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Cars that I thought would not be shit but were
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:12 pm
by Junkman
Every Mercedes I ever drove.
Citroen CX and BX.
'70s US Ford Full Size, man are they crap compared with anything GM or Mopar of the era, with GM just being the best of the bunch hands down.
Rover P6 V8. Yeah, admit it, they just are shit.
Re: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:14 pm
by Hooli
Jag XF, much much worse than the proper XJs it effectively replaced. Just cheaper inside, worse driving position etc etc
Re: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:26 pm
by John F
I drove a new Bentley Continental GT V8 back in 2014.
Priced at £125,000 or thereabouts, it was discernibly worse in almost all respects than my 1994 Vauxhall Calibra V6.
There was such a lot wrong with it IMO that I'm not going to list it all here, but the one thing I really disliked about it is that the steering did not become firmer at higher speeds. If I'd sneezed during a brief 3-figure blat down a local motorway I suspect I'd have ended up in the Armco.
Re: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 1:26 pm
by CLINT
Totally agree on Mercedes but then again us British are fooled into thinking that they are luxury cars so I was bound to be disappointed. Come at them knowing that they are purely designed to be long lasting taxis then they are fine, but luxury cars? No.
Re: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 2:40 pm
by LynehamHerc
BMW525e.
Geared for maximum economy and with a suspension that made blancmange look rigid.
The opposite of the Ultimate Driver's Machine.
Re: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:05 pm
by The Reverend Bluejeans
W126 300SE Merc. Just horrid. Did people really buy these??
Volvo 740. Like a very well made Mark 3 Cortina.
Alfa 145, flat 4. The bitter disappointment. Was this really the best they could do?
Fiat X1/9. Fucking hell. Once you got the piece of shit started........
E60 5 Series. Apparently, this represents progress over the E39. Trust me on this - it's not.
Re: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 6:13 pm
by Guest
Never meet your heroes, the Bond Bug, I waited too long before I bought one, I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't that, also see Mini Moke.
Re: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 6:26 pm
by CLINT
I always assumed both of them would be rubbish
Re: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 6:30 pm
by Nibblet
I drove a Maxi 1750 many moons ago, I felt embarrassed just getting into it. It was rather good in a pretending to drive using armchair, two cushions and a saucepan lid kinda way. A bit like a car designed by Clement Atlee and made in a boat yard.
Actually it was fairly crap.
Re: Cars that I thought would not be shit but were
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 7:51 pm
by AutoshiteBoy
Any Mercedes with a manual gearbox
Volvos 200, 300 & 700 series.
Pre-Primera Nissans
Triumph Spitfire.
Any TVR, dreadful.
BMWs