DANGER DO NOT BUY

ITT we warn fellow Veeky Forumstists about cars not to buy. Pic related. If you own a Ford Escort, it is not a matter of if the headgasket will blow, but when. Rust is equally as inevitable on this car.

230k on mine with no problems although I have the sohc. No rust cause commiefornia

The fuck that things driving on god damned water its like a fucking jesus mobile im gonna get one

240sx. I had one when it was nice. 2002ish (before people cared about them). The engine is a fucking shit box. So are the electronics.

The z31 is a pile of dog shit. Only poor teenagers defend that car. Anyone with experience knows it's a shit hole in many ways.

3000gt. I don't want to even get started on that failure of a car.

rx8. Complete piece of shit. Don't listen to faggots who bought it and refuse to accept it's shit.

The early 90s escort was GOAT daily driver.

I missed out on buying a mint ZX2 S/R for only 1500 CAD.

Can confirm z31 is a shit box, had one in high school with tons of rust, and around 260k miles on a rebuilt engine and stock auto tranny. Sold it to a guy who lived in town thinking it was at least in okay mechanical condition, and it ended up shitting out on the guy and being parked on the side of the road for a few years after.

None the less, ill probably buy another one in the future just for those nostalgia feels

220k when the odometer stopped working that was a year ago. Gave it to my bro for his first car and he takes it everywhere. Not even mad to buy another one in mint condition is like 2300 bucks. But needs to be manual

2000-2005 MY XC70.
they have a shitty electronic throttle which will fail on you. the AWD system in them is dogshit and basically useless, also the gearbox feels horrible and the synchromesh will fail eventually with heavy engine braking.

I had two. The rear 1/4 and A pillars rusted SO BAD. And I live in the south. It's heavy. Slow. Digital dash is problematic. Headlights are problematic. Engine is weak. Cooling system is shit. Even completely repaired BOTH cars would over heat cruising in the summer. The only good thing is that the interior held up well over the years. Both of mine were ugly, but they weren't all ripped up and falling apart.

yeah man i feel it, mine had t-tops, and i lived in northern Washington state at the time, so just rust and water everywhere

A friend of mine fell for the Ford meme and:

>13.000km on the clock
>Doing 90km/h on the motorway
>Front right shaft automatically blowup destroying wheel and several internals
>Ford refuses to repair because they found a microscratch in the said wheel.

Do not buy these, it'll spend more time in the shop than on the road.

Buy a European Escort like a normal person.
Genius.

Do not buy a Dodge Neon, because its engine and transmission will blow at the least opportune time.

I would hope this is closer to being common knowledge by now. Thanks for reinforcing it.

>America got the shitty ZX2
>Europe got the RS Cosworth

American cars in the 90s were such garbage. The ZX2 was clearly marketed towards young females, but so was the Mustang. What was Ford thinking?

NA OR NB MIATA
DO NOT BUY
HORRIBLE POWER, MIATAFAGS SAY THE LIGHTWEIGHT IS GOOD FOR HANDLING BUT IN REALITY IT HAS SHIT TRACTION AND SLIDES EVERYWHERE
GAY AS FUCK, ONLY MANLETS FIT IN THEM

stop being a lanklet then

>mfw shithead at work was egging me on to buy a Neon.
>mfw I told him I would look at it
>never did

>whhaaa someones tall
>whaaa he told the truth about my shitmobile

I don't own a miata and I'm not a manlet.

But dat SRT4 doe

80s and 90s Cadillacs. DO NOT BUY. Had a 93 SLS, a year before they made the engine better. Was getting 200hp from 4.9L V8 and that was the LEAST of its problems. Everything will break and it's made like shit. Rides like a wicker couch on a seesaw. Terrible MPGs, much plastic, electronics will fail. My specific example liked to accelerate on its own

I'm amazed I lived through that car... I went up to a used car dealer, handed him the key and left it there

>a year before they made the engine better

You mean exponentially worse? Northstar a shit

270ish hp V8 is better than 200hp V8 in my book. And it gained 4 or 5 mpg... I cannot express how bad this engine was

I was going to agree with you and say avoid ALL Cadillacs but in reality I don't have first hand knowledge