Roadworthy

Tom had a second-hand car which was barely roadworthy.

It was one of the rapidest Constitutions ever put together; made, some say in eight days, by Hérault Séchelles and others; probably a workmanlike, roadworthy Constitution enough; — on which point, however, we are, for some reasons, little called to form a judgment.

The coupe shrieked as it hit the curve, but Harry managed the twist with precision and the roadworthy car responded.