Britain's worst driven car? Nominations welcome

Wanderer

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Anything on PCP, PCH or HP
Ha! Mines my own and seeing as QP5 prices are rock bottom, mine for life! TBH IDC, best car I ever had apart from;

  1. Bitchy from cold
  2. Shiiit Satnav
  3. Miserable boot space for a massive car
That's it.
 

dunnah01

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Ha! Mines my own and seeing as QP5 prices are rock bottom, mine for life! TBH IDC, best car I ever had apart from;

  1. Bitchy from cold
  2. Shiiit Satnav
  3. Miserable boot space for a massive car
That's it.
Yup - had all those and

Starting in Auto by default
Chocolate cats
Switches with eczema

Still the best car I've owned by a country mile - but lifestyle dictates that carriage is motorhome nowadays - at least it has the electronic clutch on a manual box so is virtually a DS. Little Brabus Roadster for gettin about also has the same and even has the flappy paddles and default auto start.. grrr
 

Wanderer

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Yup - had all those and

Starting in Auto by default
Chocolate cats
Switches with eczema

Still the best car I've owned by a country mile - but lifestyle dictates that carriage is motorhome nowadays - at least it has the electronic clutch on a manual box so is virtually a DS. Little Brabus Roadster for gettin about also has the same and even has the flappy paddles and default auto start.. grrr
And my NS door mirror after working nicely for ages and has now got a mind of it's own again, giving me a view of the sky on forward, and the door handle in reverse...
 

dunnah01

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And my NS door mirror after working nicely for ages and has now got a mind of it's own again, giving me a view of the sky on forward, and the door handle in reverse...
Ah yes - my mirror switch was just an ornament and the spun round like a dog chasin it's tail. The photochromatic wing mirrors were a treat except when you needed to use them for anything
 

Wanderer

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Ah yes - my mirror switch was just an ornament and the spun round like a dog chasin it's tail. The photochromatic wing mirrors were a treat except when you needed to use them for anything
Oh, our Italian cousins!

Who said that and in what BBC Comedy?
 

philw696

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Used to be generally regarded as RS Audis. But now so ubiquitous hard to differentiate.

Recently I've noticed a serious pretender to the throne - the Ford Ranger. These pointless and vile yank boxes seem to be perpetually driven by colossal bell ends. Pulling out in front of you then crawling, driving in the opposite gutter when passing parked cars, permanent indicator failure, parking across 3 spaces....the works. Forum thoughts?
Ford Ranger in many ways one of the most useful vehicles I ever had when living in New Zealand.Screenshot_20200116203629.png
 

Wanderer

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<wild stab>
Jim Thacker. Yes Prime Minister

C
Think more suspended reality, key word is 'wibble' which appeared later in another ep.

This clue does mean I need both characters, show, and ep.....

Starter for ten....

That's not a clue BTW...
 

Wack61

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In 2002 I bought a Nissan Navara for the tax advantages without actually driving one first , bought a demonstrator from Birmingham, on the drive home it actually made me sick the ride on the motorway was that bad.
It was our only "car" so my wife had to drive it, amazingly she didn't come home with a fiesta stuck in the front of it , I put a hardtop on it to make it more useful
When she went shopping in it she had to send the kids in the back to retrieve the shopping that was usually spread all over the boot
 

alfatwo

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Ford ST Fiesta and Focus. Normally found with a popping exhaust.
Don't late Ford 4 cylinder engines sound sh*te with non standard exhausts..
and the mups driving them think there cool!

Mind you back in the old days my 1965 Ford Anglia with its double front roll bars, 6 inch wheels, and tuned engine was the boll*cks!

Seems nothing has changed in the last 50 years then;)

Dave
 

midlifecrisis

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Guys, I think we're missing the point,

Any car towing a caravan, especially on a twisty single carriageway as no doubt a Honda jazz will be stuck behind it.
 

philw696

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Don't late Ford 4 cylinder engines sound sh*te with non standard exhausts..
and the mups driving them think there cool!

Mind you back in the old days my 1965 Ford Anglia with its double front roll bars, 6 inch wheels, and tuned engine was the boll*cks!

Seems nothing has changed in the last 50 years then;)

Dave
Nail on the head there Dave.
Back in the day we really did modify our cars and make them go faster ourselves by stripping and modifications done with our own fair hands.
Porting and polishing the cylinder head and lightening and balancing the bottom end oh Good Times.
Today it's a little plug in black box off Ali Express and hey presto an alleged extra 50 BHP.
What ashame there is no Car and Car Conversions magazine anymore.