The worst.

[TWR]

What has been the most troublesome car you have ever owned, & in what way?

[tonyav]

Had it got those semaphore indicators baza lol.

[baza]

yes and a running board so that the passengers could climb out to help keep it balanced when cornering at 25mph.

[tonyav]

LOL ^^^^

[jg96]

Yes was one of the last HBs mettalic blue with a black vinyl roof the irony is I sold a 67 HB deluxe which was my first car owned for three years with no trouble to buy something a bit more flash and what a disaster that was Never owned a Vauxhall since but have had a few as company cars.

[Prudie]

Don't think anyone's mentioned a Japanese car - that's why my last 3 have been Toyotas.

[tonyav]

I thought that the HB was better looking than the HC myself jg96.

[baza]

the second c... car was a 1961 Saab with a sort of preselect gearbox and a column change, so you could coast, i did once put my foot on the acc pedal and slung a rod through the block.it went to that great scrapyard in the sky.

[craft1948]

In the 1970's I bought a brand new Citroen 2CV6................it was awful to drive, wouldn't start if it had been raining, and after 3 years was covered in rust.

[tonyav]

Prudie, these cars we are talking about were bloody crap 1960's / 1970's heaps of junk, the cars nowadays are totally different ( ie reliable ). Toyota make very good reliable cars.

[tonyav]

craft, you seem to have history, owning odd cars that is lol.

[tonyav]

baza, was the Saab 2 stroke by any chance ?

[baza]

best car was a Suzuki vitara, had it ten years but had to buy a new battery after nine, otherwise a good motor.

[baza]

tony ..yes i think it was.

[craft1948]

lol tony I do..............one of my most favourite was a Suzuki SC100, it was like driving a skateboard.

[arwyn]

prudie I have 2 garages where I go to to get my Corsas (last 3 cars) fixed. (I'm to old to fix them now) They both tell me to buy a yaris and I never have ha ha They say they never get asked to fix them because they are so good.

[ChuckFickens]

I guess the three that stick in my mind are...

1.7 morris Ital estate (yes I know!)
Had the car for about 2 years, got through about 6 or 7 gearboxes in that time. they used the same gearbox on the 1.7 as they did on the 1.3 and it simply wasn't strong enough for the larger engine so it would blow out the idler shaft for first and reverse on a regular basis. Not a huge problem seeing as gearboxes where easy to come by in scrap yards at the time and cost £20, I got it down to under 2 hours for a gearbox change on that car. (driving about with no reverse gear for a few weeks every few months was always fun!)

Mk1 Fiesta 1.3 supersport.
For some totally unexplained reason this car kept breaking clutch cables and it always managed to do it at the most inconsiderate times and places! luckily new clutch cables were only about £12 so I took to carrying a spare and could change it in about 3minutes even in total darkness by the time I got rid of that one.

Mk2 2.3 ford Granada.
Bought the car with a knackered cooling system on it but otherwise seemed fine, replaced pretty much the entire cooling system (rad, pump and most the pipes) and it run lovely, for about a week until the distributor shaft sheered and dropped itself down into the internals of the engine. didn't cause any damage but would have required an engine lift and full bottom end strip down to recover the shaft!... it went to a banger racing team.

Other than that I've been pretty lucky with most my cars and I've had loads (probably about 40)

[Mick-Talbot]

Brand new BMW that would randomly unlock the doors or wind its windows down.

[ChuckFickens]

Sure you weren't sitting on the remote?

[Prudie]

I forgot about my Granada, probably the car I hated the most. Apart from being incredibly ugly it was always having faults - the last straw was when the bonnet flew open and smashed the windscreen when I was steaming along a dual carriageway.

[tonyav]

Gawd blimey crafty, I remember those little Suzuki SC100's, like a tiny sports car ( with a moped engine lol ), very collectible now crafty.