Cheap TatOneEyedMonster remindes us about the crap you can buy in pound shops: "Batteries that lasted about an hour and then died. A screwdriver with a loose handle so I couldn't turn the damn screw, and a tape measure which wasn't at all accurate."
Similarly, my neighbour bought a lawnmower from Argos that was so cheap the wheels didn't go round, it sort of skidded over the grass whilst gently back-combing it.
What's the cheapest, most useless crap you've bought?
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chthonic, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
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Cheap, tatty carsI once bought a VW Scirocco for £50 at auction. It (surprisingly) sailed through the MOT, however the already not-very-economical 1.8 litre engine had a fair few broken sensors and as a result did about 10mpg.
Oh, and water came up through the floor. Which meant the carpets were permanently soaked through.
Eventually I decided to strip the interior out with the aim of replacing it - I did this to find an enormous hole in the passenger footwell, and a thick layer of what used to be underlay. It was brown, soggy, and smelt of farts.
I scrapped it then, and replaced it with another £50 car - a Cavalier Diesel, which was actually brilliant.
(, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 13:58, Reply)
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