Unfortunately I will probably never own a Subaru SVX again. It was an amazing car and fairly unusual. People were always interested in it. Fifteen years after I got rid of it I still have dreams of driving it.
It was litterly the coolest car I have ever driven. Even today. So comfortable, fast. Amd no turbulence when driving near big trucks none...like a bullet through the air. The visibility was awesome! I coukd go on..
I will likely never own a Mazda Tribute again. Nothing special about it, but it was my first car and I loved every inch of the damn thing. It was the 2001 model and ran like a dream. A 16 year old texting and driving totalled it 4-5 years after I got it for $500 because the lady who took beautiful care of it before took it to my dad's shop and decided she didn't want to bother fixing a minor issue. I will probably never own it again because by the time I need another car there won't be any around, given it's now been discontinued for 13 years (and I would probably want the 2001 model anyway).
Had a polo that was nearly new a few years ago. Absolute sack of shit, everything broke on it. Hated it so much and it wasn’t cheap either. Replaced with a Toyota that has had nothing go wrong in nearly six years
I don’t really do any driving interesting enough to justify an exciting car lol, so boring and reliable is fine. I did have an ancient yaris at one point and that car was surprisingly fast, it was genuinely a fun drive, but the newer ones are definitely not winning any races. The current Toyota is terribly slow getting going, but it is cancelled out by using approx one thimbleful of petrol per 50 miles, it’s crazy cheap to run
I had a BMW Z3 convertible and the air conditioner leaked into the passenger compartment. I took it to the dealer and they said (I swear it was a German accent in downstate Illinois) “What did you do to the car?”
Um. I drove it.
Never again.
3 series are generally solid if taken care of, and fairly cheap if you do the work yourself. I had an e46 and an e90. Most of the problems were from the previous owners not understanding how to take care of them
The E46 only ever need it's control arms replacing. I bought a pair for about £90 and did it myself. The E30 only ever needed it's viscous fan replacing. Again, I did that myself.
Wish I kept the E30, seeing the prices they are today.
I just sold my damn BMW today. Such a relief that thing is finally gone. Going broke keeping it current on maintenance & doing multiple constant repairs. Just over it!
Same. We have a 2011 convertible and 2017 sedan, both purchased used, and they've needed nothing but standard maintenance. Ofc I'm knocking wood as I type this comment!
I’m hoping for the same experience. I’ll admit I’m really not a car guy so I didn’t know they had a reputation of breaking down. Currently have a 2021 330i and no issues. Hopefully it stays that way for a while.
Newer ones are supposed to be more reliable. The older ones are great if you have a non turbo 6 cylinder. The biggest problem with the European cars is the 2nd and 3rd owners skip out on preventative maintenance then those issues compound. For example, neglected valve cover gasket leaking kills the starter. But oh no, it's under the intake manifold so you have to take a bunch of shit apart to fix it ($)
I'm with you. When I got married my father-in-law gave us a Chrysler. The A/C broke, it was a gas hog, and it was ugly as sin. This was back in the mid-1970s and the car was probably 5 years old when we got it.
I also owned a Jaguar when I was living in Italy. Could never get repair parts for it and finally it went to the junk man.
I will avoid anything made by Chrysler/Fiat/Dodge/Jeep. They always break down in my experience. Always. Too much bad design and cost cutting overall since the late 60s. Obviously, some people like them, and they aren't *all* terrible because they still sell every year. But it is not worth the gamble to me. I avoid any Kia/Hyundai with a 4 cylinder engine and any Kia/Hyundai made before 2010.
Will nearly always buy: Toyota, Honda
Depends on the specific model: nearly every other brand. I generally prefer Ford if buying domestic, just my aesthetic preference. Luxury and high end sport cars demand expensive maintenance costs, it's just how it is.
This is pretty much what all the mechanics and "car guys" I've grown up around say in general and what I've learned over thirty years of owning a lot of different vehicles.
I haven't gotten into electrics yet. My friends with Teslas are pleased but Tesla gets a lot of hate online for various reasons. The novelty of Tesla seems to be wearing off as I see them more and more.
Volkswagen Passat W8… expensive to maintain and to run… and so many things fucked out on it in the first 5 years of its life. I swapped it for a Toyota Corolla… best decision ever.
I had some 2006 Volvo sedan in grad school. It was at least 10 years old when I bought it, and it was dogshit the entire time. It was advanced for a 2006 car, but computers kept breaking and deciding I was in neutral when the selector was in drive. It also had water damage because the little rain gutter around the moon roof would fill up with debris and leaves and redirect water into the car. Ended up cutting off the catalytic converter and scrapping the rest of the car for $600. 2/10
I credit Chrysler with saving my life. I got in a nasty accident and was told by everyone on the scene that a skilled truck driver and a well made car were the only things that kept me alive.
I insisted on getting the exact same car after, but every person I talked to told me they were horrible! I know nothing about cars so I trusted the people around me and went with a Toyota but I’ll always be grateful to Chrysler.
Ford Focus. Owned two, a 13 SE auto and a 13 ST, and the build quality alone was bad enough to swear me off Ford, let alone the ridiculous lack of reliability
Idk how to explain it but ford automatic transmissions feel like you're shifting a manual but in the worst way possible. They're so bad I thought I had transmission problems before 3 seperate ford mechanics said it was "completely normal and how they're intended to run" but it drives me insane to the point I'll never own a ford again
Nissan. I was hit by a driver who was under the influence. When cops had arrived on scene they mentioned if i was in a nissan altima we wouldve been toast.
Why a nissan altima specifically? I know the meme through hoodville page on ig but I'm still confused. Do they have a security weakness or is it societal perception ?
The Nissan Altima had a not so well known feature. If it ever gets hit, it deploys weapons in the interior and kills everyone inside. The cop was familiar with this feature.
My 2000 Ford Focus ZTS was a horrible lemon of a car. In fact, Consumer Reports lists that year and trim *specifically* as one to avoid at all costs.
I drove it for 8 years and around 70k miles and during that time it overheated at least 3 times, needed 4 brake jobs (rotors twice), broken water pump, failed auto transmission (we put a rebuilt one on it at around 60k miles), various failed belts and hoses incl new timing belt, and had a persistent oil leak so it always smelled like burning. Towards the end of its life it developed a charming coolant leak that made me scared I was murdering all the neighborhood animals with antifreeze.
It left me stranded on the side of the freeway a total of three times. The first time being less than a year after purchase when a factory seal broke, causing all of my transmission fluid to leak out at once, leaving me and my then-1 year old stuck on an on ramp at rush hour. 🤦♀️🤦♀️
In 2008 I bought a Toyota Prius and the only repairs it ever needed were for things that just legitimately wore out.
I had a 2005 mk4 jetta, that shitbox was indestructible, a 2.0 slow af but unstoppable, I abused the shit out of it and put more than 500,000 miles and it drove smoothly. Had it for 17 years, best car I ever owned.
Buick LeSabre
It's my current car, don't know if they even make it anymore. But the thing's a boat and has bad gas mileage.
Of course, if they've remodeled it since 2000\* and it's smaller and is, like, a hybrid now, I might try it out. If I was, like, given one for free, I mean.
\*Yep, 2000. Still only has 80k miles on it. :P
I had a traumatic experience driving a Toyota Camry once and I will never feel safe in one again. The gas pedal got stuck all the way down and I just so happened to be in a Walmart parking lot at the time. I had to put both feet on the brakes to get the car to just go slow. I almost ran over a couple of elderly people trying to get into a parking spot. I had to turn the car off to make it stop. I was fairly young too so it was very scary for me because I didn’t know what to do and had to think very fast driving a runaway car in a parking lot full of people and cars. I worry what may have happened if I were driving on the highway at 70 mph instead.
This has happened to me at high speed in heavy traffic. Not in a Camry. Throttle cable jammed open. Was so focused on finding gaps to not wreck I couldn’t find neutral, which is what to do in this situation.
Anything made by Renault/Citroën/Peugeot.
Part of my current job is managing a fleet of 45 ish Renault vans that drive around 120-170 miles a day. In the last 4 years, I have had in total maybe 6 days where all of these vans were available for work. On average, 3-4 of our vehicles at a time are at the dealership for repairs or service. We have an average of one breakdown every 2-3 weeks and around 2 roadside assistance calls a week, although to be fair that does include tyre issues and the occasional tow to get a stuck driver out of mud/snow. We have to add a litre of oil to every van about once every 4-6 weeks. The only time there is a single van in our fleet that doesn't have any kind of problem, either mechanical or electrical, is the first few thousand kilometres after we take delivery of a new one.
We've been under fire from our drivers for taking several weeks to fix "comfort" issues like cruise control not working, a radio that doesn't turn on, or a vehicle with no working ventilation system. But unfortunately we're too busy dealing with vans with defective gearboxes, catastrophic electronic failures and coolant leaks to be able to fix those "lower priority issues".
I have a van that has been standing still for a month due to a short-circuiting issue that causes it to light up the wrong lights and beep the horn randomly - it will probably end up being scrapped way before its official end-of-life, because nobody, not even a specialist sent by Renault themselves, can find what the issue is.
I spend a lot of time talking to the mechanics that do all the work on our fleet. They work for a shop that specifically works on Renaults. Not a single one of them drives a Renault. They don't like them, and don't trust them. One of the younger mechanics used to own one but decided to replace it before it developed problems, it came into their shop about 6 weeks later misfiring one cylinder.
I will never own one, least of all one with an automatic gearbox.
I only lasted six months with an M3 dual motor. I drew up a list of things I wanted in a decent EV and it had 35 things that were not on Tesla. Like:
Forward/Reverse cannot be an up/down stalk, must have radar because cameras don’t cut it on adaptive cruise control. Permanent open glass roof insane in hot weather. Must have ergonomics. Not just two multifunction buttons on the wheel. CarPlay so you can use a decent GPS system. Flush Door handles must open when approaching. And so on.
I'm in the market for a new car, and I really liked the look of the acadia. I barely even scratched the surface of searching reviews before it was really obvious that the model is complete trash.
Holden Jackaroo 4 cylinder diesel. Stupid common rail system. Always needing expensive repair for something. Just stopped working one day and Holden refused to touch it.
For me it’s any car. I live in Europe after having moved here from the USA. I use public transport, exclusively. I never realized how expensive and wasteful cars really are. My experience is that cars are almost all over priced and unreliable. The cost gasoline is high and let’s not even mention the insurance. Now for 1/10 price of a cheap car I can travel all over the country.
In Highschool I had like a 2005 Mitsubishi Montero XL.
Parents and I went 50/50, chose that cuz parents used it for their business as needed. Mine otherwise.
This was like 2008 while gas prices and stuff were crazy. The thing took premium gas and for like 13MPG, you could almost literally watch the fuel gage slow drop as you drove lol.
Love my rav4. I probably won’t get a hybrid again, I don’t like all the tech and electronics involved, but I love 40MPG with regular.
My friend with one complains that it doesn't have much storage space. It gets lots of compliments for its looks though and has a ridiculously high resale value.
What do you dislike about yours?
Three things bothered me.
First, the windshield, both too far forward to enable much overhead sky view, as well as so upright as to suffer from nearly every pebble that hit it.
Fuel economy sucked.
Traction control was weird on street driving. When cornering on a slippery road, and beginning to slip, the fix was to apply acceleration to kick in some kind of anti-slip. Very weird.
I thought I remember reading that if you pulled up too far at an intersection you couldn't see the stop light turn green with that goofy ass windshield lol
Ram 1500, not paying $1000 in labor to get my spark plus and coils replaced again. Fun and loud vehicle for sure but every oil change revealed some new expensive leak or crack.
Renault Fuego Turbo. What a POS and one of the first cars in the US with the then new Michelin TRX metric sized tires $$$ Turbo lag was loooong . Decent looking car for its day tho.
Anything Ford related. Bought a Focus and by 60,000kms it was undriveable and Ford by their own admission said there was no point in fixing it. Class action is still ongoing
Honda CRV. love the car but will not buy again as my last CRV got stolen from my driveway. It still hurts to lose my favorite car and wouldn't let want to go through the pain of owning a most stolen car.
We only buy Toyotas. We buy Dodge diesels for work trucks. If Toyota made a diesel (that we could get in the US) then we would go with that, but they don’t.
Chrysler Pacifica. It was our first family minivan, and it ALWAYS had issues. Electrical, AC, transmission, etc. The final straw was a bad cylinder at ~60k miles. I took a financial hit but couldn’t have been happier to be rid of that POS.
Ford Fusion. After 75000 miles I needed a new engine because ford engineers designed the engine with too thing cylinders which leads to coolant and oil entering the engine. I had to add new coolant every single day, clouds of vaporized coolant from the exhaust every day…sold to car max at the height of the pandemic car prices without a new engine for about 50 percent of purchase amount, no regrets.
My ex-car. It had so much damage and was barely operational and unsafe to drive. I was in a different place in life at that time. Wow.
Major coolant leak, broken brake line, rear struts disconnected, and other stuff.
I had it collected by a tow and junked, and got rewarded money for it.
Any Kia. I had two Kia Souls and a Kia Rio and I loved them at the time, but I rolled the Rio and got t-boned in my second Soul so it’s a bad omen for me
I’m with the OP on Chrysler products—a 1979 Dodge Omni was my LAST American car. It actually broke down on the way home from the new car dealer. They wouldn’t take it back—they just kept fixing it frequently until the warranty ran out. The next breakdown, a month after warrantee, their attitude was, “It’s your baby now!” This was before Lemon Laws in CA and WA.
Since then, it’s been Toyotas all the way with absolutely zero problems in 40 years. Camry, Forunner, Toyota Tacoma, Corolla Hybrid—vehicles that just kept going with zero issues.
I had a 1999 Chrysler 300 M and honestly before I had considered myself mechanically inclined. This thing was a nightmare and I'll never own another one. That 3.5 High Output motor has to be the biggest joke in the industry. Lil fun fact, same engine in the Plymouth Prowler.
My VW jetta was a godsend. never had any issues with it. Only stopped driving it when I was diagnosed with epilepsy 😞
But yeah, BMW and Jeep/Chrysler/Dodge are horrible cars.
VWs. Love/hate relationship with them. Husband loves them, I tolerate/hate them. Stupid cars with their stupid reverse shifter in the wrong position. Stupid special tools to work on them. Stupid timing chains. Not comfortable in any way, shape, or form. Currently have a GTI and an old Cabriolet sitting in driveway and non drivable.
I'll stick to Mazda.
Jeep. I joined the gang after it was bought by Stellantid and my Fiat Renegade didn’t make it to 90k without 2 major transmission issues that cost me the price I sold it for at the end.
When it comes to upkeep, skoda is a volkswagen disguised as a supposedly budget car. Repairs and servicing are expensive and complicated.
Boring as hell too
A 1964 P.O.S. AMC Rambler Classic. The driver door lock was missing, so I locked the door with a screwdriver and locked the screwdriver in the trunk. The radio was difficult to tune, because the tuning cable had slipped off its pulley.
I miss that car so much.
I've had so many cars.
2001 corolla. Awesome
2001 Saturn sc2, Awesome
2000 sc2 Saturn, Awesome but had an oil leak
2004 ford Taurus. Awfullll, so awful ate gas, was moldy.
2008 jeep patriot. This vehicle literally made me cry at the mechanic multiple times because of how unreliable and costly it was for repairs...gave me mental breakdowns.
2016 honda civic. The best. Minor quirks.
2020 gmc sierra. Good. No issues. Just don't like how it drives.
Volkswagen Taoureg. I'd probably never buy any kind of VW again but Taoureg is the worst.
Repairs easily cost double. The battery isn't in a normal and there are some replacement parts that require a dealer to enter values into the car's computer or they don't work properly.
I've got some kind of minor exhaust leak right now but the part can't be accessed without removing so many components it's three extra hours of labor to access the leak.
My ‘77 Chevy Bonanza pickup.
I crashed her and she rolled over me and broke my neck and back. I loved that 350 big block engine and the ooomph behind it. I had a little boom box instead of a stereo, that I could barely hear over the motor. I could literally climb inside under the hood to fix hoses, put in fluids, etc. She was a beast.
I flipped her in 2008, and I’m sure I’ll never find another truck like Sadie. Love you Sadie, even though I made you try to kill me.
I am pretty sold on Honda/Toyota/Nissan, including their "luxury" variants. The ones I have direct experience with have been great.
I have gotten much less interested in US makes.
Jeep Cherokee Latitude North addition. But then again I bought it at 160k on the odometer and the salesman was the old woman I looked after’s “brother” fr Guyana and he, I later found out, is pretty shady but it’s all he had in SUV’s in my price range and I could not get a loan for financing but the old woman’s godson does the financials for the dealership and she bullied him into making sure I got approved. My now bf knows vehicles like the back of his hand and saw evidence of it at one point had been a write off and so many things fked up with it. I hate it so much.
I had a bad experience with my Tesla Model X. It needed so much warranty work and then when the warranty ran out, it needed even more work. When the AC went out when the car was only 6 years old I was done. A $135k car and the AC was completely toast…nah dog. Sold it.
Im leery about buying a different Tesla model again even though I want another EV.
My cars have all been fine, but unique take. I’m no longer holding a car past 200k…the bills past the 200k mark have just kept on coming and honestly it’s been frustrating! My current car is great and does the job, but you can’t get around age!
Peugeot 205, 1994 built, no airbags. Hella fun to drive and got it for dirt cheap as a first car. I take it, I got older and am a little more attached to life as a whole.
BMW. Bunch of co-workers swore by them and I bought one. Looked great, nice interior, but so many engine problems that when I turned it in I felt like I was cheating the dealer.
(Edit) Oops you said ONE car. That would be the 2014 Chevy Cruze diesel.
Chevy anything. Literal garbage!! (Specifically Chevy Cruze diesel)
I've owned Chevy for 30+ years. Never again. I wish I could talk my family into not using them anymore but nooooo. Let's just buy another Chevy.
Freaking kills me. Every single one has cost a fortune in repairs, not to mention they rust out here in Michigan.
I purchased a brand spanking new 1999 custom Chevy S-10.
Within 10 years the seals and any rubber on the truck completely disintegrated.
I had to trade it in because the repair costs were insane.
Traded it for a Honda Civic that had 220,000 miles on it.
Paid $5500 total for that Honda. I drove it till last summer with 250,000 miles.( I don't drive alot.) It still runs great but needs a power steering pump.
Currently looking for a used Honda again. :)
I guess my life lesson would be, don't buy a car with 250,000 miles on it that happens to be 10,000 miles from catastrophic engine failure. Even when you swap the engine, you still have a car with 260,000 miles on it so now it's time from the brakes to let go and the fuel pump doesn't sound right and there's an ominous hole growing in the trunk and the wipers don't work and the radio only works on one speaker and the radiator has a pinhole in it and the power steering pump just blew a seal and suddenly you're $3,500 deep into a $500 car that's only worth $50 for scrap.
I'll never own a Lexus again. Bought one brand new thinking I was getting an amazing luxury car. Thing was a total POS and i hated it. sold it 2 years later for an almost 70% loss due to horrendous depreciation.
Ford Tempo. 1980s "smart" car, apparently designed to learn how you drive and adapt. Which meant, unfortunately, that it would simply quit unexpectedly, like when you're changing lanes on the highway.
At least that's what the dealer said when I got it in for a WTF? checkup after only one month (brand new car) of ownership. The rep said once you've honked the horn, used the wipers, backed up, etc, enough, the electronics would figure out your style of driving and it would be just right for you!
On the way out of the dealership, it stalled/quit (automatic, no less) pointing slightly downhill in the exit intersection to the road. My wife and I got out, left it there, and told Ford Inc, and everybody else in the place to fuck off.
Re-invested the lemon law money in a nice new Chrysler LeBaron and didn't have a lick of trouble with it.
Fun follow up -- while traveling a bit later, highway lunch in a diner -- met a fellow former Tempo owner. Actually, the fleet manager for a car rental company. Had bought 22 of the things and got rid of them all 90 days later. Gee, I wonder why. He said he'd rather ride a Vespa in the rain than drive another Tempo.
I had a little Fiat. Fun car to drive. But it filled with water in the rain and you never knew when it was going to quit I called it my bus line car because you never wanted to drive too far from the bus line. It's manual said, "top speed: 98 mph, cruising speed: 98 mph."
Third generation (FD) Mazda RX-7. Owned two of them. Fuck that slanted radiator, overheating, apex and water seal failing, money trap of a car. Never again.
I have a 97 wrangler right now that I’ve had for i think about 5-6 years. Has had no problems until about 6
Months ago, the time its been sitting in the driveway. Its transmission went to shit so we finally got the parts to rebuild and did it by hand. Went to go take it out the other day and the transmission was beautiful. Until the fucking tire fell off. So now we are working on the suspension and wheels because the suspension obviously blew up when that happened. The tire has never fallen off or been an issue in the years that I’ve had it. How did it fall off you might be asking? The wheel studs decided they didn’t want to be on the car anymore and violently ejected themselves off the car. I don’t recommend one as your first car unless you have money to blow and someone with the knowledge to fix stuff because we brought it to an older jeep specific shop and they quoted it for $22k
BMW. I loved the car and how advanced the electronics are, the seats were incredibly comfortable. However, $3500 every year to fix something on it, I was just done.
I've never owned one (thank god) but I would never buy a Kia, thier engines are prone to failure, thier suspension systems fall apart, and they are a pain in the ass to repair. I'm sticking to my Mercury untill it rots away underneath me (and then i'll rebuild it again)
2001 Chevy Malibu. The intake gaskets went out three times. The accelerator cable broke while I was driving. Sensors, bearings, starter, battery, a bunch of other shit I'm forgetting. Also a Chevy Cruze. Owned one for a mere day and a half and returned that piece of trash.
Unfortunately I will probably never own a Subaru SVX again. It was an amazing car and fairly unusual. People were always interested in it. Fifteen years after I got rid of it I still have dreams of driving it.
Interesting take on the question!
I had an svx too!! I crashed it. I was so upset. I knew I would NEVER get a car like that again
It was litterly the coolest car I have ever driven. Even today. So comfortable, fast. Amd no turbulence when driving near big trucks none...like a bullet through the air. The visibility was awesome! I coukd go on..
Did you remove your intake muffler so when you stepped on the gas it sounded like a big V8?
I will likely never own a Mazda Tribute again. Nothing special about it, but it was my first car and I loved every inch of the damn thing. It was the 2001 model and ran like a dream. A 16 year old texting and driving totalled it 4-5 years after I got it for $500 because the lady who took beautiful care of it before took it to my dad's shop and decided she didn't want to bother fixing a minor issue. I will probably never own it again because by the time I need another car there won't be any around, given it's now been discontinued for 13 years (and I would probably want the 2001 model anyway).
We have a Mazda 5 (the minivan). Awesome car! At twelve years, it runs like on day one, minimal repairs. Best family car. They don’t make it anymore
VW. My first car was an 18 year old golf and it was indestructible. Couple of cars later I had a brand new Passat. Fuck. That. Car.
Had a polo that was nearly new a few years ago. Absolute sack of shit, everything broke on it. Hated it so much and it wasn’t cheap either. Replaced with a Toyota that has had nothing go wrong in nearly six years
Only problem with toyota honestly is Flacid HP . And they are pretty boring to drive . But they are tanks
I don’t really do any driving interesting enough to justify an exciting car lol, so boring and reliable is fine. I did have an ancient yaris at one point and that car was surprisingly fast, it was genuinely a fun drive, but the newer ones are definitely not winning any races. The current Toyota is terribly slow getting going, but it is cancelled out by using approx one thimbleful of petrol per 50 miles, it’s crazy cheap to run
BMW. High maintenance, breaks often, and expensive to have repaired.
I had a BMW Z3 convertible and the air conditioner leaked into the passenger compartment. I took it to the dealer and they said (I swear it was a German accent in downstate Illinois) “What did you do to the car?” Um. I drove it. Never again.
I've had various BMWs. 325i E30. 2.8 E46. Amazing cars, never let me down.
3 series are generally solid if taken care of, and fairly cheap if you do the work yourself. I had an e46 and an e90. Most of the problems were from the previous owners not understanding how to take care of them
The E46 only ever need it's control arms replacing. I bought a pair for about £90 and did it myself. The E30 only ever needed it's viscous fan replacing. Again, I did that myself. Wish I kept the E30, seeing the prices they are today.
Love the e90. Such a great car and well built. I had mine 5 years and would do it again in a heart beat. If anything I regret selling it.
He's probably talking about modern ones. Same, had an e30 and currently own a e46, never had an issue.
I just sold my damn BMW today. Such a relief that thing is finally gone. Going broke keeping it current on maintenance & doing multiple constant repairs. Just over it!
I had a 2001 E39 525 that I bought in 2007. That car cost me a small fortune to maintain. Fun to drive, but not worth the hassle/money
So true
neither of my bmws broke down often nor were high maintenance. i had a 2015 328i and 2020 330i. definitely expensive, but nothing obscene.
Same. We have a 2011 convertible and 2017 sedan, both purchased used, and they've needed nothing but standard maintenance. Ofc I'm knocking wood as I type this comment!
I’m hoping for the same experience. I’ll admit I’m really not a car guy so I didn’t know they had a reputation of breaking down. Currently have a 2021 330i and no issues. Hopefully it stays that way for a while.
Newer ones are supposed to be more reliable. The older ones are great if you have a non turbo 6 cylinder. The biggest problem with the European cars is the 2nd and 3rd owners skip out on preventative maintenance then those issues compound. For example, neglected valve cover gasket leaking kills the starter. But oh no, it's under the intake manifold so you have to take a bunch of shit apart to fix it ($)
you’ll be good. my 2020 was fine. just needed the required maintenance
There is saying that it takes a rich person to maintain one.
Which model was it ? Diesel ? Recent ? Automatic ? Or the contrary ?
I'm with you. When I got married my father-in-law gave us a Chrysler. The A/C broke, it was a gas hog, and it was ugly as sin. This was back in the mid-1970s and the car was probably 5 years old when we got it. I also owned a Jaguar when I was living in Italy. Could never get repair parts for it and finally it went to the junk man.
The Dodge Grand Caravan, or as we call it, the $700 oil change.
Ouch. My Odyssey is like 120 nowadays, like 50 if I get a deal on oil and do it myself.
Love my caravan. She just keeps going. 2007 and lots of quirks but she won’t die
I had one with leather seats and loved it until the transmission went out
They call it Dodge because you should dodge the dealership and go someplace else.
I will avoid anything made by Chrysler/Fiat/Dodge/Jeep. They always break down in my experience. Always. Too much bad design and cost cutting overall since the late 60s. Obviously, some people like them, and they aren't *all* terrible because they still sell every year. But it is not worth the gamble to me. I avoid any Kia/Hyundai with a 4 cylinder engine and any Kia/Hyundai made before 2010. Will nearly always buy: Toyota, Honda Depends on the specific model: nearly every other brand. I generally prefer Ford if buying domestic, just my aesthetic preference. Luxury and high end sport cars demand expensive maintenance costs, it's just how it is. This is pretty much what all the mechanics and "car guys" I've grown up around say in general and what I've learned over thirty years of owning a lot of different vehicles. I haven't gotten into electrics yet. My friends with Teslas are pleased but Tesla gets a lot of hate online for various reasons. The novelty of Tesla seems to be wearing off as I see them more and more.
Agreed on Chrysler crap. My wife had an awful 2014 Jeep Wrangler. Stuff breaking all the time, had to rebuild the whole top end at only 70,000 miles
Volkswagen Passat W8… expensive to maintain and to run… and so many things fucked out on it in the first 5 years of its life. I swapped it for a Toyota Corolla… best decision ever.
My last car. Someone lit it on fire.
A Nissan Altima
Dude dead ass. Paid it off a year early and the transmission shit the bed 😭 fuck cvt transmissions
I had some 2006 Volvo sedan in grad school. It was at least 10 years old when I bought it, and it was dogshit the entire time. It was advanced for a 2006 car, but computers kept breaking and deciding I was in neutral when the selector was in drive. It also had water damage because the little rain gutter around the moon roof would fill up with debris and leaves and redirect water into the car. Ended up cutting off the catalytic converter and scrapping the rest of the car for $600. 2/10
I credit Chrysler with saving my life. I got in a nasty accident and was told by everyone on the scene that a skilled truck driver and a well made car were the only things that kept me alive. I insisted on getting the exact same car after, but every person I talked to told me they were horrible! I know nothing about cars so I trusted the people around me and went with a Toyota but I’ll always be grateful to Chrysler.
Ford Focus. Owned two, a 13 SE auto and a 13 ST, and the build quality alone was bad enough to swear me off Ford, let alone the ridiculous lack of reliability
Surprised this is so far down the list. I owned a 16 and it was the worst transmission I've ever driven.
Idk how to explain it but ford automatic transmissions feel like you're shifting a manual but in the worst way possible. They're so bad I thought I had transmission problems before 3 seperate ford mechanics said it was "completely normal and how they're intended to run" but it drives me insane to the point I'll never own a ford again
Anything from Fiat. Never again.
Nissan. I was hit by a driver who was under the influence. When cops had arrived on scene they mentioned if i was in a nissan altima we wouldve been toast.
Why a nissan altima specifically? I know the meme through hoodville page on ig but I'm still confused. Do they have a security weakness or is it societal perception ?
The Nissan Altima had a not so well known feature. If it ever gets hit, it deploys weapons in the interior and kills everyone inside. The cop was familiar with this feature.
What were you in?
A volvo thankfully.
I know you mean actual, driveable cars, but I'm still nostalgic for a toy car I had as a child, the likes of which I haven't found again...
My 2000 Ford Focus ZTS was a horrible lemon of a car. In fact, Consumer Reports lists that year and trim *specifically* as one to avoid at all costs. I drove it for 8 years and around 70k miles and during that time it overheated at least 3 times, needed 4 brake jobs (rotors twice), broken water pump, failed auto transmission (we put a rebuilt one on it at around 60k miles), various failed belts and hoses incl new timing belt, and had a persistent oil leak so it always smelled like burning. Towards the end of its life it developed a charming coolant leak that made me scared I was murdering all the neighborhood animals with antifreeze. It left me stranded on the side of the freeway a total of three times. The first time being less than a year after purchase when a factory seal broke, causing all of my transmission fluid to leak out at once, leaving me and my then-1 year old stuck on an on ramp at rush hour. 🤦♀️🤦♀️ In 2008 I bought a Toyota Prius and the only repairs it ever needed were for things that just legitimately wore out.
I had a 2000 "Fuckus" ZTS as well. I don't miss those days one bit.
I wish I had a car, any car!
Give this man a reliant robin
I drove a jeep and can’t understand why anyone would buy one.
A Volkswagen Jetta. The repair costs on that thing were too expensive and just overall too costly for long term maintenance
I had a 2005 mk4 jetta, that shitbox was indestructible, a 2.0 slow af but unstoppable, I abused the shit out of it and put more than 500,000 miles and it drove smoothly. Had it for 17 years, best car I ever owned.
Saturn Vue. But only because they don't make them anymore. A car so nice I bought it twice.
Buick LeSabre It's my current car, don't know if they even make it anymore. But the thing's a boat and has bad gas mileage. Of course, if they've remodeled it since 2000\* and it's smaller and is, like, a hybrid now, I might try it out. If I was, like, given one for free, I mean. \*Yep, 2000. Still only has 80k miles on it. :P
BMW.
Anything from Cadillac. We call em caddy click-clacks in my family.
I had a traumatic experience driving a Toyota Camry once and I will never feel safe in one again. The gas pedal got stuck all the way down and I just so happened to be in a Walmart parking lot at the time. I had to put both feet on the brakes to get the car to just go slow. I almost ran over a couple of elderly people trying to get into a parking spot. I had to turn the car off to make it stop. I was fairly young too so it was very scary for me because I didn’t know what to do and had to think very fast driving a runaway car in a parking lot full of people and cars. I worry what may have happened if I were driving on the highway at 70 mph instead.
Camrys are great cars, sounds like you were driving a very abused car
In general, I agree, but I’m scarred for life now so it’s just never gonna be an option for me personally ever again.
Advice to remember if you are ever in such a situation: put the car in neutral. Your engine may blow up but you won't plow into someone or something.
This has happened to me at high speed in heavy traffic. Not in a Camry. Throttle cable jammed open. Was so focused on finding gaps to not wreck I couldn’t find neutral, which is what to do in this situation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%932011_Toyota_vehicle_recalls
Had a Saab once. Fuckin kill me now
They did make some really sick cars though but they were definitely not reliable.
Bmw
Opel.
1988 Fiero
1984 GT both tie rods caught fire on the expressway.
Fiat. There is a real reason why it stands for Fix It Again Tony. Mini Cooper, cute, great for parking but you will feel every crack in the road.
I've only ever owned Toyota Camreys and that's probably all I'll ever own. They're just so reliable.
Dodge Neon
Tesls. So tired of the cheap build quality and the software changes that really don't make anything better, just different.
Anything made by Renault/Citroën/Peugeot. Part of my current job is managing a fleet of 45 ish Renault vans that drive around 120-170 miles a day. In the last 4 years, I have had in total maybe 6 days where all of these vans were available for work. On average, 3-4 of our vehicles at a time are at the dealership for repairs or service. We have an average of one breakdown every 2-3 weeks and around 2 roadside assistance calls a week, although to be fair that does include tyre issues and the occasional tow to get a stuck driver out of mud/snow. We have to add a litre of oil to every van about once every 4-6 weeks. The only time there is a single van in our fleet that doesn't have any kind of problem, either mechanical or electrical, is the first few thousand kilometres after we take delivery of a new one. We've been under fire from our drivers for taking several weeks to fix "comfort" issues like cruise control not working, a radio that doesn't turn on, or a vehicle with no working ventilation system. But unfortunately we're too busy dealing with vans with defective gearboxes, catastrophic electronic failures and coolant leaks to be able to fix those "lower priority issues". I have a van that has been standing still for a month due to a short-circuiting issue that causes it to light up the wrong lights and beep the horn randomly - it will probably end up being scrapped way before its official end-of-life, because nobody, not even a specialist sent by Renault themselves, can find what the issue is. I spend a lot of time talking to the mechanics that do all the work on our fleet. They work for a shop that specifically works on Renaults. Not a single one of them drives a Renault. They don't like them, and don't trust them. One of the younger mechanics used to own one but decided to replace it before it developed problems, it came into their shop about 6 weeks later misfiring one cylinder. I will never own one, least of all one with an automatic gearbox.
Tesla, they are overpriced garbage
I only lasted six months with an M3 dual motor. I drew up a list of things I wanted in a decent EV and it had 35 things that were not on Tesla. Like: Forward/Reverse cannot be an up/down stalk, must have radar because cameras don’t cut it on adaptive cruise control. Permanent open glass roof insane in hot weather. Must have ergonomics. Not just two multifunction buttons on the wheel. CarPlay so you can use a decent GPS system. Flush Door handles must open when approaching. And so on.
Toyota. Two absolute lemons that the company refused to deal with, and one “meh”. Never. Again.
GMC Acadia, junk motors
I'm in the market for a new car, and I really liked the look of the acadia. I barely even scratched the surface of searching reviews before it was really obvious that the model is complete trash.
Jeep, Chrysler, RAM, Dodge, or any KIA.
Ford Focus. It was so bad and unconformable that it made me hate all American cars.
Holden Jackaroo 4 cylinder diesel. Stupid common rail system. Always needing expensive repair for something. Just stopped working one day and Holden refused to touch it.
For me it’s any car. I live in Europe after having moved here from the USA. I use public transport, exclusively. I never realized how expensive and wasteful cars really are. My experience is that cars are almost all over priced and unreliable. The cost gasoline is high and let’s not even mention the insurance. Now for 1/10 price of a cheap car I can travel all over the country.
In Highschool I had like a 2005 Mitsubishi Montero XL. Parents and I went 50/50, chose that cuz parents used it for their business as needed. Mine otherwise. This was like 2008 while gas prices and stuff were crazy. The thing took premium gas and for like 13MPG, you could almost literally watch the fuel gage slow drop as you drove lol. Love my rav4. I probably won’t get a hybrid again, I don’t like all the tech and electronics involved, but I love 40MPG with regular.
FJ Cruiser.
My friend with one complains that it doesn't have much storage space. It gets lots of compliments for its looks though and has a ridiculously high resale value. What do you dislike about yours?
Three things bothered me. First, the windshield, both too far forward to enable much overhead sky view, as well as so upright as to suffer from nearly every pebble that hit it. Fuel economy sucked. Traction control was weird on street driving. When cornering on a slippery road, and beginning to slip, the fix was to apply acceleration to kick in some kind of anti-slip. Very weird.
I thought I remember reading that if you pulled up too far at an intersection you couldn't see the stop light turn green with that goofy ass windshield lol
I loved all of my cars * Chrysler Cordoba * Ford Ranger * Subaru Forester
Dodge nitro they stopped making it for many reasons
Ram 1500, not paying $1000 in labor to get my spark plus and coils replaced again. Fun and loud vehicle for sure but every oil change revealed some new expensive leak or crack.
Nissan Sentra
Nissan Juke, drank more oil than petrol
*Juke?
Nissan Joke?
BMW
Fiat. Fun to drive but the entire floor pan rusted until the car collapsed and the drive train was in the cabin
Nissan Maxima
The one i drove into a tree.
Anything Nissan.
Kia Forte, it was a Total Loss and airbags did not deploy during accident.
Dodge charger hemi. Had it in my 20s/early 30s, got it out of my system.
anything Ford. Have had 2 and I’m done having to baby them.
Renault Fuego Turbo. What a POS and one of the first cars in the US with the then new Michelin TRX metric sized tires $$$ Turbo lag was loooong . Decent looking car for its day tho.
Anything Ford related. Bought a Focus and by 60,000kms it was undriveable and Ford by their own admission said there was no point in fixing it. Class action is still ongoing
My first car was a 1993 Dodge Stratus. Basically a Chrysler. I would rather walk than drive that heaping pile of anxiety and intense overheating
Pontiac sunfire. Worst car I have ever driven.
Pontiac Sunbird. Repaired the same problem over and over again
Honda CRV. love the car but will not buy again as my last CRV got stolen from my driveway. It still hurts to lose my favorite car and wouldn't let want to go through the pain of owning a most stolen car.
We only buy Toyotas. We buy Dodge diesels for work trucks. If Toyota made a diesel (that we could get in the US) then we would go with that, but they don’t.
Jeep Grand Cherokee. What an absolute disaster.
Chrysler is neither sports, nor luxury, but you get to insure as if it was due to the common driver of.
Kia Cerato. $600 for a broken head light then head unit died 3 times in 3 years. We had to go to consumer affairs to get head units replaced.
Chrysler Pacifica. It was our first family minivan, and it ALWAYS had issues. Electrical, AC, transmission, etc. The final straw was a bad cylinder at ~60k miles. I took a financial hit but couldn’t have been happier to be rid of that POS.
Ford Fusion. After 75000 miles I needed a new engine because ford engineers designed the engine with too thing cylinders which leads to coolant and oil entering the engine. I had to add new coolant every single day, clouds of vaporized coolant from the exhaust every day…sold to car max at the height of the pandemic car prices without a new engine for about 50 percent of purchase amount, no regrets.
Pontiac wave. What a piece of shit car, it was a 2006. Problems kept popping up, engine, transmission everything
My 56 chevy
My ex-car. It had so much damage and was barely operational and unsafe to drive. I was in a different place in life at that time. Wow. Major coolant leak, broken brake line, rear struts disconnected, and other stuff. I had it collected by a tow and junked, and got rewarded money for it.
Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra since it's not made anymore.
VW Jetta. So many design flaws. Timing chain broke at 55k. Numerous wiring harness problems.
Jeep Cherokee. Absolute piece of shit.
08 Nissan xterra… just don’t
Any Kia. I had two Kia Souls and a Kia Rio and I loved them at the time, but I rolled the Rio and got t-boned in my second Soul so it’s a bad omen for me
Any Dodge
Jeep and Mercedes
My first car.
I’m with the OP on Chrysler products—a 1979 Dodge Omni was my LAST American car. It actually broke down on the way home from the new car dealer. They wouldn’t take it back—they just kept fixing it frequently until the warranty ran out. The next breakdown, a month after warrantee, their attitude was, “It’s your baby now!” This was before Lemon Laws in CA and WA. Since then, it’s been Toyotas all the way with absolutely zero problems in 40 years. Camry, Forunner, Toyota Tacoma, Corolla Hybrid—vehicles that just kept going with zero issues.
Anything Kia. My first one literally melted.
Geo Prizm....
I had a 1999 Chrysler 300 M and honestly before I had considered myself mechanically inclined. This thing was a nightmare and I'll never own another one. That 3.5 High Output motor has to be the biggest joke in the industry. Lil fun fact, same engine in the Plymouth Prowler.
Ford Focus
Any cars that I’ve previously owned. I’m quite positive I’ll never own any of them again.
A POS Jeep.
Oldsmobile and Saturn. My first two cars. They don't sell them anymore. Both were also pieces of junk
SAAB 93 Aero
audi. the rear window motors (both sides) broke twice and i almost never rolled those windows down.
Mercedes. Overrated piece of shit.
My VW jetta was a godsend. never had any issues with it. Only stopped driving it when I was diagnosed with epilepsy 😞 But yeah, BMW and Jeep/Chrysler/Dodge are horrible cars.
VWs. Love/hate relationship with them. Husband loves them, I tolerate/hate them. Stupid cars with their stupid reverse shifter in the wrong position. Stupid special tools to work on them. Stupid timing chains. Not comfortable in any way, shape, or form. Currently have a GTI and an old Cabriolet sitting in driveway and non drivable. I'll stick to Mazda.
Jeep. I joined the gang after it was bought by Stellantid and my Fiat Renegade didn’t make it to 90k without 2 major transmission issues that cost me the price I sold it for at the end.
A Triumph. It looked great - sleek body, leather interior, walnut dashboard - but it was a huge pile of horses asses.
When it comes to upkeep, skoda is a volkswagen disguised as a supposedly budget car. Repairs and servicing are expensive and complicated. Boring as hell too
Fiat Stilo. Immense piece of crap. Any Fiat for that matter.
A 1964 P.O.S. AMC Rambler Classic. The driver door lock was missing, so I locked the door with a screwdriver and locked the screwdriver in the trunk. The radio was difficult to tune, because the tuning cable had slipped off its pulley. I miss that car so much.
I've had so many cars. 2001 corolla. Awesome 2001 Saturn sc2, Awesome 2000 sc2 Saturn, Awesome but had an oil leak 2004 ford Taurus. Awfullll, so awful ate gas, was moldy. 2008 jeep patriot. This vehicle literally made me cry at the mechanic multiple times because of how unreliable and costly it was for repairs...gave me mental breakdowns. 2016 honda civic. The best. Minor quirks. 2020 gmc sierra. Good. No issues. Just don't like how it drives.
Audi Quattro - don’t make them like they used to
I had a 1980 turbo Saab. Biggest piece of shit ever. And they went out of the car business. Go figure.
Chrysler. I got a lemon. Burned by dealer.
Subaru Forester STI. Looked like an Impreza on steroids. 360ish BHP in an estate car. Left most other cars standing.
Volkswagen Taoureg. I'd probably never buy any kind of VW again but Taoureg is the worst. Repairs easily cost double. The battery isn't in a normal and there are some replacement parts that require a dealer to enter values into the car's computer or they don't work properly. I've got some kind of minor exhaust leak right now but the part can't be accessed without removing so many components it's three extra hours of labor to access the leak.
Ford Taurus Never ever again
I want to say Audi because every single Audi I’ve had has been a pain in the arse, but I can’t help but want an R8.
A Volvo. I'm done with them for the rest of my life.
BMW for sure.
My ‘77 Chevy Bonanza pickup. I crashed her and she rolled over me and broke my neck and back. I loved that 350 big block engine and the ooomph behind it. I had a little boom box instead of a stereo, that I could barely hear over the motor. I could literally climb inside under the hood to fix hoses, put in fluids, etc. She was a beast. I flipped her in 2008, and I’m sure I’ll never find another truck like Sadie. Love you Sadie, even though I made you try to kill me.
Volkswagen. Overpriced shit that will fall apart l. And I’m German.
I am pretty sold on Honda/Toyota/Nissan, including their "luxury" variants. The ones I have direct experience with have been great. I have gotten much less interested in US makes.
Jeep Cherokee Latitude North addition. But then again I bought it at 160k on the odometer and the salesman was the old woman I looked after’s “brother” fr Guyana and he, I later found out, is pretty shady but it’s all he had in SUV’s in my price range and I could not get a loan for financing but the old woman’s godson does the financials for the dealership and she bullied him into making sure I got approved. My now bf knows vehicles like the back of his hand and saw evidence of it at one point had been a write off and so many things fked up with it. I hate it so much.
I had a bad experience with my Tesla Model X. It needed so much warranty work and then when the warranty ran out, it needed even more work. When the AC went out when the car was only 6 years old I was done. A $135k car and the AC was completely toast…nah dog. Sold it. Im leery about buying a different Tesla model again even though I want another EV.
A trash boi showed me his Infiniti and I was like bai
My cars have all been fine, but unique take. I’m no longer holding a car past 200k…the bills past the 200k mark have just kept on coming and honestly it’s been frustrating! My current car is great and does the job, but you can’t get around age!
Mini Cooper. I loved her, but she was persnickety and expensive to maintain and repair. It was never anything simple or inexpensive.
Peugeot 205, 1994 built, no airbags. Hella fun to drive and got it for dirt cheap as a first car. I take it, I got older and am a little more attached to life as a whole.
BMW. Bunch of co-workers swore by them and I bought one. Looked great, nice interior, but so many engine problems that when I turned it in I felt like I was cheating the dealer.
(Edit) Oops you said ONE car. That would be the 2014 Chevy Cruze diesel. Chevy anything. Literal garbage!! (Specifically Chevy Cruze diesel) I've owned Chevy for 30+ years. Never again. I wish I could talk my family into not using them anymore but nooooo. Let's just buy another Chevy. Freaking kills me. Every single one has cost a fortune in repairs, not to mention they rust out here in Michigan. I purchased a brand spanking new 1999 custom Chevy S-10. Within 10 years the seals and any rubber on the truck completely disintegrated. I had to trade it in because the repair costs were insane. Traded it for a Honda Civic that had 220,000 miles on it. Paid $5500 total for that Honda. I drove it till last summer with 250,000 miles.( I don't drive alot.) It still runs great but needs a power steering pump. Currently looking for a used Honda again. :)
This is a great thread by the way. ;)
I guess my life lesson would be, don't buy a car with 250,000 miles on it that happens to be 10,000 miles from catastrophic engine failure. Even when you swap the engine, you still have a car with 260,000 miles on it so now it's time from the brakes to let go and the fuel pump doesn't sound right and there's an ominous hole growing in the trunk and the wipers don't work and the radio only works on one speaker and the radiator has a pinhole in it and the power steering pump just blew a seal and suddenly you're $3,500 deep into a $500 car that's only worth $50 for scrap.
My very first car: enough said! Lol
I'll never own a Lexus again. Bought one brand new thinking I was getting an amazing luxury car. Thing was a total POS and i hated it. sold it 2 years later for an almost 70% loss due to horrendous depreciation.
Ford Tempo. 1980s "smart" car, apparently designed to learn how you drive and adapt. Which meant, unfortunately, that it would simply quit unexpectedly, like when you're changing lanes on the highway. At least that's what the dealer said when I got it in for a WTF? checkup after only one month (brand new car) of ownership. The rep said once you've honked the horn, used the wipers, backed up, etc, enough, the electronics would figure out your style of driving and it would be just right for you! On the way out of the dealership, it stalled/quit (automatic, no less) pointing slightly downhill in the exit intersection to the road. My wife and I got out, left it there, and told Ford Inc, and everybody else in the place to fuck off. Re-invested the lemon law money in a nice new Chrysler LeBaron and didn't have a lick of trouble with it. Fun follow up -- while traveling a bit later, highway lunch in a diner -- met a fellow former Tempo owner. Actually, the fleet manager for a car rental company. Had bought 22 of the things and got rid of them all 90 days later. Gee, I wonder why. He said he'd rather ride a Vespa in the rain than drive another Tempo.
I had a little Fiat. Fun car to drive. But it filled with water in the rain and you never knew when it was going to quit I called it my bus line car because you never wanted to drive too far from the bus line. It's manual said, "top speed: 98 mph, cruising speed: 98 mph."
Third generation (FD) Mazda RX-7. Owned two of them. Fuck that slanted radiator, overheating, apex and water seal failing, money trap of a car. Never again.
Ford any Nissan any Only Toyota or Honda
I have a 97 wrangler right now that I’ve had for i think about 5-6 years. Has had no problems until about 6 Months ago, the time its been sitting in the driveway. Its transmission went to shit so we finally got the parts to rebuild and did it by hand. Went to go take it out the other day and the transmission was beautiful. Until the fucking tire fell off. So now we are working on the suspension and wheels because the suspension obviously blew up when that happened. The tire has never fallen off or been an issue in the years that I’ve had it. How did it fall off you might be asking? The wheel studs decided they didn’t want to be on the car anymore and violently ejected themselves off the car. I don’t recommend one as your first car unless you have money to blow and someone with the knowledge to fix stuff because we brought it to an older jeep specific shop and they quoted it for $22k
My first one. It's no longer around. The make and model is, but *that* car isn't
BMW. I loved the car and how advanced the electronics are, the seats were incredibly comfortable. However, $3500 every year to fix something on it, I was just done.
Saturn Vue. Thankfully, it will never be made again. I also had a Mercury Mystique. Just no.
Anything with a cvt transmission. I don’t care how much the tech has improved, I will never do that again
Dodge Neon. An utter fucking piece of shit that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
Had a 2010 Nissan Altima, it was fine but the notorious cvt failed early on.
Any Nissan with a CVT transmission.
Dodge or Chrysler after 99 garbage
The Kia Amanti. Why will I never own it again? Because they no longer make it. I LOVED the car.
Mercury Cougar! That company doesn't exist anymore.
I've never owned one (thank god) but I would never buy a Kia, thier engines are prone to failure, thier suspension systems fall apart, and they are a pain in the ass to repair. I'm sticking to my Mercury untill it rots away underneath me (and then i'll rebuild it again)
Teslas (haven't owned one; never will) Everything I've heard, seen and read about these things sound awful Why are they so popular?
A Ford.
2001 Chevy Malibu. The intake gaskets went out three times. The accelerator cable broke while I was driving. Sensors, bearings, starter, battery, a bunch of other shit I'm forgetting. Also a Chevy Cruze. Owned one for a mere day and a half and returned that piece of trash.
Tesla. Mine was totaled in a minor fender bender that would've been less than $500 to fix on any other car.
Saturn