Hoopty: Have you ever had a really bad old car?

Question

What was it and how long ago? I owned a '75 Pinto once (in the 80s) and in the late 70s I drove a beat to **** old Ford Falcon. Oh the bad old days

Answer 1

My truck I had up until I brough a new car 6 months ago. Rust bucket, that went through it's second round of body work, blew out blue smoke from the exhaust. Took forever to accelerate, angry people behind me on the on-ramp lol. it was a 91 GMC Sonoma with 196,000 miles on her. Had to use hands as turn signals, A peiece of foam liner hit me in the head every time I opened the door, the brakes were shot. The CD player ate the last CD I put in it. It had a small window screen stuck on top of the drive-shaft and continuously rattled loudly. Leaked oil. Carpet was full of holes. The seat was stuck in one position. Power windows quit working awhile after the AC did. Hey, I avoided a car payment for a looooooong time! My friend brought the junker and it is still running LOL!

Answer 2

My very first car was a 65 Mustang. I bought it from a retired Airforce pilot. It had a Straight-6 but got up graded to a V-8. It also had a four speed transmission instaled. I sound like a dream, but the poor car was UGLY as hell! It had a bench seat from some sort of station wagon and it was tore up. The paint was so faded that it has rust on it. The car did turn some heads though... But for all the wrong reasons!



All in all, it had a powerful engine. The since the owner knew about cars, it ran like a dream... However, due to finacial issues, I had to sell my poney... Hurt like hell too! It was the car of my dreams and worked my fingers to the bone to buy it... But I'll always have my memories of good and bad times that I had in that car...

Answer 3

I bought a used 1991 Plymouth Sundance in 1998. A week after I bought it, the engine died. Luckily, the dealer replaced the engine at his expense, but the second engine was almost as bad as the first. I had constant problems with the car.

I paid $4000 for the car and must have put that much into it before I finally sold it in 2001 for $900.

Answer 4

My sister drove a '85 thunderbird when she was in highschool.

( That was in the year 2000) It was so embarrassing.. Lord knows how messed up that car was. I remember one time she was driving and we wanted to listen to some music, well when she turned it on the car automatically cut off in the middle of the street. LoL

Answer 5

I had a 1998 Chevy Corsica. It cost $2,000. Lasted a few years. It had about 175,000 miles on it when it died. I ran it into the ground. It kept stalling out in traffic & I was afraid I would get rear ended. I missed it when I had it towed away by the junk man who paid me $30 for it.

Answer 6

had a nissan maxima

paid 600 dollars for it lasted three years never put a dime into it in added about 35000 miles.

some guy rear ended me at a stop light broke the plastic bumper a little his insurance company gave me 650 for the bumper and i gave the car to my neighbor who sold it to some chick for one hundred dollars

great car...a hoopty but it lasted

Answer 7

In 1978 I had a 1965 Dodge Dart. Manual brakes and steering with the huge old steering wheel. Her name was Betsy and she was a box on wheels. But she was mine!

Answer 8

Yes, I have. I couldn't tell you the year but, it was an Oldsmobile and, the driver window didn't work, the passenger door was stuck shut, the radio was dead, windshield was cracked, heat didn't work....it was a mess....lol

Answer 9

cut it out i had a 76 pinto too lmao

Answer 10

My buddy and relatives had in basic terms come back from Europe and that i must p.c.. them up on the airport of their van. when I went to get the van contained in the morning, as i become backing it up my smoke fell from my mouth and landed on the floor of the van I opened the door genuine quick to discover the smoke. yet i did not comprehend I had the van in opposite and it began to roll backwards, and the door were given stuck on the fence and bent the door I junped back interior on placed my foot on the destroy and stopped it. yet somewhat to overdue. and that i nonetheless went to p.c.. up my buddy and his relatives on the airport. And definite we nonetheless are friends take care dave

Answer 11

my first car was a POS ..86 chevy celebrity ..i had to keep priming the carburetor

Answer 12

nope, but I've ridden in a few

Answer 13

my sister had a Gremlin-need I say more?!

Answer 14

Lol no I haven't