Top 5 WORST USED CARS you can buy right now | ReDriven

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The writing in this video, particularly when describing the "shitbox" nature of these cars, is an outstanding 10/10.

Had an aunt with a brand-new Holden Cruze back in the day. After years of bi-monthly trips to the mechanic for the latest demonstration of "Holden Ingenuity" she finally wisened up and got a camry. Avoid like the plague. No wonder their ads had nothing better to say about the car than "the door thud is satisfying every time"

I remember my dad looking at a new Holden Cruze. Even in the sales yard I could see plastics fading on the rear vision mirrors, poor fitment and our test car had a misfire under acceleration. Dad was inexplicably still keen but I finally talked him into Camry…phew

as a cruze owner, DON'T BUY A CRUZE my coolant reservoir literally burst at the seams 2 days ago, coolant everywhere 💀

How oh how did the Craptiva not make the top of this list? True story - I kid you not - I had one of these following me down the hill yesterday...I looked in the mirror and saw a lovingly polished red Craptiva and thought - you poor bastard. Pulled up at the lights next to me. He goes straight ahead, I am turning right and out of the corner of my eye see black plumes of smoke that the special effects team from Oppenheimer would have been proud of. Shiny Crapriva convulses across the intersection.....in a smoke screen...hazard lights come on and it lurches to the side of the road. So wish I had it on dashcam! The empty box trailer it was towing must have been too much for it.

How every Peugeot ever made has avoided this list I'll never know. The best thing that ever happened to my old 308 was it meeting a (far superior) Pajero in a head on.

having own a BMW 550i touring I totally agree, after 11 years and 133’000 km (not miles) both the BMW dealership and an independent repair shop agreed that the damage to the motor was not worth the expense of repair. Thank you for you work and Best Regards from Switzerland. to be fair when I purchased it my commute to work was on foot (15 min) - then I moved to the suburb which meant my commute became 15 minutes with the car. V8 are not made for 15 minutes commute, particularly so in winter (even though I would not accelerate hard during a commute too short for the motor to really warm up in winter)

As a mechanic i can say Holdens and jeeps bring in great income for me.

Having been a previous owner of a Captiva I feel like part 2 is going to be quite cathartic for me.

I’m hoping to see a Series 1 Feeelander in the next episode.

Absolutely agree on E60. I have a 2006 530i with 150,000 kilometer and face lots of problem like head gasket, gearbox, cylinder leakage. Even the dealership suggest not to repair the engine problem because it not worth it. So I swap a new engine in it. And this is the reason that less people drive old BMW in Taiwan.

I would absolutely love to see a cost of ownership video. I appreciate it’s not always the cheapest cars or the most fuel efficient cars that make low cost of ownership. Although I also appreciate that this would be a harder research project. From a kiwis perspective, your videos are outstanding. Thank you!

One of the more positive takeaways I get when watching your videos, is that being a mechanic is not going to be a profession that ceases to exist just because of the greater prevalence of electric vehicles in the future. There are so many potential points of failure other than just the driveline. Someone or something is going to have to rectify these, it’s just going to be another skill set.

I've thankfully never personally owned one myself, but i don't believe it's a true worst car list without a PT Cruiser

GM Spark. Work had fleet of these from new, they spent lot time in workshop. Eventually management got wise and upgraded to used ex lease Yaris. NB fleet is now Vitara an Yaris which are slowly being replaced with Aqua.

Thanks for the heads up.

I am glad you started with the E60. I had a 535. Such a nice car to drive. What a shit box to own. So happy when mine drove away after selling.

I own a later model, Australian built Holden Cruze. It has the rare 1.6L turbo and it's a really fun car. It's done nearly 200,000 km and still going strong. I have every service done on time by my local Holden service centre and for the most part, it's been pretty reliable. I have had to fix a couple of minor issues but that's not to be unexpected with the high km. Considering how cheap it was to buy, it's still cost me a LOT less than a comparable car. That being said, I wouldn't touch any of the earlier models or any of the other engine variants.

Interesting. I had a 2013 Opel Astra GTC Sport that I did almost 200,000km in. Did have a couple of issues in that time but they were sorted out quickly without too much expense.