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Old 04-29-2011, 10:44 PM
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Default 5 worst cars to drive

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Former Stig Ben Collins tells us his five worst cars | Top Gear UK

This quote about the Escalade made me lol:

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Next on the list is a horrible bucket of bling that dares to call itself a 4x4: the Cadillac Escalade SUV. The ''Platinum'' model totes crass 22-inch chromed spoke alloys and tinted windows designed to curry favour with drug dealers. Around town it positively bleeds fuel and if you even suggest taking it off road it fakes injury.
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Old 05-04-2011, 11:42 PM
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if you even suggest taking it off-road it fakes injury
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My worst car I have ever drove,

2009 Suzuki sx4

Followed close by a 2011 BMW x5, infact i think the Suzuki was nicer to drive.
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My worst car I have ever drove,

2009 Suzuki sx4
Really? I seriously considered SX4's because they were Swift related (and not the Daewoo/Swift+ stuff...)

what was wrong with it?
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Really? I seriously considered SX4's because they were Swift related (and not the Daewoo/Swift+ stuff...)

what was wrong with it?

it was just.... LOUD, Everything was loud too, Tires, windnoise, transmission noise, engine noise, road noise...

Gas milage was pathetic, and the transmission gear ratios we just bizzare, like 1st was great, then 2nd and 3rd we spaced soo far apart. The 1980s style back lit amber LCD radio and instruments.

The best part of that car was when i gave it back to the Avis guy.
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I never heard of that site before but it seems to have a lot of car news. So, I looked up the Fiesta and saw that production was moved from Germany to Thailand. If you look at the "cons" for that build, it seems the 6 speed auto transmission has low speed issues over there, too.
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I never heard of that site before but it seems to have a lot of car news. So, I looked up the Fiesta and saw that production was moved from Germany to Thailand. If you look at the "cons" for that build, it seems the 6 speed auto transmission has low speed issues over there, too.
The German factory is still producing the Fiesta for European Countries along with the Spanish factory.
The Thai factory for Asia and Oceania, China factory for the rest of Asia. You will find that Mexico will be producing for the Americas.
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The 6 speeds 'low speed issues' (jerky shifting) is actually normal for the dual clutch type transmission.

I didn't think the dct was available in other markets until 2012 model year.
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