Worst car you've ever owned? Me: VW Dasher [View all]

[trof]

It was a cool looking car for 1974.
It had one drawback.
It wouldn't start if the driver didn't have the seat belt fastened.
Seriously.

There was some kind of contact switch in the driver's seat that somehow interconnected with the ignition.
Sounds good, right?
Everybody should wear seat belts.
Yeah.

Except...after a few months, the switch didn't work that well.
So I'd bounce up and down while turning the key and eventually it would 'hit' and we had...IGNITION!
And then finally no amount of bouncing worked and I had to have the damn thing towed to the dealer and they wanted about $500 to replace the switch.

And I said "It's yours".
hunh?
"It's yours. This damn car is yours. I don;t want it any more. What will you give me for it?"
It was some ridiculously low amount, but i took it.
Fuck it.

I bought a Toyota.
No problems.