World's Worst Grassroots Car

I want to know what cars even you guys wouldn't consider buying. Post them up here. I'll start.

Geo Metro 4 cylinder. This has waaay too many cylinders. The 3 cylinder is more fun. It's a real street racer--you can drive the piss out of it and not break any laws. The 4 cylinder is way to fast for this purpose.

Pontiac Aztek.

Your turn.

Call me crazy, but I think the Aztek will be popular in 50 years. It's the Edsel of my generation.

Granted, I still hate it. Too much plastic.

My father has an AWD Mercury Montego, possibly my least favorite new car.

http://www.edmunds.com/pictures/VEHICLE/2007/Mercury/2007.mercury.montego.20089712-396x249.jpg

Is this the only time that "Miata" isn't the answer?

Absolutely any FWD 4 cylinder built in America, but maybe that's just me

Ill say Miata, they make this sports car thing too easy

aussiesmg wrote: Absolutely any FWD 4 cylinder built in America, but maybe that's just me

Ford Tempo w/auto3spd......thank god mines gone, and thank you old lady that ran me off the road.

aussiesmg wrote: Absolutely any FWD 4 cylinder built in America, but maybe that's just me

Aw cummon. What about the GLH?

I wouldn't consider most GM cars that didn't end with vette and start with cor. Other than that, I'll never buy a Porsche that I can afford.

aussiesmg wrote: Absolutely any FWD 4 cylinder built in America, but maybe that's just me

What?!?!?!!! No Neon SRT4? Shelby Charger? GLHS? Cobalts SS (S/C or T/C)? Escort GT? Probe GT? Eagle Talon? Plymoth Laser?SVT Focus? Escort ZX2? Turbo Omni? Ford EXP GT???

P71 wrote:

aussiesmg wrote: Absolutely any FWD 4 cylinder built in America, but maybe that's just me

What?!?!?!!! No Neon SRT4? Shelby Charger? GLHS? Cobalts SS (S/C or T/C)? Escort GT? Probe GT? Eagle Talon? Plymoth Laser?SVT Focus? Escort ZX2? Turbo Omni? Ford EXP GT???

Yeah, what he said.

confuZion3 wrote: I want to know what cars even you guys wouldn't consider buying. Post them up here. I'll start. Geo Metro 4 cylinder. This has waaay too many cylinders. The 3 cylinder is more fun. It's a real street racer--you can drive the piss out of it and not break any laws. The 4 cylinder is way to fast for this purpose. Pontiac Aztek. Your turn.

I have always wanted to take a Geo Metro four door wagon and stuff a 1300 Twincam from a Suzuki Swift into it. I don't know why. It just sounds kind of evil.

I actually don't mind the Aztec, but i still probably wouldn't buy one. for cars that I will NEVER pay money for, the Ford Aspire. what a garbage car. dead nuts reliable, but garbage.

They actually built Camaros powered by Iron Dukes in the 80's.

http://classicchevrolets.com/third-generation-1982-to-1992.html

P71 wrote:

aussiesmg wrote: Absolutely any FWD 4 cylinder built in America, but maybe that's just me

What?!?!?!!! No Neon SRT4? Shelby Charger? GLHS? Cobalts SS (S/C or T/C)? Escort GT? Probe GT? Eagle Talon? Plymoth Laser?SVT Focus? Escort ZX2? Turbo Omni? Ford EXP GT???

None of those would really get my heart racing, besides Escort GT is a Mazda, Probe GT is a Mazda, Escort ZX2 is a Mazda, Plymouth Laser is a DSM, Eagle is a DSM, and so on

First generation Hyundai Excel? Or how about a first generation Hyundai Elantra?

That said, I bet a first gen excel would be a LOT of fun with a 2 litre Mitsu engine

Anything that's 4 cylinder, auto tranny and powers the front wheels.

Anything automatic that has more than 11 pounds of car for every ft-lb of torque.

Whole bunch of Cadillacs- Cimmaron, Catera, 4-6-8 full size, GM diesels. Gee, why did the Japanese take over?

Just about anything Fwd with a Buick nameplate. Especially if it has four cylinders.

Catera?!?!?!!! Hello! It's loosely based on the same RWD platform as the GTO! LS1 swap baby!

I don't think any Buick came with a 4-cylinder. The Reatta maybe?

AMC matador - yeesh - rust improves the looks. Lots of other mid 80s murican cars would get passed over.

P71 wrote: I don't think any Buick came with a 4-cylinder. The Reatta maybe?

Reatta was only a six, IIRC. Skyhawk (same as crapalier), Somerset (grand-am), and the Skylark from the early eighties on all had four bangers. And I think that the Century might have had an Iron Duke in it at some point.

Omni GLH and other variations of the turbo l-bodys sound cool, but one you have one you realize all the bad parts. Im glad someone else has mine now, and i have a nice reliable 22 year old italian car to drive. lol Id buy an omni glhs, but other than that i wouldnt want another one.

Probably the main cars i wouldnt buy would be the ones that are boring but still have tons of problems, like a ford windstar, dodge inprepid, etc, or the ones usually driven by douchebags, like an H2, escalade, etc, or most of the popular american muscle cars that cost $5-10k for a rusty POS.

I have a welder and a Saw-Zall, therefore I have no such list.

I was going to chime in with the Tempaz but that's already been covered. On a similar note, the Celebrety/Cutlass/Buick/whatever GM FWD 60° platform from the mid-eighties. Family had one (Cutlass Cruiser wagon, with faux-woodgrain and beastly 2.8 carby) when I was a teenager. It wasn't horrible; it was just basically mush to drive and completely boring. I'd rather have something that actively tries to make me hate it.