Vehicle curses...

[JonB]

Have you ever owned a bike or car or any form of transport that has been cursed from day one?

Well I have.

I bought a peugeot 106 about 3 months ago with 39,000 genuine miles on the clock, 2 owners from new and I thought this would be a great buy cause the car should go on for years.

First day, the car is bunnyhopping a little. Thought nothing of it.

So it got worse, to the point that the car would cut out whenever the clutch was ever disengaged.

So I got a new idle control valve and it sorted the cutting out.

Weeks later, my wing mirror was smashed and I never saw who did it.

Another few weeks later I am on the M69 following a lorry and a huge peice of gravel falls out and chips my windscreen.

The car is still bunnyhopping.

To top it off, yesterday my gearbox has fuxx0red itself.



I am never buying a Peugeot again.

Any vehicles you had that have been a disaster from day one?
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[Dragonfly]

Cursed cars have been quite common in the past. :

The story of cursed car of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.

On June 28, 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Archduchess, Sophie were gunned down by an assassin. The car they were in was a red, six seat, and open touring car. This was the event that started World War I.

General Portiorek was the next to possess this cursed car. After a huge military defeat and a trip to Vienna for more disgrace, he began having mental problems and died in an insane asylum.

The name of the next person that owned this car is not known. All that is known is that he was an army captain. He was driving the car and two peasants walked onto the road in front of him. He tried to miss them by swerving the car, but they were hit and the car veered off the road and hit a tree. All three were killed at the accident.

The car made its way to the governor of Yugoslavia. During the time he had this car, he was in four separate accidents one in which he lost his arm. He concluded the car was bad luck and his friend, Dr. Srikis bought it. He did not believe a car could be cursed. Within six months, he was dead when the car overturned killing him.

Next it is believed to be owned by a doctor that lost all of his patients or by a diamond dealer that committed suicide.

Next, was a Swiss racecar driver. He died when he crashed the car into a wall even though he was thrown from the wreck.

A farmer bought the car, but had trouble getting the ignition to work, decided to tow the car with his wagon. He hitched it and was ready to pull it along when it fell on him and he died instantly.

Tiber Hirshfield was the very last person to own this terrifying car. He was on his way to a wedding with five close friends. He tried to pass a long row of cars when the car mysteriously spun out of control and crashed. Everyone was killed except for one person whose name is withheld.

To see this cursed car you can view it at Heereschichtliches Museum in Vienna.


Archduke Francis Ferdinand's Car


James Dean's Porsche

Friends told James Dean that the car was trouble when they saw it - a rare Silver Porsche Spyder, one of only 90 in 1955. Nicknamed "The Little Bastard," the car carried the iconic screen rebel to his grave on September 30, 1955.

After the accident, many fans refused to believe Dean was dead. A story circulated that he was still alive although terribly disfigured, and in true urban legend fashion this tale took on a life of its own.

I won't go into all the James Dean as a cult idol stuff except to say his mystique has staying power. For example, his tombstone was stolen twice in 1983, and in 1985 had to be replaced because of damage done to it by fans. Seems he was still the popular fellow despite having been dead for three decades.

After the tragedy, master car customizer George Barris bought the wreck for $2,500. When the wreck arrived at Barris' garage, the Porsche slipped and fell on one of the mechanics unloading it. The accident broke both of the mechanic's legs.

While Barris had bad feelings about the car when he first saw it, his suspicions were confirmed during a race at the Pomona Fair Grounds on October 24, 1956. Two physicians, Troy McHenry and William Eschrid, were both racing cars that had parts from the "Little Bastard." McHenry died when his car, which had the Porsche's engine installed, went out of control and hit a tree. Eschrid's car flipped over. Eschrid, who survived despite serious injuries, later said that the car suddenly locked up when he went into a curve.

The car's malevolent influence continued after the race: one kid trying to steal the Porsche's steering wheel slipped and gashed his arm. Barris reluctantly sold two of the car's tires to a young man; within a week, the man was nearly involved in a wreck when the two tires blew out simultaneously.

Feeling that the Porsche could be put to good use, Barris loaned the wrecked car to the California Highway Patrol for a touring display to illustrate the importance of automobile safety. Within days, the garage housing the Spyder burnt to the ground. With the exception of the "Little Bastard," every vehicle parked inside the garage was destroyed. When the car was put on exhibit in Sacramento, it fell from its display and broke a teenager's hip. George Barkuis, who was hauling the Spyder on a flatbed truck, was killed instantly when the Porsche fell on him after he was thrown from his truck in an accident.

The mishaps surrounding the car continued until 1960, when the Porsche was loaned out for a safety exhibit in Miami, Florida. When the exhibit was over, the wreckage, en route to Los Angeles on a truck, mysteriously vanished. To this day, the "Little Bastard's" whereabouts are unknown.
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[pa_broon74]

Yup...

I got myself a Peugot 405 GRI some years ago. 1.9 injection, all electrics etc etc...

I had it for 2 days before a bus ripped off the back bumper. It was away being fixed for 10 days, 3 days after getting it back, I flipped it (end of over end) into some bushes on (or rather off) our local coast road.

That car was definately a mistake... Jinxed from day one...

[Dazbo666]

I bought a Toyota Previa brand new back in 2001, and had nothing but problems after the first month or so.
Had a perforation in the radiator, and had the radiator replaced under warrantee, only to have the same problem less than 6 months later. Apparently it was due to a known design fault, although Toyota and dealership staff would never admit to it.

I also had the springs pop out and thru the material on the back of the middle bench seat, which resulted in a nasty scrape across my step-daughters legs, and some awkward questions at A&E.
The dealership were reluctant to repair or replace the seat, claiming it was due to heavy wear and tear... The car was less than 6 months old FFS !!
They eventually repaired the seat, but only after I'd begun ltaking legal advice.

The car also seemed to have way more than its fair share of tyre punctures, to the point that we put a CCTV camera in the garden, convinced that some chav-types were sabotaging the car overnight.

Also had three separate wheel nuts either stripped of thread, cross threaded or snapped heads.

The engine itself seemed to run like a dream, just that everything else around it either got damaged, fell apart or just failed
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[st3v3]

Hyow does a heavy car like that bunnyhop? I take it you mean stutters..

I have owned a hyosung Hyper 125, stil too traumatised to go into details/it's faults.
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[Cigaro]

My mum's owned a few cursed vehicles, but I think that's more down to her bad driving than anything.

First one was a black Nissan Micra (her first car too!) - less than 5 minutes after picking it up, she hit another car on a roundabout, panicked, and drove head-first into a sign. It needed a new radiator and screenwash tank, and all the bodywork on the front-end had to be replaced.

Less than 2 weeks later, she scraped against a bollard and dinted one of the rear doors so badly it wouldn't open.

When that was fixed, she reversed into another car, breaking the back bumper and one of the rear lights, and denting the boot.

Then someone smashed a window, it was replaced but the electric window mechanism was never quite the same again.

And the driver's side door dropped quite badly.

This was on a 3-year-old car, and all these things happened in less than one year of ownership.

Her present one - a Corolla - has been rear-ended and almost written off when she stopped for a peasent in the middle of a busy road. She was hit from behind by a Landy at 30mph, caving in the back of the car and setting all the airbags off - a whole new rear-end was needed for that too.

She also managed to destroy one of the rear doors on that, too - failed to notice a concrete kerb in a car park and got the rear of the car stuck on it.

God knows what she'll do next.

[JonB]

[hellkat]

Yeah.

Almost every vehicle I've owned.

I'm just not technically minded.

I have the brainpower (IQ=156), so there's a reasonable level of intelligence, but technical things are aften far toooooo much for me to work out. I have to be literally "walked" through things, even if I've read the manual (a classic example is my attempts at setting up my email and webcam last week, LOL)

I once bought a car, was driving it home, the red oil light came on, and I had to ask a lorry driver at the petrol station where I put the oil
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[ncrn]

My mate bought a GN125 from a training school. First day he rode it he crashed it bending the front brake lever in the process, he'd traveled about a mile from his front door when that happened.

He brings the bike to me, I notice that its breaks, tyres, chain and sprockets are all in dire need of replacement. We get all the replaced.

Soon after his rear brake rod connecting thing (technical name there) snapped, rendering the rear brake useless..

Then not long after he has a van pull out on him, he goes down and the bike has to go to the insurers for about 4-5 months.

He has it back now, but I reckon its cursed and is going to kill him soon, that or he's just not that good a rider (no comment)
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[sickpup]

My ER-5

Got it off a mate after 2 years in storage.

Tried to start it and no compression so head off to find all the valves and seats needed redressing. Had it done, put back together to find very little compression. Stripped again and turns out all the rings and pistons are fubared. Replaced it all, runs nicely so off to the MOT and the cam-chain snaps. Rebuild again, off to the MOT to discover the rear hub is cracked. Replaced hub and MOT, driven for 3K the head gasket blows. Change the head gasket and 500miles later it goes again. Decide to check the thermostat which is dead.

Wonder what will happen next?

[Jull]

Dad had a car when I was young, had loads of accidents in it.

The worst one was when my Dad was under the bonnet at the side of the road and someone ran into the back of the car. One Astra smack in the face

The registration number added up to 13, that's one of the first things I check now when buying car/bike.

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