Tamworthbay Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I just can't see any redeeming features in them. So slow, have to be thrashed (so thirsty), look crap, shonky build quality, kill you in an accident and even though they're cheap, there is other stuff just as cheap that is a million times better. Even the one possible plus point, cheap insurance, is pretty mute as there is other stuff equally cheap but not as awful. (Sorry to all the Matiz owners out there...) It's the only car ever that I couldn't find anything to like about it. Even the Meriva we had as a courtesy car another time had a couple of good bits. But they sold a good few so someone must have liked them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 It's the only car ever that I couldn't find anything to like about it. Even the Meriva we had as a courtesy car another time had a couple of goof bits. But they sold a good few so someone must have liked them.I've been a passenger (with 3 other guys) in an hired 0.8 auto, as it was the only thing left in the hire centre. Oh my. Oh my word was it slow. Beyond comically slow. Seriously. Foot to the floor it could just about get to 70mph on the level. This experience no doubt clouded my experience of them. Tamworthbay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I once borrowed a Corsa with the 3cyl engine in, I agree it was dangerously pedestrian. It was like one of those nightmares you have where you are being pursued but you are powerless to move at anything other than a snails pace. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Those Corsas are only good for one thing - putting their 12v badge on a XR4i & seeing how many people it confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve79 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Hired this Hyundai i10 in Marbella last year. Absolutely hilarious. Base model with keep fit everything but had aircon, which was great but with three of us in it, you had to turn the aircon off when going up hill just to maintain momentum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I have the utter shame of an 02 plate Polo TDI, the oldest daily driver vehicle on the estate we live on. People on said estate look down their noses as I go clacking past but I have the smug satisfaction of knowing I'm not financed upto the eyeballs like they are just to have very new vehicles sat on the drive....You live in the wrong place. There are many sayings about money and the spending of. "A fool and his money are soon parted." etc. The observation I always make about my friends who properly have money? None of them buy new stuff. Furniture is inherited (and it tends to come with the house it was previously in) and cars are bought to be functional (ie RR / Subaru etc) The whole notion of white cars on rimz and finance is grotesque and showy. Purely the reserve of the nouveau riche. I prefer the 'secret millionaire' look. I dare say my 1999 Avensis wouldn't be the most popular sale on here, but it always turns up to work and has been a faithful servant. And you don't have your Labrador put down just because there are newer, more fashionable labradoodles available on the 'never never'. forddeliveryboy, Jim Bergerac and xtriple 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 you had to turn the aircon off when going up hill just to maintain momentum! I've never known a car that doesn't disengage the AC automatically at full throttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Early Skoda Fabias make mk1 Seat Ibizas seem like Rollers. Puerile things. I had the displeasure of hiring one in mid 2000 as I'd killed my daily, and needed to get to Cornwall for a job interview. Everything about the Fabia was shit - flat as piss, acres of cheap plastic, horrible seats, brakes which went from nothing to projecting you through the screen at a touch, combined with a mild sense of suicide once sat in the cabin. It turns out it was an omen - I got the job and it duly became the worst five years of my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 My mum had one as a daily when they weren't too old, I hated it. BUT it was a lot better than the Hyundai Pony X2 she had at a similar time, I couldn't actually drive that car due to the brakes. All you had to do was look at the pedal for it to lock up, amazingly overservoed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonbennet Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Mrs' C2 VTS was like that, just touch the brakes for a full near on ABS triggering stop, if ABS failed you'd be locking up all the time. Landcruiser isn't far off either, its not got a vacuum servo its got some sort of an electric pump fitted to the master cyl, no doubt £££ when it goes wrong, nearly chucked me out the bloody screen first time i braked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Seems to be common because all the mongs think it means the car has good brakes. It's yet another reason I prefer old cars. Oddly my goona has brakes that work when pushed, not looked at. It's one if it's good points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Early Skoda Fabias make mk1 Seat Ibizas seem like Rollers. Puerile things. I had the displeasure of hiring one in mid 2000 as I'd killed my daily, and needed to get to Cornwall for a job interview. Everything about the Fabia was shit - flat as piss, acres of cheap plastic, horrible seats, brakes which went from nothing to projecting you through the screen at a touch, combined with a mild sense of suicide once sat in the cabin. It turns out it was an omen - I got the job and it duly became the worst five years of my life.I bet it was in that dreadful dark green colour they did them in. Who on earth used to pick that colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Hired this Hyundai i10 in Marbella last year. Absolutely hilarious. Base model with keep fit everything but had aircon, which was great but with three of us in it, you had to turn the aircon off when going up hill just to maintain momentum!The same happened with a Peugeot we had in Cyprus. We paid for one with AC and the guy just went round a few cars until he found one that blew cold. We needed it as there was a bit of a heatwave and it hit mid 40s most days. We met this couple the first night who were explaining how they had ordered a jeep despite the cost as the roof down thing etc etc, couldn't do it a normal car etc etc, only an extra £100 etc etc. How we laughed through the week when they struggled to even sit in their car because of the heat. EssDeeWon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I bet it was in that dreadful dark green colour they did them in. Who on earth used to pick that colour.Dark blue. Equally dull. I wish I knew the number plate so I could check to see how long it lasted for. Based on my experiences with it, it'll still be alive now, haunting it's depressed current owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 My dad had a dark blue zafira 1.6 life. The most miserable spec in the most miserable unrewarding car I can think of. I'm going to stop talking about it now it's making me severely depressed thinking about the times I drove it. Uncle Jimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 This Rover 214 is about as desirable as a night talking to Katie Price. Dented rear passenger door, filthy inside and out and a tappety engine. billyboy406v6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I have a 17 year old Berlingo with a broken DW8 engine. Height of undesirability. bangernomics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I have a 17 year old Berlingo with a broken DW8 engine. Height of undesirability.It doesn't count if it's actually broken! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 It doesn't count if it's actually broken! It counts but as this is AS, a broken car is worth double a working one so FAR more desirable. FakeConcern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Those Corsas are only good for one thing - putting their 12v badge on a XR4i & seeing how many people it confused.I wonder how many people would ask if the sierra was electric DeeJay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I did it in the mid 90s, the amount of so called petrol heads who couldn't work it out was brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 This Rover 214 is about as desirable as a night talking to Katie Price. Dented rear passenger door, filthy inside and out and a tappety engine. IMG_20170101_093001112.jpgBut it'd be great fun to play with for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sco14 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 How about an A2 1.4 TDI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I like the red roof but what's that parked in front of it? John F and inconsistant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sco14 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I like the red roof but what's that parked in front of it? What red roof? Its a bin in front of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sco14 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 What red roof? Its a bin in front of it! Oops I understand now the bin has a red top. bangernomics and richardthestag 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 >bows< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefag Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 12 year old, 3 Litre, flat 6 Subaru Legacy estate with two dented and scratched doors, which I've never bothered to fix after they were stuffed in a car park by some cunt, 18 months ago.The seats and driving position are awful, it has a thirst like a Grimsby trawlerman, the auto box is utterly dire and it's worth the square root of absolutely fuck all.And then, every now and again, the inner 17 year old rears his head, drives way way too fast on a bendy a or b road and it all makes sense again. gordonbennet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I had a R plate 2.5 Leggy auto estate a few years ago. It was brilliant, comfy, quick, stupidly quick on corners & good on fuel. I assume yours has the turbo mine was missing? Mine had a cracked head/block instead so it'd do 12miles before dumping it's water. This was a bit of a drawback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 ShittyRover must be up there as one of the least desirable cars ever made. Less appealing than chronic diarrhoea. Also big Japanese saloons like the Legend and Camry seem to be loved in the US of A but have very little appeal over here for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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