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Car Talk names the Worst Car of the Millennium<\/a>. I won’t spoil any surprises here (read the article), but some of the comments from the voters were drop-dead funny.<\/p>\n

“There was no heat–unless, that is, the auxiliary gas heater caught fire.”
\n“Truly unencumbered by the engineering process.”
\n“If I got on the Interstate without being run over, the car would creep towards 55. About an hour later, I’d reach it. Then, the shaking would begin.”
\n“The car had all the quality and safety of a cheap garden tractor.”
\nAt least it had heated rear windows–so your hands would stay warm while you pushed.”<\/p>\n

Mercifully, I never had any of these, though a friend of mine had an AMC Gremlin (which, though not the Worst car, was certainly one of the Ugliest of the era).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Car Talk names the Worst Car of the Millennium. 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