3 series, 5 series, 6 series, 7 series.....ooh a tad predictable i know, but hey, someone had too.....clio 172/182 clubsport thingys....yes they are the holy grail of hot hatches..but they have the build quality of a 10 yr old citroen ax.....new golf...same ol same ol....kinda cool looking, will soon be as ubiquitous as the old one....seems to be automatically assumed to be the benchmark...good car, just a bit sick of the interminable tweaking of the old concept...it never seems to move the game on, just nudge it constantly in the right direction.....
Cars I personnaly would like to forget are the following:
Chrysler Valiant, circa 1974 possibly the least roadholding ability I ever experienced, it wallowed so much, my kids who were NEVER car sick, were in that.
BMW 525 1976, A really prodigious thirst and very dodgy electric spoilt was was a wonderful drive.
Alfa Romeo GTV 1978: the most expensive (in real terms) car I've ever owned. Plus it could not pass a garage without needing major work/investement.
Peugeot 305: a noisy tin box with poor quality and unreliability built in.
Montego 1988: had one on hire which was well screwed together, then bought one and the difference was chalk and cheese.
Diahatsu Charade 1990: reliable but could not bear to sit in my wife's car.
Renault Laguna 1995: company car very glad I had not bought it, twice dumped its cambelt on me.
Chevy Surburban 1997: a very thirsty barge. I believe worldwide petrol shortages were down to this one.
Chevy Aerostar 1998: ditto suburban, with the added bonus of poor reliability.
Discovery 2000: how not to make a vehicle suitable for Africa.
The problem is that in the wee small hours visions of these vehicles still haunt your dreams and disturb your sleep.
The new-shape Ford Focus-what were they thinking-I don't care that it is a good drive etc-I wouldn't want to be seen in one. And as for Renault 182 being like a 10 year old Ax-you obviously haven't been in my Ax-what flattery!
It's now got the hideous fish mouth grille, with a piece of the front bumper missing & coupled to Peugeot's shoddy reliabilty record (I know from personal experience ), it makes you wonder why so many people buy them!
Originally posted by JAMES TR: The new-shape Ford Focus-what were they thinking-I don't care that it is a good drive etc-I wouldn't want to be seen in one.
Mrs Oilburner described said Focus as a "fat frog" when seen from behind. Most apt I thought.
Originally posted by JAMES TR: The new-shape Ford Focus-what were they thinking-I don't care that it is a good drive etc-I wouldn't want to be seen in one.
Mrs Oilburner described said Focus as a "fat frog" when seen from behind. Most apt I thought.
I don't think it's offensive, it's just terminally bland. It is a car that's easily forgotten rather than one that should be .
..corvair was a much maligned car, literally hounded out of production due to the publication of a book by ralph nader called, famously, unsafe at any speed.....gm demonstrated to no avail that the rear engined corvair handled better than many of its contemporys and had greater roll resistance than many too..but it was too late, the gullible as ever american public had made their minds up.....almost a sporty compact car by yankee standards, it was one of the first production cars, if not THE first to be fitted with a tirbocharger....coupes and convertibles are lovely lookin motors...i love em....but then i would....id quite like a pacer too...just for the ugly factor...incredibly sh*te car by all accounts....
Vauxhall Viva Rover 200 Mk 3 Golf Mk 4/5 Escort - lets change the back end and pretend its a new car. Late Rover Metro's. Talbot Horizon Nissan Bluebird
My usual few predictable choices which my solictor has advised me not mention.....hehehehe You know which two I mean
So instead here are some others:
Escort, but at least the press thought it was bad. Nissan palmira (sorry, Primera...TAXI!) Metro, Maestro & Montego should have been killed of by the end of the 80s. Rover 200/400 - this may of had revvy 16v motors, it may not breakdown..much, but this was the car that effectively killed Rover.
), it makes you wonder why so many people buy them! 
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You know which two I mean 
