Out Of All The Cars You've Owned, WHICH One's "Honeymoon" Ended The Quickest?

I had a black 2002 BMW 745i, E65, for 3 years.

The 'honeymoon' stage ended in a few weeks. I originally thought those horrendously ugly front headlights would grow on me, but they didn't. The ride was a bit choppy at times and even though I find it very easy to adapt to new technologies, the iDrive system was highly confusing and annoying. It went back on numerous occasions to the dealer to repair malfunctions and other technical issues under warranty, ranging from windscreen wipers that one day wouldn't turn on to an iDrive navigation system that would glitch and reboot the entire system every time it had to tell me where to go. Coming to think of it though, mechanically it was quite sound and I never had any mechanical issues. The only reason I kept it for 3 years was because I loved the 4.4L V8 (my first big V8) and the whole, big top-of-the-range BMW sedan appeal, and I traded it in for an 05 update 740i a few weeks before the warranty was due to expire. Someone else's problem now, I guess. If I had my time again, I would have definitely gone for the W220 S430, such an elegant and classy car, without anywhere near as offensive styling.

Looks are subjective, but I have to say, having driven both the BMW 7-series and the MB S-Class on the race track at Thunderhill back in 2002, the BMW of that generation was superior. While the 7-Series felt light and responsive, the S-Class felt sloppy and lumbering by comparison. I actually wanted to like the Merc more, but came away more impressed with the BMW.

Yes, as I said, the power and general feel was really good. It felt light instead of a big giant. It was also one of the most modern cars of its time, especially with the interior and its shape that had moved away from the more boxy styling. I guess with any new technology, the first models are always the most problematic. I hear its reliability was drastically improved in time for the 2003+ models.

1999 Chrysler 300M.

Was so excited by the 300HP, quick shift transmission and the new daring look by Chrysler, that within 3 months several thing occurred:

1) Realized there was no torque. HP means nothing without torque
2) Very weak transmission especially with the manual shifter feature
3) Dashboard began to emit a white powdery residue and began to crack
4) Driver side window fell off internal assembly and required replacing as an out of pocket expense since warranty claimed "not under warranty"

Traded the car in after 2 years for a 2002 Audi S4 <<<< BEST HONEYMOON EVAR!!!

2000 Honda Civic

It was completely devoid of any character but I will admit it did get oh-kay MPG and had just enough power to be scrappy.

I had a 2008 A6, and my experience with the car was so poor it more or less turned me off the brand. At one point It had been to the dealer 5 times in two months for "Check Engine" light issues, rattles, radio problems, and seat memory issues.

At around 30K miles the car began to shimmy.For $45K I should get a smooth ride, good wipers, a reliable transmission computer, headlights aligned properly, wheels aligned properly, wheel well liners that don't fall down, cupholder that don't break, and tires that don't scallop. I had experienced all of these problems and the car had only 50k miles. Needless to say I cut my losses at that point and exlpore other brands.

2002 MB CLK 430. Took less than a month before I was frustrated by its sluggish handling and the constant small electrical system errors. My first and last Mercedes. Sure was pretty though.

I had a 2003 VW passat. I will simply state it was the least reliable vehicle I ever owned.

The most reliable would had to have been a 1998 Volvo.

Toss-up between my 2002 Mercedes S500 which collapsed on its air suspension and was bought back by the dealership and my 2007 BMW X5 3.0 which had cheap plastics, flimsy door, anemic acceleration, and was generally a huge disappointment ... on balance the BMW was the worst for me.

The air suspension was fixable and Mercedes early century reliability issues were well documented, but how do you fix the cheap design choices inherent in the BMW?

A 2002 Audi A6 4.2 that lasted for about 6 months for a transmission that had a mind of it's own. You could not count on it shifting. After 3 trips to the dealer, I was told it was normal for that year (new transmission). Traded it in on a Volvo V70T. Audi changed the transmission for 03.

2003 Range Rover, 1st year of the current year.

Thought the Grandma handbag Grey interior color would grow on me- it didn't.

Did not know the handling/steering would be so vague and top-heavy.

It was all show no go.

funny almost all the cars mentioned above are German.

Because the Buyers are parting with a helluva lot of money and as such have HIGH Expectations of the item they have purchased.

If i buy a Crapsler 300M, I would not expect much quality or performance whereas if i purchase a 330i or 335i I would {Quite Understandably} expect a high level of quality, fit and finish and performance.

Without this difference of expectations GM would be able to command the same price for the Escalade that Bentley asks for the Continental GT