What was your most forgettable car? LOL.

[MWS]

I guess this is the other half of my "regret not buying" post (and perhaps somewhat embarrassing to admit)...what cars have you owned that are the least notable and might be forgotten in automotive history?

As a disclaimer, I have owned many cars that I wish I still had, but I will admit that I have owned some *ahem* other cars....cars that if not now, will soon only be remembered by the populous only by a Google search. Without further adieu, and without any justification whatsoever: A Bobcat (not the Bobcat you might think), a Lynx and a Tracer.

After admission and typing, I don't know if I want to laugh or cry. Sigh.

[Quadcammer]

it was a really nice clean car, but my 2000 Mercedes E430 just didn't do all that much for me. Sold it after 18 months.

[BoxsterSteve]

Tie between a 1987 Dodge Shadow and a ‘78 Parisienne.
Two complete turds.

[Frodo]

'73 Vega. Puke green. I will give her this: she ran and ran...and that wasn't true of a fair number of Vegas.

[Dr. Acula]

85.5 Mercury Lynx - surprisingly solid and reliable, but very blah. It was paired with an 83 RX-7, so it served the role of practical commuter.

92 Corolla - A fine but forgettable auto. Owned it 4 years. I wish I had those years back.

86 Cavalier - rear-ended and totalled after a month (thank God)

Here's a surprise - 2010 Acura TSX. Owned it 5 years. I respected it but I never loved it. It just never really excelled at anything.


I've decided in recent years never to own an uninteresting car again.

[dsallean]

76 Ford Pinto Wagon stick shift in a horrible brown color (not a chick magnet)
77 Toyota Corolla stick in mustard yellow...at least I could find it in a parking lot.
77 Ford Courier pickup stick in some sort of green. No A/C, no radio, roll up windows, etc.
79 Triumph Spitfire 1500, also brown (what was happening here!). I wish I kept it but at the time couldn't keep up with the repairs and the rust...and no first gear, and no reverse and no gas gauge, etc...

Dave in TX
2001S

[Paul]

$200 74 Ford Pinto 2.0 automatic.

74 Ford Mustang II 2.3 hatchback, bought it new as a valentines day present for the wife (she wanted it) , kept it 9 months (she hated it) traded it for a new 74 Fiat X1/9 (she took FTD in ladies class autocrossing it a few times and many first places).

[boxfix]

We had a 1978 or 79 Honda Accord 2 door that we hated. It was a hot car at the time....nice little coupe with a CVCC engine and all.

You could not move the car from rest in first gear without bucking!! My wife and I took it on a trip from LA to Monterey and we had a contest to see who could get of the mark more smoothly.

I bought it on a good deal from Honda and actually sold it for a little more than i paid for it 8 months later.

Bought a 1979 Saab 900 Turbo coupe in black and LOVED it. Never bought another Honda......but bought a few more Saabs and Porches!!

[NewArt]

Brown AMC Hornet of some year. $400. It ran, it rusted. No, no, I forgot (you did say forgettable!), it was a Volvo wagon of some sort. Every time you turned it off, it would dump a litre of petrol on the ground! I never did have a match handy...

[PaulE]

A 1985 Ford Tempo and a 1986 Peugeot 505 GL wagon.

[Pdwight]

1974 Vega GT

[bockster75]

6 cyl 74 Nova. Rusted, leaked gas, doors would fly open around corners. What a turd but it started and got me to work every day

[tommy583]

1970's something Audi 100. It was an ok car until it lost 2nd 3rd and reverse gears. It was kinda fun winding it out in 2nd to get to 4th actually

[rexcramer]

My wife's 1976 Datsun B210 hatchback.

[Finnegan]

Originally Posted by rexcramer

My wife's 1976 Datsun B210 hatchback.

Yay! My folks bought a '78 new, and it was the very first car I ever drove. Good, honest little car, actually.

Most forgettable is a tie between a seriously boring '77 Accord, and an even more boring '87 Toyota Tercel. The Accord burned up her engine for want of a $.35 oil sending unit or some such. Good riddance.

[Teddyonine]

1978 Fiat 131 wagon. Weighed 2 tons with a dinky 4cyl that could barely get it to 55mph- close second was a 1975 VW Rabbit in shock orange- windows fell off track every day and I had to use folded up cardboard for the rusted out floor pans. But I was poor and both helped me get to school and work which eventually payed off I suppose.

[78F350]

I owned an Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais. Must have been an early 90s model. White and I think it had two doors. I drove it for 2 years and that's all I can remember about it. I clearly remember the cars I had before and after it. Before was an '86 Chevy Van (loved) and '87 Chevette (tolerated). After the Olds, I was getting divorced and bought my soon-to-be ex a brand new Dodge Caravan and myself an old bicycle (as I was going to live on an airbase in Honduras for a year).

[Brian in Tucson]

1995 Chevy Lumina Ran okay except for a bad plug wire. Tended to run hot and leak coolant from around the intake manifold. Developed a habit of not starting when hot, let it cool down and cancel the tow truck. It was white, and the paint peeled all the way down to the bare metal. It had the 3.1l V6, an ancient design that didn't get any better with age.

I had an AMC Gremlin X. X meant you paid extra for the bold decal package and aluminum painted wheels. I had it new and til about 18000 miles. If you slammed on the brakes, the rear axle would violently shudder, the vinyl seats cracked out after about a year, and the paint would wash off in the 25 cent carwash. Puke green metallic!

And, of course, a couple of Chevy Novas. nuff said.

[alynch]

Originally Posted by PaulE

A 1985 Ford Tempo and a 1986 Peugeot 505 GL wagon.

Snap! 1985 Ford Tempo. I had just arrived in the US from Europe and this was my first experience driving an automatic. I thought the automatic was the problem but it wasn't. It was the Tempo.

[fridsten]

A 2000 Audi A4 1.8. Four cylinder 20 valve engine without turbo. 125 bhp, so it was slow, but at least it was thirsty. Back seat was quite uncomfortable on long trips. Sure it was reliable, but also boring.
In size it was quite similar to the current family car, a 2010 VW Golf Variant (estate) with a 122 bhp 1.4 liter turbo engine. Much more pleasant to drive, way better fuel economy and no problem to go on a 3500 mile (5600 km) tour through Europe with kids.