I was thinking about this the other day, and I think I have my winner:

1979 Dodge Omni with a 3spd. automatic.

An absolutely diabolical piece of shit, this thing. It belonged to a friend of mine who inherited it in 1986 from his sister. Horribly built, dangerously slow, noisy, and unreliable to boot. My God.

It was thankfully totaled by another buddy a year later, one less heap off of the road. It made Trabants look like Maserati Quattroportes.

 

My brothers old vw bus comes to mind. What a POS.

 

my buddy had a late 70s(i believe) Ford Pinto when i was a Jr in high school. He let me drive it one day. MAN DID THAT CAR SUCK. it rattled, rusted to beat hell, slow, stinky,fire trap, he was working on it every damn weekend. just IMHO HORRIBLE HORRIBLE car.

 

I drove a Ford Maverick once.. granted this was in the late 90's so it was an even bigger POS than it was originally

 

early dodge neon. Felt like it was built out of cardboard. Worst rental ever!

 

Hey, my dad had a '74 Ford Maverick sedan with the 302 V8 between the 70's and '80s- it was a decent car, and surprisingly bulletproof. I miss that car, blue vinyl bench seats, C4 auto trans, impossible-to change-plug #7/#8, and all.

Worst cars: Datsun B210, used by the driving school back in high school, just because of its lack of acceleration; rental car late '90s Ford Focus for its horrible driver's seat and auto trans. The rental Dodge Neons I drove on a couple of occasions were better than the Focus.
I've been pretty lucky and not really driven a complete POS before-- most of the cars I've driven had decent build and clean interiors as well as some redeeming features in addition to the negatives (the rental Focus was otherwise OK, for example).

 

a ford focus. i was valet during the time and i was shifting from first to second after that the tranny would not grab any other gear.

 

Toyota Corolla, it's was awful.

 

ford tempo 1992, what a pile of shit. 1993 VW passat GL (diesel) had to bury the neddle in the red to get it too move. ALso the door locks would freeze open and you'd have to hold the door shut.

 

I hate all Corolla's. It doesn't matter what year or what color.

 

Drove my brothers rental back to the place, it was a Pontiac Grand Prix...holy ****, donno why anyone would buy that turd over a Camry or Accord The interior looked like it was designed by a five year old.

 

1990 or so automatic Eagle Talon.

 

toss up between mid-90s rental hyndai accent in college or the 2002-something grand am rental.

both were shite.

 

You guys have some weak worst cars. A Corolla? A Grand Prix? Those are great cars for some.

91 cavalier was the worst. No ac, no power steering, no power windows/locks. AM radio. 2 position seat(back & forth) 3 speed auto.
86 Sentra would be running up. Same as #1 but at least it had a stick.

 

It has to be an Escort 1981 automatic. Even a Pinto was better.

 

rental PT cruiser i had a few weeks ago. hated it. my dad used to have a 1976 datsun 710 station wagon and i liked that better than the PT cruiser.

 

The worst car I've driven was a 318ti. I was driving it home overnight for another tech at the dealer I work at. The car had an aftermarket radio with a detachable faceplate and the guy took it so I had no radio to listen to. The windows buzzed above 25 mph. The car had 18 inch full face chrome wheels that had to weigh 70 lbs each, which on a 4 cylinder car feels like double the weight. The best was, on the way into work the next morning the thermostat jammed open. It was also about 10 degrees out that day.

 

Ford Aerostar XL...

 

wow that's saying a lot. that damn Pinto of my homeboy's it SUCKED baddddddd.

 

2003 or so ford mustang v6. Why anyone would want once of these is beyond me. The engine was harsh and the fit and finish was non existant. When I got back in the TSX it felt like a limo.

 

Yeah my boss i worked for in college bought it new at the time like a 03 V-6 Mustang thought it was "the shit" i drove it. it sucked. i'm like dude it's slow #1. #2. the build quality cause the door panels weren't even on each side. now grant it, i didn't have calipers measuring each side but you could eye ball it and tell it was off. and keep in mind this car was maybe 3-4 months old when i drove it. and he bought it brand new. so never wrecked.

 

98 Cavalier/Sunfire, 01 Malibu. I've never hated sitting in a car so much. The interior of the Cavalier was simply gut-wrenchingly disgusting.

 

I had to spend an awfully long time in our work truck this past week. It's a late model F150, reg. cab, short bed.

WHY on EARTH, would you ever consider a truck for your daily driver (unless you constatly haul stuff) Its uncomfortable, dowright terrifying on the freeway, and full of blindspots.

 

2002 Saturn... I think it was an L100 or something like that. That's what the other guy's insurance company gave me after the accident that totaled my 03 CL-S. This was at the start of summer, 2004 and I was just starting grad school, so I had to drive it on the first day of class from VA to MD and it was not fun. I'm 5'10" and skinny - and yet my knees hit the dash and I felt confined. I didn't feel safe at all.

A close runner-up was one of the cars I learned to drive in - a mid 80s Corolla wagon with no power steering.

 

I thought that having a truck was a requirement to be a Texan-- what, are you from California or the East Coast or sumthin'?

 

My first car was an 82 escort, no air and manual everything except was an auto.....It had about 80K miles on it....

 

Omni/Horizon
Escort
Cavalier
PT Cruiser

All Sucktastic, but I think the award must go to......





....The Plymouth Acclaim! Never have I so wanted to set a rental car on fire!

 

I must be breaking the rule as well then....

 

I had an 81 Reliant K car. It was a shit box for sure. Worst car I have ever driven. I even drove a 74 (or so) VW 412 and liked this car BETTER. I was a loaner a freind my family gave me when the K car was getting a new transmission (under warrenty).

Worst car I have ever road in? Probably my brother's 80ish CHITVette diesel. Yes a diesel. This car was half bond / primer and half shit colored brown 'paint'. It was a mechanical asshole. I think my dad pushed it for more miles then my brother drove it.

I also rode in a Plymouth Horizon too. I am surprised Dodge made it out of the 90s. Oh wait the Fed bailed them out.

 

84 Renault Alliance

 

Neigbour had the Le Car. He said it was the biggest POS he ever owned, saw or rode in.

 

It was my roommates car in college.
Almost died in that thing, did a 720 on the highway during a upstate NY blizzard.

 

1992 Grand AM


Think of anything that can go wrong in a car and times that by 10 and you have this cars problems.

 

I had to drive my friends dad's mid-80s Chevy Blazer with god knows how many miles on it from CT to MA to help him move home from school back in the day. I shit you not if felt like when you turned the steering wheel right the truck would go left. I had to peg the acellerator pedal to keep it going 60mph. The body roll in that thing made you feel like taking a turn any faster than 25mph would roll it right over. It was horible.

Worse car was a base Chevy Cobalt 4 door I had as a rental when my CL was in the shop. It had like 2k miles on it and already the wind noise that came through the windows was crazy. I kept thinking I didn't roll them up all the way. Nope, it was just a major POS.

 

Geo Metro with no power steering. Forgot what year it was...

 

Why do you need power steering can't you just throw your shoulder into the left door to go left? Or throw your right shoulder into the right door to go right?

 

A Buick rental sedan back in the early 90s. Don't even remember the model. The thing floated like a boat on the road. There was no feel from the steering at all. I'll never drive a Buick again.

 

06 G35. Not the smoothest or quietest ride, horrible torque-less wonder. Looks pretty though!

 

G35 is the worst...?

 

03 Corolla rental.

I was a bit scared to drive it over 80 mph