BEST and Worst Cars You've Ever Owned

[shadrach74]

Hands down the most reliable is my current DD which is a '98 Lex GS400 with 210,XXX on the clock. The Toyota 1UZ-FE V8 with VVT is one of the best V8s I've ever driven. 4.0 with 300HP and 310ftLbs. It burns almost no oil between 10,000 oil changes and has onle stranded me once (diff failure@198K, likely due to my driving style). The build quality exceeds any European car I've ever owned (and I've owned all of the German and Swedish makes). Still able rip off sub 6 second 0-60 times after 15 years and 210K

The Boxster is the most fun, but seems like an expensive and unreliable trinket after 8 years of Lexus ownership.

A close second in the fun department was an '89 BMW 325is (E30). This was one of the best mixes of practicality and fun in a single package. It made it to 255K before a girlfriend unintentionally took it off road and trashed the undercarriage cracking the engine block and transmission case...

Honorable mention goes to my 1992 Audi 200Q. One of the first Audi S cars to be imported even though it was not named as such. This was my city car when I lived in SF. 240hp I5T 5 spd. I blew the doors off more than one older, normally aspirated 911 at 8000ft on I80 when Tahoe bound. It had 280K on the clock when I let it go...

[rem503]

Best Car - 1967 Sunbeam Alpine I bought at 18 and still have. Drove it out west to Colorado and back to Ohio and up to the tip of the upper penninsula of Michigan. It never stranded me. It's sleeping next to our 2000 Boxster now which has replaced it as our fun car.

Worst Car - 1978 Dodge Omni. Left front ball joint broke and almost killed us.

[WhipE350]

Originally Posted by rem503

Worst Car - 1978 Dodge Omni. Left front ball joint broke and almost killed us.

NO not you too. I just loved these cars for driving in snow, there wasn't a storm I couldn't drive through, never got stuck.

When I left Boston during the winter of 86/87' there was so much snow the sidewalk plows were riding on top of a 3 to 4 food snow pack. They used to leave these giant balls of snow at the end of my driveway and i would have to bash through them. I left for FL all packed up right before the next snowstorm. While I was looking for a place on the beach in Del Ray I was backing out and my front wheel fell right off, I was so embarrassed. All the rich kids were driving by in their Benz laughing and waving at me.

[rem503]

Originally Posted by WhipE350

NO not you too. I just loved these cars for driving in snow, there wasn't a storm I couldn't drive through, never got stuck.

When I left Boston during the winter of 86/87' there was so much snow the sidewalk plows were riding on top of a 3 to 4 food snow pack. They used to leave these giant balls of snow at the end of my driveway and i would have to bash through them. I left for FL all packed up right before the next snowstorm. While I was looking for a place on the beach in Del Ray I was backing out and my front wheel fell right off, I was so embarrassed. All the rich kids were driving by in their Benz laughing and waving at me.

Fantastic story. Don't you hate rich kids in a Mercedes Benz?