What car have you regreted selling?
19 January 2006, 02:40 PM
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What car have you regretted selling?
I had a lovely MR2 Turbo, bought it from Japan... Hated white car's till i got this! I sold it to buy a Supra and still regreting it now.....
Hopefully the scoob will take that regret away!
Still want it back!
Hopefully the scoob will take that regret away!
Still want it back!
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19 January 2006, 02:45 PM
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they are great cars, friend had one! just hope my scoob will have the same feeling as the MR2. only used that as a weekend car, so hopefully it will.
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19 January 2006, 02:59 PM
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mk1 mr2 with only 32,000 miles on it. UK car aswell I might add.
Reason: They seem to be advertised for big bucks nowadays.
mk1 Lotus cortina. Reason - see above.
Abbott Racing Saab 9000 2.3T. Sold it for buttons as it had 200,000 miles. In hindsight I should definately have kept it just for fun.
Reason: They seem to be advertised for big bucks nowadays.
mk1 Lotus cortina. Reason - see above.
Abbott Racing Saab 9000 2.3T. Sold it for buttons as it had 200,000 miles. In hindsight I should definately have kept it just for fun.
19 January 2006, 03:18 PM
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My VW Corrado VR6. BEst car I ever had. However, I wanted the RWD world which is great fun and I don't think I could ever go back. If VW made the VR6 RWD and handled as well as the FWD did I'm sure I'd still have it.
19 January 2006, 03:33 PM
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I regret selling my Impreza WRX STi Type R which was lightly modded. It was a great car, that after owning for a couple of years i was getting a little bored of so decided to get rid.
Love the car I have now still but really do miss the Scoob and that ferocious accelation.
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Love the car I have now still but really do miss the Scoob and that ferocious accelation.
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19 January 2006, 03:35 PM
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My 1976 Datsun 260Z 
I had almost finished restoring it, and then lost my job and had to move city.
Tried buying it back before but he wouldn't sell it.
I had almost finished restoring it, and then lost my job and had to move city.
Tried buying it back before but he wouldn't sell it.
19 January 2006, 04:04 PM
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Only a couple of cars. My E30 M3 was a dream, but one day someone offered me more money that i bought it for, so not being stupid, i sold it.
Next was my incredible Volvo 850 T5 - which was quite the opposite of the M3 - i bought it, spent £2k modding it, and lost £2k selling it meaning the car cost me £4k over 12 months !
Then there was my saxo VTR - an awesome bit of kit. Best smiles per £ car. Not dissimilar to the Volvo, i bought for £8400, and sold for £4000 2 years later
still they were my bestest cars !
Next was my incredible Volvo 850 T5 - which was quite the opposite of the M3 - i bought it, spent £2k modding it, and lost £2k selling it meaning the car cost me £4k over 12 months !
Then there was my saxo VTR - an awesome bit of kit. Best smiles per £ car. Not dissimilar to the Volvo, i bought for £8400, and sold for £4000 2 years later
still they were my bestest cars !
19 January 2006, 04:11 PM
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MGB GT V8, not a factory or Costello but an independent conversion. Had it for two years, sold it 'cos second child coming.
Still miss the exhaust note .... even though it wasn't actually that quick, the woofling noise and push in the back when you booted it stay with you
Still miss the exhaust note .... even though it wasn't actually that quick, the woofling noise and push in the back when you booted it stay with you
19 January 2006, 04:44 PM
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I'm with Gastro on this one VW G40 Polo was and will always be my number one! Plus it was one of the cheapest and lowest powered cars I've ever owned! Now ain't that a kick in the head!
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19 January 2006, 04:46 PM
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Regret selling my Blue MY98, put a lot of time and effort into that after getting it standard... then just after I'd finished it, I went and sold it.
Also regret selling my Celica ST205 WRC, only been away a wee and I miss it, just spent a few hundred on a Cat 1 Alarm/Pager Unit and Rally Decals.....
Cheers,
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Also regret selling my Celica ST205 WRC, only been away a wee and I miss it, just spent a few hundred on a Cat 1 Alarm/Pager Unit and Rally Decals.....
Cheers,
Grant
19 January 2006, 05:12 PM
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my old 3-door Sierra Cosworth.
Awesome car, great image, never broke and unbeatable performance (still cant believe I got a 13.7 standing 1/4 out of just 263bhp!)
Here is a picture of me doing a donut in it.
Ah, happy days!
astraboy.
Awesome car, great image, never broke and unbeatable performance (still cant believe I got a 13.7 standing 1/4 out of just 263bhp!)
Here is a picture of me doing a donut in it.
Ah, happy days!
astraboy.
19 January 2006, 05:21 PM
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Same answer to both questions. Caterham R500
Regret buying it because
a) it was bloody expensive
b) engine reliability (early cars)
Regret selling it because
a) it was about the most fun I've had with my trousers on
b) it lost a load of money in a very short time
c) because I still want that kind of performance kick.
http://photobucket.com/albums/e118/S...rent=No481.jpg
Regret buying it because
a) it was bloody expensive
b) engine reliability (early cars)
Regret selling it because
a) it was about the most fun I've had with my trousers on
b) it lost a load of money in a very short time
c) because I still want that kind of performance kick.
http://photobucket.com/albums/e118/S...rent=No481.jpg
19 January 2006, 05:49 PM
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my mint series 1 rs turbo, i was just 18 and lost my job, my old man told me i could either sell it or put a dust sheet over and leave it in the garage,, i sold it coz i wanted the money as i was skint.
i wish id kept it under that dust sheet, WHY WHY WHY!!! GOD WHY!!
still, my scoob is cool now too, but there will always be a place in my garage for a series 1.
i wish id kept it under that dust sheet, WHY WHY WHY!!! GOD WHY!!
still, my scoob is cool now too, but there will always be a place in my garage for a series 1.
19 January 2006, 06:01 PM
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I regret selling my 1988 Range Rover. I needed to sell it at the time, as it all went wrong, and I had to spend a **** load on the engine, but otherwise it was in bloody good nick, and afterwards, went very well. Needed the money though, but I wish I still had it
19 January 2006, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Plums!
I'm with Gastro on this one VW G40 Polo was and will always be my number one! Plus it was one of the cheapest and lowest powered cars I've ever owned! Now ain't that a kick in the head!
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19 January 2006, 08:36 PM
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A Vauxhall Nova GSi. Not a road car, but a Group N rally car.
I had it 2 years, did countless forest events in it, commuted in it, went to the pub in it, won a championship in it, and apart from essential maintainence and crash damage repairs, never really put a spanner to it.
Lost little on it at resale time too. When it went, CrisPDuk and I went to the pub and got drunk.
And there is a happy ending. Virtually 10 years to the day since I sold it, I've just bought it back. Its done many events since, untouched. Survived being bounced onto its roof. The head has still never been off. And the engine is as crisp as the day I bought it. And everyone on here mocks Nova's??? Not me
I had it 2 years, did countless forest events in it, commuted in it, went to the pub in it, won a championship in it, and apart from essential maintainence and crash damage repairs, never really put a spanner to it.
Lost little on it at resale time too. When it went, CrisPDuk and I went to the pub and got drunk.
And there is a happy ending. Virtually 10 years to the day since I sold it, I've just bought it back. Its done many events since, untouched. Survived being bounced onto its roof. The head has still never been off. And the engine is as crisp as the day I bought it. And everyone on here mocks Nova's??? Not me
19 January 2006, 08:37 PM
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Oh, and I sold a 205 GTi 1.9 in 2001 that had only done 19000 miles. If I'd have kept it, it would still probably only have early 20k miles. In fairness I got REAL good money for it at the time. But if I had it now, and kept it another few years???
19 January 2006, 08:38 PM
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my old 3-door Sierra Cosworth.
Awesome car, great image, never broke and unbeatable performance (still cant believe I got a 13.7 standing 1/4 out of just 263bhp!)
Here is a picture of me doing a donut in it.
Ah, happy days!
astraboy.
Awesome car, great image, never broke and unbeatable performance (still cant believe I got a 13.7 standing 1/4 out of just 263bhp!)
Here is a picture of me doing a donut in it.
Ah, happy days!
astraboy.
That was a cracking car and in the damp I clocked a 14.5 second quater at santa pod too 
