[Closed] Best and worst cars you've driven?

Best-Honda S2000
Worst-Mk2 diesel golf,not only as slow and noisey as you'd expect,but the worst gear box I've used. Vague doesn't do it justice.

I have never driven a nice car, but without doubt the biggest pile of shit I have driven was a Rover 200 (the ones badges as MG ZR's). The only car I have ever bought from new. It really did fall apart over a period of a few months, no suprise that MG Rover went tits up.

Best - Renault 21 GT. No doubt totally outclassed now, but as a 22 year old bloke who was used to Polos and Puntos it felt like The Bomb. Then it expired in a puff of black, oily smoke so I guess it acted like The Bomb too.

Worst - Merc A class. Hire car. A truly dreadful thing.

Best - 2cv - what a laugh they are to drive fast (ish) and very good in the snow

Worst -2cv - no explanation required

Neither belonged to me but MDs of two companies I worked for.

The best was a Jaguar XJS-HE compared to the Ford Cortina estate I had as a company car it was unbelievable.

The worst was a Rolls Royce Silver Spur, for the amount of money it was a horrible car to drive.

Best - Audi s4. Amazing car in every way.

Worst - Rover 200 - what a pile of dog turd. I was actually glad when someone smacked into me and wrote it off.

Worst.....Citreon Dyane (did teach me a lot about fixing cars though).

Best......Caterham

Best - Classic Range Rover with full Overfinch 5.7l Chevy V8 treatment, never mind the BHP, the torque curve looks like table mountain. Amazing how something that heavy could be that fast and nimble.

Worst - Classic Range Rover with full Overfinch 5.7l Chevy V8 treatment. Badly bodged under the glitz, took unreliablity to new levels, and nothing was ever cheap or simple - bit like being married to Naomi Campbell.

This was a lorra lorra fun...
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Also a pit into which I poured money too however.

Best - Citroen AX GT when I was young and stupid. £5,000 missile.

Worst - Citroen AX GT 5 years later. Drove it 365 miles back from St Ives and sold it because my back and knees couldn't cope with it any more.

Best - prototype Discovery. A few years back,quite a while before it was launched, I got one of the Disco 3s to play with for a weekend. Awesome engineering.

Worst - Hyundai Accent. Hire car. One had to book an appointment to accelerate. The braking? The handling? Erm, no

Best - Impreza STI with some Prodrive gubbins.

Worst - Flat worst probably the 91 Mitsubishi Delica I had in New Zealand. Most over-rated was an Audi A6 Avant 1.8T that my old man used to have, underpowered, handled like a dog, stupid CVT gearbox.

Best mk2.5 MX5 (not the most powerful but like a second skin)
worse 2004 Yaris.

Best - Lotus Elise
Worst - Everything else but a one litre Ford Escort I had takes some beating. Worst recent car was a Peugeot 207 that a garage lent me when they cocked up the servicing on the Lotus. So bad it was dangerous

Worst : Citroen BX diesel estate, just awful in every way. Why oh why did I ever buy it?

Best: Lotus Elise, just like a big go-kart. I've just bought a 172 Clio sport which is pretty good fun too 😀

Was a member of a Car Club where you paid cash and got points to use to hire cars.

Best car was probably Maserati 3200GT, though e-type Jag was a real experience too.

Worst Car ever was an FSO Hire Car - diabolical - front wheels were only loosely linked to the steering wheel!

Best= When I lived in Canada I owned a rusty dented 1982 GMC Suburban in 2 tones of sh1t brown with a 6.2 litre V8 diesel with 3 speed auto box. It was about the same size speed and manouverability as a Tug Boat but it was mega comfy cheap to run and I even slept in it for a month. 3 weeks before I came back home to Blighty I hit ice spun it off the road and wrapped it round a tree. I got out with only a sore nose from the airbag. I didnt spill a drop 🙂

Worst= Citroen AX 1.0 diesel about as fast as an arthritic tortoise pressing the accelerator did nothing but make it vibrate and burn more fuel

worst - 1989 Renault 5 TR. nothing good about it, except perhaps the price.
Actually, no, that's just the worst one I've ever [i]owned[/i]. The worst thing I've ever [i]driven[/i] would have to be a 1981(ish) Metro in "hamster beige" - a "rentawreck", the only thing I could hire in my first 12 months of driving. 4 speed box, braking that juddered rather than slowed you down, and steering that pulled to the right. all the time.

best - 2004 BMW 320d Touring. My current car, now has 102k miles on the clock & probably only just worn in. It just goes on & on

most fun - Alfa 156 - my last car before the beemer, would probably have got my "best" vote if it had been more reliable

Best - Nissan GT-R - ridiculous bit of kit.

Worst - Toyota iQ2 - crap in every way.

Worst = Kia people carrier thing - absolutely horrible.

Best = Probably my current car, a mk2 Audi TT 2.0 coupe. Unfortunately, I'm selling it so take a look here if you're seriously interested: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1078889.htm

Best - Nissan GT-R - ridiculous bit of kit.

bastid!! 🙂

Best = Caterham

Worst = dead heat between Frontera / Agila / 1.5D Saxo. Hateful things, all.

best - mk1 XR2 (fun, fun, fun), but not as much fun as my old TDR 250 i had at the same time, oh to be 19 again.

worst - Rover 400 (reliable but DULL), Holden kingswood (breakdown on wheels, but cheaper than staying in a hostel).

Hora - I just wish that I got to keep it for more than a couple of hours. Local garage was trying to butter me up, so let me take one for a spin.

Worst - Citroen C3 hire car in Ibiza - gutless, tinny and squeaky
Best - Seat Leon Cupra TDi - Fast, comfy and good value (compared to a Golf)

Chipped Impreza was 'fun'. I now know why people wear baseball caps/woolly hats in those cars however it was the only car to scare me- hearing the turbo kicking in....the initial fear was like a passenger in a fast car.

Best :: latest Impreza STi
Worst :: Hyundai Getz in metallic dog sh1t brown. Handles like a bowl of jelly, accelerates like a stunned mullet and stops like its on an ice rink, built out of plastic wafer and smelt really odd. Thanks Avis for that one.

Best: Audi S4 probably. Although I've driven an elise a couple of times which was by far the most fun.

Worst: Jeez, there's been so many. It'd be a close run thing between The Fiat Uno (or something) hire car we had in menorca, three seperate bits fell off it while I was driving it, I say 'driving', it just sort of drifted along in a direction, if you were lucky it would drift in the right direction. It had this 'parking' button which presumably tightened up the steering for getting it into tighter spots, if you forgot to turn it off the car would try and roll over in corners.... and a clio we hired in Scotland once. It broke down, twice, with two different faults and was supreme in it's lack of thrust, handling, comfort and useability. Hated it.

Best - Toyota MR2 AW11
Worst Mk1 Fiesta

Best bike - My mates GSXR 7/11 streetfighter - downgeared for 120mph at the redline and tuned for torque - it was an utter hoot - accidental wheelies at 90 mph at 6000rpm 😯 Used to get 2000 miles from a rear tyre

Worst bike - Harley sportster

Best I owned - R1100RS with a stage 1 tune / Bsa A10 - both great in their own ways

The worst car I have ever driven?

Vauxhall Omega 2.0 Automatic - absolutely dreadful in every respect. unbelievably slow, every time the auto box changes gear, my beard grows another inch (and I don't grow stubble quickly) its notchy when it does, handles like it has stiff sponges for suspension, and feels like the front wheels will fold on you if you are driving with a bit of haste.

The best i've cars ever driven?

Slightly (a lot) tuned Audi Coupe 20v quattro, went round corners like it was on rails, 5 cyl engine gave a truly beautiful noise, and plenty of power available. the beige velour seats and naff wood trim was a bit gash though 😉

Audi A6 with 2.7t engine, a very nice every day motor, 250bhp and would cruise along the motorway at 85 all day long and absolutely soak up the miles, then capable of driving a little quickly too.

A mate owns "the 2nd fastest reno' 5 in the country" it's completely insane, side exit exhaust and about 290bhp (iirc) is only taken out on the occasional sunny day, it stands him at around £35k - when that turbo spins up and you are punched in the kidney's as it accelerates, brilliant.

Not as a driver but passenger, an old BMW M3 around nurburgring, i'll never forget that, truly brilliant!

i think that's it for now 😉

Worst - Mitsubishi LS200. Even with a turbo diesel it was slower than the transit I owned at the same time. Awful turning circle, diabolical build quality and tiny inside. Hated the thing.

Best - Jaguar X-Type Estate 2.2 Diesel. Quick enough, quiet, bloody comfy and effortless.

Most fun - Volvo 360 hatch back with plastic rear tyres. Drift tastic.

Best: Skoda Felicia 1.3 Estate. Absolutely diabolical to drive. Slow, uncomfortable, smelly. felt like you'd done a few rounds boxing after getting out. However :- Ferried loads of kit about all over the country, including loads of camping/biking trips. Very practical. Never let me down once in 5 years of ownership even though it was never serviced or maintained properly. Cost me next to nowt, didn't owe me anything. Hoping my Octavia VRS estate turns out similarly practical / reliable (know it won't be as cheap though)!

Worst: Citroen ZX advantage. Broke down all the time, but I bought a bit of a lemon so my fault really!

[b]Best car[/b] - an original Audi Quatro I was given a lift in when they ruled the rally driving.
[b]Worst car[/b] - Focus Mk2 1.6 Zetec as it took me 3 goes to pass the bleeding test.
[b]Best bike[/b] - Yamaha RXS100 (100cc 2-stroke Crazy Frog sounding ripper).
[b]Worst bike[/b] - 125cc Suzuki chopper I did my CBT on.

three cars stand out above all other for pure shiteness

BMW Z4
Mazda 3
pug 406

best

Honda integra type R DC2
Porsche Cayman S 3.4
Porsche GT3 2001

Worst Allegro courtesy car whilst my best car was in for dent management

Best Scirroco Storm GTI

Best...my 1984 XR3i.
Worst...my 1984 XR3i.

Worst- Renault 5 mk1 with four speed lottery gearbox
Most Fun - Smart Roadster with 101bhp tuning
Best - Alfa (Can't remember the number) green cloverleaf
Most notable - The alfa for blowing the bottom of the engine out on the A1 at 60-70mph

on and on - Member

three cars stand out above all other for pure shiteness

BMW Z4
Mazda 3
pug 406

I honestly don't know about the worst. Even my first car - a 1.4 N reg Escort had a little bit of 'something' about it and wasn't [i]that[/i] bad to drive.

Best have to be my 2 current cars - a mk1 1.6 Mazda Eunos S-Special with some goodies bolted to it and yes, a Ford Mondeo (2.2 ST TDCi but its just brilliant to drive and its always nice to look down, see the fuel gauge at a quarter full and the computer to say I still have about 150 miles left in the tank).

Best - Lamborghini Gallardo, really is a supercar that drives like a hot hatch, brilliant.
Worst - Kia Sedona / Nissan Micra. Need I say nore. Worst supercar I drove was an early 2000's Dodge Viper, no driver feedback through any of the inputs.

If I had to choose the perfect car for the road it would be an Exige though

[i]I honestly don't know about the worst. Even my first car - a 1.4 N reg Escort had a little bit of 'something' about it and wasn't that bad to drive.[/i]

try taking a french car out for a spin, that'll see you right.

I dunno, a clio cup or a 106 rallye could see you wrong

Best: Honda Accord Type-r
fantastic engine, just makes me smile thinking about it...

Worst: Austin Maestro
re-heated maxi, gearbox made of finest cheese and rubber, just awful - made an allegro seem great

worst: would be this, like driving a bus (I would imagine), scarey to drive fast especially with it's drum brakes, but it was great fun to tinker with. It nearly caused an accident on the A1 (rubber necker I mean, not my driving)
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Best: was a Subaru Impreza Turbo Hatchback, not mine, belonged to a friend 10 years ago, but I drove it to Glencoe (400miles) and it flew (with 5 blokes and a weeks worth of kit and climbing gear).

Best - I love my little 172cup - for all its little faults it just makes me smile whenever I drive it. However best is definitely the Megane R26.R i had the pleasure of playing in a few months ago, epic epic car.

Worst - City Rover! Was given to me as a hire car for 3 days. Words simply cannot describe how awful it was.

Best Hillman Imp

Worse and il get slatted for this Mini

Imp had more room, handled better and more high tech.

Best: Jaguar XFR (Genuinely, and by a mile ... but I do feel it necessary to state a vested interest 😉 )

Worst? So many and so many criteria by which to judge....
Absolute: Some sh*te 198o-something Cavalier I had as a [i]courtesy[/i] car once.
Relative: (ie Disappointing, given the expectations) Close-run between Bentley Arnage and a 1999 Porsche 911

Best:
Integra DC2. Loved it so much and the only car I really miss.

Worst:
Ford Fusion. Just rubbish. Handles like a boat and the clutch doesn't seem to work properly.

Quite fond of the Mondeo ST TDCi estate we have now in a 'do it all' kind of way.

[i]Quite fond of the Mondeo ST TDCi estate we have now in a 'do it all' kind of way. [/i]

Yeah, the definition of best is a vague one isn;t it? If the question were, 'which car have you driven would you want to live with?' then I'd forget about cool, fast cars i've driven and go straight for my current Honda Accord CDTI which is the comfiest car I've ever been in, gets 50mpg+, looks alright and can fit in and drive with, 5 adults really comfortably because it's huge and has a million torques.

The car I loved most was my 1.7 Zetec Puma. Loved the looks, it fitted me perfectly and was supremely comfortable on long runs, and it handled superbly, like a Kart 'round corners. Miss it like mad, just couldn't afford to own it any longer.
Worst car? There are two I drove on a regular basis for a while, and I thank the deity of your choice I never owned either.
First was a Yugo, which was a company car! No part of that car's controls had any connection with the real world. They may have been bolted into one body shell but there was no consensus between pedals, steering and gearshift and the parts they were supposed to control. The second was a base-model Vectra 1.8L. Truly, truly awful car. Clarkson was totally right about how bad those cars were. Accelleration measured with an eggtimer, and seats that had me squirming in discomfort within 1/4 mile of starting off, with three or four hours of driving to look forward to. A lighted rag in the filler would have been appropriate.

Best: Lotus Elise S2 111R

Worst: Metro 1.4 Diesel

Best (as passenger): Lotus Elise S1 with 225bhp VAG lump 'round the Nurburgring

Best car i owned was my Vauxhall Aastra estate 1.3 merit, had loads of fun in that car it went everywere and was 100% reliable

Worst was a 2ltr vectra n reg it was terrible

best car i have ever driven is a 1969 Lotus F2 car, flipping insane on the road

Ford Fiesta Pop 950cc 17yr old with xr2 wheels and tyres. Great fun. Engine bulit proof but the body work rusts and more rusts!

Renault 19 1. GTX-electric sunroof but that was it -wind up windows. Why?
Ok at everything-bit boring though. Comfy.

Ford Escort RS Turbo with all extras-quick and still could shop and put 4 ppl in it. Handled on smooth roads, cheapish. Attracts a boy racer image that made me sell it.

Mondeo-sports version-LTD edition, big, fast, handles, solid and took 2 bikes in the back. Wolf in sheeps clothing doesn't attract bad image or boy racer/angry driver abuse etc.

BMW E39 525 SE-al extras, 18 inch BMW alloys, full leather-solid-beauty to drive. Drank loads though.

Best RS4

Worst the new Astra

Best for me was the Ferrari 360 I drove on sunday at an 'experience' although only got 4 laps so didn't have much chance to get any sort of feel for it. The Power and braking is awesome!

Worst - has to be Nissan Almera Hire car, horrible thing to drive.

Best was an ex-works lhd 6speed 205Gti rally car bloody fast and precise for a fwd car, worst was an F355 Ferrari pile of steaming poo it was like all the controls were connected by string/elastic!

Worst I've ever driven was probably a Citroen AX with a gearbox like flopping a stick around in a tub of porridge, as much power as a small blender, handling like a matress and windows that didn't open. Worst I owned was a 1.0l yellow Metro that was mainly made of rust and could manage three cylinders on a good day.

Best I've ever driven is easy - a Porsche 911 Turbo around Donnington Park. Best I've ever owned is probably the 1.8T Passat I have now, fast enough, comfortable and surprisingly economical. And you can fit shedloads in it. Although my old MKII Golf is a close second, even though it was a 1.6 Driver (and never worked properly after driving through the Hull floods) mainly held together with gaffer tape and tie wraps it was still brilliant fun on twisty roads.

I agree with solamanda worst vehicle is my current works Mitsubishi L200 completely gutless even after a new turbo fitted, heavy on diesel, utter crap turning circle and eats through front tyres.

Most fun car to drive was my Mercedes A-class It was fun to drive nippy and with the back seats out like a van and ideal for biking great semi-automatic gear box and engine just a shame about the rest.

Best = my mates Nissan 350Z. After a couple of hours "hustling" it along country lanes, I really didn't want to give it back.

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Worst = Hyundai Accent. My god it was shite.

Best: My mates Maseratti 3200 GT which he leant me for 4 days for my honeymoon. Brilliant car, comfy, super fast, a proper headturner

Worst: I had a mark 2 sierra that used to fill up with smoke when you drove it over thirty miles an hour. Motorway journeys had to be done with the windows open to combat the onset of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Hmm, the best car I've driven isn't based on the driving experience (as I've only driven it all of perhaps 40ft since I've owned it) but is based on the fact its a classic, its mine and one day it'll be on the road again. A '67 Shelby Mustang GT350.

If I'm going to be honest though and rate cars I've properly driven then my friend David's Audi RS6 Avant that we used to get down to the French Alps last year takes some beating, if only due to that fantastic noise it makes in those alpine tunnels. Seats are a little hard though.

The worst car (or perhaps most disappointing would be a better description) would be my brothers old Dodge Viper GT2. The heaviest clutch in the world, hot as hell, noisy, extremely poor external views and some of the cheapest looking plastics are used for the dash etc. In a straight line off the lights though a complete hoot, until you have to change gear.

Best - Mitsi Evo 8 on a track, otherwise a Ford Focus (I ahve relatively humble cars at my disposal).

Worst - Mini Metro

Best - my Audi TT (which I have now) or my Ford Puma 1.7VVTI.

Although the Lotus Exige (supercharged) around Silverstone was quite amazing too - but I try to blank the memory out to stop me constantly considering selling a kidney to get one...

Most hateful - a Citroen ZX 'Furio' although quite why it was branded a Furio I still cannot understand.

Best;
Mk1 MX-5 1.6 - Brilliant fun, simple but amazingly well engineered.
A close second would be a Mk2 VW Golf GTI 8V for similar reasons.

Worst;
Pick one from many - Merc A Klasse hire car - must have been designed by someone who had never driven.

you can get 5 bikes (inc tyres, and some riding gear) in the *boot* of my mk2 mondeo estate, so as a tool to get people riding without strapping stuff to the extremities, i guess thats pretty good 🙂

its also dull as ditchwater. Worst car I ever owned\drive was a mk2 polo. terrible thing. only owned it for 3 days - bought it to get home when my other car broke down 🙂

My mums Passat 1.8T was a very good car and quick enough for me when I was 18 🙂 Best thing was I could have it almost whenever I wanted.

Most fun (but a bit chav looking) was my cousins Corsa I borrowed for 3 days. 1.4L 82BHP, but fully adjustable Koni suspension front and back, meant I could go as quick on the straights as in the corners. Handled like a go cart, fun, fun, fun, pretty light as it was a 3dr so 82bhp was good enough.

Also my mates dad Integra Type R, revs to 9000RPM, what a noise, shame I was only a passanger. Now waiting till he gets his dads 911 Carrera S on the road and will see how that goes.

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FSO Polonez,we were the same age when I had it, handled as a boat, and with it's 1.5L (75bhp when it was new in 1987, so around 40bhp in 2004 :-)) engine, anything was quicker than me. I think that my mums approach was better and meant she loves me rather than giving me her car right after passing the test so that I could drive into a tree 😉 Still could get me to places quicker than on foot, so that's a plus.

Daewoo Matiz might be worse or equally bad. Nothing I liked about that car.

Grande Punto hire car, wasn't really bad,somewhere above Polonez, but way under the VW, just uncomfortable and slow with it's 1.2 engine.

Best: Peugeot 205 GTi 1.6. The 1.6 is very well balanced compared to the 1.9 - the brakes and suspension are capable of getting you out of the trouble the engine puts you into, which several 1.9 owners found out didn't happen with the bigger engine. I regretted selling that car (to a friend) almost as much as I regretted not buying it back off him a year later in thoroughly restored condition for the same money. Doh. I'd only sold it because the 4,000 - odd miles a year I drive is mostly on motorways. Ironically, I don't need to do that any more. Should have kept it.

Worst car? My girlfriend's A Class. Perfectly good car, but very, very boring.

Best = Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale

Worst = Rover Metro

A mate & I used to "Test drive" a few cars, just for fun.
Best: 406 Coupe, V6 manual in gunmetal with red leather. Went like stink, & pulled up sharp with Brembos. lovely car, but way out of my pice range.
Worst: BMW 316 compact. Dull, dull, dull for a "prestige" brand.
Honorable mention: New Golf GTI with DSG. Nippy & fun in sport mode. Polo GTI, nippy, but I could only afford a Fiesta. Handles just as well but a bit slower.
Dishonorable mention: Daithatsu Sirion loaner.

best was probably a bmw 528i - I don't get to drived many cars. and the worst must be the worst of all vehicles ever to be on the road...

a 1990 ex BT Austin Maestro van. 1275 engine and it was the most gutless wonder I've ever had the pleasure of driving... and I had to drive it to Hamburg and back !

Kev

Best - Legnum VR-4. I adore them and they do everything well. Plus, they're stealthy but can beat virtually anything on the road. Closely followed by my £700 214k miler Honda Accord 2.2 VTEC. Looks terrible but does 40 mpg but flies and it's bombproof.

Worst - Fiat Punto. Was new as well but I thought we were going to die. Very scary.

Worst the new Astra

Best: VW Corrado VR6, Clarkson called it 'the closest thing to a £20,000 Ferrari'. Ace noise, good handling, stealth fast. Or my tweaked Mk2 Golf GTi which was just a hoot.

Worst: all sorts of dull as dishwater modern cars. Hard to pick a 'worst' though, all blobby and vague and antiseptic.

Uber Best: Honda RC30 on the Isle of Man, or maybe Phase One's World Endurance Racing Championships RC30 race bike. Bikes really do walk all over cars, even fast ones, when it comes to proper visceral speed and involvement 🙂

Yeah, I've ridden an RC30, that is a beautifully handling bike and the length of that first gear!!

Best - very close between MX5 and Lotus Elise
Worst - Volvo 440 by a country mile

Owned all of them, and I AM counting total cost of ownership as well as pure fun. That Volvo caused me heart ache and injury far beyond any servicing bill. Plus the Lotus was in fact the most reliable car I've ever owned (well, the mazda didn't cause me any problem, but a dustcart removed it's front wing so it just dips below)

Best: Mk 1 1.8 Golf GTI, you chuck it into anything and you would still come out the otherside with a big grin on your face.

Worst: Hyuandai Getz. Words cannot describe how unbelievably crap they are.

Best - Legnum VR-4. I adore them and they do everything well. Plus, they're stealthy but can beat virtually anything on the road

Everyone is different I guess, but I owned a Legum VR4 and it was the worst car I ever bought. Maybe my fault for buying a high mileage car though.
I found it rather boring to drive. A bit too much like playing a playstation... you just turned the wheel and the electronics did the rest. Quick, but dull.

Best: Choice between a new generation Cooper S or my beloved '89 Saab 900 8V Turbo (in white, with the black rubber spoiler on the back...my mates called it the "pimpmobile")

Worst: Some Hyundai rental car I had once, a Pontiac GrandAm that I had as a rental for 3 months in the US. Never has a 3 litre V6 felt so crap. Also, another american one I believe it was called a Mercury Sable - just awful in every way.

And my current almost brand new van ain't no great shakes either...but it is a van.