[Tigers] Fifty Worst Cars List

[DERRICK SCHMIDT]

Amazing, my two best cars were a '79 320i and a '91 SHO.

Bought my SHO with 17k on it.  It was running great without ANY major stuff - it was sweet from 3.5k to 5.5k rpm to the end - (I admit, the occsaional switch, door lock and window motor - that's about it) in 183k miles.  Sold it when the first belt drven accessory went - alternator.  Got $1,100 for it.   LOVED that car.

My 320i was also GREAT, picked it up European delivery (CA spec).  Cummuted to & from UCLA to PCH on Sunset Blvd daily for 8.5 years (B.S. & Ph.D) with Bilstein suspension upgrade and 50 series tires - knew where EVERY radar cop hung out.  Never did anything but plugs, points, cap, rotor & oil and put over 100 k on it, gave it to my sister, then sold it and that person was still driving without problems at 200k.

Luck of the draw, I suppose.

Derrick

'66 MkIA sitting waiting for my daughters to finish college ... problem is, they haven't started yet.

Mine
>(quality-wise and expectation-wise, at least) was a '93 Ford SHO Taurus,
>great high-revving Yamaha engine, everything else attached to it was
>junk. Towed in six times in the 10 months of ownership, the car was
>re-purchased back from me under the state Lemon Law. Great idea, high
>expectations, very flawed execution. Second place was close: a '77 BMW
>320i, never buy a first-year car. Very happy it was stolen, repair bills
>out-paced car value, made me pine for my 2002.)
 




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