What you describe sounds like a 1st class award winning beater. haha
Nice to have a 2nd car that you don't care if it gets scratched or dented, worry and guilt free driving. lol

Just some good 'ol fashion chop busting. haha

 

depends how you drive it... if you're strictly law abiding and defensive then everyone starts driving all slow and in your way, if you pull up mad aggressively people tend to move right over lmao

 

That makes sense!

 

Worst vehicle. 2015 Lexus ES350.

1. Terrible remote touch interface. Just awful and the worst device ever implemented

2. Lack of a dedicated air conditioning button. Had to go through the remote touch interface to turn off and on (see point 1). Essentially made using the HVAC a PITA as I like to use the manual mode

3. The wood steering wheel. Not sure sure if was the style/trim of wood. But around 11am to 1pm when the sun was at high noon time, depending on your direction of travel, the sun would reflect off the steering wheel and back in the windshield….amd when you looked at 3-4 car lengths down the road, there you’d see the reflection in the glass.

4 Ride was just a tad harsh.


Quality was good. Super quiet. Smooth 3.5. Loved the nav. Made in Japan

 

I don't really think I've had a bad road trip car. Let's hope my luck continues!

 

technically there's a 'worst' of anything but that doesn't mean it's bad haha

 

if a trip is of a reasonable length i think many of us here would consider noise, ride harshness, seat comfort, and amenites as things that make or break it.

i personally HATE having the windows or sunroof open any more than is absolutely necessary. i'm always amazed when i see people zipping along at 75+ with windows down... to me the wind noise alone would drive me crazy.

recently a friend did a big drive in his motorhome and his wife 'had' to drive their brand new tundra behind it. he complained bitterly at stops at how foul the roads were and thus ride quality. she, being a good wife agreed saying oh they're terrible, when she didn't feel any of it.
they're now getting a hydraulic suspension installed on the motorhome.

 

I'm the same way, not a window open person at all. I will open the sunroof on a super nice day on low speed roads, but never if I'm driving over 50 MPH.

 

2000 Honda CR-V

Slow, gutless, noisy tin can

gas mileage wasn’t even that good

 

i didn't take a trip, but i did test drive a prius and a prius v probably around 2007, and they were spectacularly bad... as you say, gutless, noisy, and rough riding. oh and who can forget no guages in front of the driver! horrible.

 

I haven’t driven too many cars long distance. My 1999 Saturn SL2 was unpleasant since the seats were terrible and I didn’t have enough space for my legs. The upside was I had an AIWA headunit, Alpine Type R coaxial speakers, and a changing lineup up of subwoofers in the trunk that made it a little bit more fun.

My actual worst car would be the 2018 Jaguar F-Pace 3.5t. The ride is somewhat harsh for a luxury crossover, the seats are very uncomfortable after 30 minutes, the wind and road noise is bad, the seat doesn’t go back far enough for me to stretch out my legs, the Bluetooth streaming doesn’t work properly, there’s no CD player or auxiliary connection, and it’s terrible on gas. I can’t stand the car with the trim package. If it were a higher package it could be a lot better. It’s my mom’s car but I drive it most of the time. I can’t wait until we trade it in for something else.

I’m probably going to take the GS300 on my next trip. It’s so comfortable that I don’t really drive the F-Pace or LS430 as much anymore.

 

Never really had a bad one personally, some were just better than others, but nothing extreme. However, I can fondly remember my father with out 1979 Chevette and later our 1983 Honda Accord, the latter being extremely reliable, but both were an utter failure in passing other vehicles. God bless the 'scientific' fact of increasing HP over time.

 

We have friends that had a 2000 CR-V, it literally exploded on their way home from a vacation we took together in the Pocanos lol. Like, engine parts all over the ground.

Oh yeah, super great...and the driving position reminded me of a golf cart. I traded that Prius in on our first Grand Cherokee in 2011 during the gas price crisis when gas was like $5 a gallon (you know, like now) and made a KILLING. The Prius was like $26K new, it was a 2004 with almost 80k miles on it and I think Carmax gave us $19,000 for it, and I got $10,000 off a $38,000 Grand Cherokee because nobody wanted SUVs and everybody wanted hybrids. Gas bill went from $20 a week to $75 a week but who cares lol

Oh that reminded me! The Prius is not the worst car I ever drove on a roadtrip. I had a girlfriend in high school and a little bit into college who had an original Saturn, it was maybe a 1992? This would have been like 2000 or so. She was in Michigan for the summer and she didnt like to drive on the highway, so I flew out there and drove her back in her car all loaded up with her stuff. THAT car was horrible. Terrible shimmy in the front end, loud and slow, no armrest in the front (I remember using a box of soda cans). REALLY bad. It was over 500 miles too.

 

In 2016 I rented a Ford Focus Titanium for a road trip. It was nearing the end of summer, and we were making the trip at night to avoid traffic. For some reason the front windows would fog up really easily, and it seemed like there was nothing we could do to fix it aside from rolling the windows down while running the A/C at full blast with recirc off. At first it was just really annoying because it was cold. After we switched drivers, I tried to get some sleep, and a couple of hours later I woke up with soggy socks (water in the passenger footwell). I didn't know at the time, but I think the car had an A/C drain clog of some kind, with the extra water contributing to the humidity levels in the car resulting in the foggy windows.

My 2006 Civic DX is definitely the worst road-tripper I've had. No cruise control, noisy engine and cabin, less power than I'm used to, and very uncomfortable seats that I could never find a good seating position in. I remember taking breaks every 2-3 hours just to stretch my back out. That car is very, very reliable though. I believe it has around 350k kms and the only issue we've had was a power steering fluid line that started leaking last year.

 

We're still in the time of year when I drop all the windows and open the moonroof as I'm walking to the car, pretty much every time I go out. Love having the air when I'm driving around.

That said, the moment I hit an expressway onramp, they all get closed and the HVAC comes back on. I don't want to deal with the noise or buffeting at high speed. It's different in a convertible. With the windows up and a wind deflector installed behind the seats, it can be remarkably serene at highway speeds with the top down.