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| charcoal Member Since: 28 Jul 2014 Location: Hampshire Posts: 942   
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A Vauxhall Corsa back when I was a learner, awful car and I wouldn't be seen dead in one now
 1999 Land Rover Defender 110 td5 station wagon
1998 Land Rover Defender 110 County Station Wagon ~ Sold 1995 Land Rover Defender 110 V8 Station Wagon ~ Sold 
1985 Land Rover 110 ex mod project Tithonus ~ Sold |
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26th Aug 2016 1:21am |
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| Eduardo Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Región Metropolitana Posts: 2110  
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Probably you dont know it a Chevrolet Marajo. No brakes at all. Was my first car when I married you need to push the brakes as soon as you get some acceleration to be able to stop in time.  Eduardo
MY 2007 110 SW PUMA 2.4: Big Fog of 64' MY 1994 Jayco 1207 Folding camper: "El Tremendo" Click image to enlarge |
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26th Aug 2016 1:31am |
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| agentmulder Member Since: 16 Apr 2016 Location: Outer Space Posts: 1324 
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Ha, snap! Monrovia, Liberia, most cars are ex Netherlands Nissan Sunny taxis... Our driver had to get out and suck a liquid though a tube and spit it out every 10kms to keep it going, he also drove everywhere in 1st, I asked why 'to save fuel' (zero sarcasm, I truly think he believed it). Anyway, he got out to get some food, so I jumped at the opportunity to see if had any other gears. It did (woohoo!) but yeah, the traffic situation is pretty much that you don't want to be driving any faster than 1st affords and I soon discovered that the clutch served dual purpose as the brake also, so...  Solved the bowel problem, working on the consonants... |
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26th Aug 2016 3:47am |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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Second the Insignia, can,t beleive people spend over 20k on them... 2012 Freelander, horrible... Citroen Dyane I used to own... Rover 45, equivalent of the Insignia, cheap, nasty... I live in SAABs, had over 40 as it includes classic SAABS, buy them for around 1-4k drive them into the ground over 8-10k years with over 200k on the clock. Great cars until GM took over
Current one is a 9000 Aero 225 BHP, largely hand built, great engineering you will never get cars like these any more sadly. Wicked mid range, advertising at the time mentions it would beat a Lambo, Porcshe and Testerossa from 40mph  Mine is a concourse example and driven gently... Most of the time  Easy to get them up to 400 bhp even the standard model.
SAAB had Recarro build the SAAB sport seats...
One here for 9k, racked up to 520BHP, gearbox was 6k alone 
http://www.classicandsportscar.com/classif...95/6112610 Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  |
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26th Aug 2016 6:22am |
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| Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1017 
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Talbot Alpine, used to shake so bad at 50 mph, it eventually broke an engine mount, was covered in brown rust warts in the middle of panels because lack of paint, what a dog of a car Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200
Puma 90 XS - Sold D3 - 2.7 S x2 (both Sold) Freelander 2 HSE - Sold Freelander 1 - Sold Disco 2 - Sold |
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26th Aug 2016 6:59am |
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| Mr Fox Member Since: 10 Sep 2011 Location: green & pleasant land Posts: 1037 
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Late 70's Ford Fairmont - was given one as a loan car and had to suffer it for about a month.
Drove as good as it looked - like the suspension was built out of marshmallows, it turned corners like a fairground ride and the seats had no contours, so in typical American 'boat' style, you used to slide across the vinyl sections when you turned corners. The upside was the front seat was a bench seat and as a teen, that did have advantages when romancing |
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26th Aug 2016 7:05am |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816  
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Ford Pinto back in 1981. I rented this for a few weeks when moving to USA. When you turned the airco on from idling the engine would stall immediately. You had to rev it then to keep running. It figures in the list of the 50 worst cars of all times. Can only agree with that.
Eric By the way, no that is not me in the car, just a generic picture from the web, but same colour as my rental at the time.
You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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26th Aug 2016 7:08am |
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| JR Member Since: 07 Dec 2012 Location: Auchtermuchty Posts: 532  
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Ok so not a 'car' but it was road transport.....
I was serving my time as an Agricultural Engineer outside Kinross near the former T in the Park site at Balado and got told to dive a trade in Leyland 272 tractor to Stirling Auction Market. Anyone who knows the road will know that it's very twisty in parts, now try thinking what that was like with 1.75 turns of free play in the steering!!! SCARY....... Oh yes, and there was virtually no brakes as well! |
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26th Aug 2016 7:54am |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3497 
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Carrying on with the plant and machinery - a Massey Ferguson back hoe. Eternally greatful to borrow it but driving it was an art. It bounced around and wandered all over the road and the steering required constant correction. Great fun but probably the worst handling thing I have ever driven.
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26th Aug 2016 8:15am |
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| languedoc Member Since: 13 May 2016 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 283 
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Few years back on a charity banger rally through Europe. We bought a Ford Dorchester 1986 funeral limousine with 3 speed auto. Clearly never been driven past 30mph but my turn to drive on a fast route from Turin to Cannes.
If anyone has driven that autoroute, its twisty and lots of tunnels. Managed to hit 100 on a big sweeping bend and the body flexed so much the windscreen shattered and the back window blew out. Car was a sea of vinyl and brown plastic and smelt horrendous |
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26th Aug 2016 8:27am |
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| MaxRPM Member Since: 15 Jan 2013 Location: South Staffs Posts: 1114 
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1.3 Morris Marina for me. Absolutely lethal handling, only kept it for 2 weeks (mind you I had just gone from driving a Lotus Europa Ford twin cam, I had to sell it to raise some funds).
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26th Aug 2016 8:30am |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471
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Early '30's Standard 10 Special. It went well enough for the period but the combination of wire wheels, cycle like narrow tyres, tiny cable operated brakes and a freewheel device which meant that if you forgot to disengage the freewheel there was no way the brakes would cope without the help of engine braking on the flat let alone going down hills. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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26th Aug 2016 8:55am |
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| Naks Member Since: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Stellenbosch, ZA Posts: 2638  
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Renault Sandero --
2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear 2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged
Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9 Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ |
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26th Aug 2016 8:57am |
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| DonH2000 Member Since: 12 Jan 2015 Location: North Kent Posts: 551 
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Mid 1970's Vauxhall Viva, the one with the offset stearing wheel! Cheers Don.
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26th Aug 2016 8:59am |
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