Old Vlad never broke in sixty thousand miles. He was solidly engineered and unpretentious, and VERY cheap. What can you expect for next to nothing? In the end, I sold him to a pair of Russian sailors who knocked on the door and offered two hundred quid. I like to imagine him trundling around Siberia somewhere, and he probably is still going, unlike some of the more stylish models that I’ve owned.
Thursday, October 14, 2004
VW Beetle Named Crappest Car
Richard Porter Author of 'Crap Cars', claims that the iconic VW Beetle is the worst car ever made. As it happens, I’ve owned three of his top five bummers. Two were indeed crap - the vile Austin Allegro (number 2) was a profound disappointment, and the revolting Morris Marina ( number 4) was cheap to buy, but cost a fortune in the end as something fell off it every week. Porters number 5 however, doesn’t deserve to be on the list at all, in my opinion. The Lada Riva was a solid car. I once drove mine 975 miles in a day with the family in the back and they were well enough afterwards, to be discharged from hospital inside a week!
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So cry your heart out!
Queenie has a Skoda Fabia hatchback,
with even air conditioning. It's great, you can go driving through town with your woolly hat and gloves on in mid-July, looking like you're perishing cold.
But I didn't go for the bottie warmers in the driver's seat.
Q
I always knew you were a woman of discernment.
Mine's a Fabia SDI estate. It averaged 63 mpg over the last year and on the motorway returns 68mpg. I was militantly anti-diesel until I drove it. It doesn't smell, even from its early morning start up, it's a lot quieter than the last petrol engined car I had, and it pulls like a train from 1000 rpm.
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