What was the worst car you've ever worked on?
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What was the worst car you've ever worked on?
What was one of the worst jobs you've ever had to do on a car? Why?
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“There are no bad cars. There is only bad environment, bad training, bad example, bad thinking.”
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My brother's Corolla. It needed a clutch, he wasn't paying for parts or labor, and he was vibrating the hole time. Never mind the fact that there were other issues uncovered once the clutch was replaced and he brought it to the junkyard two days later.
He still hasn't paid me for the car, the repairs, 3 years of car insurance, or anything else.
#f**k
He still hasn't paid me for the car, the repairs, 3 years of car insurance, or anything else.
#f**k
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tankinbeans wrote:he was vibrating the hole time.
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I work at a Mopar dealership...
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watkins wrote:I work at a Mopar dealership...
Yeah, there's a point where you stop doing stuff for free. It doesn't matter if they are a blood relative or not.tankinbeans wrote:My brother's Corolla. It needed a clutch, he wasn't paying for parts or labor, and he was vibrating the hole time. Never mind the fact that there were other issues uncovered once the clutch was replaced and he brought it to the junkyard two days later.
He still hasn't paid me for the car, the repairs, 3 years of car insurance, or anything else.
#f**k
I haven't done anything major on cars, just the usual brakes, oil, etc...
My biggest mistake on one was accidentally buying the oil filter for car B when I was doing the oil change on car A. The filter was close in size so that it partially screwed on but not completely. Started the engine after everything was done, ended up with a driveway full of oil. I didn't waste the whole 4 quarts that I put in for the change, but it was at least half of that. A quick trip to the store fixed that problem, but I literally facepalmed.
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.....but I literally facepalmed. [/quote]
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.....but I literally facepalmed. [/quote]
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awwww i thought this was gonna say "worst car you drove" cuz i don't work on cars....
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Change the topic! It's not like we're known for staying on topic on here...wannabe wrote:awwww i thought this was gonna say "worst car you drove" cuz i don't work on cars....
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Squint wrote:Change the topic! It's not like we're known for staying on topic on here...wannabe wrote:awwww i thought this was gonna say "worst car you drove" cuz i don't work on cars....
You were a few days late with that.
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that'd be the 89 dodge spirit. 3 speed auto. took it from ohio to west virginia. doesn't handle mountains very well.....Squint wrote:Change the topic! It's not like we're known for staying on topic on here...wannabe wrote:awwww i thought this was gonna say "worst car you drove" cuz i don't work on cars....
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Is there an age cap or floor for worst car?
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I would argue no since there are plenty of older cars that people might argue for best car.tankinbeans wrote:Is there an age cap or floor for worst car?
So have at it! Insult those old cars all you want!
One of the worst cars I've ever driven also had one of the most comfortable seats on which I've sat in a car. It was a mid/late 1980s Oldsmobile sedan with a bench seat in the front that was like a couch. The car was in okay cosmetic shape but ran like a complete POS. I'm sure it ran fine when it was newer, but by the point when they were trading it in, you had to hold the gas down to get the car to continue to run, and it would only start randomly, not every time you wanted it to start. Luckily, I only had to move it once.
I've probably driven cars in just as bad of shape as that one, but it sticks out to me because of that fantastic seat in such a decrepit old car. Working in special finance, we took in people's cars that banks were coming to claim from time to time and there were some SERIOUSLY bad cars in that bunch. And some surprisingly nice ones from time to time too.
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Worst car I've driven for any distance was an 85ish Seville (the model which looked like it was backed into a wall). It had that godawful V8-6-4, was underpowered anyway, and was the epitome of, "you can go left, or you can go right." There was no dialing in for precise turns at all. It was all hood and if I wanted to drive a sofa I'd have bought a Lay-Z-Boy.
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