Lemon Tree

[LBrown59]

Most of the Vehicles I've had have been good ones but I did pick a few lemons.
Such as
1955 Chevy Belair but I did have a good 55 Chevy 150.
1959 Chevy but my brother had a good 59 Chevy.
1973 Mazda RX.
1984 Renault Alliance but the 1987 was a cream puff.
What was your lemon?

 

[AndyM]

What was your lemon?

1984 Dodge D-50 4x4
What a rustbucket!

1993 Ford Festiva
Had three transmissions by 12,000 miles. Ford bought the car back and I did better the next time with a Taurus.

Sears Craftsman riding mower
'nuff said! Not enough room to list everything wrong.

 

[MossRoad]

I never had a lemon, but when I was a kid, my dad had two new mustangs in the 60's. Both of them rusted badly in just two years. Dad swore off Fords after that. He switched to VW's. We had seven or eight of them.... so my question was, "If they are so good, how come we had so many of them, dad?" He gave me one of those "looks" so I figured it was best just to walk away at that point.

 

[Bird]

I've only had one lemon; a new 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 4-door sedan, 289 V-8, automatic transmission, power steering and brakes. I wish we'd had lemon laws back then. Even the owner of the dealership was apologetic and used to loan me his personal car while they tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully to correct problems with mine.

 

[lrunge]

Chevrolet
1962 Corvair - too many problems to discuss
1969 Nova, overheating, transmission out at 50,000
1974 Malibu, breaks worn out at 16,000 miles rotors couldn't be turned because they were below specs, transmission went out at 14,000 miles.
Told my wife 'never another chevy"
Returned from Helsinki and wife picked me up in a new 1982 Chevy Malibu wagon she got from dealership her brother worked at ... This was the worst.
Constant over heating, alternator fell off driving on the expressway 2 times,
Transmission failed at 28,000 miles got rid of it and have drove nothing but Toyotas since. Kept Camrys for 10-12 years no failures.

 

[LBrown59]

Chevrolet
1*1962 Corvair - too many problems to discuss
2*1969 Nova, overheating, transmission out at 50,000
3*a new 1982 Chevy Malibu wagon she got from dealership her brother worked at ... This was the worst.
Constant over heating, alternator fell off driving on the expressway 2 times,
Transmission failed at 28,000
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1*Corvairs were never much of an automobile
2* A. Nova station wagon was one of the best Cars my brother ever had.
3*A new 1971 Chevy Chevell Malibu Convertible was one of the nicest sharpest best cars I ever owned. Would love to have one like it in new condition now!

 

[LBrown59]

1*1984 Dodge D-50 4x4
What a rustbucket!

2*Sears Craftsman riding mower
'nuff said! Not enough room to list everything wrong.

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1*The most underated import pick ups.
I've had 3 of them.
used 1983
used 1986
New 1989
and all were great little trucks.
Still have the 86 & 89.

2*Sorta the MTD of Sears Eh

 

[IH3444]

Had a lemonade stand once upon a time, made money with it.

 

[LBrown59]

Had a lemonade stand once upon a time, made money with it.

I never got any ade with the lemons I had.

 

[AndyM]

1*1984 Dodge D-50 4x4
What a rustbucket!

2*Sears Craftsman riding mower
'nuff said! Not enough room to list everything wrong.

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1*The most underated import pick ups.
I've had 3 of them.
used 1983
used 1986
New 1989
and all were great little trucks.
Still have the 86 & 89.

2*Sorta the MTD of Sears Eh

1. My Dodge D-50 made my list of lemons, so they ALL weren't great little trucks.

2. I'd take a MTD product over any mower or tractor with the Craftsman name.
In fact, since you don't like MTD products, I'll take that shiny new Cub Cadet off your hands if you like!

 

[LBrown59]

1. My Dodge D-50 made my list of lemons, so they ALL weren't great little trucks.

2. I'd take a MTD product over any mower or tractor with the Craftsman name.
*In fact, since you don't like MTD products, I'll take that shiny new Cub Cadet off your hands if you like!

*That's one I do Like So Far.

 

[Dusty]

Chevrolet
1962 Corvair - too many problems to discuss
1969 Nova, overheating, transmission out at 50,000
1974 Malibu, breaks worn out at 16,000 miles rotors couldn't be turned because they were below specs, transmission went out at 14,000 miles.
Told my wife 'never another chevy"
Returned from Helsinki and wife picked me up in a new 1982 Chevy Malibu wagon she got from dealership her brother worked at ... This was the worst.
Constant over heating, alternator fell off driving on the expressway 2 times,
Transmission failed at 28,000 miles got rid of it and have drove nothing but Toyotas since. Kept Camrys for 10-12 years no failures.

I have the time, if you care to discuss the problems that you have had with the Corvair. I also love the comments about the 1982 Chevy Malibu wagon with the alternator that fell off driving the expressway 2 times. This sounds more like it wasn't installed correctly the first time, and the same for the second time. I had a new Ford that was delivered without shock absorbers from the factory. Things like that happen, because the cars are assembled by humans, and we all know that humans make mistakes. I know of no brand of automobile that has a 100% success rate of no failures, and that includes, but not limited to Toyota. One thing to consider is that 1960's cars were not as well made as the 1970's cars, and the same goes for the 1980's, 1990's, and the current crop of 2000's. As technology gets better, so does everything else. In the 1960's people routinely died from many things that today are very treatable. Just think, in the 1960's people died much younger than they do today, due to better medicine and methods of treatment and diagnosis. Same for cars. They are built better, because the equipment to build them is better. This translates into less human intervention in the building process, and the more that you keep humans out of production, the less chance for mistakes.
Dusty

 

[AMP762]

Get back to me in about 20yrs. on these new cars.