Cars you regret buying?

[MichaelRW]

My wife's old car, a 1992 Chrysler LeBaron convertible. Worst build quality I have ever seen. Body flex with the top down was awful, hell, body flex with the top up was awful too. And the Mitsubishi V6 engine was real dog.

[SnoPro440]

2005 SRT-10.  3 transmissions in less than 13000 miles.  The truck would have been great, but it's been a pain in the ass since I bought it.
What really pisses me off is I don't drive it hard enough to warrant the failures.  Now I am just waiting to hear back from Dodge on how much they are going to buy it back for under the Lemon Law.

[bull]

2003 Caravan. It has been nothing but a disappointment.

I hear you. The two I hated the most:

1994 Chrysler Town and Country
1978 VW Dasher

[Charger_Fan]

I haven't regretted buying any of my vehicles, they all served the purpose I needed them for, at the time I needed them. Some were bought because I liked them, other were out of necessity.
The two that were the biggest PITA were;

• The freebie 84 Reliant wagon (I really grew to hate that car), that my in-laws gave us...for free. At least the price was right.
• The '89 Suburbus that I bought when I decided that me, my wife & 3 kids no longer fit in the Reliant very well any more.

I bought the Suburbus for my wife for Christmas in 1993 (I even put a big red bow on it ), as sort of a spur of the moment decision. THAT was the mistake...never buy a car on a whim.
I paid $11,500 for it used, with no warranty. (More like $16,000+ by the time I paid it off)
Day one (Christmas day), it overheated...the thermostat had stuck closed.
Within two weeks, the transmission went south...I ended up face to face with the owner of the car lot over that one.
Two years later, the fuel pump went...with a completely FULL 40 gallon tank!
One month after that, the transmission went again...yes, it was juuust barely out of warranty. At this point, I'm really disliking 700R4's.
Four years later, all forward gears in the transmission goes again. Ok, now I really hate that 700R4. By that time,  the value of the vehicle was about $4,000...that's WITH a working tranny. The way it sat there dead, I would have been lucky to get $2K out of it. Being stubborn, I wasn't gonna give it away, so it became my driveway queen.
After about a year, I finally but a completely different rebuilt 700R4 in there that the shop claimed as "bullitproof".
Two years later & of course, juuuust out of warranty, the tranny let's loose again. "Bulletproof, huh? Why didn't I sell it last year??"
Now I'd be lucky to get $800 out of it...but wait! I paid $11,500 for it (more like $16K)! Forget it, I ain't sellin' it! I'll do a 5-speed swap to it when I'm no longer pissed at it.

This was about 4 years ago, before the nice shiny paint started flaking off the sides...




Yes I am a glutton, but dammit, that's the most I've ever paid for any vehicle for it & I'm gonna get my money's worth!! hehe

[Argos_Chargers]

700R4's are EVIL.  When the cabs we drove were Caprices, we were lucky to get 100,000 out of a 700R4.  The Ford AOD's lasted forever, but you just dreaded the 700R4.  It got to the point where we wouldn't purchase any that the police departments hadn't put a fresh tranny in just before they sold it....What junk!

The car I regret buying was a '67 Camaro.  It had a dead 6 in it when I obught it.  I had a high performance 307 built for it.  Now the car could get out of it's own way, but that was all it could do.  I couldn't drive it in the rain because I had no traction.  It cornered like a barge. It had a terribly rough ride to it.  And, of course, it turned out to be full of rust and bondo covered by fresh red paint.  The only thing the car was good for was straight line acceleration on dry pavement.  Once I learned how to get it to hook up, it was really inpressive.  Unfortuneately, I couldn't afford to keep a car that was only good for straight line acceleration.  The car had horrible weight distribution and an even more poorly designed suspension,  I was lucky to unload it for half of what I had in it!

[70charginglizard]

My 1994 Ford Escort station wagon.
Gutless piece of turd.
Bought it brand new as a desprite attempt to make someone who was with me at the time happy
Didn't make any difference. The marrage failed anyway. Thats ok though. I still had the last laugh.
I got in a wreck with it and totalled it right after we split up.

[Ghoste]

No complaints so far about Chrysler F-bodies.  I have always thought the quality "problems" with those cars were generated more by an import loving press than real experience.  Not to say that some weren't bad but I don't recall them as being peculiarly bad.

[Charger1973]

My 96 Trans Am

It was an awesome car, had tons of power and damn did it look good.  But the thing was imposible to work on, and parts were outrageous.  There was always something wrong with it too.  The last year I owned it I didnt even drive it because there was so much stuff wrong with it.  I had it in and out of the dealership 3 different times and they never did fix the problem.  I ended up selling it for 1/2 what I paid, that sucked.  If it would have ran as good as it looked I would still own it today. 

[TruckDriver]

No complaints so far about Chrysler F-bodies.  I have always thought the quality "problems" with those cars were generated more by an import loving press than real experience.  Not to say that some weren't bad but I don't recall them as being peculiarly bad.

My Dodge F bodies were some of the best cars I ever owned. I'm still kicking myself for selling my '78 Aspen R/T.

[daves68]

Regret buying : 1979 Dodge Magnum. Constant repairs, tranny crapped out 2x, headlight doors wouldn't open or close, and the first generation lean burn 318 couldn't get out of it's own way.
Regret selling: 1971 Road Runner in 1974 ( remember the first gas crisis) to a dumb kid with $$$ who wrapped it around a pole 1 wk later, totaled the car.

[Chatt69chgr]

94 Ford Tarus.  Started smelling antifreeze at 25K.  By 56K heads had been off 3 times.  Two weeks after last time, antifreeze got into oil system and totaled engine.  Also, radiator at 35K, 4 speedometers, 1 rear window motor, front motor mount, and air cond system (hoses failed), transmission range sensor replaced twice (wouldn't shift right in hot weather).  I could tell you more about that horror story but won't bore you with the details.  That did it for me with Ford----and I owned a Ford F100 for 29 years.  Doesn't surprise me that they are having the problems they are having now.  The only bright spot they seem to have is the Mustang.

My wife drives a Toyota now and I drive a 2005 RAM Hemi Quad.  Best vehicles we have ever owned.  Just waiting on the new Challenger now------if they don't price us out of the market.

[nh_mopar_fan]

87 Mustang
98 Neon R/T
04 Neon R/T

Man, I shouldn't admit to owning these. 

The 98 was such a POS that you went out and bought an 04?

[Manfred318]

'73 Duster is the one I shouldnt have bought.  I went through 3 altenators the first month and a half I had it. Someone had chopped up the wiring harness. The /6 had as much power as a fart in a tornado. It leaked antifreeze (1 1/2 galons in the first month), oil and on occasion tranny fluid. It was supposed to have had a new exaust pipe put on it before I bought it, but I later found out it was missing a 2 foot section and was repaired with flex pipe and duct tape. It also had quite a bit of bondo in it, and the sun roof leaked like hell. One good thing was my buddy gave me a set of hubcaps for it

[nh_mopar_fan]

No complaints so far about Chrysler F-bodies.  I have always thought the quality "problems" with those cars were generated more by an import loving press than real experience.  Not to say that some weren't bad but I don't recall them as being peculiarly bad.

My Dodge F bodies were some of the best cars I ever owned. I'm still kicking myself for selling my '78 Aspen R/T.

I had a 77 RoadRunner and a 78 Super Coupe. Loved those cars.

[TruckDriver]

had as much power as a fart in a tornado.

I gotta remember that one!

[Silver68RT]

Car I regret most was my '86 Porsche 944.  It was fun for the first three years, but then stuff started going wrong, and it turned into a nightmare.  I paid $6K for it, put another $6K into it for brakes, timing belt, water pump, starter, lower control arm, etc. and could only get $3K for it when I sold it.  By then I was afraid to drive it for fear that something else would break, and cost me more money.

I had an '84 Horizon that I bought for $50 - what a pathetic excuse for a car.  Could not get out of it's own way, leaked like a sieve, stuff was falling off it on a daily basis.  I traded it in on the 944, got $200 for it.

I also kind of regret buying my '72 Charger SE - it was a fun car, but the guy I bought it off of was also selling a purple '69 Charger with a 383, and an orange '70 Challenger RT/SE.  My '72 was $1500, the '69 was $3500, and the Challenger was $5500.  I should have saved up a while longer, and bought the '69, because by the end of the summer, I'd spent another $2K fixing the '72.  When I picked up the '72, it was in this guy Aime's barn in LaBroquerie, MB.  That barn was full of Mopars, and there was a line of 440's along one wall.  The ones I remember are a '73 Road Runner, and a '70 Hemi Cuda.  I wonder how much they would have wanted for the Cuda back in '89.  I ended up giving the '72 Charger to a buddy for parts several years ago.  There wasn't a single good body panel on it, and it was only a 318.  He's parting it out now.  For what I had in it, I could have bought that '70 Challenger.

[Arigmaster]

I had picked up a 73 Corvette that was the poster child for the lemon laws... I couldn't keep it on the road for more than 2 weeks at a time before something else went wrong with it. I was almost tempted to paint it yellow and heat the booth up so the paint would orange peel. Then paint the Sunkist logo across the hood.

I ended up giving it away....

[CB]

out of all the cars I had in the past I pick the 66 Chevelle 4-door slant6, painted like a fire truck. The bottom side was gone bud was hided behind carpet and bondo. Lost a pain in the butt selling this POS

[RT DAVE]

87 Mustang
98 Neon R/T
04 Neon R/T

Man, I shouldn't admit to owning these. 

The 98 was such a POS that you went out and bought an 04?

Yes, I did, but they're bad for completely different reasons.  The 98 was broke all the time but it was fun to drive.  The '04 just got boring real quick.  It's been rather dependable, actually....

[LargerCharger383]

a 1987 Bronco...looked cool, but was in and out of the shop every other week and got 8 mpg with a 32g tank. what a dog. only had it a few months.

[resq302]

my 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 hemi quad cab 4x4.  Biggest POS that I ever bought brand new!   DC's quality control has gone way down since my last truck (97 Ram 1500 ext cab 4x4).  The 97 had 100,000 miles when I sold it with only a plenum pan gasket on the intake going bad.  The 05 Ram I had didn't even hit 6000 miles and had over 44+ problems before Chrysler bought it back.  Basically every part in my steering system was replaced.  Hell, I even had 4 power steering pumps replaced since 3 of them grenaded.  Sadly, I did absolutely no mods to it, not even a bigger tire size.  Stuff from a broken seat spring in the pass side seat back, broken right front shock, bad coil pack, spark plug wires, the list goes on.  I currently own a 05 Ford F150 FX4 package truck and love it.  So much better than what the ram was.

[jordyjim]

a fiat 126 its about the size of a go cart, and the day i drove it i got done by the bizzy,s for having no road tax,check them out[a real stylish beast}..jim

[RoscoePColtrain]

A 93' Pontiac Sunbird... Head gasket leak after head gasket leak.  I've seen better things floating in a toilet that would've powered the car better.

[Fitz73Chrgr]

My 96 Trans Am

It was an awesome car, had tons of power and damn did it look good.  But the thing was imposible to work on, and parts were outrageous.  There was always something wrong with it too.  The last year I owned it I didnt even drive it because there was so much stuff wrong with it.  I had it in and out of the dealership 3 different times and they never did fix the problem.  I ended up selling it for 1/2 what I paid, that sucked.  If it would have ran as good as it looked I would still own it today. 

My 94 Formula is an awesome car with lots of power as well. I just can't afford gas for it anymore, and it does like to break from time to time.  But do I regret buying it?  No.  I enjoy working on cars, and it always gave me something to do.  Just time to move on, hopefully it will sell soon. 

Charger1973, it looks like we have a very similiar taste in cars, judging by our plans for our 73's and the Firebirds we've owned. 

[Musicman]

Every GM product I've ever owned, without exception... be it Chevy, Buick, Oldsmobile... every one was an unreliable P.O.S. that required constant service. Some folks have good luck with GM products, I'm just not one of them. The only Mopar product that has ever disappointed me is my 1997 Ram 2500 with the 360 Magnum engine and the 46RE Transmission. Mechanically a very sound and reliable vehicle, but what an aggravating hunk of crap that tranny is. Thank God for Lucas Stop Slip; it's the only thing standing between that 46RE and my 12 gauge. The 10 mpg I get from the 360 doesn't make me happy either.
I've owned about a gazillion Mopars over the years, from 1967 on, and they've all been wonderfully reliable, easy to work on when necessary, and inexpensive to maintain. The oldest one I have in the yard at the moment (aside from my Charger) is my 1985 D-100 with a Slant-6 that has been running like a top since day one.