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06-29-2019, 05:31 AM | #19 |
Hatchbacks for the win
Drives: Hatchbacks Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Hawaii
Posts: 189
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My first car was a 1987 Ford Thunderbird (which of course I had painted sparkly blue). That thing left me stranded all over northern CA. We eventually found out it was a "control module." It also had a bad catalytic converter and my dad had to drive down the interstate 80 miles to come pick me up at some small town rando gas station and drive the thing home terrible exhaust fumes.
But the worst experience was a 2015 Kia Optima SX-L (the top trim) that my parents bought brand new. Around the two year mark, the thing would not start at random. People on the forums complained of the same experience but the dealership would not fix the issue since it never broke during their quick test drive. And then the e-brake would engage randomly as well, further stranding us. Even worse, the years immediately before 2015 had to be recalled due to having stray metal bits in the engine causing catastrophic engine failure (which Kia denied for many years). Ended up trading it in for a Honda CR-V. |
07-19-2019, 07:29 PM | #20 |
Yoda
Drives: 2015 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: SW Florida
Posts: 7
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2004 5 speed Honda Civic. I wanted to love it, but it had a fugly interior and needed suspension mods badly. It was the equivalent of having a good looking boyfriend with no brains. I did not like the gearbox shifting experience. AND it had the beginnings of the infamous input shaft bearing noise. Got rid of it within a year.
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07-20-2019, 07:46 AM | #21 |
Drives: 08 Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Toronto
Posts: 301
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2002 Honda Accord V6 ..... Had the "will fail" automatic transmission due to clutch pack material blocking all internal filters... went through three transmissions under extended warranty, and the last one was it... traded it in for my 2008 Yaris(new) , and the Yaris still running like a champ and looking like new with 220,000km
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07-20-2019, 02:24 PM | #22 |
Drives: 2016 SE Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Silicon Valley
Posts: 1,156
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08-08-2019, 04:46 PM | #23 |
147K-Blue / 24K-Yellow
Drives: 2010 Ylw 3dr. AT(Blue-Wife's) Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: North Branch, MN
Posts: 77
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Probably the WORST vehicle I have ever owned as far as reliability...1983 AMC Concord Wagon...It had ICE COLD A/C though...but the car that is a death trap in the winter even with Altimax Arctic Snow Tires... 2002 Ford Focus Wagon...40mph and a dusting of snow, and the car's rearend is swaying back and forth like a tail on a goldfish! Either one of my Yari, same tires, 55mph like "What Snow?" Everyone I talk to had same issue with those Foci.
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All Weather Package, Power Package, Cruise, WeatherTech Floor Mats. Altimax Arctic Winter Tires. Repair List: 1 new blower motor, making funny noise. @ 91K (Water pump @ 120K) Mod List: 1. Black tape on most of the annoying blue high beam light behind the lens. (thank you CTScott) |
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