P.O.S Car Thread

[Smelly bull]

Post your POS vehicle in this thread, be proud, be loud and dammit, don't give a fukk!!!!!

With this bomber:
1. I built a deck, shed and my basement
2. My wife and a drove around Lake Michigan twice
3. This truck has taken both our children home from the hospital.
4. It has never broken down
5. When I drive thru bad neighborhoods (when I fly thru Midway Airport) the poor people throw money at me.
6. My family refuses to be seen in it.
7. It is paid for and I only travel 10 miles a day....

Pics of the sexy thang...

[drudixon]

Here's a pic of mine.
























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[tornmuscle123]

I drove my 2006 Honda Civic for 7 years and 200,000 miles - recently sold it and got a Ram truck - now I can sit up straight!

[Get-n-fit]

5. When I drive thru bad neighborhoods (when I fly thru Midway Airport) the poor people throw money at me.

LMAO

This car is a gem compared to some of the pieces of S my wife and I had-craigslist speacials!! Had a cop put a ticket on one saying it was undrivable, lol. But when $ tight, you do what you gotta do.

[Jtbny]

Here is mine after being transported from Florida to NY in Janunary when I relocated. The snow came free with delivery

04 80k miles and I might drive 50 miles a week now if I'm lucky. All I did was powder coat the wheels black, add visors, tint windows and add side steps. It's ugly but it's paid for and ill run it for another few years before I turn it into a 40s or 50s cruiser.



Wife's van is on he left.

[GKC45]

I sure hope nobody starts an ugly girlfriend thread!

[Marius_Ursus]

'02 Jeep Wrangler

- Never needed a major repair
- Never needed the brakes replaced
- Only changed the battery once
- 4x4 gotten me out of more tight spots than I can count
- Powered by lobsters

[-=FLEX=-]

When I first met Lisa in 2005 I was driving a 1996 Dodge Avenger that had about 300k on it. Had been in a few accidents, a bit of rust, lots of dents and scratches. No A/C.

It was such a POS that when Lisa and I bought our first new car together I gave it to my 16 year old son and he gave it back. LOL.

No pics....I hated it so much I didn't take any.

[Jtbny]

Bought this a few years back site unseen on Craigslist for $300. My first car was my grandparents grocery getter, a 1979 Chevy Chevette Scooter so when I saw this listed I wanted to relive my youth This poor thing was pretty bad off and not worth the resto I was going to do so I flipped it for $350 a month later after running it up and down the street stretching all 70 horses

[Flounderbout]

LOL - when I lived in London I drove a ****ty Renault Clio. It was so horrible that when thieves eventually broke into it, instead of taking it they just lit a bonfire in the back. I was walking past it one day (I hardly ever used it) and I looked at it and thought "those windows look almost like they've been blacked out - how cool..." The whole interior had melted and was covered in smoke... No pics - like Flex - who takes pics of their first POS car!

[Marius_Ursus]

Bought this a few years back site unseen on Craigslist for $300. My first car was my grandparents grocery getter, a 1979 Chevy Chevette Scooter so when I saw this listed I wanted to relive my youth This poor thing was pretty bad off and not worth the resto I was going to do so I flipped it for $350 a month later after running it up and down the street stretching all 70 horses

So repped it's not even funny.

That car looks like the Nova we had when I was kid. LOL

[Jtbny]

Digging that racing stripe aren't ya

[GKC45]

^ I'll bet he did it himself during the "resto". :')

[mslman71]

Subaru wagon... my first car and a handmedown from my parents. It went through 4 or 5 clutches and countless electrical problems. It is undoubtedly the most unreliable POS vehicle owned by my family.

A close second was my friend's Volkswagen diesel Dasher. God that was a crappy car. The rear axle sheared while we were driving in it down an old country road. Both wheels turned up in the wheel well as the axles backed out (think retractable wheels like Back to the Future). Fortunately we were only doing about 20-30 MPH so we came to as graceful as stop as can be expected. On to of that the swaybar was broken so handling was nonexistent and no one had the money or tools to repair it.

[ted01]

My very first car was a '65 Ford Falcon. Given to me by a little old lady who drove it to church on Sundays. Literally. Had 17K miles on it and was about 12 years old. Drove the snot out of that car.

Got an '80 Toyo Celica brand new and proceeded to put 330K miles on it. Towards the end, it definitely qualified as a POS. Never stranded me once, even when the entire rear end blew out.

Payed $200 for an '86 Hyundai Excel. POS from the get go. It had been sitting parked for two years in the Texas sun. Any component that had anything to do with gasoline had to be removed, cleaned and replaced. I rebuilt the carb twice just to get it to start and it NEVER ran worth a shyt. I literally abandoned the heap and never looked back.

Got a Saab 900T after that and ran up 285K miles on it. Tranny went out and it would have cost more to repair than the car was worth. Best car ever. I had tears in my eyes as the tow truck took it to the Salvation Army.

Modern cars are souless and not even fun to drive. I have a Honda Fit now and while I LOVE the 35 mpg, I'm having a hell of a time loving the car. I might add that I had a heck of a time finding a car with a standard tranny in it. I prefer stirring the gears myself, but apparently I'm in the minority as I was not able to find many dealers that actually had any sticks in stock. What a shame.

[Marius_Ursus]

Digging that racing stripe aren't ya

That's what makes you go fast!

[Richie71]

I started out with a Talbot Avenger. They look like this

It was 17 years when I bought it, for £400. Kept it for 18 months before it couldn't pass an MOT.
Then I went Astramax van (bought for £200, sold for £150 when I finished with it) Rover 400, Astra SRI, Honda S0000, BMW Z4M.

[thomashenry]

Bought this a few years back site unseen on Craigslist for $300. My first car was my grandparents grocery getter, a 1979 Chevy Chevette Scooter so when I saw this listed I wanted to relive my youth This poor thing was pretty bad off and not worth the resto I was going to do so I flipped it for $350 a month later after running it up and down the street stretching all 70 horses

-----That has the Sit Down Seats and the See through windshield, with twice Pipes Doesn`t It ?

[lolakitten]

I've only really had a semi-POS. I drove a little Aveo in between my Impreza & my current car for a few months. I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaated it. Hate hate hate. Hate. Hate.
















Hate.

[beachguy498]

When I was towing cars for a living, all of my cars were bought at the 'yard. These were cars in 1 piece that had something wrong with them like a bum transmission or engine. The last one I got was a '79 Caprice for $65. Splurged $100 on a used transmission and bough a set of tires for it. I drove it for 6 years, sold it to a guy at work who needed a 350 engine that was rebuildable. The thing still runs, although in a different form.

Rob

[litljay]

First car was also a "hand me down" from my mom. 1974 MGB that still ran the original MGB motor (lots of them got converted to Datsun motors 'cause the MGB was a POS). My dad got really good at working on it



*Edit, not my pic.

[DocHoss]

Our car is an '88 Integra with 285 k on it and my truck is a 92 Toyota with 208 k. The car has no A/C (never had it) and the radio is nearly useless since the antenna broke off. Stick shifts, of course. The problem is, they keep going. The only reason for a new car is the safety advances. I can't stand the thought of a new truck since they don't make the little wing windows anymore, and I really like those.

The rear axle sheared while we were driving in it down an old country road. Both wheels turned up in the wheel well as the axles backed out (think retractable wheels like Back to the Future). Fortunately we were only doing about 20-30 MPH so we came to as graceful as stop as can be expected. On to of that the swaybar was broken so handling was nonexistent and no one had the money or tools to repair it.

I had something similar in an Isuzu Trooper. Was driving along to my research camp when my brakes failed. "No problem, I can just use the gears" - it was a rough 4WD road, so I was only going about 10 mph. But about 30 seconds later I heard a huge thump and saw the left rear tire and half the axle go bouncing through the pasture as I skidded to a halt. Got that thing fixed and drove it for years more. But I can honestly say I drove that POS until the wheels fell off. And then some.

[mal1ce]

Pretty much this:


I ended up blowing up the motor in it and moved on to an RX-7.

[Karl_Hungus]

Wow....Most of the cars posted in here would be considered high-end luxury cars compared to what I have driven most of my life. Last car was a 1994 Buick LaSabre I bought for $500. Had 160K miles on it, front fender had holes in it from an unfortunate run-in with a deer, and provided the added excitement of random, unpredictable, breakdowns. Spent almost as much time in the shop as I did driving it.

Other POS cars I've owned:
1987 subaru
1980 Honda Accord

[ironwill2008]

When my first wife and I were married, I inherited the maintenance responsibilities of her '72 Pinto. Being only a few years removed from several years experience as a GM-trained dealership line mechanic (as well as many years experience building/racing hot rods), I could fix anything that went wrong with any vehicle.

Except that blasted Pinto. It was one thing after another with that POS. Couldn't keep shock absorbers on it (no doubt due to it's poorly-designed suspension); it ate rocker arms with alarming regularity; I had the carburetor apart so many times that I was wearing out the threads in the carb body; horn quit working, forcing disassembly of the entire steering column to repair it; constantly blowing fuses that powered the dashboard lights; radio quit working; exhaust system rusted out in just 2 years; couldn't keep brake shoes on it--regardless of replacement-parts quality, they'd be down to the linings in 6 months; and the coup de gras-- the last Winter we had it, the heater quit working, and it escaped all my efforts to get it to work again.

When we went to replace it with a new Honda in '76 (IIRC), the dealer didn't even want to take it on a trade-in; I think they gave us $100 for it, and I was happy as a pig in mud just to get it off my back.




Not going to subject anyone here with a pic of that junker. If you must, just imagine a pile of cow flop painted red; that'll be close enough.

[bustasinclair]

Bought this a few years back site unseen on Craigslist for $300. My first car was my grandparents grocery getter, a 1979 Chevy Chevette Scooter so when I saw this listed I wanted to relive my youth This poor thing was pretty bad off and not worth the resto I was going to do so I flipped it for $350 a month later after running it up and down the street stretching all 70 horses

Nice Vette!!!




1977 Ford Maverick was my first car.........well that's after I totaled the 1972 Mercury Montego..

[tornmuscle123]

Bought this a few years back site unseen on Craigslist for $300. My first car was my grandparents grocery getter, a 1979 Chevy Chevette Scooter so when I saw this listed I wanted to relive my youth This poor thing was pretty bad off and not worth the resto I was going to do so I flipped it for $350 a month later after running it up and down the street stretching all 70 horses

wow this is an epic POS - with stripes!

[Jtbny]

wow this is an epic POS - with stripes!

Not to mention it weighed not much more than you!

[Perry3]

I sure hope nobody starts an ugly girlfriend thread!

Score! LOL

[justboo2u]

It seems that many of the first cars received this dubious title...
... and so does mine!

When I was 15 got my first car... a 64 Ford Custom.
Paid $50 for it. Straight-six and 3 on-the-tree...
Mom had to drive it home as I had cracked my L collarbone in gym a few days before... and I followed HER since it wasn't legal at the time.

I spent the remainder of my recovery rewiring the steering column as the previous owner's GF had cut EVERY WIRE that could be seen...

The engine was SOOO LOOSE...
It topped out at 65 mph. Yes.... 65.
Kept it that year and sent it to salvage after that summer.
Hand-painted it green w/ white top...
Ya know... the green you see on bridges? THAT green.