Ever bought a car then hated it?

[pandamonium]

I've concluded that I don't like the Avenger. It just doesn't do it for me. Honestly, I preferred the Lada! If my wife read this she'd kill me! I went on and on about it before I bought it!Have you ever been in this scenario? What would you do? I doubt anyone would buy it so soon after I just have.

[pogweasel]

I might!

 

Yes, I have bought plenty of things that have been at best 'disappointing', though this generally applies to newer stuff.

 

If I bought an Avenger/Marina/Hyundai Pony Mk1/Bedford HA I would generally be EXPECTING something unpleasant and masochistic as a driving/ownership experience, and hence would not feel too hard done by.

[pandamonium]

I guess I just had hopes that were too high then!

[Timewaster]

Not personally, but I remember a friend of the family buying a brand new Austin Ambasador, taking it home to proudly show his wife and to go for a drive.She absolutely hated it and said it made her feel sick.So it was back to the dealers the very next day and swapped for an ex demo Triumph Acclaim.I've posted this one before, but my mates dad bought a Reliant Robin, trading in a Morris Minor. He picked up the plastic pig on the friday afternoon, and on monday morning had to shell out £50 to get his old car back because they had apparently "serviced" it and the Reliant was now dirty!Its a shame the Avenger doesn't float your boat, some of the worst shite I've had I ended up quite liking. I have to admit that I developed a soft spot for the Kingfisher blue Metro diesel I had a few years back, on paper I should have hated it, but it was quite fun to drive, made a comedy noise and ran on fresh air.

[dollywobbler]

That's a bit sad. But what's the price on its head?I am very expert at buying awful crap. I bought an Audi 100 (Eighties) which might have been alright if it wasn't horribly bodged up in many ways. The fan switch had broken, so it had been manually wired up. No problem, but it had been wired up the wrong way, so it was blowing back through the radiator rather than sucking! The idle valve had been removed altogether and the idle just cranked up to compensate. Then there was the Isuzu Trooper. Convinced myself that an off roader was the way to go so flogged my lovely, lovely Peugeot 306 DTurbo and less than an hour later owned a Trooper. Which was horrible. Brand new rear springs that were practically solid, so it was uncomfortable. It was slow, didn't handle and if you really braked hard, the back wheels locked up. To top it all, I took it off roading and discovered that it had no towing points and shite axle articulation! Great! It did have a LSD though, so powered through pretty much anything as long as one rear wheel was on the ground!My lovely Daewoo Matiz was chopped in for a Subaru Impreza Sport. Stuffing it into a tree after two days didn't help matters but really, it was a horrible car. I liked my first Rover P6, but the V8 made me blind to the horrendous sill rot than I later discovered. My second P6 was no better. It's the one I've got for sale now. Spent loads of money getting it back on the road after it had a little lay up, and I've decided I just don't like it. Owning a V8 previously doesn't help on that score...I bought an Austin Maestro for £125. I think on drive into the office told me how big a mistake that was. Horrible steering, horrible gearchange and one of those untraceable misfires. It didn't last long.My Merc W123 300D. To be honest, it wasn't a bad old barge, but I did rather tire of its complete inability to tackle corners. And the headlights were absolutely shite. However, I think the Maestro wins the 'biggest disappointment' award. I just stopped driving it in the end and flogged it on Ebay for about the same money IIRC. At least I didn't lose loads like I usually do!

[pandamonium]

It stands me at around 700. Its just too clunky and heavy for what is actually quite a small car. It could use a tune up (although is a lot better now I've started throwing money at it - plugs, dizzi cap, rotor arm, diaphragm, engine mounts, gearbox mounts etc.)I love the way it looks, and I love its cd player, and its quite a nippy car, but I reckon I'm just a big car person. I'd rather have a barge!

[Ratdat]

I quickly discovered my Pony pickup was unbelievably shit to drive once I got it. Very slow, very bouncy with awful seats and next to no sound deadening. Now I've made a few changes, particularly in the performance department, I'm actually beginning to like it now.If you do fl;og the Avenger, I know someone local to me who is actually looking for one.

[dollywobbler]

I'd be very interested myself (still want my Legacy? ) but I know others have said "dibs" in the original Avenger thread, so don't want to stamp on toes.

[Milford Cubicle]

Still got your 929?

[pandamonium]

Nobody actually has 'dibs', as I was under the impression that ppl only said 'I'll have that if you come to sell it' to make conversation!lolIt will be up for sale, and I feel like a total sell out by giving up so quickly. :(Of course I'm still interested in the legacy - That way I could keep the Mazda!

[pandamonium]

Yeah, I still have the 929 - I can't give up the 'luxury'

[dollywobbler]

Hmmm. Plan forming here then...Anyway, if I did have it, it'd be staying 'in the family' and given my track record (buy, spend loads of money on it, then flog it for a loss) it's only a matter of time!

[mirafioriman]

Are there any pictures of this Avenger on here then?

[pandamonium]

http://autoshite.commlm/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4784

[mirafioriman]

Thanks! Looks like a really nice example. My Uncle had an estate version when I was a kid. Fond memories

[Guest]

Hey this is why resources need to be pooled to set up an Autoshite hire fleet - try before you buy. I reckon between the 100 most active users we've got a good 95% of the 1970 - 1990 market covered

[dollywobbler]

Hey this is why resources need to be pooled to set up an Autoshite hire fleet - try before you buy. I reckon between the 100 most active users we've got a good 95% of the 1970 - 1990 market covered

Love it! What an idea. Sod scrappage, we'll just hire from our pool of shite!

[FredTransit]

I could do van hire, but only if you want a dormobile.....

[Guest Kyle]

The last 1600E I had was awful, I hated it. It was a fairly fresh resto that had new steel wings, new sills, arches etc. Flitches had never been welded.Finished in Amber Gold with black trim on a H plate.It looked gorgeous being slightly lowered, but drove like shit! It really was abysmal. I used it about 5 times, parked it in a mates yard about 6 years ago and left it there. Was passing about a month ago so popped in and it was gone. I won't start on the majority of the expensive cars I had which left me bitterly disappointed.

[Chris_W_Q4]

Renault 5 Campus. 1108cc 4 speed with single speaker AM only radio. A truly miserable experience.*Wouldn't start when cold despite replacing every bit of ignition system.*Gutless non-free revving engine*Ate driveshafts for fun.*Spanner slipped causing me to punch the engine block with full force exposing knuckle bones. *Ran out of petrol in the middle of nowhere due to lying fuel gauge.Alfa 33 16v.Beautiful looks and great free revving engine. Rest of it was total crap.*Awful uncomfortable seats placed your arse 20mm from the floor.*Gearchange like stirring porridge and crunched every time into 2nd.*4.5" "Speakers".*Miserable heater output*Suffered a failure to proceed on the A1 in the pissing rain. *Getting the spark plugs out from between the DOHC heads NOT easy.

[Richard]

Xantia HDi Estate. Great car on paper, could only be better than my previous Xantia.In practice the HDi engine didn't disappoint but everything else about the car did.

[Raffles]

I replaced my Mk3 Cavalier 1.6 Hatchback with a blue 1.6 Mk3 Cavalier Saloon.Hated it. Can't explain why but it was an odious thing.Never let me down but I wasn't happy until I replaced it with a red 2.0 Hatchback.Ironically, my next Cavalier was a blue saloon. The Sri-ness of it all made it ok.

[shite_meister]

MG BGT, bought it then realised I hated it, I went months without driving it then sold it.Mk2 Mitsubishi Colt 1200, stupidly and about 10 years ago I deceided to sell my Rover 216 Vitesse and buy this old crock, sure I loved its fuel consumption but the rest of it was a let down and I quickly though 'what have I done?' it must've been just a bad one as I'm sure they were alright cars generally. I accidently ripped the whole exhaust off and shat a brick when I found out a pattern one was £600. I p/x'd it for a Rover SD1 Vitesse and the day I did the deal the gear lever dropped down and fell onto the road.

[seth]

Hate would be too strong a word but I never really gelled with our Saab 95.

[dollywobbler]

Hate would be too strong a word but I never really gelled with our Saab 95.

Yeah, I can see how that could be one of 'those' cars.To be honest, I never really gelled with my Renault 5, now owned by Mr Bickle. I absolutely loved owning it - I still consider it one of the most beautifully style hatchbacks of all time, but didn't get a huge kick from driving it - probably because I had another dash-change, softly sprung French car that I loved even more!

[seth]

It didn't get us off to a good start due to carb/fueling issues that I never managed to fully resolve (and resulted in the worst, most upsetting journey I've ever had) and there was always the nagging feeling that spares were more awkward to get and unfamiliar too.

[dollywobbler]

It didn't get us off to a good start due to carb/fueling issues that I never managed to fully resolve (and resulted in the worst, most upsetting journey I've ever had) and there was always the nagging feeling that spares were more awkward to get and unfamiliar too.

That's a good point. I was thinking the other day - if I'd never owned a 2CV and now pondered buying one, I'd be scared off!As it happens, I'm hopeless on almost every other car because I now know my way around a 2CV - which is like nothing else!

[Guest]

I bought a Renault 19 chamade and really enjoyed it-1400cc nice drive and economy. The other half hated it so to save earache I bought a Rover metro gta (H regd k-series model). What a nasty/rattly badly screwed together bag of shite that was . Still I doubled my money when I sold it so that was nice

[fotorabia]

After building a Pink Floyd stage in Phoenix ,Arizona 1988..my London mate Pete and I needed wheels to get us back to Miami.I had an Autotrader so it was either a Olds Tornado [$650] or a 72 Caddy Coupe de Ville 501ci [$500]..stupidly we went with the cheaper option.

On the test drive i didnt pay enough attention to the fact that no power engaged when the old codger turned the key..tho it did next second.So paid for..drove a few clicks down the road..and it died.

We limped thru New Mexico..all electrics going to shit..seats unretractable..windows not returning etc...

We 'blew' a tyre in Texas where only the belt separated making a massive banging noise but didnt go down..

The bonnet blew open..didnt break the windscreen tho popped the springs which was a might heavy after that.

Got to Houston..broke..filthy..pissed off..we drove it into a Vietnamese car sales yard..an the owner chased us out even before we stopped yelling at us to get tha fack ouuta there..

The Youth Hostel owners son was a electronics whiz and he traced the the whole loom..to discover it was a cracked earth link on the chassis.

We polished our yellow and white pimp mobile..now had push button start and went off to New Orleans.Then the starter motor failed..we were broke and homeless again..so after nearly a week of racist fcukd deep sthrn nonsense..we sold it to some street guys for a $100 and got the bus back to Miami.

sample photo!

[pompei]

I hate Mrs P's Mazda 6.