What was the worst car you ever had?

[flvegan]

49. Jaguar XJ6

Circa 1986. Was practically brand new when I bought it, only 20k miles. Beautiful car for its day, very comfortable. Sadly, it was the true stereotype of British automotive excellence at the time. That meant none of the electrics worked on any given day. Acceleration was a suggestion, not a demand. It had two gas tanks, which was wonderful, mostly because inevitably one of the filler cap releases was always on the fritz. The radio had two volumes, off and speaker buzzing loud. Once, the horn started blaring constantly. The only way to shut it off was to pull the fuse. "Hood open with my head shaking" would have been the theme those couple years. Yeah, it was a pretty short term relationship.

It did make for great conversation at the time. My best friend had a Renault Alliance, and we'd sit and compare our current automotive dilemmas over beers. "Yeah, but at least your car..." was a common phrase between us.