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Originally posted by SVT25:
I hate to say it but my worst rental car was a red Ford Contour 4 door. I rented one for a day in florida to get from the airport to the cruise line port. Pretty sure it was a 4 banger. God i hope it was a 4 banger, if not then its really sad. That thing had no nuts and on the highway i thought it was gonna blow up when i hit 65mph. It was about 5 years ago, and i told my fiance that i would never,, ever buy a ford contour. Well, i know own a T-red svt 
funny thing i lerned how to drive in a merc mistake it was so slow i swore id never drive any thing close the funny thing is that the car i have now the zetec atx is faster than the mistake i think it was a 4 banger
any way yall would/should kick my ass or my ex gf's ass at the time
well my truck was is the shop hadda get the trans mission fised and they gave me a choice between a 99 ford lightning or an f-150 extended cab of corse i wanted the lightning but my gf pulled me out side "i know the way you drive do not get the lightning" so i got the f-150 i was happy but i missed the chance to drive a lightning
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johnwilliams..  for shame for shame. i have not had anything wierd but recently for a month after i wrecked my last tour i borrowed a chevy astro van.  scary part was i acually got used to the way it handled which was crap.
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I was given a 88 Dodge Aries once while getting my windshield replaced. Had over 180K miles on it and smoked like a rodent bomb
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late 70's full size buick wagon. It was HUGE. I think it had a two speed auto. The gas gauge didn't work so I just kept putting a couple dollars in just in case. Suspension hadnt been fixed up since the car was built.
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suzuki areo...PEICE OF ....!!!!!!!! Every driveway i backed out of, the bumper scraped and scraped the crap out of it. Them i drove it on the high way and there was a peice of rubber in the road i could not avoid and it ripped a peice of the bumper off. And on the way to one of my apointments i had a window in the front seat and someone in front of me turned with out a signal slamming on their brakes  Well the window slammed on the dash,hitting the mirror shattering it and left a hole int he hood liner and leaving a dent in the dash. Alright i need to take a breath...whooo...ok and then i had the car out in front of my friends house and someone key'd the same rental car. I was scared to bring it back. What the funny part is that i told the lady when i got the rental car is that i won't need the $300 insurance because i am a good driver. "Invisable" yeah right...all i can do is laugh...I bought a new mirror and bumper and had to make a claim on the scratch $500. The rental car was $30 a day unlimited milage. I had it for a about 46 days. I got rid of that curse and bought me a second car. I will tell you cars are money pits. I should have manufactuers pay me to drive their cars to see how they hold up to the aggressive daily driver.
PLEASE HELP ME GET MY CAR TOGETHER! ITS IN DAYTON OHIO! I need the motor together and in the car so i can DRIVE it! Pleeeeeese!
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Ford Aspire!!  This was a few years back when me and my bro were in elementary school, but this damn thing was so [censored] small, it was rediculous. There was BARLEY enough room for me, my mom, and my bro, PLUS 2 backpacks....Thats not cool. 
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When my dad's new Tauros(edited: haha yes i realized i spelled Taurus wrong lol) was in the shop while they were fudging with some setting(beeping freakin seat belt I think), the gave him a 96 Neon... Of all the biggest piece of $h1t! You think our headlights cloud over from sun! I think you could have hit those puppies with 80 grit and seen better. Probably the same for the rest of the car. Did someone say wax? or could you have just eaten it. I really wish I took a picture. My dad took it back the next day and stood at the desk till either they gave him a different rental or finished up. Needless to say they finished up in about 2 hours. Oh and you can't shut up the beeping seat belt noise on a 03 Taurus, if you do it shuts off the air bags as well
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This is one that is hard to top... I used to have a 1970 Porsche 914, that while probably the most fun car I've ever driven (And I've driven A LOT), it was in the shop at least once a month. Anyway, I used to take it to this specialty Porsche mechanic who usually had a VW Bug lying around for a loaner. Well, when the loaner Bug was taken, what was left was a 1968 VW squareback. Not only was it an old, crappy squareback, but it would devour about a quart of oil every 50 miles. It had to be kept above the half-way mark on the gas gauge because it didn't work. It had a top speed of around 60mph and shook like you wouldn't believe at that speed. Also, when you tried to shift, you had to just move the shifter in clockwise circles until you felt it catch a gear... Now the best part... It was big bird yellow... mostly... The rest was rust. On both doors was a white RIVITED ON sign advertising the mechanics shop. And to top it off was a bumper sticker that was anti-semetic, which my Jewish parents just loved...
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got a saturn station wagon as a loaner about a year ago when my old benz was in the shop. It was a really lame , slow car but it was perfect for showing my girlfriend how to drive stick I have to give respect to saturn though, that clutch took a lickin and kept on tickin'
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