Was there ever a time you regretted a vehicle purchase?
Posted by IWillAssFuckYou@reddit | askcarguys | View on Reddit | 269 comments
Posted by IWillAssFuckYou@reddit | askcarguys | View on Reddit | 269 comments
Mental-Government-40@reddit
toyota
PeachSignal@reddit
I was 17, I found a 1983 Firebird, very low miles, the interior smelled but was all there in decent shape, body had zero rust. It was $500.
The issue? Back in 2005 finding parts was different from today... I needed a distributor... For a 1983 Firebird V6. I drove as far as Columbus Ohio to a guy who had the exact part.. The issue? It was correct, just not for my car.
After trying for six months to get it running, a gentleman called me wanting the rust free doors, hood, etc. I stripped the car in a weekend, and made $1200, if I found one like it today, I'd cherish it.
supremecuisine_ca@reddit
I have one. Its an 84 but same difference. Love it. 305 with a 5 speed
PeachSignal@reddit
I had a ton, 89 V6 5 speed, 91 Trans am, 91 Formula TPI 5 speed, 87 IROC 5.7, and my old man ended up with an ‘88 IROC convertible! Love those things.
supremecuisine_ca@reddit
Ice had more iroc's than I have fingers lol. We used to pick them up cheap and go circut & ice racing with them. Man those were fun times.
Designer_Twist4699@reddit
Yeah once the Chevy caprice the Holden one, steering feel was awful. I thought it wouldn’t bother me but it did
GilpinMTBQ@reddit
Jeep Liberty I bought for $3200. It wasn't even worth that.
I would say my current Grand Cherokee was a purchase I regretted. Its got gremlins to be sure. But I bought it at the height of the pandemic for $14000 with 60k miles on it. Currently there isn't a single vehicle out there with the same features that can be had for less then $20k. And in spite of the gremlins it just trundles on through every snowstorm and gets me in and out of absolutely stupid places. I would never buy another one, but its paid off and I don't hate driving it.
Hot_Whereas7861@reddit
Bought a 2023 Tesla Model Y Performance for $85k cash in Nov 2022. Within a couple months the same car was $43k after tax incentives and price cuts.
And it’s a piece of shit car.
IWillAssFuckYou@reddit (OP)
Besides the horrible pricing, what else about the Model Y Performance did you dislike?
Hot_Whereas7861@reddit
Chews through tires (replaced 8 in the first year), various interior parts come loose/fall off (seat back blew itself up, trim pops off over bumps, seat occupancy sensors wiggle loose etc), exterior parts are assembled poorly (on my third spoiler because they’re taped on).
The windshield wiper system is plain awful. Terrible blades, auto sensing randomly activates in the dry and won’t stop, but refuses to clear the windshield during rain. Cameras are easily rendered useless by anything from rain to fog to mud to direct sunlight. The backup camera gets stutters sometimes depending on the update package.
The car was also delivered with half of the PDI clearly skipped (plastic sheeting still hanging down from the interior roof, various loose screwed and bolts, globs of grease on metal.) The service centers keep cutting more and more corners so that they can keep up with the incredible demand for fixing these shitboxes. It’s not the service center’s fault though, because corporate keeps clipping their wings more and more to prevent them from offering helpful quality of life solutions for clients (they literally geofence the service center so that advisors can’t access certain options for the customer unless the car is on the lot.) The service centers also have an incredible churn rate, so it’s impossible to develop any kind of relationship with the shop.
Back to the car itself, the ride is very harsh, the steering feel is non-existent, the turning radius is like driving a box truck, and the range is nowhere near what is stated. Trying to figure out where you are on the road when you’re driving requires some guesswork, as does the steering input.
Every OTA update seems to remove and degrade functionality. “Full Self Driving” is a bad joke and nowhere near usable in any meaningful way.
The infotainment screen is nice, and having a 240v charger at home is insanely convenient. But beyond that, this car is a piece of shit.
IWillAssFuckYou@reddit (OP)
Wow, that's really wild. I'm aware EVs chew through tires more because of their increased weight over ICE vehicles, but putting that aside I thought Teslas could be flawless vehicles besides the expensive battery replacements that may come far ahead.
motorider66@reddit
Every time I bought a Ford.
TLOtis23@reddit
The only Ford I've owned was a Mustang II with a wheezing four-bangsr that (even with a stick) could barely get out of its own way.
It didn't take very long until I sold it. I've since driven a few Fords as rentals that I liked, but I still probably wouldn't buy one.
SkaneatelesMan@reddit
I learned on my Dad's 1974 Mustang 2. It had the V6 with a manual transmission, which was the most performance you could get that year. No V8. It was a nice little car with merely adequate power, but it got close to 30 mpg, in an era with lines at most gas pumps. Dad and I had to drive cross country that year and carried two 5 gallon gas tanks in the trunk. Many states were doing odd/even gas sales. For you new kids, this meant you could only buy gas on even days of the month if your license plate ended with an even number. Those with odd plates could buy on odd days. This made long distance travel an adventure.
TLOtis23@reddit
I remember those days quite well. The whole odd even thing was such a pain in the ass. I lived in New York at the time and there were lines at all of the gas stations.
At least you were lucky enough to have the six cylinder version of that car. The one I had was truly terrible. At least I didn't have it for very long.
adjusterjack@reddit
Putting the Mustang name on that car was blasphemy.
It was nothing more than a thinly disguised Pinto.
SkaneatelesMan@reddit
No, the Mustang 2 was what the Pinto should have been. Safer, better engines, quieter interiors, sturdy frame built to protect its gas tank. Dad was a Ford guy from way back. He bought a Mercury convertible in the early 1950s, then he and Mom had a series of Fords: a 1957 T-Bird, a 1960 T-Bird, a 1965 Mercury Villager Wagon, a 1967 Mustang, a 1972 Mustang, a 1973 Capri, a 1974 Mustang 2, a 1978 Ford Fairmont, a 1988 Ford Mustang, and then an early 1990s Mercury Grand Marquis. He test drove the Pinto and hated it. He always said that the Pinto was the absolute worst car Ford ever built, and he'd driven Edsels, Pintos, Fairmonts. He declared it unfit for the road. Noisy, uncomfortable, underpowered, hard to steer. He knew Pintos were junk before they started catching fire.
TLOtis23@reddit
Lol! How true. Piece of 💩
Admiral_peck@reddit
Okay, even us Ford fanatics don't claim the mustang 2, that's like getting a jeep renegade and expecting it to rock crawl like a heavily modded wrangler
NotTurtleEnough@reddit
I bought a 2002 Explorer V6 XLT last year. It’s been just fine except for the rust I repaired under the fuel door that came back a year later.
Admiral_peck@reddit
4.0?
They're great motors until they start clattering, then a replacement is cheaper than a rebuild
NotTurtleEnough@reddit
Yeah, if I had a choice I’d have preferred the V8, but I only use it when I need to haul things out my Prius isn’t available.
Admiral_peck@reddit
Hard to find a v8 explorer from those years, mustang guys like to steal those motors cause they're the same as a GT motor except the block is aluminum instead of iron so it's 75-100lbs lighter
Admiral_peck@reddit
What ford's did you buy?
Just curious I've only had one really bad experience with a ford.
motorider66@reddit
Had an '86 Thunderbird (transmission), '11 & '13 F150, '17 Edge Sport. No real issues with the F150s but didn't keep them too long. Broke the fuel door on the '11. Had some issues with the AWD Edge, like bearings and axl sleeve within 36k miles, and understood it be a transmission timebomb but it was a fun car. Most of the problem was visiting the local dealership for service/repair.
Admiral_peck@reddit
The thunderbird was just because it was an American car from the 80's, none of them were particularly reliable with those early EFI systems and electronic automatics
The f150s would've likely been golden, those are one of the better generations
There's a reason ford ceased production of almost all their fwd cars in the states in 2019, they can't make a good front wheel drive transmission to save their life, even their focus manuals aren't great.
IWillAssFuckYou@reddit (OP)
Seems like many say this. I'm hearing people are having a bad time with their transmissions.
cashinyourface@reddit
You gotta perform maintenance on ford transmissions regularly. Especially with their new 10 speeds, expect to change the transmission fluid every 30-35 thousand miles.
BulkyPass4015@reddit
My 2019 F150 ecoboost has 147k on it and I've changed the tranny fluid every 50k. Zero issues.
Admiral_peck@reddit
60k miles is the light duty change interval in most markets, 30k is the severe interval. If you're towing more than 30% of the time or in a climate that exceeds 95 degrees Fahrenheit (for the high) or goes below 0 degrees Fahrenheit (for the high) for more than 10 days a year on average, you should use the severe interval. This goes for almost every ford automatic.
RockSteady65@reddit
No such thing as too much maintenance on a daily driver
Admiral_peck@reddit
Exactly
cashinyourface@reddit
Is it the 6 or 10 speed?
BulkyPass4015@reddit
10
Greenhairedone@reddit
I’m driving a ford with 167k miles on it right now. Just had to replace the cat converter which is a bummer but otherwise it’s still fighting. Ford makes vehicles as reliably as anyone else, we only hear the frustrated people when we read about companies.
TunakTun633@reddit
It's not that simple either.
Ford makes lots of cars; most carmakers do. Some of them are unreliable! And honestly, Ford corporate doesn't do an excellent job of taking care of those customers.
I don't expect anyone who's dealt with a Powershift transmission to feel good or neutral about the company. Ford took the transmission cooling out for North America, and built them without major mechanical revision for 8 years without fixing the design.
Carvanasux@reddit
Good people tried to make it work. But you can’t violate the laws of physics," engineer says of defective transmission.
This is a quote from one of the many articles on this terrible transmission. Ford knew it was junk and said fuck it, we'll figure it out later. I do warranty inspections for several aftermarket companies, and still see quite a few of these. Just a terrible idea
Guy_Incognito1970@reddit
Chevy guys think fords sux. Ford guy’s KNOW that fords sux.
RockSteady65@reddit
Chevy didn’t build the Crown Victoria, the most reliable car ever made. Hands down
Admiral_peck@reddit
Except the 4.6 2v and the 300 i6, they're slow but you can't fuckin kill em
Catkillledthecurious@reddit
And everyone knows dodge sucks.
Guy_Incognito1970@reddit
The/yourjokebutworse
Catkillledthecurious@reddit
Actually, I done messed up. I should have read the second part with the Ford part, more thoroughly. Lol I read the first part and figured the second part was Chevy guys think ford sucks. Foiled by my own idiocy. Lol dang
Guy_Incognito1970@reddit
r/whoosh
62Bravo1993@reddit
Lol. Same. I had a few before I swore off the blue oval.
DaBIGmeow888@reddit
Same, we owned a Ford Windstar and Ford Tempo. Those are junk.
Admiral_peck@reddit
Ford v6's made before about 2010 are straight junk with few redeeming qualities.
The 3.5/3.7 series engines are kinda mid in most applications,
The small form 2.7, 3.0, and 3.3 liter engines are pretty damn reliable if you actually change the oil on time.
Ford straight 6's are dead reliable (as straight 6's in general tend to be)
Ford v8's that aren't the gen3+ coyote or the 3v mod motors are pretty reliable, too, though you gotta be real careful on the earlier pre-2004 mod motors when you change the plugs unless they've got updated heads installed.
adjusterjack@reddit
Mopar slant 6 in my 67 Plymouth long ago, took me cross country without a whimper.
Admiral_peck@reddit
Gotta love a good leaning tower of power!
IndependenceMean8774@reddit
Fix Or Repair Daily.
adjusterjack@reddit
Friends don't let friends buy Chevys.
adjusterjack@reddit
Every time I bought a Chevy. LOL.
(You had to know that was coming.)
Infamous-Poem-4980@reddit
I've had a focus, a mustang and an escort. All lasted for more than 150k miles and I had hardly any problems with them. You can buy a lemon from every car maker....
BC_Samsquanch@reddit
That’s the truth. Worst I’ve owned was a Toyota Tacoma. Everybody swears by them around here to the point of being a Tacoma cult but I got a lemon. Ended up spending more on repairs than I paid for it after two years. I’ll never buy a Tacoma ever again. Silverado for life now.
Infamous-Poem-4980@reddit
Just as likely, you could buy another Tacoma and have no problems with it. I had a 2005 Silverado which i was very happy with. Sadly, its luck of the draw. I currently drive a 2021 Highlander which, so far, is very good. I am a Toyota fan but admit they make occasional lemons too.
Pleasant_Studio9690@reddit
My ’08 Scion, my first Toyota product, has the Camry engine that burns oil. And it does burn a lot of oil - over a quart every 1k. Might figure I’d buy the lemon Toyota engine... that’s now rockin’ over 200K with no more engine repair work than a new valve cover gasket. Feeling pretty good about my “bad” luck.
skyecolin22@reddit
I'm driving a 2011 Prius with a manual that says "oil burn above 1 quart per 600 miles is abnormal" with a 3.8 quart capacity...I can't imagine putting 12 quarts in between each 7500 mile change and considering that "normal"
Admiral_peck@reddit
You gotta remember, a prius doesn't run the engine 24/7. A quart per 600 miles in a prius is more like a quart a day for a non-hybrid.
cthulthure@reddit
When you burn that much oil, you don't change the oil..
Admiral_peck@reddit
You know there was a recall about that engine right?
I think it's done now but it might be worth taking in.
BC_Samsquanch@reddit
That truck was such a headache I said never again.
Infamous-Poem-4980@reddit
Understandable. I feel the same way about Volkswagen.
Additional_Search193@reddit
3rd Gen Tacomas are shown to be unreliable by most actual statistical analyses but reputations don't always follow the facts.
iwantthisnowdammit@reddit
Why are you only getting 150k out of them?
Infamous-Poem-4980@reddit
They either got wrecked or I sold them.
accrualmaster@reddit
Or they go 80k miles without changing the oil then the car breaks down. Then they say it's a pos and unreliable 🤡🤡🤡
Infamous-Poem-4980@reddit
You cant fix stupid....
Able_Software6066@reddit
The only Ford purchase I've regretted was the 2012 Focus. I had it only for three months before the TCM died and then it sat for four months while I waited for a replacement TCM. It's been good the last year so I'm no longer tempted to roll it into the ditch for the insurance money.
Greddituser@reddit
My 2004 F150 still going strong with 170k, probably been the most reliable vehicle I've ever owned.
hobosam21-B@reddit
Shoot I'm at 340,000 miles with my F350 and no break downs
Greddituser@reddit
Yeah I had a short commute to work and now I'm retired. Long distance trips were mostly hauling motorcycles to the track or going hunting. They will last a long time if you take care of them.
Hope your old faithful takes care of you for many more miles.
hobosam21-B@reddit
Mine was a contractors pickup for awhile and now it's mostly reserved for farm work. It's not pretty any more but it always starts.
32carsandcounting@reddit
Loved my LTD… but after my 5 F150s, and 3 Mustangs I agree 😂
KraZe_2012@reddit
So you did it more than once? I love my Fiesta ST its hard to let it go but I know I ain't buying another Ford to replace it.
SkaneatelesMan@reddit
2nd worst car I ever owned: 1978 Ford Fairmont. Cheap. Underpowered. Boring with its 2.3 liter carb and 3 speed automatic transmission. It was a gift from my Dad when I got my license at 17. It sucked, but it was free. The engine started leaking oil at the head gasket at 20,000 miles, imploded at about 50,000 and then again at 135,000 miles. But rebuilding the engine was cheap and I drove it for 10 years.
Worst car I ever owned: 2003 Toyota 4Runner equipped with first year fuel injected 4.7 liter and electronically controlled 5 speed automatic transmission and all/four wheel drive. It was the first year of a complete model redesign. The first transmission failed at about 20,000 miles, the second at about 30,000 miles, then the catalytic converter died at 31,000 miles. It wasn't until the second cat failed again at 31,500 miles that the Toyota geniuses figured that the cause of the problems was the engine computer. After replacing that at 40,000 miles the transmission started vibrating. Toyota installed yet another and I traded it in for a 2005 Dodge Durango (bigger car, bigger engine, higher tow ratings and an all around much better vehicle).
u-give-luv-badname@reddit
1997ish Chrysler Town & Country.
Transmission problems that no mechanic was successful fixing. It was my last Chrysler product.
bastion-of-bullshit@reddit
I worked in a transmission shop from about 1995-2004. Those caravans kept us in business. I got so good at them, I could have one out and on the bench in 45min to an hour. Fortunately they were relatively cheap to work on or a lot more of them would have been crushed a lot sooner.
We wouldn't work on the Ram transmissions of that vintage because we could do everything right and still have them fail under warranty. The boss decided it was bad for business even if we charged extra to cover the failures.
WideOpenEmpty@reddit
Oof. I have a 2006 Caravan and the transmission has never been serviced.
bastion-of-bullshit@reddit
I had an 06 T&C that had 390k on the original transmission. I think they had it figured out by then.
WideOpenEmpty@reddit
Should I get it serviced? Lol I think I heard years ago that they can run worse after servicing.
Admiral_peck@reddit
After you double the interval the worry is that fresh fluid will clean out the gunk that's keeping things sealed.
WideOpenEmpty@reddit
So I was not being irrational lol. I knew I heard it somewhere.
Admiral_peck@reddit
My rule of thumb is if it's unopened past 100k I leave it alone, if I don't know but it smells/looks halfway decent I might do a pan service
bastion-of-bullshit@reddit
There's two schools of thought. First, nobody does anything with a transmission until it's too late. The flush didn't kill it, it was dead man walking when they pulled it in the shop. It was already acting funny, that's why they had it flushed. The other side of the coin is shops that don't pay attention to the fluid they use as well as they should. If you put multi purpose transmission fluid in a Toyota or Honda, it's not going to work lol.
Two, you flush out all the friction material and cause the transmission to slip. If an old transmission ain't broke, don't mess with it.
I think there's truth to both.
I prefer to buy things before the transmission is shot and service it regularly to extend it's life. If it isn't burnt black and full of crud, there's no reason to do a flush. Drain and fill is fine. That's all I do.
WideOpenEmpty@reddit
Well it always did slam if I tried to accelerate too soon. Wakes you up!
Do you think I should take it to the dealership for genuine Dodge fluid? That's where I get hung up...I expect a list of recommended maintenance of course.
bastion-of-bullshit@reddit
Atf+4 isn't that expensive. You could just buy it and ask an independent shop to change it. It's like $40 per gallon on Amazon. That transmission isn't as picky as the imports though. I wouldn't be afraid of using off brand atf+4 if the shop has it. Just not that universal fluid. "Works in 93% of transmissions" like calling a pair of 5x sweatpants one size fits all
WideOpenEmpty@reddit
Dodge makes such a bfd about THEIR fluid.
ExampleClean8191@reddit
That's interesting because I heard that the RAM transmission issues eventually got resolved and that once rebuilt they were SOLID. I've also heard that the rebuilds are generally cheaper because all shops are familiar with them.
bastion-of-bullshit@reddit
This would have been mid 90s trucks, the second gen rams. I didn't rebuild them, I did the r&r work. I don't have in depth knowledge of how they worked, but from what the builders told me, the earlier models couldn't keep the overdrive cool. It wasn't a matter of cooling capacity, it was a matter of cooling flow. If you didn't use overdrive if it was hot, cold, or towing, they would be fine. Why cold? The fluid was thicker and moved even slower. The solution in the later models was to lock overdrive out if the air temp was too hot, too cold, or if trans temp got too high. They really weren't great transmissions and I wouldn't use the word solid to describe them. They were mostly serviceable by the end of the run though
ExampleClean8191@reddit
Was it a used vehicle or new? They need religious fluid and filter changes - something nobody did. Supposedly Chrysler also accidentally put the wrong transmission fluid type on the dipstick of some of their vehicles -_-. ATF+4 didnt exist until 2005, but is also one of the things that helps keep them alive.
The A604 could be a finicky beast and known for being a timebomb, but there are and were TONS of them running around with 200-250k miles . . .and they're still used to this day in modern van to my knowledge.
Apparently most, if not all, of the major issues were ironed out by 96, so its interesting that you had issue with a 97.
TapeDaddy@reddit
Transmission issues, electrical gremlins, they were pretty ass.
The generation right after these ended up being one of the best vans of all time. Rust has taken many of them here, but they’re still around.
eugew23@reddit
Lmao my parents had a '00 Town & Country that had trans issues to no end.
u-give-luv-badname@reddit
Otherwise, it was a great car. It rode like a Land Yacht, had a great interior, and looked sharp.
fullgizzard@reddit
I bought a mid 2000s 1/4 ton Chevy. Long bed single cab work truck 3.5 v6….brand new. Heading home I reached for the cruise control only to feel nothing. Hahaha what an idiot I was. It was a great truck under $20k new. Almost made it 300k miles.
HonestAssh0le@reddit
Yup, that one BMW time.
nitromen23@reddit
Bought a dump truck with snow plow and salt spreader with low mileage at auction, big mistake it’s way to rusty to use and I almost died getting it back
AThrowawayProbrably@reddit
Financed a 12 year old BMW with 130k miles for $10k @ 23% interest. It was my 25th birthday, I had a terrible year and I was too stubborn to listen to my parents who warned me not to buy it.
It went as you expected. Take a couple guesses, and they’re probably ALL correct. Absolutely the most stupid thing Ive ever done. And it took me a few years to stop paying the price.
IndependenceMean8774@reddit
Don't beat yourself up. We all make mistakes.
DirtSubstantial5655@reddit
Nah. 25 year old me wasn’t that stupid.
texas1982@reddit
That's a dealership that isn't making money on cars. They're a bank.
TheFearofGodandAnime@reddit
E9x 335i because you could make 500 hp for “cheap” and realized the previous owner beat the shit out of it and it needed $7000 in maintenance before even considering doing upgrades?
Total-Phone-8721@reddit
This
Korzag@reddit
Yikes. That's a boot's interest rate if I ever saw one.
saltyapplejack@reddit
Okay dealership, calm down. That username is a dead giveaway.
IWillAssFuckYou@reddit (OP)
Ok fine. Did you want to do a trade in instead?
1995droptopz@reddit
Throw in the TruCoat
saltyapplejack@reddit
What can I get for tree fity?
IWillAssFuckYou@reddit (OP)
These nuts
Scr073@reddit
Boffa?
Henmi_Kiyomitsu@reddit
They're a dealership, if you want boffa they're gonna charge you double without $15000 down and good credit.
RoomyCard44321@reddit
In Room Forty?
microwaverams@reddit
Yeah. I bought an e46. End of story
LivingGhost371@reddit
When my Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7 needed the engine rebuilt at only 140,000 miles.
ExactArea8029@reddit
10th gen F150, 1500$ needs an ECM. I hate this truck and the local scrapyard said they don't even want it they're that shit.
Time to pull a ECM from a free parts truck and sell it for like 2500$ probably.
Admiral_peck@reddit
If it has a v8 and isn't rusted out I'd take it down here in Texas.
What year is it exactly?
ExactArea8029@reddit
2004 and has a box I could probably remove by tripping over a garden hose and falling into it
Admiral_peck@reddit
That's why the scrap yard doesn't want it! There's not enough metal left to make a profit selling serviceable parts
ExactArea8029@reddit
The scrap yard is also owned by my stepdads uncle and he already has like 30 of these trucks and they're absolutely junk. I wouldn't want if either if I was him
Admiral_peck@reddit
Likely because they're rusted out.
In low rust areas like west Texas they're dead reliable if a little underpowered.
ExactArea8029@reddit
Just further fuels my belief that America is absolutely wack, 10th gens where junk when the 8th gens came out...
Admiral_peck@reddit
Most cars are junk before they come out, considering that most modern American cars are at least partially made with recycled steel
Oldjamesdean@reddit
I had a 2000 F150. Bought it new, and it was one of the most reliable vehicles I've ever owned. Had it for 18 years and 285k.
ExactArea8029@reddit
The 2v 5.4s are decent if you take car of them. 05+ they went to the 3v engines that are absolutely garbage. Doesn't help that the rest of the trucks where built outta shit from day 1
NotTheStateB@reddit
Why wouldn't they want it for scrap metal at least lol?
ExactArea8029@reddit
Because 10th gen F150s are cursed and I'm pretty sure he might have slight legit PTSD from the one he had when they came out
shastadakota@reddit
1984 Renault Alliance. Was good for about three months, then constantly getting towed into the dealership. Was sweating it out hoping it would last until the end of the 36 month loan.
PlaidBastard@reddit
2004 Impreza. Wanted a new enough car for power windows and an OBDII port, AWD, and a manual.
I thought all the potential red flags were dealt with -- it was the 2.5, but they had a professional head gasket/timing/etc job with all the receipts. It shifted a little funny, but it had a shift kit installed by a teenager. It made some funny noises turning in parking lots, but it had cheap aftermarket suspension I wanted to throw away and replace with taller Outback/Forester struts and do a little space egg battlewagon type build.
The engine did weird things with oil. The center diff finished frying itself almost first thing after a couple responsible farm road drives. The clutch was virtually used up (but only felt like it after a month of grown-adult usage, no stupid stuff that should have killed it).
I spent way too much money paying a shop to replace the clutch and center diff. Then I realized this was all incredibly stupid on my budget when I was trying to have a 'regular car' to get parts while I had by stupid FJ60 taken apart to do its clutch and Birfields.
Sold the little pile of wasted potential and got a $700 '87 GL/ wagon which was basically the Impreza's crusty idiot uncle, and that car I miss with every fiber of my soul as somebody who's been training for the Gambler 500 without knowing it since I lost a muffler going too fast through the giant potholes on, true story, 'Old Mill Road' by my folks' house.
The FJ60 is still rotting and taunting me with all the expensive parts I haven't gotten around to putting in it. I definitely regret it sometimes, but it's been a good albatross overall. Maybe this is the year it moves on to a more loving home, maybe I keep it forever once I've got all the fancy new parts on it. I'd love to go back to Moab at least once without all the shit that made my one other visit harrowing (but still, no breakdowns in 1800 miles massively overloaded with passengers and gear).
Time will tell on that one, but I really wish I hadn't thrown worse money after bad on the Impreza.
Eastern_Knowledge822@reddit
Probably just my fault but my 2019 Toyota Camry developed some really bad interior rattles within a year. I think it’s because I drove on really bad roads while doing Uber/Lyft one time but The door panel clips came loose and started rattling once temperatures warmed up.
It drove me insane until I started taking the door panels and b-pillar covers apart and realized that the panel clips were just loose. I used 3M-windoweld as a putty and secured everything. That fixed like 99% of the rattles. I also pulled out the radio and adjusted the torque on the bolts to stop the squeaking sound from the plastic pieces. Same with the upper instrument cluster.
I did consider trading the car in for an Accord since I never ran into interior rattles that were that bad on any of our Accords. It was just bewildering.
Besides that my Camry has been one of the most reliable and best riding cars I’ve ever had. I just wish the build quality was better.
wjescott@reddit
2014 Dodge Durango SXT. I got it in late '14 for nearly nothing and had to replace a vehicle that had started on fire... Rather, had been lit on fire by the car burning next to it.
Underpowered, uncomfortable, terrible driving experience, drank gas like nothing you can imagine.
I always kind of liked the way it looked. Last year, my wife wanted to drive one with the hellcat engine, so we did.
Every bad memory except power, then add in that it was louder.
squawkdizzle@reddit
Bought a 2017 jeep patriot. Dumbest thing i ever did. Zero power, horrible on gas, felt like it was held together with tape and some staples. Great in the snow tho with my blizzaks on it, drove it for a winter and that was when carvana first got huge so those dummies gave me 6k more than i paid for it after owning it for about 5 months.
IWillAssFuckYou@reddit (OP)
Speaking of Carvana, absolutely wild how they paid so much for cars and now they're in trouble.
Back in 2020, I remember when my father sold my sister's 2014 Chevy Cruze LT because she moved to NYC. Carvana gave him over $12k and at the time it had 40k miles and had been in multiple front end accidents (my sister is a smart person, just not on the road lol). And that was way more than what other places were offering.
squawkdizzle@reddit
I had a friend working there at the time. And he straight up told me that, the majority of the people they send out to check the vehicle dont pay attention to, or care about anything that you lied about. I told those guys it was in mint condition. And that it was never smoked in, It was close to mint condition…. Other than the cigarette burn in the roof near the passenger window and the holes i drilled into the plastic bumper for my lightbar. Kid that got there to claim didnt give a damn at all, he sent me my money and we talked about the game “fallout” for 20 minutes lol
Tree_Weasel@reddit
2018 Hyundai Kona I’m currently driving. Vehicle has been fine but it’s too small for a family of four. Cargo space is tiny, and on trips longer than 2 hours or so it starts to feel cramped. I bought it because I needed a mother car in early 2022 and it was the best worst deal I could find. Market was insane.
I’ll probably get rid of it in the next year now that we’re in more stable car buying times. Still don’t like that car though.
West-Librarian-7504@reddit
Knew someone who had a Kona and had to quit his driving job because the key consistently stopped working once a month. Hyundai seems to have worse electronics than GM, somehow
Admiral_peck@reddit
GM recently switched electronics suppliers around 2019, and now they're getting most of their vital electronics from Denso, which Is a Japanese company partly owned by Toyota. They've also started getting most of their diesel fuel systems fron Denso around the same time after the bosch CP4 fiasco. They went from no better than a powerchoke to being as good or better than a ram cummins or the same year (this coming from a ford fan boy that hates v8 diesels because of powerstroke)
bastion-of-bullshit@reddit
I bought a brand new 1999 Dodge Dakota with a V6 and auto transmission. None of the benefits of a compact, all the disadvantages of a full size. It had no power, sucked gas, and spent most of it's time in the shop. Both the engine and the transmission were torn down and repaired once under warranty and the engine had to be fixed on my own dime. First time the engine had low oil pressure at 10k miles, second time the timing chain was bad off warranty at 40k. It ate 3 catalytic converters. $300 each. Warranty only covered the first one. It never ran right and needed to be plugged in below zero or it wouldn't start.
The cab leaked and rattled. The stereo sucked. It rode like crap. It handled like a big mushy pile of mashed potatoes. I sold it with 70k on it. It was already on its way to being rusted out.
What a total pile of garbage that thing was.
32carsandcounting@reddit
My grandfather bought a brand new ‘10ish Dakota with the 4.7 and 4x4 as his first 4x4 vehicle, he’d always had RWD even with the NJ snow, that truck got like 11 mpg on a good day, 8 mpg around town. We borrowed it for like 2 weeks and it was so tiny and uncomfortable, and almost rolled sitting still in a parking lot during a bad storm. He bought it after his Magnum R/T which was the first Mopar and one of his favorite vehicles he ever owned, went back to the old Chevys after that one 😂
bastion-of-bullshit@reddit
That 4.7 was a terrible motor.
32carsandcounting@reddit
Indeed it was. V6 power with V8 weight and gas mileage lol
Admiral_peck@reddit
I'll raise you one with the 3.7
Literally a 4.7 with 2 cylinders removed.
ChodeSandwhich@reddit
I never see dakotas on the road anymore.
bastion-of-bullshit@reddit
I'm in Minnesota. They all rusted to pieces and had to be junked. That's not counting the ones with the 4.7 V8 that had a ticking time bomb for a motor and didn't live long enough to rust out
NotTurtleEnough@reddit
I bought a 2006 Dakota with 67k on the odometer from a work friend in 2017. Everything you wrote is true. The only saving grace was she sold it to me for $3,000.
no_user_selected@reddit
I bought a "rocky ridge" modified camaro new from a dealership and traded in my supercharged mustang. It was an absolute piece of garbage. The tires rubbed from being lowered, the speedo was off, it kept throwing check engine lights, the "real" carbon fiber parts ended up just being stickers that peeled off. I ended up losing about 10k on that car because I traded it in to get rid of it (on a ram that had 10k in rebates, so ended up paying msrp).
The dealership and rocky ridge were both garbage to deal with. I bought a $50k new car that wouldn't pass emissions and was slower than stock. I took it to the drag strip and I got crushed by a bone stock ss. I'm never going to buy a dealer modified car again. I eventually had to get a real tuner to tune it and replace the intake that rocky ridge used to get it to pass emissions.
It did look nice, but was a disaster.
Admiral_peck@reddit
Probably why I've never heard of rocky ridge. I wouldn't trust most of th dealer techs I've met to mod a car in any way. Flag rate and custom work go together like gasoline and French toast
Effroy@reddit
All of them
Melodic-Promotion-71@reddit
1990 Chev Lumina. I was young, newly married, not making much money. That filthy curse nearly ruined me.
jmaninc@reddit
2021 Kia Sorento. I hated that vehicle.
MeepleMerson@reddit
I had two dud cars in my youth: a Renault Alliance, and a Ford Ranger. The former just drove terrible, and the latter was never reliable.
jazzofusion@reddit
Opel Cadet. The 2 bbl carburetor on the 4 cylinder engine had lots of spunk but it leaked oil from everywhere underneath. It was only a couple years old and <20k mileage.
Key-Mountain-9473@reddit
2008 n54 335i BMW. I have ptsd
Glad-Basil3391@reddit
Jeep. And dodge. Never again.
crappysuggestions99@reddit
2022 Silverado
all sorts of software problems - they bricked my truck with a sw upgrade while I was doing 60mph on the highway
PresentationFull2965@reddit
I find it hard to believe that there would be a software update that turns off critical systems without a key cycle.
crappysuggestions99@reddit
you don't have to believe me, wander over to the Silverado sub and you can read about other people's issues with software
DatDominican@reddit
Did they ever attempt tor resolve /compensate you for that ?
crappysuggestions99@reddit
no, they just didn't charge me for the repair. I'll come back for one in a few years when they iron out their software issue or I'll just try to find a low mileage one of the last gen.
32carsandcounting@reddit
Find a GMT800, it’ll outlast any of the newer ones as long as you take care of it and keep it undercoated if you live up north with the snow and salt
crappysuggestions99@reddit
I'm in Texas so there's good truck selection here on the used side
s1lv_aCe@reddit
Why would you buy anything else from a company that damn near killed you…
crappysuggestions99@reddit
I like trucks
Allteaforme@reddit
You're making some really crappy suggestions in this thread bro
Fir3wall88@reddit
I regret buying and driving used Hondas into the ground to 250k miles plus. I was a Honda and Toyota guy until I was 32 years old. I bought a convertible bmw 3 series 328i and a 335xi that I made a bunch of modifications to, and it’s been a completely different driving experience. I don’t look at driving to and from work as a hassle, or dislike driving long distances now. Driving is actually fun, and even late at night I take the 335xi out to have some fun even with nowhere to go. All the time I wasted just transporting myself, instead of enjoying the experience of driving. To anyone out there who can afford it, buy yourself at least one car that’s fun to drive.
Repulsive-Way272@reddit
A friend had a 335xi and I was so jealous. Helped him work on it a bunch and he got it to like 700 hp.
I would have taken it stock, though. I just never had any money to spend on a fun car. And when I did it anyway it destroyed me.
Fir3wall88@reddit
I feel you on that. I bought a low mileage one with blown turbos for 5k, and put about 10k in pure turbos, bolt ons, tires/wheels and a tune into it and it sits at 500 hp. I don’t want to run port injection and have all the problems associated with fueling changes, but 500 isn’t bad for direct injection. Love catching all the Camaro and Mustang boys sleeping.
Repulsive-Way272@reddit
Transmission blowing up is what hurt him and caused him to ditch it. Nothing was going to hold up that wasn't more than he had in the whole project. I think he was planning an LS swap before he sold the shell. I think that sounds like a great build you've done myself. Hard to get that power that cheap even out of an LS platform vehicle.
ServiceServices@reddit
Depends on what kind of Honda/Toyota. I've had a blast driving old shitbox Honda Civics, and my buddies 2017 Accord v6 6MT is a great commutator.
Cheap and easy to fix these cars. In the world of Civics, you just keep driving it and replacing parts forever. Swapping the engine doesn't usually take me and my friends more than a weekend and a few cases of beer.
Fir3wall88@reddit
No doubt. I just meant a stock Honda or Toyota sedan daily driver. I’ve lost a few races to 9 and 10 second quarter mile civics. Main point is to find something that makes your commute and driving time an experience rather than a necessary evil. We spend so much time driving that it’s worth buying something to have fun and increase your quality of life.
ServiceServices@reddit
Oh yeah, if you’re driving “mom’s style” corolla then I feel for you. Those BMWs are probably miles ahead in every department.
NotTurtleEnough@reddit
My 94 Civic 5-speed was so much fun to drive. Now I need to try a 335xi!
PassmoreR77@reddit
a mini cooper. Worst POS's ever made. Designed to fail, and they don't sell parts to repair.
Icy_Respect_9077@reddit
Yes, the CVT exploded like a broken Slinky. Replacement cost - 8k. F that, i just junked it.
Technical-Stomach577@reddit
1987 Ford Thunderbird. V6. Head gaskets, oil leaks, underpowered.
KhemistryKhat@reddit
Oh yeah. I bought a '93 Mercury Capri. It was an absolute p.o.s. but the guy had masked all the crappy stuff and I didn't know dick about cars at the time.
We bought a Honda Insight in 2014, but our problem wasn't with the car, but rather with the assholes at the dealership in Riverside.
ScoundrelEngineer@reddit
Buying a used 2011 jeep wrangler. High interest and it needed a new part just about once a week. I’m still paying it off technically even though it’s long gone
Vincent_VanGoGo@reddit
Traded for a 01 Mustang GT covered in Cobra trim with a Windsor motor. AC was shot. At least the convertible worked.
badtux99@reddit
Bought a used 1985 Chevrolet S-10. Turned out to have a bad transmission. I was young and stupid and didn't realize it until after the deal was done, but the used car lot had my money so sorry goodbye.
I drove it until I couldn't stand it anymore, maybe a year, and then sold it for $400 and bought something more reliable.
cdawg1102@reddit
Yep,y current car (mk3 Supra) passed the ppi, but then blew its fucking head gasket on the drive home
L-92365@reddit
Audi A4
Most unreliable piece of crap ever!!
Soontobeawelder@reddit
Odd. Those have always had the nearly bulletproof 1.8l or 2.0l turbo 4 bangers. I've seen those motors hit 400k miles before. Certain generations of the 2.0 had timing issues, but the 1.8 was a solid motor for sure. The big thing with any German car is strict maintenance, ahead of schedule. One of the cars where if you take care of it, it'll take care of you. Some maintenance items always come along that need done, 50-60k intervals there's about $1000 for an independent euro shop to do a carbon clean, water pumps usually aren't too happy about anything, but ive never heard of one being truly unreliable, only a bitch to fix on the occasion it would break.
Thexorretor@reddit
I drove my 2001 from 100k to 200k over 8 years. The power steering rack + alternator was the only big ticket failure in that time. Dashboard light lists it as terribly unreliable. I would buy that car again. So I dunno.
IndependenceMean8774@reddit
Yes. My 2005 Dodge Neon. Total piece of crap from start to finish. It left me stranded more times than I care to count.
It had problems with the steering wheel locking up. The wheel bearings and tire rods were shit. The oil sensor got tripped every so often with full oil, no matter how often I replaced it. Water kept getting in the rear driver's side door after rain storms, and I had to shake it out.
The final straw was the radiator blowing and leaving me stranded at work.
I'll never buy a Dodge again as long as I live. I'd rather walk.
zakkattakked@reddit
This might catch me some flack, but my current 2016 Honda Accord Sport has been the single worst vehicle I’ve ever owned. Paid cash for it in September hoping it would be a reliable car to get me through school knowing it needed a few expected items like the valve cover gasket, spark plugs, PCV valve. I was fine with that and did the work myself.
However, it’s also needed: replacement of the CVT transmission, all motor and transmission mounts, new control arms and ball joints, and now the CEL is on for the catalytic converter.
I’m dumping it and financing a Prius.
BigCommunication193@reddit
Once a GM car. 1992 Pontiac Sunbird. Made me swear off American cars forever. I went running back to the arms of the Japanese. Been a Mazda guy ever since.
Kinky_mofo@reddit
Wish they'd throw a little more power into Mazdas and I'd be a customer for life
Kinky_mofo@reddit
When I bought 'Murican. Turd blew the first tranny a few hundred miles from new and never got much better.
Repulsive-Way272@reddit
1987 Porsche 924S. Spent 7k to get it and get it on the road. Had some fun for 6 months while it broke constantly and then it randomly overheated and destroyed the motor. When I was a broke college student. Basically ruined me.
1996 GMC K1500 6.5 diesel. Slow, perpetually broken, rust prone, rode like shit. I spent 40k over 10 years trying to keep it running and improve it, and it's sitting in the yard needing major work again.
2016 Subaru Legacy. What a souless piece of trash automobile. I didn't lose money on it due to Covid but it had battery drain issues, paint was trash, it wasn't super efficient, slow, awd was nowhere near my older Subaru. Traction control couldn't be turned off. Just... awful. All the fun vehicles I passed up to buy that abortion make me sick
davidwal83@reddit
Yeah my last car I got from a used car dealership. I had just gotten $5000 from my auto insurance company. My Dad kept telling me to get something newer than my 2001 Nissan Altima stick shift. He found a 2015 base Altima at the front of a car dealership. We went there with my girlfriend now wife. We looked at it and I took a test drive. The only sound was the wheel bearings. The car had very low miles on it. I ended up buying it. The next day I drove my Dad to the doctor. All of the warning lights came up on the car. I was pissed at the time. The funny thing is that the car never gave me a problem. Even though I found out it was rebuilt. I even saw that the airbag in the steering wheel was bad and not plugged in. By that time the dealership went out of Business.
trippinmaui@reddit
2005 Dodge Magnum R/T ....fuck that thing.
IsbellDL@reddit
2014 Mustang, base model with 1 option package. It was fine on paper and drove well, but I hated the interior. I never got fully comfortable in the seat. The center console pinched my elbow all the time. It's the least time I've ever kept a car (except selling my wife's last car when she got a company car soon after).
Bit_the_Bullitt@reddit
Salvage title. I wanted a stick shift with AC for my grad school and it was slim pickings.
StratusMetallic@reddit
2006 Cadillac SRX
8BitLong@reddit
Only the “me too”’s FWD’s that everybody likes to worship around this areas.
A brand new “1997 Civic EX 5 Speed”: that has to may issues, that I bet we could easily film “the gremlins movie out to fit, by just leaving the câmara on and trying to use the cars electronics add-ons for a night.
A brand new 2016 RAV4 - how can a single car not be good at anything? With Its ugly square design makes it look large, but can barely fit anything on the inside; drives like shit, super slow, 22mpg only if on a downhill, transmission can’t decide if it wants to be in 3rd or 5th gear, right after that stop sign. Can get the internal DC rail above 12.8v, are we always inside a wind tunnel, or I this just the normal wind noise coming in? The computer goes from (you have 78 miles left in this tank”, to “5 miles left in the tank” within a couple miles distance. And with all that it stills plays “rock, paper, scissors” when trying to decide which time is the right time to switch from 2nd to 3rd gear. And btw, 2016, bought when new, now with no accidents, 47k miles, and still disappointing.
Other than that we
ifunnywasaninsidejob@reddit
Bought a used car with super low miles for a really high price. Drove it, put miles on it. Value dropped like a rock.
PiscesLeo@reddit
I bought an 84 dodge truck, it was beautiful, and such a piece of trash. Currently drive a 2000 frontier, had to replace the computer, some suspension components, rear seal in the past five years. Not bad for 25 years old and 150k. Runs strong.
MattTheMechan1c@reddit
The first BMW I bought circa 2015. It wasn’t the reliability that got me, it’s the fact that I had a low paying job at the time and I overpaid for it. I wrote off a car I bought 2 months prior in an accident so I rolled over the $4k negative equity it left plus a $2500 third party warranty. The car was surprisingly reliable and the only issue it had didn’t even exceed the contracts value. Just wished I could’ve used the money elsewhere.
warren47182@reddit
Not a car but I financed a Harley at 15% apr as a young private in the army. I ended up paying it off 2 years early but spent way too much money on it. The stereotype will live as long as there are 18 year olds with a disposable income.
Brainfewd@reddit
My 2010 Ram 2500 with a 5.7 has been a constant headache for the last four years I’ve owned it, and I really don’t even drive it much. I think I put around 4k miles on it last year, around 22k in total since I bought it. Has 120k on it roughly.
Manifolds, trans, starter, water pump, AC Compressor, all 16 plugs, ball joints, brake lines, caliper, tank straps, EVAP codes that won’t go away, intake manifold gaskets, heater core, third brake light, leaking cab seam that kept the interior moist forever, and so much more. Body is rusty, it rides like absolute shit, etc.
Wife keeps telling me to sell it, but I’m so far invested now it doesn’t even seem worth it.
NW_Forester@reddit
My 01 4Runner. I went to a dealer advertising it had a red manual. They sold it weekend before. Walked away with green auto.
Still a good rig, but only time I've been sold a vehicle other than what I came to buy.
LisaQuinnYT@reddit
A few times. Current one because I miss my previous one. Previous one because it was a big payment increase.
technomancing_monkey@reddit
Yes.
I bought a brand new 2016 Dodge Dart
FUCK THAT THING!
Never again will I buy a dodge, or most likely any of the old guard of American made cars.
Thing had 29 miles on it when I bought it.
BIGGEST PIECE OF SHIT.
Could barely get out of its own way. Couldnt accelerate for shit. Didnt handle worth a damn. NOT fun to drive.
The entire in dash system failed after 14 months.
The master cylinder failed on me twice in 2 years. Both times while driving. (if you arent familiar if the master cylinder fails, so do your breaks). Both times they claimed it was a defect and a warranty fix. Both times it took a MONTH for them to fix it. The second time they "fixed it" they fucked something up and it ended up spraying "oil" (some kind of viscous fluid that looked like oil) all over the engine compartment. Half way home from picking the car up they damn thing was smoking like BBQ pit. Took them another 3 weeks to fix THAT. Never could get the smell out of the car.
I remeber a friend of mine got out and closed the front passenger door a little hard, I wouldnt even say he slammed it, AND THE ENTIRE OVERHEAD LIGHT PACKAGE (not the dome light, the one in front of the rear view, that you push to turn on and off. The "vanity" lights i think they are called) FELL OUT OF THE FUCKING HEADLINER. Not the cover, not a lens, not a piece... THE ENTIRE PLASTIC BODY!!! Switches, bulbs, lenses everything just fell right out and hung there by the electrical connection.
Theres no spare tire... THEY DONT MAKE A SPARE TIRE FOR IT. "oh its got an inflator" thats great unless your tire blows or shreds or puncture is on the side wall...
There is however a pan in the trunk for a spare tire. Its got a block of foam in it that holds the inflator.
SO when i ended up getting rear ended at 10mph the whole beck deck rippled. Almost no cosmetic damage but it TOTALED the car. My mechanic (who I have used for decades at this point. Trust him. Hes an honest guy, has saved me from some other mechanics that have tried to play fast and loose. Honest quality mechanic) was explaining how the pan in the trunk without the actual rim and tire of a spare filling that cavity just made it one big weak point and thats ONE of the reasons the trunk deck rippled indicating frame damage. He said ONE OF THE REASONS not the only reason so everyone calm down.
I was so happy to be rid of that worthless hunk of junk.
It was paid for free and clear.
Now im back in a car payment. For LESS than i bought that sack of shit for I got a 2018 Honda Civic Touring, used, \~18,000 miles on it, damn near pristine condition. After extras, add ons, honda care etc etc I spent maybe $3k more then I did for that worthless dodge. Frankly I love my Honda. Has about the same size engine in it and its so much quicker and responsive. Its actually A LOT OF FUN TO DRIVE.
Never again. FUCK DODGE.
androthfilm18@reddit
Everytime I financed a ‘newer’ car..
al49250@reddit
I bought an 01 neon with 215 miles in early 02(dealer demo). Not even 50 miles after i picked it up the breaks went out. I rear ended a late 80s accura doing about 20mph. It did minor damage to the accura(bent bumper, and trunk lid, busted tail lights. The accura was driven away from the accident). My neon was totaled, entire front end was pushed back almost a ft. Both air bags deployed, oil and coolant leaks. Before the insurance was even settled I got a recall notice from Chrysler for the abs system! Last time I ever bought a Chrysler vehicle. And I'll never buy another one!
drunkenitninja@reddit
2003 Subaru. Will never buy Suburu again. Granted, it was the six cylinder, but still won't take a chance on them again.
WideOpenEmpty@reddit
That new 280Z. I traded in a perfectly good 3 yo VW for it. Paid for. 😭
krepogregg@reddit
Every purchase when it broke down milage may vary
RetiredAerospaceVP@reddit
1971 Chevy Vega. In three years I spent more in repairs than the car cost
baconjeepthing@reddit
Chevy (Daewoo) aveo 5, 21 k for a unless pisscutter/puddle jumper. Don't drive through snow or the rad fan dies, don't put another adult in it or you might as well drive a 1996 dodge 1500 and get better fuel milage. Brake pads came unglued at 10000km... sorry not our problem.
waldemar_selig@reddit
Damn dude, I got my aveo 12k out the door brand new. I loved that thing so much! I had to get rid of it at 190k because it was kid, stroller, or groceries pick 2 and that's all you'd get in there, but I'd probably still be driving it today otherwise. I changed the timing belt myself at 160k and other than the lock falling inside the door it was trouble free.
trail228@reddit
I'm surprised you made it that far with the timing belt as that was a known issue with them. You were supposed to religiously replace every 60k miles but my 1st one was self-destructing before 40k. Replaced twice more before getting rid of the car at 125k miles. Had an expensive repair when the catalytic convertor failed and sent metal shards out, destroying the entire exhaust system. Not a great car for highway driving behind tractor trailers or in anything more than a gentle breeze.
waldemar_selig@reddit
I mean, I changed mine at 100k miles/160k km like the book said. Had no issues. Drove it through the rocky mountains in winter a couple times, and drove it through the windy part of Alberta down by Lethbridge in some 120km/h winds and it was a bit scary, but honestly I'd take it's low centre of gravity in the wind over a pickup or SUV any day. Also, got it stuck halfway up the tires in mud once and a side by side had enough power to pull me out so that was nice too
trail228@reddit
Maybe they improved the timing belts later on, mine was a 2004 sedan and early failure was mentioned a lot in the Aveo forums at the time. Driving in those high winds is certainly impressive - I felt like I was being blown all over the road in much less. Equally bad was riding on the highway behind a car transporter that stirred the airflow up quite a bit - 2 white-knuckle hands firmly on the steering wheel.
Did run over a deer with only slight damage under the radiator. I was in heavy traffic on I-95 and the truck in front of me must have hit it and it was lying across the middle lane. Had just a fraction of a second to respond, so ran it over. Felt like a big speed bump.
insectidentify@reddit
2019 Subaru Ascent. Still my daily driver. Still great in snow and ice. Comfortable for driver and passenger.
For one, I payed way too much for this soccer mom ass SUV ($40k new), got in a couple minor cosmetic accidents that reduce the resale value immensely. I’m never having kids and the two back rows feel like a total waste - the car was an impulse buy because I loved the test drive and early reviews.
The transmission is the clunkiest feeling POS I’ve ever had the displeasure to drive (there are noticeable bumps and stutters at the shift points) and I constantly worry it’s gonna break down, given transmission has already been replaced once due to a recall that seems not to change anything.
Paid-Not-Payed-Bot@reddit
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cacrusn70@reddit
88 hyundai excel Gls. Worst car ever. Wasn’t my choice. Wife had to have it. Garbage
Talentless_Cooking@reddit
I bought a sunfire, fixed it enough for it to be safe, cratered inside a month. Bought another to put all my shiny new parts on, transmission imploded, and I just took my losses and walked away.
O51ArchAng3L@reddit
My first car was a sunfire, and it was a fantastic vehicle. The only major thing I had to do to it was get the instrument panel replaced.
O51ArchAng3L@reddit
2009 Chrysler 300 bought it 4 years old. Looked nice until the rust started and rotted the car away in 3 years, it burned headlights every 3 months, sucked in the snow, guzzled gas, heated seats stopped working 1 year in. Plus, I had awful credit, so my interest rate was 15% rip. Got rid of it at 140k because the transmission started slipping and it burned oil. My first and last Chrysler product. Went to Honda and never looked back.
Alert-Consequence671@reddit
Yea I bought a Tesla S Performance... Was the shortest ownership period of a new car. After 5 months I had to trade it in. Went from a 2022 S to a 2016 i8. So much happier with hybrid vs pure EV. Since I traded the S had dropped and the i8 is worth more so also happy for that.
MuscleHybrid@reddit
Once, it was the same model as my first car but a year newer and higher trim option. I got into it expecting it to be just like my first car and was instead learned a lesson about my own rose-tinted glasses.
diavel65@reddit
Just bought a Nissan Titan XE 4wd. Checked the Carfax after I bought it. (DOH!)
It had 270,000 miles on it in 2019. Odometer now reads 127,615. WTF
It was totaled in 2020 by the insurance company. So it should have salvage title
The dealership told me clean title/actual miles. F**king liars.
Contacted the Ohio Attorney General and I guarantee I get a refund--
Best-Cycle231@reddit
My current daily. My previous daily blew up and didn’t put enough thought and research into it. A guy I work with is super into EV’s and unfortunately I let him steer me in that direction. I’m not a fan of the EV driving/owning experience.
ExampleClean8191@reddit
Maybe a 66 oldsmobile toronado. I tend to pay $0-$1000 for old cars so spending \~$5k on something was unusual for me.
It was misrepresented, didn't really run, and the brakes were shot. I'm pretty sure the first shipper broke the parking pawl on it too, but there is no way to prove it. I moved it to storage and that shipper didn't strap it down properly and ended up damaging the front of the car and the hood. The car is pretty solid underneath, but the paint has bubbles from rust, there was a giant chunk of bondo on the rear, and the insides of some of the fenders were rotted out and had chicken wire in them.
It'll be a decent car car, but at the bare minimum I need to replace the master cylinder, a few of the wheel cylinders, maybe some brake hoses, remount the fuel lines, rebuild the carburetor, and who knows what else. It should be daily drivable after that work, but coming from a dealer and for the price I paid it should have been drivable as is. I had to fight title issues for over a year and get a state inspector involved to get a good title for it.
HelpfulDescription12@reddit
2023 Hyundai Elantra N. There's actually nothing wrong with the car and it's very fun to drive, it's just that after almost a year of having it, both me and my husband who are 40 and 43 have realized we're at an age where we prefer a more practical and comfortable vehicle with luxury features over performance features.
My daily driver is a Mazda CX-5 and my husband ofter asks to take my car instead when he goes out and runs errands on the weekends, when the lease on the Elantra N is up he says he's going with a genesis or mercedes sedan instead.
Ok_Dog_4059@reddit
My wife's first brand new car a 2000 for focus was an enormous headache and she traded that for a subaru Tribeca that we couldn't get rid of fast enough. Personally I have only ever paid cash for cars and never really regretted them.
TacitRonin20@reddit
1991 Corvette. I was stupid and missed a ton of issues. In my defense, some were deliberately covered up. It's been a year and it's almost drivable.
Flimsy_Train3956@reddit
Yeah; when I woke up from my blackout and realized I went to the AMG, not AMC dealership.
Unfair-Ad2664@reddit
I bought a RX-7 in the late 80's which had a rusted gas tank I was unaware of. I had to get under the car about once a week and change the fuel filter because I was broke as fuck back then and couldn't afford to get the gas tank changed. Sucked
2Loves2loves@reddit
Sort of...
I made an even trade of a 80's Buick that needed tires for a 60's Volvo that needed a clutch. I sold the volvo a month later and the guy who bought it burned the clutch up in 2 days. he was pissed.
The_Safety_Expert@reddit
I did my first oil change on my CRV after 5000 miles. I forgot to put the oil cap back on and I ran the vehicle on low oil pressure for 30 minutes the CRV had a turbo. I drained the oil to see if I could find anything in it and it was filled with metal shavings. I prayed to God that someone would crash into me so I could buy a new vehicle because this one was totaled. well a week later someone T-boned me, and, my car went flying through the air landed upside down. And I was able to buy a new car so I regretted it quite a bit at first but somehow. Divine intervention occurred. Exaggeration here and the story is actually a lot crazier but I’m just not gonna say what happened.
jftitan@reddit
My 82 Celica GT-S is now dead. So I had a choice in 1997.. 1987 Escort GT or a 1964 Falcon....
As a high schooler, it was either a "tuner" or a "classic" mindset.
I went tuner. And I may have turned out quite differently had I got the Falcon instead. It had a straight six, plenty of room under the hood. The Escort was fun and was somewhat customizable for a price. Adding a turbo was easier due to the Probe GT having a turbo that matched the escort.
CtznSoldier4088@reddit
Yep. I over paid for a 1984 K5 blazer with the 6.2 Detroit (retired military truck) and I never should have bought it. The wiring was a nightmare and was rusted through where it went up to the rear seat. Took a loss and sold it for $200 because I was in over my head at that time
ThxIHateItHere@reddit
95 Neon baby
Didn’t know about places that buy wrecked cars and AP enough work on them to avoid the salvage title.
Thankfully I didn’t learn my lesson a 2nd time with a 2010 Fusion. Thanks Maplewood Auto Mall.
Logical_Vast@reddit
In high school I bought a 2000 Jaguar Xk8 coupe. I was in no place to afford keeping it on the road but used it was as cheap as the "practical" cars my parents told me to buy. They are not really car people but even they told me this will be expensive to fix.
I got lots of complements in the high school parking and it was known as the "James Bond car". But after a few months the transmission had issues and then it just sat at the side of my house until I got someone to tow it away and pay a fraction of what I had in a private sale.
I kind of resent the grown man actuly selling it to me but at the same time I was trying to make an adult decision and at the time it shifted fine. He for sure though did not mention how Jags of that time period are famous for this issue.
If I had the budget for it maybe it would have worked and I still like the look of them but it was definitely he worst car decision I made.
Reddirttrail@reddit
Brand new 1980 Chevy Citation.
MSPRC1492@reddit
I bought a used Nissan Pathfinder. 2016. Piece of fucking shit. I had owned several Nissans including an earlier Pathfinder and had no complaints but that one was a POS.
Dodge Magnum. Whatever the first year they came out was. 2005, I think. It had a powerful engine and was fun to drive but it had all kinds of problems way too early. And the dealership was the worst I’ve ever dealt with.
SymphonicFlames@reddit
When i bought a car from a local dealer that i later found the locals in my town is known as cheat and steal or crash and steal. And i found out after my purchase why :/
Icy-Fix785@reddit
I bought an Audi A4 avant in manual. Super cool car, absolutely garbage and the odo was rolled back. On the plus side, I learned to fix cars that way.
hobosam21-B@reddit
Our explorer, not that there's anything wrong with it but we paid too much for it and should have gotten an expedition instead.
Humble_Narcissist_@reddit
2022 Highlander
Generic cookie cutter SUV.
Been in for service on 2 different computer issues in the first year.
Didn't spend 60 G's on a Toyota to be fixing it so early.
Doubt I'll own it when the warranty expires, as the build quality is chite.
Top-Address-8870@reddit
A used 335 convertible with only 45k miles. Regretted it the day I brought home and then each subsequent day when something would go wrong. Sunshine top down 300HP were great fun, but not worth the hassle of being in the shop half the time I owned. I traded it even-Steven for a newer Acura with the same mileage after seven months….on my 3rd Acura now and couldn’t be happier.
Gloomy-Chipmunk6612@reddit
Yeah, my Tacoma
Awesomejuggler20@reddit
My current car. 2020 Honda Civic Si Coupe. Now, it's not a bad car. I love the car. It's a nice car. However, the rev hang in the car is atrocious and kills the driving experience for me. Had I known about the rev hang before I bought it, I wouldn't have bought it. It affects the way the car drives. It's bad. I have a Hondata FlashPro coming in the mail that will disable the rev hang. If it wasn't for the rev hang, I wouldn't regret the purchase at all but the rev hang really makes me wish I kept my last car as my last car didn't have it.
IWillAssFuckYou@reddit (OP)
I thought the Civic Si was a nice car. If you can disable it, does it not make a good car or is that FlashPro not a full solution?
sinovesting@reddit
You can fully disable the rev hang with a simple flash, however it's worth mentioning that these cars also have a fairly heavy 32.5lb dual mass flywheel from the factory that a tune cannot fix. It really makes it difficult to do fast smooth shifts. I know it's just a civic and not a sports car, but even when daily driving I notice how slow the revs drop.
Awesomejuggler20@reddit
It is a nice car. I'm not denying that. It is an absolutely beautiful car. And it's not a bad car. The rev hang is either you love it or you hate it. I hate it. For some other people, it might not bother them but it drives me absolutely bonkers. The rev hang is the only reason I regret buying it as the car drives rough and it makes the car jerky between shifts. As for the FlashPro, I'm not sure yet. I haven't tried it. I haven't received it yet. I heard it does disable the rev hang and I'm trying it when I receive it. Should be here by next week.
The_taxer@reddit
The 2005 mustang gt I just sold. It had a lot of small issues that I was working out. The straw that broke the camels back was when the overdrive sprag in the 5R55S automatic transmission failed, this is a common problem in fords equipped with the 5R55 family of transmissions. No local shop wanted to rebuild it, they all wanted to get a reman unit and replace it for more than what I paid for the car.
I love the way that generation looks, so I think for my next one I’m going to do it right and get a 5 speed.
32carsandcounting@reddit
Buying an automatic pony car was a mistake in the first place, second mistake was buying a Ford newer than 04 when the engines went to shit
sinovesting@reddit
The 4.6s and 5.0s are pretty solid for the most part.
yoghurt_cap@reddit
I've never regretted buying any car. I guess I'm an oddity. 87 Integra- great car, fun car to learn on, blew the motor though, but I got my money's worth. 85 Camaro- dailied it for 12 years, over 200,000 miles. Still have it, it just needs a new trans. 85 Z28- flipped for profit. 98 civic- dailied for 3 years and sold for what I bought it for. Fantastic car with 350k+ on the clock. 2014 Volt- current daily for 4 years now. Best car ever made, I'll drive it till I can't find parts for it in 30 years. We'll have flying robot taxis by then anyway.
Appropriate_Cow94@reddit
XR4ti
Don't let them people trick you into thinking you have a European rally car.
Any_Werewolf_3691@reddit
Last weekend. I bought a car from a dealership. Wnext day when i pulled out my paperwork i realized the paperwork i signed on the ipad had been redone. Payment was almost identical but was 75mo instead of 48mo. Added on gap, extended warranty, increased coat of car and cut price for my trade in. I went in to get them to fix it amd they were gaslighting so hard until i told them i recorded everything then they instantly unwound the deal. It was a nightmare.
viper_gts@reddit
Traded in my XFR for an XJR right before Covid started. Had I known what would happen in the world, I would have gotten an Ftype R instead
user41510@reddit
Young. Bought a used 70s car. Seller didn't tell me the fuel gauge was broken. Ran out of gas on the freeway. And that's where I left it.
Candid_Throat_3227@reddit
Bought a previously leased WRX and unfortunately the cluch went out in it after 500 miles, come to find out the cluch plate had cracked and had really bad heat scars. One day it just went out didn't have a smell and didn't make noise just one day driving no longer moved forward. As-is no warranty rip me.
TheThirdShmenge@reddit
Leased a 2010 Audi S4 and then lost my job 2 weeks later.
RedFive1976@reddit
1980-something Chevy Celebrity. 4dr sedan, 4cyl with throttle-body injection, brown over brown. It was on its 3rd radiator by the time we bought it, and it had a serious case of blow-by. I think we finally had to have it towed away as scrap. Only paid $700 for it, though.
lol_camis@reddit
I bought a 98 prelude thinking it would be a notable performance improvement over my 92 civic si. It wasn't. That was only half the problem though. The suspension was falling apart, which obviously wasn't the cars fault. Surprisingly I only lost like $500 reselling it. The guy who sold it to me scammed me (he had a driveway full of other Hondas in pieces. He knew exactly what he sold me) but I wasn't willing to do that. I listed it stating exactly what I knew was wrong with it and some guy bought it literally without even starting it or opening the hood. Alright 🤷
RedFive1976@reddit
My wife and I had a '92 Civic DX sedan with a 1.8L (I think), 4sp auto, and around 260k miles it blew the head gasket. We just parked it, no signs on it and nothing posted online or in the papers, we sold it to the 2nd person who asked if we were selling it, after we mentioned the blown engine. I guess some cars just sell themselves.
Mark_Michigan@reddit
I'm thinking ... I'm in my 60s so I've gone through some cars, and every one of them gave me a bit of buyers remorse one time or another, for the nice ones it was cost, for the cheap ones it was reliability. But I tend to keep my cars (and my wife's) a long time so we just settle in to them and make do. I pretty much buy mainstream vehicles, nothing to weird or exotic. Overall I've liked my cars, especially the toyotas.
TapeDaddy@reddit
Ford Escape
ajm91730@reddit
1990 Audi coupe Quattro.
1995 Volvo 850
1986 Mercedes 560sec
PaleontologistBig786@reddit
Twice. Bought a 1988 GM Beretta and 2010 Subaru forester. Both were pos and the gm showed its true colors from day one. Forester took about just outside the warranty. Both were expensive to keep on the road. Bought a Honda Accord in 2004 and still no regrets and still driving it. Just picked up a 2023 Toyota RAV4 hybrid last year and so far the honeymoon continues.
ShesATragicHero@reddit
My first Ferrari. At way too young. After seeing the first maintenance bill, it was gone.
Glorious few weeks though.
Electrical-Bacon-81@reddit
Used 1996 dodge intrepid, big mistake. I was never not working on it.
kytim6482@reddit
Used 1977 Honda Civic. It had better days. And new 1999 Chevy Tracker. It was a lemon from the first week of ownership. GM had to buy it back after a few months.
Affectionate_Mud4516@reddit
Love it now but I hated my 2001 Jeep Cherokee when I bought it in college 15 years ago. It was nothing but problems. Learned a lot with it. It’s sorted pretty good now and in decent shape. It’s now just a toy that gets driven occasionally.
Madmasshole@reddit
A 2015 Volvo S60 that I currently own. Basically my last car which I absolutely loved had some serious trouble in the rear suspension and it wasn’t worth the money to fix the car, and I basically needed a new car that day. I figured, hey my mom has a V60 and that’s an enjoyable car to drive, I’ll get the sedan version, and look here’s a great deal on one. Within a month it was clear I hadn’t gotten much of a deal. Burns oil bad, needs struts and tie rods in the front, the dealer provided tires were absolute trash in the wet, etc. My idea of turning it into a sleeper tuner car was ruined. Should have just bought a GTI instead.
Satanic-mechanic_666@reddit
I have regretted every car purchase I have made.
And I have regretted selling every car I’ve ever sold.