Then there is the saga of a chap buying a Neo to save money; he started regretting it the moment he wanted to pack it and it was bigger than a Brompton. He went through months of agonising about this and that and eventually got rid of it. Like seeing a train wreck in slow motion. Read All about it in this forum.
That was Hermespan, a fellow Canadian. I think your train wreck is the exact term to use. Even selling the bike became a hassle for him. His last post was picking up a Trek Transport which I think was a better bike for his purposes. He was never happy with his Flamingo except for the price which even that was pretty high for a knock-off.