I wouldn't say that I "hate" my car yet, but I just bought it, and I have been trying to catch up on undone maintenance and things. Of course when i test drove it, and the day that I bought it, it was flawless. Since then:

Car had foglights - tore them off and played baseball at the shop with a lead pipe

Car had nasty window tint - spent like 6 hours taking it off

Car had bad window trim - bought new trim today, haven't installed it yet

Clutch is not disengaging all of the way and when it does, its on the floor - Welded nut onto MC/rod bracket

Clip that holds shifter cable in place on tranny fell out or was rigged up and never noticed - replaced clip but had to drive with hardly any gears and destroyed my clutch/maybe flywheel...

Car not finding gears so easily right now - probably related to the linkage, but possibly related to mechanical or hydraulic clutch problem

Car is overheating - keep adding water, haven't gotten around to this one yet


If i can't keep this car in drivable condition, i have to borrow my buddy's Jetta that isn't much better than walking...

Good luck man I feel ya. At least when you replace everything you can possibly think of and afford to buy parts for, it will be done right.