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Cars that didn't meet your expectations when you discovered their true nature, or when you drove it for the first time. I'll start
>Maybach Exelero
>Actually just a w216 CL65 with a disgusting bodykit.
>>14114508
>posting German cars
OP is SwedeJew confirmed.
This fucking thing. It's the original >Muh Feels car, and while it may have been great in the 80's when nothing had any horsepower, but now it's just a slow, rattly German shitbox with a hefty nostalgia pricetag.
![1997_cadillac_eldorado_coupe_base_fq_oem_1_500[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/j84MxHC.jpg "1997_cadillac_eldorado_coupe_base_fq_oem_1_500[1].jpg")
Comfortable, powerful, handsome, terribly flawed engine.
>>14114667
it's okay you can spend thousands of your hard earned moneys making it less flawed
>>14114667
what was wrong with the northstar v8?
>>14114914
Seems to be extremely prone to blowing head gaskets. Head-bolts come lose or something? I dunno
>>14114508
looks like a buck tooth slit eye chink.
>>14114530
Shameless samefagging
Very true desu
>>14114922
oi mate nothing wrong with Chinese people
>>14114914
The head wanted to liberate itself from the block. So gm thought it was a good idea to supercharge this thing.
Evo X
The fat sad grandson of the original evo
Shitty uncomfortable ride
Shitty seats
Shitty interior
Shitty everything but the drivetrain.
>>14114951
iirc it was set up more for road than rally
Every Honda ever.
Shit starts to shake if you take it over 70 and cabin noise is ridiculous.
>>14114951
the engine isn't bad either.
>>14115182
I think that's called old weatherstripping and unbalanced tires.
>>14115182
like all these big turbo hondas
look at me i go fast
oh wait everything is plastic and rattles
>>14114530
Get a standard e30 instead. Better looking, and not over-rated as fuck
>>14114530
If you hop into an e30 expecting blazing straight line speed you're doing it completely wrong.
>>14115182
I have to disagree. I owned a 99 honda accord (european version). Everything felt sturdy and proper, and cabin noise didnt exist; in fact it was too quiet, i would have wanted to hear more from the engine and wheels.
>>14115182
How many Hondas have you actually had this problem with?
>>14114530
Can't agree more.
>>14114508
Alfa Romeo GTV6
Broke down twice in one day
Wasn't very fast
interior was pretty nice
I'd totally buy one given the chance
>>14114530
So much truth. But hey, I'm all good to let the mid life crisis idiots blow all their savings on that heap of trash while they leave all the 80's really good cars alone and underpriced.
>>14117728
Hah you fell for the Alfa meme
2004 porsche 911 with the automatic, absolutely dreadful, it was a soft-top and the brakes but the Mercedes-Benz 5G-Tronic is utter shit
>on a happy note
2007 4s manual almost made me cream my pants
Scion tC. Had nice low end torque/ power. No top end. Overall slow
BMW interiors. Been in a basic 328i, but also a 5 series. Neither interiors were anything I'd call nice. A GMC Denali is nice. The Hyundai Sonata interiors nice. BMW? Not any I've seen.
>>14119781
True
>>14118080
I'd like to disagree on the 5g-tronic
How many transmissions do you know that can reliably handle 1000lb/ft of torque? None, besides drag built powerglides and the like. It's possibly the most durable 5 speed ever.
>>14117861
some alfas are god tier
>>14120634
DOOOO WAAAAANT
>>14120267
then put it in a car that throws that power around, if its so tough why are the downshifts so delayed shit, besides a 5 speed? its just not practical anymore
>>14120634
They look nice but looking nice is no excuse for every single alpha ever being a fucking lemon on wheels.
>HSV GTO Coupe
>Just a commodore
Went through 4 diffs in 60,000km because they didnt even bother changing that when they decided to turn the VT commodore into the Monaro or when HSV decided to turn the Monaro into the GTO.
Huge waste of money, admitted it was a good skid rig, they go sideways better than a normaly commodore, but everything else about the car screams "i am a VT commodore"
>>14120807
hah i got a mate whos lusting after these
>his face when we both know they are just a swb vt coupe
>>14120783
Get a tcu tune. Eurocharged, weistec, renmtech and speedriven all offer one. The 700hp Maybach excelero up top uses 5g-tronic, fun fact.
>>14120634
That Alfa is not amused.
>>14120830
True but it doesn't make the Monaro /not/ sexy as fuck
>>14117760
How poor and/or stupid do you have to be so that by 45 your savings amount to $15k max?
>>14123769
Most my parent had in savings at age 50 was $3000
E46 M3.
I have been yearning for one since NFS Most Wanted came out, and in 2012 I got the chance to drive one.
Seats are rock hard and uncomfortable, and that's a deal breaker. I have back issues and I was kinda bummed that the seats were so shitty in a BMW. Wasn't a CSL so I wasnt expecting the weight reduction approach to seats.
Aside from a sore ass and lower back the car was absolutely baller though. Most fun I've ever had.
>>14123798
You could always swap the seats from a lesser model in.
>>14123811
While that is true I can't exactly afford an M3. maybe one day if I see one going for cheap I'll scoop it up but any good beemers in Au that are post 2003 fetch like 15g minimum
