Time mag: 'The 50 Worst Cars of All Time'

A weekender fun thread...

Was something you drove on Time's list? The 1971 incendiary Ford Pinto made the list, as did the POS 1985 Yugo and the classic '78 AMC Pacer. It should surprise no one that the timeframe with the most "winners" was 1975-1989, the height of crap quality.

We had a non-explosive 1973 Ford Pinto station wagon. Oh so sh*tty - it shook uncontrollably when you "floored it" up to 55 mph. Bucket vinyl seats that scorched your *ss in the summer. No A/C. Not that the engine could have handled A/C; it probably would have required you to put your feet down like Fred Flintstone and pedi-power it up a hill.


Quality Is Job One.

This car was such a beater that one day (we were living in Brooklyn at the time - late 70s), I came out to go to the store, got in the car and turned the key...nothing. I tried again...nothing. I got out of the car and popped the hood. Someone had stolen the battery. Not the car, the battery.