011 skoda superb
250000 miles. Had an engine rebuild before I drove it. Ran the motor in and wound it up on a motorway to clear the dfp out and it spat oil out all over the engine bay and any road it drove on. Then the brakes, needed pads discs and calipers after the boss drove it after I complained about the brakes under heavy load (glowing in emergency stops) Sent from my D2303 using Tapatalk
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16-01-18, 10:13 AM | #23 | |
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1930 Austin 7, 750cc, 2 bearing crank. While testing the rev limit and finding it would do a squillion in third, it was time for top. BANG!Shrapnel everywhere ( and oil! ) Pressing the clutch pedal meant it increased the 'whirling' of the crank. The two middle pistons made a break for freedom and the rings came out the top of the bore. The rods were wrapped round the camshaft and the starter motor was broken off. 12 miles from home, so what to do? Apply starting handle and drive home on 2 pots ( after all that's what an SV has ) Bought replacement engine for less than a fiver. Happy daze - I loved that car!
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16-01-18, 10:51 AM | #24 |
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Re: What's the worst car you've owned?
Triumph Dolomite.
Bought it, clutch was always slipping, even with a new clutch, it broke down one day and wouldn't start. Then somoene ran into it in the middle of the night in the fog, tore off the door and wing and probably did me a favour. I don't miss it. At all. |
16-01-18, 12:36 PM | #25 |
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Not the worst car in some ways because at the time I had no car and it was given to me free, but I had a black Chevette estate. No style whatsoever. My friends called it the Hobbit Hearse.
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16-01-18, 08:31 PM | #26 |
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Re: What's the worst car you've owned?
I forgot the clutch on the Zafira
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