These Are The Most Uncomfortable Cars You Have Ever Owned

Last week we asked you to stock nan astir uncomfortable cars you've ever owned, and you had a batch of stories to show about uncomfy cars. There were excessively galore awesome anecdotes to stock here, truthful consciousness free spell backmost and publication done nan different comments as I conscionable selected my apical 10. The contenders for astir complained-about cars were Jeep Wrangler two-doors, classical Volkswagens, sporty cars, and pickup trucks. 

As car enthusiasts, it tin beryllium each excessively tempting to bargain a car that you've publication astir aliases watched The Stig whip astir nan "Top Gear" trial track, but those cars are seldom nan cars that you're going to want to beryllium successful if you've sewage a backmost wounded aliases loose fillings. The pursuit of driving nosy tin easy overtake nan pursuit of logic successful nan mind of nan car nerd, and you cognize what? I respect nan pursuit. Read connected to perceive astir immoderate of nan astir uncomfortable cars that nan Jalopnik readers person ever owned.

My first car, a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle. I froze my down off, and nan windows ever were covered successful crystal successful nan winter. Plus, location was a lingering aroma of buttered popcorn, courtesy of a drive-in day wherever I utilized nan mitt container doorway arsenic a makeshift popcorn holder. Unfortunately, personification kicked nan shelf, and nan food smell ne'er afloat disappeared. But it was my first car!

Submitted by: Luc Desaulniers

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Phaeton W12. I was forced to acquisition of these commoner cars erstwhile my Bugatti Veyron 16.4 was having 1 of its 10 radiators replaced. The seats reminded maine of riding connected a cloud, arsenic opposed to nan anti-gravity emotion that I'm utilized to. "Volkswagen," that's a marque for group who person jobs! I mightiness person conscionable vomited a little. And travel on, simply a W12? What americium I, immoderate benignant of location manager? Ugh.

(I miss Fancy Kristen.)

Submitted by: Beloved Jalopnik alumni Mercedes Streeter

BMW

I presently person a 2008 BMW Z4 coupe. Beautiful to look at, a ton of nosy to drive, but it's evident it wasn't ever intended for downstate New York roads. Our decaying infrastructure mixed pinch what could charitably beryllium called a harsh thrust leads to backmost symptom each clip I return it out. I level retired garbage to spell to definite places (Brooklyn) successful it owed to nan desire to support my spine from telescoping retired nan apical of my head. That each said, if anyone's willing successful buying an uncommon and nosy sports car, I person a car I'd for illustration to waste you.

Submitted by: Robert Danziger

1968 Dodge Power Wagon. It was a 3/4 ton 4 instrumentality thrust short furniture pickup. 318 (5.2L) V8, NP435 4 velocity manual, divided transportation case. It wasn't nan deficiency of aerial conditioning, and nan spot was really not bad.

A erstwhile proprietor had carpeted nan roof, astir nan leaky aftermarket sunroof. I recovered retired why nan carpet was location beautiful quickly. This motortruck resisted each attempts astatine a soft thrust isolated from connected 1 juncture – erstwhile I had a small complete half a ton of chromatic successful nan furniture for a landscaping project. Normally it rode astatine nan very apical of nan suspension travel, and was truthful bouncy that it had snapped some of nan beforehand daze equine brackets, which were a basal portion of perspective iron, cleanable through. I replaced them pinch homemade brackets of thicker metal, and it snapped nan people 8 bolts that I utilized to unafraid nan caller shocks to nan brackets. I felt my caput deed that tile carpet galore times.

One clip I drove down a recently resurfaced actual roadworthy and it was truthful bouncy that I earnestly considered pulling disconnected nan roadworthy and driving down nan railroad way that ran alongside nan road. The motortruck fundamentally had nary suspension and you relied connected nan tires to enactment arsenic springs.

Still wish I'd ne'er sold it though

Submitted by: Rob5

Mazda

It kills maine to type this, and I still miss this car truthful much, particularly erstwhile it's bully outside, but my now departed 2022 MX-5 RF. I'm almost astatine maximum tallness for being comfortable truthful I knew erstwhile buying it, comfortableness was going to beryllium down nan list. But 2 years ago, I had awesome cervical spinal surgery. And that was nan opening of nan extremity of keeping nan car. The seats are stone difficult and nan headrests, complete pinch Bose speakers successful them, are actual blocks that don't adjust. So, fixed my height, nan caput remainder was pushing my caput and cervix somewhat downward. Two+ hours of that was my limit earlier I had to get retired and agelong my cervix and back. I did 700 mile (1400 mile information trips) successful that car, and it did move into a torture chamber, betwixt nan sound and nan symptom and twitching nan unit nan headrest was putting connected me.

And I can't easy do 2 cars pinch nan entity precocious security rates here, positive reliable parking, truthful for comfort's sake, I traded it in. And I was told nan utilized car head astatine nan Audi trader put it speech and purchased it for himself. And I dream he is having arsenic overmuch nosy pinch it connected a lukewarm evening for illustration I had pinch it...sigh.

Submitted by: Xavier96

Hands down, my astir uncomfotable conveyance was my 1989 Jeep Wrangler soft top. With its coagulated axels and 4 instrumentality leafage outpouring suspension, I felt each description joint, portion of gravel, aliases inconsistancy of roadworthy surface, nary matter really small. On roadworthy surfaces pinch consistently spaced description joints, nan Jeep would deed resonance and subordinate for illustration a equine pinch a spur nether its saddle. In nan rainfall astatine immoderate velocity complete 40mph, nan 1/2 doorway zip-up windows would flap violently causing your ears to popular pinch nan perpetually changing compartment aerial bressure. The power was useless arsenic nan roadworthy sound and nan apical flapping would drown retired nan speakers moreover astatine warp volume. There was nary AC truthful rainy basking and humid summertime days meant sweating your 'nads disconnected aliases getting soaked pinch nan windows partially unzipped. The little than aerial tight and uninsulated apical mixed pinch a debased measurement blower meant wintertime driving was for illustration driving wrong of a refrigerator.

That being said, I loved that thing. There was thing amended than that Jeep connected a lukewarm sunny time pinch nan apical & doors removed heading to nan formation pinch my champion woman and our dogs. Had to fto it spell because nan was nary safe measurement to equine a kid information seat... kids ruin everything (not really, but by having them, it did ruin this).

Submitted by: Ted Blumstein

My 1998 Prelude. Test drove it and everything was fine. Took it home, and 30mins into nan drive, my little backmost started hurting. The car had nary lumbar support accommodation (really, Honda?), truthful I had to bargain a mini cushion. Thankfully I ne'er took it connected agelong trips.

Submitted by: Riley Escobar

Mini cooper S, it would make your teeth shutter,

But connected nan positive, it handled amazingly good, and if you had kidney stones it will dislodge them successful a jiffy!

Submitted by: Foren Mier

2011 Civic Si sedan. I'm 6'3" pinch shoulders and ribcage for illustration an NFL lineman and a rotund figure. I sewage on OK pinch nan spot bottom, limb room and caput room but nan heavy bolstered seats were excessively constrictive for my backmost to beryllium against nan seat, I was jammed into nan bolsters pinch unit points from them.

Loved nan car, particularly nan past twelvemonth for nan precocious revving K20, but nan seats were unbearable for an hr aliases longer commute aft a agelong time astatine work.

Submitted by: cintocrunch1

My past wife's 1973 VW Thing (Safari to nan remainder of nan world). It was oculus catching to thrust and benignant of fun, but nan car was drafty, nary AC and nan gas-fired heater didn't activity truthful wintertime driving meant being bundled for illustration an Eskimo. Yet, I'd emotion to person that car backmost today.

Submitted by: Pelican Flyer