Worst Equipment you ever owned

[jpr62902]

My Sears lawn tractor followed by my Sears water softener. Oh, yeah -- Sears customer service is awful, too. I understand some people have had success with some Sears products, but I've only had frustration with them.

 

[sneaky_pete]

Dodge Dart station wagon bought new; went through three transmissions in less than five years before my sister put it out of its misery. To this day, I wouldn't have a Chrysler product if it was given to me.

Pete

 

[graybeard451]

I bought my first new car, a 1981 Buick Skylark. My wife was driving almost 50 miles a day round trip and was so proud to put her in a new safe car. Right away the paint started flaking off in big sheets. They repainted the POS twice and some spots even more. The powersteering didn't work until the car warmed up. Sometimes the brakes would only work on one wheel, but it was never the same wheel. She would drive it to the dealer, which was near her work then get someone from her work to take her the last couple of miles. At the end of the day she had to reverse the process to get home. Somedays it wouldn't start. Somehow she got it to 50,000 miles, the front end was shot, the exhaust was hanging on with coat hangers and we lost money trading it in on a car that worked. She then got a Mazda 626 that she drove for 150,000 miles with nothing more than oil changes, tires and maybe one set of brakes.

 

[BRIGUY]

We had a new guy working with us on a piece of equipment. So we sent him down to the shop (where a couple of the other guys were working) to get a mechanics punch. He came back rubbing his very red arm.

 

[anthonyk]

groan! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

anthony /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[California]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I bought my first new car, a 1981 Buick Skylark. Right away the paint started flaking off in big sheets. They repainted the POS twice and some spots even more. The powersteering didn't work until the car warmed up. Sometimes the brakes would only work on one wheel, but it was never the same wheel. ... Somehow she got it to 50,000 miles ... -graybeard451 )</font>

Me too. My first new car was an '80 Chev Citation, essentially the same car in a lower trim level. It arrived new with five separate oil leaks and paint so transparent you could see pre-sale body damage repairs through it. The locking rear brakes and the surprise intermittent no-power-steering were scary. Obvious misalignment ate the tires. Requests for warranty repairs were ignored. "What's the problem - they all do that."

Mine didn't make it to 50 k miles. I sold it at 45 k, nearly undriveable with both a flat camshaft and a slipping clutch. After the cam went flat, top speed was 50mph then after the clutch started to slip it wouldn't even hold speed in 4th gear. The Coke bottle that an assembly worker had put in the quarter panel was still rattling around in there.

Sorry, you asked for something humorous if possible, but this was the most expensive thing I had ever paid cash for at that point in my life and it was blatant **** from the moment it arrived. I've never again bought anything made by GM after that disappointment.

 

[Indydirtfarmer]

In order (starting with worst)

1.) 1988 Chevy 1/2 ton pick-up. (Bandwidth limitqations prevent my going into full details) /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

2.) 1976 Case 222 "hydraulic drive" mower. suffice to say, not the fiest effort from Case. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

3.) My (first) HP computer..... /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

4.) 1978 Chevy Camaro Z/28. (SATAN with 4 wheels) /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

5.) Ford 4000 Selecto-speed.... Only reason I owned it as long as I did was the delays in getting parts.... /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

6.) My (second) HP computer /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

7.) Any cellphone with the word "Sprint" on it /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

I'll stop now before I "rate" everything I've ever owned... /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Bird]

Pete, what year was that Dodge Dart? I had good luck with two 1964 Darts, then traded the last one for a brand new 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 that was probably the worst lemon ever to go down an assembly line. So kind of like you and Chrysler, I wouldn't own a Ford product for 25 years, but now I'm back to driving nothing but Fords since '92. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[ByronBob]

Stihl chainsaw. Kept melting the gears inside of it. After several trips to the dealer and finding out it was an oil pump problem I couldn't fix because the model was made in Germany and parts were no longer available for it I put in in the trash.
So I bought a brand new one. Worked like the cats meow until I left the tailgate down one day and got home with it missing. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[TCowner]

I purchased a light McCulloch chain saw from JC Penny around 15 years ago. The saw would not run once it warmed up. After about 5 years of fighting it and multiple trips to the repair shop I gave up.

I went to the local Stihl dealer and purchased a new 026 saw. I went home and put on the heaviest pair of leather work gloves I could find. I retrieved the McCulloch saw from my shed and positioned my self on the concreted slab in front of my shed and proceeded to destroy the McCulloch by beating into the concrete.

Now I know what your saying. Your saying this guy is crazy and is in need of some anger management training. Perhaps so. But the joy I experienced destroying this piece of crap can't be described. I only wish I had the event on video tape so I could re-live it from time to time.

My Stihl 026 has never failed me and continues to run as well as the day I bought it.