What is the worst car you have ever owned?

Post 282202 by phil_woods on 2010-01-16 20:04:03

Inspired by Sebasteeno and his current situation I thought I would start this thread rather than hijack his. So what is the worst car or the biggest shed you have ever owned? Mine was july last year, I bought a mitsubishi Shogun from a dealer, he told me that it was an import which I didnt mind, I thought the odometer was in km etc etc. The car was mot'd prior to my collection so I thought it must be ok. By the time I got home there was oil everywhere so I took it to a friend of mine, it turned out that the chassis was rotted and the car was a write off, there were countless problems. I called the dealer who wouldn't give me my money back at all, I quoted legislation from trading standards which didn't make a difference. In a moment of genious I called the MOT station and told them that I was coming back (still the same day lol) with VOSA to re-test the vehicle. Sphincters started twitching and that night I had two men come and take the car away giving me my money back. I never counted the cash my wife did, when I got back inside the house she was grinning like a cheshire cat.....They had given us £300 too much lol Still the worst car I ever owned though.

Post 282206 by BigJC on 2010-01-16 20:09:41

My Range Rover. It's also the best... Spent as much on it in repairs in 6 months as I did when I bought it but it's great!

Post 282207 by sebasteeno on 2010-01-16 20:11:36

Do i need to say?

Post 282208 by phil_woods on 2010-01-16 20:14:21

[quote=sebasteeno;282207]Do i need to say?[/quote] sorry seb, im wasnt trying to make you feel bad mate

Post 282210 by v70torslanda on 2010-01-16 20:16:04

Did I see that earlier with R wheels on? What state are they in or have you already flogged 'em? ;) luv'n'stuff J

Post 282211 by phil_woods on 2010-01-16 20:19:40

[quote=v70torslanda;282210]Did I see that earlier with R wheels on? What state are they in or have you already flogged 'em? ;) luv'n'stuff J[/quote] they are for sale on a seperate thread titled 17" pegs for sale mate http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26729

Post 282212 by castellsmith123 on 2010-01-16 20:21:23

Mercedes V Class !! I have had it for two and a half year and it has been off the road for in total 18 months! Air surpension ,3 time! It is now on spring's! Auto box 2,two times! It is now beening converted to manual! Alarm,give up on that one! Radiator x three! Cooler went on the first one,putting water in the gearbox! It seem's to go on and on! But I still love to drive it! And I can't sell it as I have to much money in it!!

Post 282213 by phil_woods on 2010-01-16 20:23:15

[quote=castellsmith123;282212]Mercedes V Class !! I have had it for two and a half year and it has been off the road for in total 18 months! Air surpension ,3 time! It is now on spring's! Auto box 2,two times! It is now beening converted to manual! Alarm,give up on that one! Radiator x three! Cooler went on the first one,putting water in the gearbox! It seem's to go on and on! But I still love to drive it! And I can't sell it as I have to much money in it!![/quote] sweet jesus!! I nearly bought one of them once glad I didn't now

Post 282216 by philt6 on 2010-01-16 20:33:15

Talbot Tagora. But when needds must

Post 282223 by phil_woods on 2010-01-16 20:47:24

[quote=philt6;282216]Talbot Tagora. But when needds must[/quote] LOL!! shame on you!

Post 282225 by p fandango on 2010-01-16 20:50:10

5hitroen ZX turbo diesel estate, brought as a cheap runabout to get BT off the road. Blew the head gasket twice in 3monthes, scrapped it & brought Bonny

Post 282234 by linkin582 on 2010-01-16 21:09:46

to meny to remember but all fords !!!

Post 282239 by p fandango on 2010-01-16 21:15:20

[quote=linkin582;282234]to meny to remember but all fords !!![/quote] surprise surprise lol

Post 282241 by Porcine_Aviator on 2010-01-16 21:21:28

Don't tell anyone. A Vauxhall Victor, I only had it for a short time and it found it's way into a scrapyard due to a small problem with the bodywork. I was driving through Gloucester when I went over a kerb, not a big one, but as the car went up there was a loud cracking sound. I went on thinking that it must have been something like wood or the pavement. Drove it down to Dorset and the noise got worse, until I stopped and got underneath to have a look. The body in front of the sill had cracked on a weld and was moving up and down as I drove, gradually breaking apart. So I drove it into the nearest scrapyard and they gave me £10 for it. I hated the thing, bench seats, three speed column change, hand break lever in the dash, and so many blind spots you could miss a bus and a car passing you side by side. It looked like this but was green

Post 282245 by daveforber on 2010-01-16 21:26:35

That's easy. A 2001 Ford Focus, which I inexplicably sold a 2001 S60 to buy because I thought it would be cheaper to run. It broke a camshaft. £1,200 to fix as it fecked the top end. It broke its power steering rack. Quoted £250 to fix and didn't. Full rear brakes -- I know it's maintenance, but £500 on new shoes, drums and bearings. All in 9 months. And to top it off, I managed to get 26mpg at best out of it vs 24mpg in the S60. And it was absolute rubbish to drive. No front grip, excessive body roll, no power. So what I did was sell a perfectly decent, chipped car and spent *all* the money on buying and fixing that pile of junk. My wife would disagree and say that a 1989 Mazda 626GT was the worst car I owned. It did break down more often in fairness, but it cost £200 and I only spend £200 fixing it. And it was quick and good to drive, if full of rot.

Post 282248 by Billybhoy1978 on 2010-01-16 21:37:16

My Nissan Sunny Coupe was a bit of a dog lol

Post 282255 by gmain1967 on 2010-01-16 22:16:38

Peugeot 205 GTI 1.6 Swapped for Sierra XR4i mentioned elsewhere. After all the money spent putting the Sierra right, I should have learned. But didn't... knackered engine, headgasket on way out, debris in radiator/cooling/heater hoses, and a clutch fork that gave up the ghost. Fortunately, it only had to last a few weeks before I got my first company car - a Rover 218SLD....

Post 282256 by Volvostorm on 2010-01-16 22:34:30

A Escort Turbo Diesel, bought it off ebay, drove it 1 mile, the cambelt broke :wow: Smashed the camshaft and the carriers, needed a new head. Then it developed a taste for altenators! I px'd it for 2003 Mondeo TDCi.

Post 282263 by Tomcat on 2010-01-16 22:55:20

I owned an Opal Manta for all of about 3 hours, it was a piece of crap that I swapped my Escort for, I only realised when I got home how bad the Manta was so I went back and demanded my own car back (thankfully the guy lived 5 minutes further down the same road).

Post 282266 by nobananas on 2010-01-16 22:59:14

If we're talking 'worst' as in 'most cash thrown at and still no better' then it's my missus' 850 T5 (sorry !). But if it's 'worst' as in 'fecker won't start again !' then it's probably the old Chrysler Avenger I used to have, but it was only 50 quid !

Post 282286 by Pliskin on 2010-01-17 00:30:44

[quote=phil_woods;282202]Inspired by Sebasteeno and his current situation I thought I would start this thread rather than hijack his. So what is the worst car or the biggest shed you have ever owned? Mine was july last year, I bought a mitsubishi Shogun from a dealer, he told me that it was an import which I didnt mind, I thought the odometer was in km etc etc. The car was mot'd prior to my collection so I thought it must be ok. By the time I got home there was oil everywhere so I took it to a friend of mine, it turned out that the chassis was rotted and the car was a write off, there were countless problems. I called the dealer who wouldn't give me my money back at all, I quoted legislation from trading standards which didn't make a difference. In a moment of genious I called the MOT station and told them that I was coming back (still the same day lol) with VOSA to re-test the vehicle. Sphincters started twitching and that night I had two men come and take the car away giving me my money back. I never counted the cash my wife did, when I got back inside the house she was grinning like a cheshire cat.....They had given us £300 too much lol Still the worst car I ever owned though.[/quote] I hope you still threw the B~astards in!

Post 282296 by Gouldy on 2010-01-17 01:47:52

mine was a rover 420 GSI turbo spent MONTHS looking for a minter, and managed to get a 51k miles, 1 owner with FSH, only for the head to crack 1 month later and for it never to run right again the guy who bought it off me found out the inlet & exhaust cams were round the wrong way and once fixed the car was a gem!!! BUGGER!

Post 282297 by cameron on 2010-01-17 01:58:41

MKII Astra, wiring loom wrapped itself round the steering column and caused a short. It was a burnt out write off :cry:

Post 282318 by cherry1809 on 2010-01-17 10:18:27

MG Montego 2.0i. I bought it from a mate for £150 as a cheap run around for work. It (was) White with a LOT of rust around the arches, Windscreen, Pretty much everywhere. Even had rusty watery streaks running down the sides. I didn't mind driving it really and was funny as hell when I hit the horn. You remember that bit in the film 'Lost Boys' When gramps sounds his horn? Well mine was worse than that, As it had one pipe missing too. LOL. I got pulled over once and the copper asked if it had MOT (Which it did) And he was like "really?" yes officer, "No really?" LOL. After a while though the engine started missing quite badly, So I took it onto one of my dads demolition sites and had fun crushing it up with a Komatsu 210.

Post 282320 by phil_woods on 2010-01-17 10:42:45

[quote=Pliskin;282286]I hope you still threw the B~astards in![/quote] Oh yes trading standards were informed and launched a full investigation. Vosa were also notified after I took a scan of the mot and date stamped a load of pictures of the 17 mot failures on the car. I never found out what happened but I did all that I could.

Post 282321 by danny-R on 2010-01-17 10:43:53

i bought a 96 laguna, non turbo diesel just before xmas for 300quid with t&t, just to use as a work horse instead of the volvo. I bought it on the saturday evening and i managed to get 100 miles on a tenner. Took it to my mates garage to look underneath it on the monday, all seemed ok so when i left i floored it out the car park and jesus christ you should have heard it. i pulled over 100 yards down the road and there was bits of crap french gearbox housing all over the road lol At the time i found it hilarious cos i know i should have just stuck it out with the volvo, plus i should have known never to buy another french car as my first car was a 4 speed clio 5hitbox http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss179/longdogger/sheds/laguna-Copy.jpg see if this works

Post 282324 by volvoturboman on 2010-01-17 11:18:06

My old Renault 19 diesel (non turbo). It started out with the water system, it was replaced one peice at a time (entire system, hoses, pipes, pumps, radiator) only to discover it was the head that was warped and causing to much pressure on the water system. After fixing all that the gearbox gave up and within 7 miles I had lost all 5 gears. Replaced with a second hand one which lasted one month, so another gearbox. Then MOT time and my god what a list, every single maitainence part plus a rear axle??? What car ever needs a rear axle. Then when we thought it couldn't go wrong again I had to dive home from work on night because my son took really sick. I got home put him in the car and on the way to the doctor thedrive shaft snapped. I rolled it into Tesco's car park and got a breaker to collect it. My son had febular convultions (think thats how its spelled) he had 3 in total but that was his first one. Wentout the next day while Ben was in hospital and bought a Vauxhall Cavalier 1.7 TDCD, one of the best I ever owned. Thats why I hate french cars and will never ever own another.

Post 282329 by JUDGENINJA on 2010-01-17 11:36:36

I don't know if I've ever had a worst car..... they are all rubbish in one way or another... but I suppose the 850 has been the most unreliable... 850 = 2 engines, 2 gearboxes 1 turbo 240 = lots of things wrong with it Primera = looks like a taxi Maestro = roof linig kept falling down MK3 Golf = never past its MOT for a variety of reasons Manta = Rust, rust and more rust MK3 Escort = too hard suspension MK4 Escort = Rust.... Subaru Sumo = Just completely dangerous

Post 282330 by yorkshire R on 2010-01-17 11:37:55

touch wood iv never bought a ''lemon/dog'' but the worst is a 2004 vectra gsi to replace the T4 and hated it so kept the T4...just glad i never sold it on! it wasnt comfy big and numb seats rock hard was awfull to drive wasnt that quick considering it was a 3.2 v6

Post 282626 by KPB on 2010-01-18 12:33:12

My 01 S60 T5. A car that promised so much but delivered a frightening sequence of un-necessary build/component related problems. Still, I'd be tempted with another just for that 'RICA feeling'.

Post 282633 by Jaseb77 on 2010-01-18 13:47:24

candiates are 04 Renault Laguna V6 Tourer ( electric were a joke) 98 Seat Toledo Sport , auto box replaced & reconed'd serveral time sstill a shed. had it 18 months never made the road at all Renault 5 auto, boiled its transmission fluid every 100 miles or so

Post 282635 by Al115 on 2010-01-18 14:07:29

Here is my own personal day of shame: http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17622

Post 282684 by gmain1967 on 2010-01-18 17:25:03

Subaru Sumo = Just completely dangerous Judgeninja, go and elaborate on the above, I'm intrigued by what was up with it!!! Had a LOL moment when I read it.

Post 282685 by phil_woods on 2010-01-18 17:27:36

I am not sure but is it possible that I could have just deleted a post off this thread? If I did then I am very sorry! Where are the mods lol

Post 282688 by Al115 on 2010-01-18 17:35:14

I'd hope not :D

Post 282691 by danny-R on 2010-01-18 17:43:30

[quote=phil_woods;282685]I am not sure but is it possible that I could have just deleted a post off this thread? If I did then I am very sorry! Where are the mods lol[/quote] i want some of what you've been smoking lol ;)

Post 282712 by streaky744 on 2010-01-18 18:40:13

1968 850 mini , never started in the mornings, used to smash hand on dash when change to 3rd, but what do you expect from an old british heap lol. mind you that was in 1988. recently a vaux senator 3.0 24v auto as needed a tow car one weekend. drank petrol like an wino does cider , smoked its bag of under hard throttle. owned it for 3 days which was enough , still turned a profit when sold so got petrol money back lol. had a few wrecks in early years of driving but late 80's there where a load more around. another from memory was a mk2 lotus cortina that had paper mashey inner rear wheel arch's

Post 282713 by lance on 2010-01-18 18:48:32

Volvo S80 T6 it was the best worst car owned all of £7k back then. After that Fiat Regretta, but saying that I managed to get 10,000 miles for £200 with just a few hiccups till I purposefully drove her into death! Austin Maestro Van was pretty awfull but in some ways marginly better than a Renault Extra 1.9D van that bloo a head gasket and I got a decent wheel barrow and plaster wisk free with the maestro that gave good service. The volvo was nice but so so ****te all at the same time with its conflicted gaytronic that wouldnt hold 3rd gear on full throttle although 2nd would do 100mph

Post 282833 by phil_woods on 2010-01-19 00:22:52

[quote=phil_woods;282685]I am not sure but is it possible that I could have just deleted a post off this thread? If I did then I am very sorry! Where are the mods lol[/quote] I was viewing this thread in work on my phone and accidently pressed the little red x in the top right hand corner. The post dissapeared and I thought I may have deleted it. sorry for being a noob!

Post 282848 by mas on 2010-01-19 08:24:15

Very briefly , a long time ago when things were quite tight I had a very rusty car with the word ' Cherry' in the title. There you go I have said it and now I am going to go and stand in a dark cupboard for an hour.

Post 282849 by KPB on 2010-01-19 08:47:16

[quote=mas;282848]Very briefly , a long time ago when things were quite tight I had a very rusty car with the word ' Cherry' in the title. There you go I have said it . Now I am going to go and stand in m adark cupboard for an hour.[/quote] I had one too - just when they switched to the Nissan name! Typical 80's Jap car - utterly reliable but terminally rustable.

Post 282851 by mas on 2010-01-19 09:25:26

Indeed lol, I got it for about a hundred quid with an MOT ( how?) , the rustwork was immaculate but sadly there was some metal creeping through :P A scrap dealer did collect it and take it for free but only because I knew someone otherwise I would have been charged to collect it ! and thats not a joke. Cheers Mas

Post 282852 by Murphy on 2010-01-19 09:33:57

I bought an in between car about 9 years ago, a Proton aeroback not actual car I think I covered about 50 miles then gave it to my father in law. It got passed around the family quiet a lot. It was solid and reliable but utter 5hite...............

Post 282854 by cherry1809 on 2010-01-19 09:53:18

[quote=mas;282851]Indeed lol, I got it for about a hundred quid with an MOT ( how?) , the rustwork was immaculate but sadly there was some metal creeping through :P A scrap dealer did collect it and take it for free but only because I knew someone otherwise I would have been charged to collect it ! and thats not a joke. Cheers Mas[/quote] I've had 4 Cherry Turbo's (Hence the board name) They all went the same way :brokenhea Quick little cars though :insane:

Post 282864 by KPB on 2010-01-19 11:02:09

Slightly off topic, but my mate's uncle had a Bluebird ZX turbo. He spoke about it like it was the 80s version of a Quattroporte. How times have changed.

Post 282880 by TUCL on 2010-01-19 12:29:22

c70 t5 bought from phil woods lol. only kidding mate. How are my wheels doin???

Post 282905 by Murphy on 2010-01-19 14:15:40

[quote=KPB;282864]Slightly off topic, but my mate's uncle had a Bluebird ZX turbo. He spoke about it like it was the 80s version of a Quattroporte. How times have changed.[/quote] I can see the resemblance! :D

Post 282968 by mightywolf on 2010-01-19 18:53:48

Peugeot 205 1.8TD. Got given to me (and I'mnot surprised) cos some numpty had just written off my Rover 827 coupe I had at the time. It filled the gap while I was waiting for my car to be replaced but by crikey, never again!!

Post 283094 by cherry1809 on 2010-01-20 09:03:12

Post 283095 by phil_woods on 2010-01-20 09:08:53

[quote=TUCL;282880]c70 t5 bought from phil woods lol. only kidding mate. How are my wheels doin???[/quote] Don't even get me started on the calibra I took in part exchange off you matt! You know the one that lasted a week before the head gasket went! Your wheels are here to collect when u pay me :)

Post 283321 by volvoturboman on 2010-01-21 00:17:46

[quote=cherry1809;283094]Bluebird SR/ZX was an underated car ;) Same power as an RS Turbo Escort, Better equipped and is wasn't a Ford :haha:[/quote] The Bluebird ZX turbo was an astonishing car, so unbelievable. However I think the reason for that was simple, before you got in you knew you were getting into a Bluebird so you were not expecting what was to come. The Primera GT was another surprising car and highly underated.

Post 283346 by cherry1809 on 2010-01-21 10:24:10

[quote=volvoturboman;283321]The Bluebird ZX turbo was an astonishing car, so unbelievable. However I think the reason for that was simple, before you got in you knew you were getting into a Bluebird so you were not expecting what was to come. The Primera GT was another surprising car and highly underated.[/quote] LOL, I've been through most of Nissan's back catalogue. 4 x Cherry Turbo 1 x Bluebird ZX Turbo 1 x Bluebird SR Turbo 1 x Silvia Turbo 1 x Silvia Turbo RSX Saloon 2 x Nissan Primera eGT

Post 283357 by swede on 2010-01-21 12:09:35

sebasteeno took the words right off my fingers .....[quote=sebasteeno;282207]Do i need to say?[/quote] Of course it was that heap of cr*p from PGi Farnham! If you don't know why then please do a search on here.

Post 307701 by Flatout Phil on 2010-05-10 15:08:53

Mrs Flatout's Fiat (BIS) 126 was about as pants as they come. From brand new, and with three head-gaskets and only 1000 miles on the clock, Fiat virtually gave her a Panda in exchange. Which was, I have to say, a very funky little bargain basement motor (1000 Fire) that 18 years on, is still running, now sent over to Portugal where her brother now own's it. In relative terms, all my Imps were terribly unreliable, but I still loved them!

Post 307722 by preacher38 on 2010-05-10 16:39:18

vauxhall vectra late 90's model ...... the thing still makes me wince even now .

Post 307734 by dave stew on 2010-05-10 17:41:04

That's bizarre - just scrolled through the thread and the last post is what I was going to say! A 1996 Vectra 1.8. Hideous thing - screamed its head off and didn't go anywhere, quite hard ride yet rolled in corners and didn't handle... Truly dreadful cars.

Post 307742 by Phuturephantasy on 2010-05-10 18:29:49

Vauxhall Omega on a V reg - had it for about 4 months and every week something new would start playing up on it - spent more money on it than the actual thing cost in the first place. Just a moneypit - almost gave it away in the end just to get shot of it..

Post 307751 by bonelorry on 2010-05-10 19:21:01

Vauxhall astra gte 8 valve

Post 307793 by tornado on 2010-05-10 21:00:43

my 1979 pontiac 6.6ltr trans am-loved this car but it was forever breaking down,not the worst car ive owned but possibly the least reliable and the certanly the most costly..

Post 307894 by Haizum74 on 2010-05-11 10:45:47

My last motor bought off a mate, Fiat Brava, silver wedge of shatness.

Post 307895 by claymore on 2010-05-11 10:51:27

Jaguar xj6 2.9 with cloth interior, I should have known it was crap when i shut the door and the interior light fell into my lap. always a lottery whether it would start or not.

Post 307970 by MisterC1501 on 2010-05-11 15:45:45

Land Rover freelander 1.8. great looking car but boy was this a money pit :eye-poppi. First thing was the drivers door window regulator, closely followed by the engine dropping a cylinder liner writing off the engine, then the sunroof runner snapped jamming the sunroof open, then the runner board anchor snapped then............ I sold it to a Bulgarian :biggrin:

Post 309901 by v70torslanda on 2010-05-19 23:00:24

OMG! Where do I start? I've had such a collection of sheds it's hardly fair to single one of them out . . . But how about the 1300E MkI Escort that refused to start about an hour after I bought it? And swallowed plugs, points, leads, cap, rotor, solenoid, starter, etc. Then when it finally ran chonged its way thru three clutch cables in the fortnight I was unlucky enough to be its keeper . . . NRJ786M. Such a piece of sh1te I'm surprised you weren't from S****horpe. ;) Or the E12 520 BMW auto which we turned into a 528 manual. 200bhp with a 4.3 diff! Top speed was about 110mph, 0-60 was impossible. Lit the tyres up in 3rd gear! 4th if the road was wet. Well classy with a Cavalier spoiler under the standard chrome bumper on the front. Laugh? I nearly broke into a fiver . . . Don't get me started on the 2002!

Post 309921 by t5_monkey on 2010-05-19 23:26:56

My Friends mum had a 2CV when i was a kid... i still remember being scared of being crashed into by a real car when we got lifts in it...

Post 309924 by Plodmonkey on 2010-05-19 23:28:19

a PUNTO :)

Post 309927 by pyrotechnictigger on 2010-05-19 23:40:30

I have owned: 2X UNOs A Tipo Citroen Xantia V70 T5 S60 T5 None of them were the worst but the Tipo was the least fun although the digi dash was fabulous!

Post 309960 by Liddo on 2010-05-20 08:49:38

I owned a Talbot Horizon a LONG time ago. It had steering more vague than a lorry with dodgey ball joints. Putting it into gear was like "Pinning the Donkey" and when you did find a slot, it would crunch into it. It had comfy seats though, that a puppy that we had bought from Leigh Cats and Dogs home kindly shat all over on the way home. I had to drive for about 5 miles with my head out of the window gagging :D I traded the ****ty Horizon (literally) in for the Datsun Cheery 60A or something, which needed an MOT, so i took it to the local MOT place, and he advised me that the engine was just about to drop out due to the subframe being so rotten, and that i could be "Fred Flintstone" if i pulled the carpets back, so i scrapped it ;) Im sure ive had a few more bangers, but those to stand out by far

Post 401747 by philt6 on 2011-08-06 06:29:56

Having read Si850r post and seeing Pedro's contribution reminded me of this car i owned many years ago while on the dole. http://www.motorbase.com/uploads/2008/08/11/fs_mazda_929.jpg

Post 401749 by p fandango on 2011-08-06 06:46:38

[quote=philt6;401747]Having read Si850r post and seeing Pedro's contribution reminded me of this car i owned many years ago while on the dole. http://www.motorbase.com/uploads/2008/08/11/fs_mazda_929.jpg[/quote] now that is worse than my Diahatsu by miles lol, & it gives me great honour to post the pic directly for everyone's viewing pleasure :wink:

Post 401763 by volvo340sleeper on 2011-08-06 09:10:16

think worst car i had was a n reg renault espace only had it 3 months then blew the head while doing 85 on way to misses who had gone into labour, luckily was only round the corner from her when it blew

Post 401774 by M-R-P on 2011-08-06 11:00:04

My mum had one of these... http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/images/satellite/attach/jpg.gif :lol::lol: Let's list the spec... 1.3l 45bhp no airbag no abs 13" pepperpots Fm radio When some little p1sspot came down our road sideways and made one side considerably shorter than the other, the insurance paid - out £200 more than my mum paid for it! (£545) Best car she ever owned!

Post 401781 by mitchyboy01 on 2011-08-06 11:57:48

Well I've had a nightmare Corrado G60 (mint but needed engine rebuild), 3 Renault 5 GT Turbos, Fiesta RS Turbo, my current T5R which all gave me grief. All good cars but turned into sheds due to previous owners neglect or incompetance. Least grief cars I've has were a FSH Renault 19 16v (brilliant car to drive), FSH Renault Clio 16V (prob the most fun car I've ever had) and a 313bhp T5 bought from Shaun 850 on here. Gave that car the loud pedal for 10,000 miles straight and never spent a penny.