What's the most embarassing car you (or the missus) has ever owned?
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Unfortunately I don't have any pictures but I think I can win this one.
My father was a car dealer and often bought odd ball cars. He came across a car called a Trabant. It was snot green, had a two stroke engine and 3 speed column gear change. He thought it would be an ideal car for me to learn to drive in which as you can imagine, I was thrilled about.
It looked exactly like this except mine was a little more......Used..
My father was a car dealer and often bought odd ball cars. He came across a car called a Trabant. It was snot green, had a two stroke engine and 3 speed column gear change. He thought it would be an ideal car for me to learn to drive in which as you can imagine, I was thrilled about.
It looked exactly like this except mine was a little more......Used..
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Hard one to answer...I had a Skoda Estelle 105...from my grandad, when he gave up driving,... speedo that swung +/ 20mph, everything rattled, wing mirrors fell off if adjusted, ...the distributor points had to be adjusted, re-screwed every 50 miles, no creature comforts, ....had to give it a mile run up to overtake anything, but it was built like a tank. my next car,.. a mondeo was worse, ..it put you to sleep,.. it was "lifeless".... had no soul...made you feel 65+, ..and need a coffee...to stay awake..it was so boring.
I once spent £40 on a Seat Ibiza 1.4 as a stop gap, while I had an engine rebuild. Lasted me for 6 months before it finally died. 
Horrible green colour with a dent in every panel.
Horrible green colour with a dent in every panel.
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This. As much as the thing makes me laugh/smile there's still the odd moment where you tell someone what you drive and there's the pause followed by the "oh" 
. Previous to that I've had a couple of Corsas and an Astra VXR, none of which managed the same reaction.
. Previous to that I've had a couple of Corsas and an Astra VXR, none of which managed the same reaction.
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I'm 21 atm so my car owning history is not that big. Maybe it isn't fare, but the 2 cars on the picture are my first 2 cars I've owned.
Because life it to short to drive boring cars I always say
Because life it to short to drive boring cars I always say
I started out in a red 1991 Nova 1.2 which wasn't to bad at all, in fact I still quite like them! After that I got a metallic blue 1989 GTE and then a red 1991 GSi. GTE was quicker 
A few various diesel Vectras came along once the Novas were away and the last one I owned before getting a company car was a 1998 Vectra GSi. Loved that car. Two years ago, the classic Impreza was bought.
A few various diesel Vectras came along once the Novas were away and the last one I owned before getting a company car was a 1998 Vectra GSi. Loved that car. Two years ago, the classic Impreza was bought.
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Hell 16v was a big thing back then
I left the Bug's bonnet at the bodyshop for a respray then drove the car 10 miles back home, bonnetless. That was an embarrassing journey, illegal too according to the bodyshop guys. Then I went back a week later and was embarrassed again