Recently had a new corsa when scoob was in (from a subaru garage). Did'nt realise how light a clutch could be.
Worst by far was from a Honda garage that will remain nameless when the wife's Prelude was in. A Nissan Executive!! G reg. When we got in, the wife shut the door and the panel fell off. Went to drive away but no movement. Won't say the clutch was high but you had to take your foot off the pedal to engage gear. Lots more.
Suffice to say - not impressed.
Oh and no petrol in the bloody thing either.
Alasdair

 

Had a subaru rusty now that was bad this is definatly the worst car i have ever driven after sticking the scoob in for a service.

 

had a c reg nissan sunny for a week, no petrol and filthy

robby

 

 

A 200 seris Rover. 30mph break lock up in High St full of shoppers when changing gear. Reason? first time in automatic, went for clutch!!!!!!

terry

 

Went to get the Nitrous fitted to the Astra at a well known Southampton Vauxhall specialists. They didnt have all the parts so I took "The loaner"
g reg Cavalier with 140k on the clock.
Cant go above 50 mph cos the poor thing shakes itself to pieces.
funnily enough, get above 90 and it stops
the radio is just a machine for making noise. Tuning a station proves impossible.
bimbling down the motorway, thinking "the rear screen is a bit dirty, best use the wiper." wiper lasts four (count em) wipes before detaching itself from the arm. The first I know about it is when I see the blade cartwheeling down the motorway in the mirror.
The main HT lead coming from the coil to the dizzy has a sense of humour. its the only way I can explain its fondness for falling off and the car cutting out for no apparent reason.
I had approx 90 miles of this. it was enough to make a man start stabbing people!
The astra was a bentley in comparison.
astraboy.

 

Had the pleasure of the m-reg Proton from Tileys in Bristol whilst car was in for a service.

80,000 on the clock and almost as many *** burns on the seats !!!

At least it had air con though, so despite not looking cool, I was.

 

A Volvo 340 GLT with NO MOT from a Volvo "Specialist"

What a scary Lairy thing that was, Donuts like you would not beleive, T5 is good fun (ish) but a £50 shed Volvo with 120 bhp and RWD is a recipe for fun.

 

Daewoo Korando. First day I used it the intercooler failed and I had to limp it home. Packed in completely round the corner from home. Called car company who sent the AA round. They then took me to Gatwick to get hire car. Next morning they call and ask me to collect another courtesy car which breaks down the same day in my clients car park. AA called out and manage to fix it (dead battery). Swap this for another loan car.

Do I win the prize?

 

Anthony
Sorry m8 you don't win the prize. I was after quality - not quantity.
Alasdair

 

A purple Scoda falacio 1.1 T reg

 

About 5 years ago while the Metro GTI16v i had at the time was in for warranty work - got given a G'reg Maestro - 'nuff said!

[Edited by drumsterphil - 1/11/2002 9:25:58 PM]

 

its got to be a nissan microwave it was like
being in a dingy. I had it 2 days and totaly
abused it!!

 

drumsterphil,

It's very rare that you get given a better coutesy car than the one you've left with them. You must just have been lucky eh?

Regards,

tiggers

 

Aladair,
Ever driven a Korando!!!!!!

 

A much used and abused fluorescent yellow mondeo! Complete with spoiler and skirt kits, windscreen sticker and poor brakes.

I had to duck down low in the seat when I stopped at the traffic lights.

CJJ.

 

"Simpsons" Swindon ,some korean thing that was terrible.They lost a lot of work as I was to scared to go back!!

 

Hyundai ATOZ ! from Days of Chelmsford !

 

CJJ,
You have my vote!

 

HA Viva van! Death trap!!!!

F
PS on the other side though, I've had top notch Legacy with leather and everything and a PPP MY01 for a whole w/e.

 

Had a suzuki wagon R once, felt like the thing was so narrow, the passengers sat on top of you instead of next to you. I think the tyres were worn out by the end of the day as everytime I let the clutch out the wheels? would spin and the thing would go nowhere.
Also had a corsa auto once which had this nice little button on top of the gearstick which meant it would only change up at 6500 revs. I'm just glad it wasn't my car, but isn't that the thing about courtesy cars a) you thrash it to death and give it back and b) you get back in the scooby and think what a lucky ******* you are to have such a great car.

 

Bright red Hillman Avenger Estate

Si

 

I've kind of expected the Justy each time I get mine serviced. Horrible car, though when you give it back the Scooby feels like a rocket !

 

Citroen AX, thought the bloody thing was going to roll onto the roof every time I cornered!

 

nissan micra
me 6ft 4" size 11's, braking and accelerating at same time ,clutch and brake at same time ,danger danger,stalled it a zillion times ,nearly got out and did a john cleese on the damn petite womans shopping car.

 

Lol!!! Same as Ian Cook but the one I had was a semi-auto (normal-ish gearbox and no clutch) pile of poop [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] ...of course I was very impressed ...I was thinking a Lada could of been worse

Nath

 

Crysler Neon.
What a dire dire drive.....

 

Just recently had a Suzuki Wagon R.....what a horrible car!! hand in an impreza turbo get this.....good marketing

Gopping green, Automatic, 1.3 hairdryer for an engine.
My mates called it the pope mobile, even my 3 year old son couldnt wait for the scoob back.
Whats worse, is there was naff all fuel in when i got it, even though it said 1/4 tank i ran out of fuel before i got to a bloody petrol station!! then i put a tenner in and nearly filled it up.

i was actually gonna take a photo and put it on the BBS but didnt want get seen taking photos of it!

chris

 

A Proton 1.5 GS change into 2nd and you can get your stuff out of the back at the same time! I think it was fitted with an optional long shift linkage.

For the first two miles I could not stop laughing!!! got some strange looks from other road users.

 

Mine's got to be a L'reg 1.6 Mondeo with knackered discs and pads