Do you ever own a car you swore hated you, was cursed or possessed? Tell us the story!

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Ancient Hippy answered

No, but I had a friend that did. Way back when I was in between marriages, I dated a young lady from N.E. Philly. It was Halloween and we were dressed as bananas, complete with yellow sneakers. Earlier that day, she bought a brand new car, it was a Yugo. It was bright red, smallish and boxy and she was pretty proud of it.

After the party, we were on our way home from the city and after crossing at a railroad track, every time she turned left, the horn would beep. This kept happening for quite a few miles and was really making her mad. She started pounding on the steering wheel and the horn buttons trying to make it stop. The entire center of the steering wheel popped off and springs, wires and junk flew all over the inside of the car.

She drove the car to the dealership, left it there (they were closed) and we took a cab home. She got all of her money back the following Monday when she took her dad to the dealership with her. He was about 6'5", 300 pounds of solid muscle and an intimidating looking truck driver.

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PJ Stein answered

I inherited a 1987 Ford Tempo along with its payments when my grandmother passed away. It ran fine up until I made the last payment. Then it started acting up. I took it in the shop several times. The mechanic was a family friend and one of the best around. He couldn't fix it. He even called Ford trying to figure it out. I finally told him just get it running long enough for me to trade it in. And that is what I did.

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Michael Poland answered

Believe and Receive.

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A dodge truck. Everytime it rained a new electrical problem.  Signal lights signaling in opposite directions- flick for left and it would signal right.

Let's not even talk about the heater. Oh the wipers, they worked but after the wiping cycle they returned not to under the windshield area but instead they rested. ...yup right in the eyeline part of the windshield which also suffered a hair-line crack that grew daily in an artistic pattern.

A fuel pump needed changing. The thing about Dodge trucks is that the access to that part change is by removing the cab or creating an access hole in the truck bed. Sigh- having done that. Ball joints problems reared their ugly heads. Towards the end, the monster started backfiring. A horrendous noise that could restart a heart if CPR was needed. Stalling occasionally but only in mid traffic. At the lowly end, the gas tank fell off along with the now nonexistent muffler.

Rust in peace....you demon !

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