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Was worst car ever built in Post Falls?

In this 1975 photo, Donald E. Stinebaugh, president of Stinebaugh Manufacturing Company of Post Falls, looks at the car he designed and built. (Photo Archive/SR)

Many a wretched ride has rolled off the automobile assembly lines over the years. Cars like the Ford Edsel, the AMC Gremlin and the Ford Pinto come to mind. And who didn’t love to hate the Yugo? One popular joke about this piece-of-crap cruiser was that the Yugo came with a rear-window defroster “reportedly to keep your hands warm while you pushed it.” But fasten your seatbelts Inland Empirians, because an online auto reviewer recently claimed that the all-time lousiest vehicle was made in 1977 – in Post Falls/Doug Clark, SR. More here.

Question: Which of your automobiles would you consider to be the worst one you have owned?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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