A differant direction to Glens thread,what was the worst car you owned?
Well I don't really want to pick on minis but this one I bought off a good friend was nothing but trouble the whole time I owned it.
A complete brake rebuild 5 days after buying it
everything is/was such a pita when trying to work on them
Train lines were a constant problem when driving around as the sucker would bottom out on the slightest pebble on the road .
In fact a train line broke one of the mounting flanges of the exhaust manifold and it was impossible to get at without burning hands .
A cop pulled me over while it was broken and refused to give me a few days to repair it , I had to present it to him the next day fixed or he'd defect it. I put a big spring on it and switched the car off as I rolled to
the police station hoping the spring would hang on long enough for him to look at it , it did ,just, the spring fell off 5 feet down the road as I was driving away.
And there was the sometimes plain refusal to start , I'm not sure what went on this day as I was a fair way down the road there and would of normally had it going , I think possibly it didn't end up starting and I walked back up the street.
The car did a head gasket eventually and i sold it to some other
sucke..r , er I mean enthusiest .
Its worth noting the friend ,who has actually worked with minis his whole working life dosn't drive one as his everday car
(gateway bridge in brisbane getting built in the background)