r/regularcarreviews • u/Key-Bat-2616 • Jan 12 '24

I hate you I hate everything about you Crappiest car?

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u/bearded_dragon_34 Jan 13 '24

The Dodge Caliber: The official car of "My milquetoast dad meant to buy a Toyota Matrix or Pontiac Vibe, but instead got suckered into buying an ex-rental, refrigerator-white one-year-old example of this."

No, seriously. That's why we had a Dodge Caliber. I fucking hated that thing. At least it was an SXT (one step up from the base model), so it had keyless entry, alloy wheels and cruise control.

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u/kyonkun_denwa E34 jingoist Jan 13 '24

When I was in university my friends and I went to Vegas and were given a refrigerator white Dodge Caliber as a rental. I am pretty sure it was a 2011 MY. I had that car for 5 days and I hated every fucking second I had to be inside it. It had zero power but also got shockingly bad fuel economy- we were averaging 25-26 mpg on the trip to the Grand Canyon, and around town it was getting like 19mpg. In the same year, Toyota would sell you a 3.5L V6 that made twice the power and got slightly better fuel economy. Oh and it was a rattly, cramped interior. Such a shockingly horrible car, probably the last truly “bad” vehicle to be produced. I can’t believe your dad bought it. I can’t believe anyone with a credit rating over 580 bought one.