Time's 50 worst cars of all time

cnjvh
cnjvh Posts: 253
edited January 2008 in The Clubhouse
Fascinating read (plus I about wet myself laughing at times):

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1657686,00.html
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,982
    edited January 2008
    What was wrong with this one? Chic magnet if I do say so myself! :p

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,691
    edited January 2008
    ahh, the Gremlin.
    I cannot wait to look at this list. I wonder how many of them I have owned (maybe still do)?!
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited January 2008
    I managed to be an owner (now former owner) of a Ford Explorer. I liked it when it wasn't costing me several hundred $$ at a pop to get repaired. The wallet ripping dead tranny was the last straw!

    The Ford Pinto, god bless that little hunk of junk. A friend had one in highschool. 3 of us drove down to Kings Dominion (amusement park in VA in case ya don't know) packed in that little ****. It's amazing I'm here to tell about it.

    Some seriously funny stuff on this list.


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,691
    edited January 2008
    That was great!!
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited January 2008
    treitz3 wrote: »
    What was wrong with this one? Chic magnet if I do say so myself! :p

    gremlin.jpg

    I am not proud to admit that I had one.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,691
    edited January 2008
    We had a 1993 Exploder. Fortunately it never did, just gradually rusted and decomposed into oblivion.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,725
    edited January 2008
    That list overall is BS...
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  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    edited January 2008
    Polkmaniac wrote: »
    That list overall is BS...

    Yep...
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  • nms
    nms Posts: 671
    edited January 2008
    Polkmaniac wrote: »
    That list overall is BS...

    Agreed. Needlessly cruel, verging on ignorant, and far too opinionated for my taste. But what do I expect - it came from Time Magazine, after all :rolleyes:
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited January 2008
    Polkmaniac wrote: »
    That list overall is BS...

    Absolutely. It may be entertaining to read but this is a silly excuse to start a 50 best/worst list that has no basis in fact. It's simply the author's personal opinion/rant about certain vehicles. Many on the list are ridiculous examples. How the F do you call the Model T one of the 50 worst vehicles??? It would be in the top 5 best on any other list.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2008
    Yes, I really expected a Time piece on the 50 Worst Cars to be serious, hard-hitting journalism....

    C'mon guys, lighten up a bit. It was an entertaining read. NOTHING more.

    And just remember, all "top XX lists" in magazines are only created to stir up controversy.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited January 2008
    I own 1 of them, and everything they say about is true. However it has always started even when my 98 and 05 F150 did not start. In fact I drove it to get the parts to get the f150's running again.
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited January 2008
    MillerLiteScott wrote: »
    I own 1 of them, and everything they say about is true. However it has always started even when my 98 and 05 F150 did not start. In fact I drove it to get the parts to get the f150's running again.

    Wow, you own one of these?? Cool.

    http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1657686_1657674,00.html
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2008
    Ah, the Amphicar. One of my dad's friends owned one, of course when I was driving in it with them I wasn't aware of that -- until he drove into the lake and I was fearing for my life. It's funny now, looking back, but at the time I was so mad about it.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,982
    edited January 2008
    Well, the Corvair definitely makes the list. Not for looks, but for reliability. That was definitely one POS but collectors still pay a hefty price for one in great condition. Yeah, the Model "t" should be on the top 5 for automotive history and not on the list of worst cars of all time.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    The Hummer H2? Worst car why? Because of the timing. Give me a break.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2008
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    The Hummer H2? Worst car why? Because of the timing. Give me a break.

    I thought it was because 90% of the people they sell them to can't drive them.

    Which is the case with all cars, of course, just more noticeable as the size of the car goes up :)
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I thought it was because 90% of the people they sell them to can't drive them.

    Which is the case with all cars, of course, just more noticeable as the size of the car goes up :)

    Do you drive a Mini Cooper?:p
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  • skipf
    skipf Posts: 694
    edited January 2008
    I've got a '93 Explorer I still drive. 236,000 miles. One set bushings, one fuel pump, and a tranny rebuild at 200,000 miles. Still runs strong and pulls my boat with no effort. No complaints from me on this vehicle.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,982
    edited January 2008
    This one made the list? Come on now. I'd love to have one, those things are hot! I heard rumor that some of them could flat out stomp a Corvette. Maybe not this year's version, but still IMO it should not have made the list.

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2008
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    Do you drive a Mini Cooper?:p

    Present company was of course excluded from my comment, Officer Darla ;)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Present company was of course excluded from my comment, Officer Darla ;)

    He he he. I keed. I keed.5.gif
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  • 1fastz28
    1fastz28 Posts: 122
    edited January 2008
    i owned a cadillac cimarron :o
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    1fastz28 wrote: »
    i owned a cadillac cimarron :o

    I am so sorry.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited January 2008
    Ha!!! I've got a 2002 S-10, 4.3L V6!!! I'll be driving that thing til they throw dirt on my ****:D
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2008
    My first car was a '67 MG Midget, "The Green Mamba". There is no reason that car shouldn't be on that list. It failed at every opportunity. All types of failures. Mechanical, electrical, environmental, structural. You name it, it failed.

    My second car was a black '63 Pontiac Bonneville, "The Chief". Going from the Midget to the Bonnie was like going from a kayak to the Queen Mary. That was a great car.
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  • polktiger
    polktiger Posts: 556
    edited January 2008
    I must have missed something, which number was the Honda Elephant or Element or whatever that atrocity is called.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,982
    edited January 2008
    polktiger wrote: »
    I must have missed something, which number was the Honda Elephant or Element or whatever that atrocity is called.
    That would be under the 50 UGLIEST cars of all time, not worst. :D

    My Dad's best friend had that green midget and as I recall, he was working on that thing constantly. "Small" would sum that car up. Kind of like a big kid's go-cart.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited January 2008
    The Prowler made the list, wow. I never knew that thing had only a V6 in it.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited January 2008
    Damn. None of my previous cars made the list. Should of, though. All of them crapped out at 100K.
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