best & worst (road) car you've ever driven?

[Neil Adams]

worst, for me was a white toyota starlet whilst learning to drive,

best, my brothers e46 323 bmw, quite rapid!

[Gabrio]

Worst: Lada Niva
Best all round vehicle driven : Mercedes S400 CDI

[Truckosaurus]

Worst: My mates' mk4 Escort 1.3 - it was only 4-5yrs old at the time, but was woeful to drive.

Best: My old Scooby was fairly competent, but I've not driven anything really exotic.

[P.Cummins]

OK, having never driven car I will comment on the best and worst ones I've been driven in:

Best- Porshe 911 Turbo (early 90's)
Worst- Its a dogfight between a 1993 Renault 21 and a 1988 Nissan Sunny Saloon.

I did once drive a 1996 VW Golf 1.4. It wasnt bad at all considering I had no driving experience.

[krt917]

My experience is limited, but the worst:
Vauxhall Astra Estate - Incredibly slow, rubbish gearbox and, oh yes, it was silver. The only good thing about it was that it was a duel fuel thing so it didn't kill the planet as I drove it round in sheer bordom.

Best car was my Dad's M635CSI, but I don't know whether driving it up the driveway really counts!

[TimD]

Best: easy - Aston Martin DB S Vantage, followed by a Lotus Turbo Esprit.

Worst: Renault 30TX or Ford Zodiac V6 Mk4.

The Renault was truly a pile of dingoes kidneys. It handled badly, the electrics were eccentric and the bodywork rusted through in seven years. The Zody wandered alarmingly at speed due to the inherent lift created by the non-existent aerodynamics. It had remarkably little practical load space and it steered in much the same way as a ship at sea. However, I'd have another one in a heartbeat.

What can I say about the Aston? It's not a sports car - more an effortless Grand Tourer. Not dramatically quick by modern standards, but the acceleration is just so insistent. And the presence that car has on the road; the satisfaction of sneaking up on a BMW M3 GTR and having him move over on a single flash of headlights!

The Esprit was delicate, nimble and precise - a super drive except for a nasty dose of turbo lag which could be entertaining.

[garcon]

In similar way to krt917, if driving round a carpark into a service area counts, the best is a Ferrari 550 Maranello! Apart from that, it's a toss up between the Impreza STi & Legacy 3.0R I test drove and a pristine Range Rover Classic.

I think the two worst are a friend's Talbot Horizon and a very tired Fiat Brava hire car. Both unforgiveably bad in every way.

[Daimlerman]

Best - my 1988 Jaguar XJS V12 Convertible - an absolutely fabulous grand tourer.

Worst - my wife's Fiat Uno - never even get in it if I can help it.

[F1JordanUk]

Worst has got to be a VW camper van that I had to test drive for my mum, HOW THE HELL DID THEY EVER SELL ANY! lets just say I wouldn't let her buy it!!

Best, MY Activa, Handles like nothing else (in a good way!) Always get out smilling the other end

[Bluebottle]

worst- Fiat punto

Best- Hard to say really. Most fun I've had on 4 wheels has to be my Dutton Melos. Not that fast, an old 1300 xflow, but huge fun on twisty roads on a sunny day.
Most comfortable is probably the Buick Century Custom we hired in Florida 3 years ago. Bit of a barge but handled surprisingly well and a bit like driving a big soft armchair!
Fastest is our Quantum H4i with it's 1800 Zetec (Someone built one with a turbocharged 1800... it's somewhat quicker than ours!)

[DKGandBH]

Worst - Ford Bronco Station Wagon Automatic...
It had to be held in gear !

Best - Lotus Exige...
I Still have the smile on my face from months ago !

DKGandBH

[evo]

Worst - 4 cylinder Ford Mustang... A V8 muscle car with a whiney little no power no torque engine.

Best - 2001 Audi S4... Everything about that car was amazing. All that in a car my brother says looks like "some old man's car"

[BertMk2]

Worst - Fiat idea. Whoever came up with that should be shot. It doesn't have a single redeeming feature (other than the fact it wasn't mine). Handles like an oil tanker, the speedo is on the opposite side of the car so you can't actually see it properly, it's totally gutless, uncomfortable and pointless.

Best - quite sad this really, I haven't driven anything that could be classed as a 'great' car (unless you count driving a friends Impreza all of about 5 metres ). Of my own cars my current effort (306 DTurbo) is by far the best I've had, it's a great car - handling is good (used to be better but 115K on B roads doesn't do the shockers many favours) and the engine is nice and torquey. Told you it was sad.

[garcon]

Fiat Idea... until recently a mate of mine was sales manager at an Alfa/Fiat dealership. You know how many Fiat Ideas they sold new since launch, proper new unregistered to an actual punter? None. Nada. Zilch. Zero. A big, fat, donutty round nought.

As for your 306, great model the DTurbo by the way, has it got to the stage where you have to lift the doors to shut them yet?

[lj79]

Best - VW Tauran TDi (hired for two weeks in France last year, inc Le Mans).

Worst - Audi a4 TDI SE 130 (Old company car)

Reasons:
Best - reminds me of when I has having a great time and life was good. But great views and loads of places to put stuff!!!!!
Worst - hated the job, amd the car was associated with the job. But it was also like sitting on a water bed when driven hard through corners and the leather seats were hard and cold and gave me back ache

Questionable substance to my arguemnt, but nevertheless it's a personal thing