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Points: 6419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 22 2007 at 16:56
^Both of those are extremely cool... 
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I spent too many years as a motorcyclist, however my dad decided I had to get a car and to my mortal embarrassement, bought me one of these:
1965%20Bond%20MkG%20Tourer
...The Bond Minicar - with a stonking 197cc engine driving the front wheel (yep, just the one) it was worse than the Reliant could ever be, you had to open the bonnet and kick-start the engline! Luckily I never had to drive it on the road and soon unloaded it onto a 'collector' of said vehicles.
 
Undetered by that little set-back, he then bought me one of these:
I actually quite liked this little bugger, but my dad baulked when I said I wanted to put a BMW 750 motorcycle engine in it. We did it up and sold it on, again before I had to drive it on the road.
 
After that he finally gave up and let me buy another bike.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 22 2007 at 11:44
I'd rather not imagine that... Pinch

I saw quite a few Skoda's in Praha, when I went there 10 years ago, including a kitted out one with spoilers, lowered chassis and painted in bright red.

Don't forget India has cornered the market in Austin Princess's as well!
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Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Originally posted by Melomaniac Melomaniac wrote:

Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

Given that 'worst' in Dutch means 'sausage', this must be the worst car ever:


 
LOLLOL
 
Worst really means sausage in dutch ?
this is what it looked like before the customisation:
1975%20DAF%2044


LOL Missed that one. A real DAF 44. In the village where I was born we had two sisters, each weighing around 100 kgs, who lived together and drove one of those. Imagine that...
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Originally posted by Norbert Norbert wrote:

Originally posted by Alucard Alucard wrote:

 
and speaking about Germany, apart from BMW's and Porsches you had (have) also the famous East- German produced 'Trabbi' (Trabant) Also  I never drove one myself  I think the survival chances in a major crash were less then  Zero unless you crashed into another Trabbi which would raise the chances slightly.
 
the less dangerous semi cabriolet  1PS version:
 
 
 
 
These beauties were my first thougths when I saw the title of this topic.
                  Wartburg, Polski Fiat and Dacia are not far behind.
 
Wow, my uncle used to have a Trabant in early 1970s and drive me around. It was fun.
 
Anyway, I never had a car, never drove one and never passed the driving test! Star
 
I am a happy pedestrian, although often frustrated by the heavy metal environment...LOL
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Points: 4160 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 22 2007 at 09:16
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:



LOL

I'm sure I bought a Nissan Altima, or something similar, in Gran Turismo when I used to play it on my mate's Playstation. LOL


Hey! I'm driving that baby! Bow, all of you!

Yes, it's peace of šhit, but I love it!!!!
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Originally posted by Alucard Alucard wrote:

 
and speaking about Germany, apart from BMW's and Porsches you had (have) also the famous East- German produced 'Trabbi' (Trabant) Also  I never drove one myself  I think the survival chances in a major crash were less then  Zero unless you crashed into another Trabbi which would raise the chances slightly.
 
the less dangerous semi cabriolet  1PS version:
 
 
 
 
These beauties were my first thougths when I saw the title of this topic.
                  Wartburg, Polski Fiat and Dacia are not far behind.
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Originally posted by Melomaniac Melomaniac wrote:

 
LOLLOL
 
Worst really means sausage in dutch ?


It does Smile. Here's the proof from www.interglot.com:





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sausage [the ~]



Edited by Angelo - August 21 2007 at 17:46
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Points: 7456 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2007 at 17:38
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Ooh! Does it have a steering-wheel in the shape of an onion ring?

Mmmm...Onion rings

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Originally posted by Melomaniac Melomaniac wrote:

Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

Given that 'worst' in Dutch means 'sausage', this must be the worst car ever:


 
LOLLOL
 
Worst really means sausage in dutch ?
this is what it looked like before the customisation:
1975%20DAF%2044
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Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

Given that 'worst' in Dutch means 'sausage', this must be the worst car ever:


 
LOLLOL
 
Worst really means sausage in dutch ?
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Given that 'worst' in Dutch means 'sausage', this must be the worst car ever:
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Trabant drivers are slightly more scary than the cars themselves - I saw one broken down (amid usual clouds of dense blue smoke) on the Autobahn near Frankfurt and the driver was out of the car trying to fix it - in the freeking fast-lane with big fat Audi's & Beamers screeming past at 250kph! Shocked
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We have a Chrylser Voyager 94 model at work which have been troubled ever since we got it. It works fairly well now however, but that's because we have worked very hard with it. There are several other cars that are way worse though!
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and speaking about Germany, apart from BMW's and Porsches you had (have) also the famous East- German produced 'Trabbi' (Trabant) Also  I never drove one myself  I think the survival chances in a major crash were less then  Zero unless you crashed into another Trabbi which would raise the chances slightly.
 
the less dangerous semi cabriolet  1PS version:
 
 
 
 


Edited by Alucard - August 21 2007 at 13:09
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Originally posted by PROGMAN PROGMAN wrote:

Yugo??LOL
 
And much like the country for which they are named, most Yugo's have seperated into their original parts.

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Points: 20032 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2007 at 12:46
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

My father once was a passenger in a Reliant Robin Van when it tipped over at a roundabout.


Our friends used to have one & one time they stopped at traffic lights & were seen by some of their mates, who then proceeded to walk over, tip the Reliant on its side & walk away again.

Thanks Jim, that's the funniest thing I've heard in ages.LOL
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Interesting hearing the Euro perspective on this. When I was in Germany I had what every American dreams of, driving as fast as possible on the autobahn.  Unfortunately we rented a Fiat Punto which I could barely get to 175 km/h going down hill. 
 
But, the worst care ever, the AMC Matador.  It's like a Gremlin on growth hormone. Funny thing is, it was Motor Trend car of the year 1973.
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2007 at 12:34
Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:


Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

My father once was a passenger in a Reliant Robin Van when it tipped over at a roundabout.


Our friends used to have one & one time they stopped at traffic lights & were seen by some of their mates, who then proceeded to walk over, tip the Reliant on its side & walk away again.
** spits out coffee **  LOL


It was a classy car, too - they'd apparently repainted it by hand with interior emulsion

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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2007 at 11:31
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

My father once was a passenger in a Reliant Robin Van when it tipped over at a roundabout.


Our friends used to have one & one time they stopped at traffic lights & were seen by some of their mates, who then proceeded to walk over, tip the Reliant on its side & walk away again.


** spits out coffee **  LOL
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