Ferrari. Lamborghini. A 2002 Toyota. We may all have our dream cars — a 1969 442 convertible for yours truly — but sometimes, all you can ask for in a vehicle is that it can get you from point A to point B without causing a road hazard or hemorrhaging money… or is it?

For several unlucky drivers, their vehicles proved that the bar for cars was placed squarely on the ground, sharing the horrors that can come with owning a whip.

From drug-scented drama to plummeting transmissions, here are 20 of the worst cars people have had the displeasure of owning.