his-n-her-scoobs

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Frequently wonder what happened to cars I owned in the past.

Know some of them have been scrapped.
Lancia MonteCarlo I owned mid eighties is on a SORN somewhere
Porsche my wife wrote off mid nineties is taxed/insured so has been repaired and still running
Replacement Porsche turbo we had ten to five years ago has been exported

seems to me that when I sell a car it is the last time I see it. Never seen one of my previous cars actually on the road. Must be a weird feeling

RobsyUK

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You saying that, we sold the wifes astra about 5yrs ago because anything over 80mph and it would become hesitent.

Ever since she has always said it was the best car she owned and wants it back... Saw it today outside work in suprisingly good condition.

Paulo P

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I was driving along the motorway a few months ago in my 555 and as I passed a guy in a golf he was smiling and pointing at me, he came back alongside me with his window down and shouted "that's my old car"

We stopped at the next services for a chat and he was the first UK owner of it 10 years ago and sold it a few years ago with the head gasket gone and was glad to see it back on the road again

Dazza9t9

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Paulo that is awesome!! Small world we live in at times.

I always wonder what happened to my old mr2 turbo and my 306 which I loved for some reason.

w44syf

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I sold my bmw 525 2years ago saw it on sale after a year with 50k less miles on it

acstua

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used to see one of my old EP3 CTR's every day for a few years, drove past me at lunch time heh

and one of my old fiestas was still going strong for years after id finished with it, used to spot it now and again

nick172sport

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i spotted my old golf gti still bobing about

mervil

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I had a Calibra in 2001 that some guy started chatting to me and said that it had a rear end bump

My first car, a Renault 19 16v Chamade, I part ex'd it for the Calibra 30miles away and saw it about 5 years ago in a local pub carpark, looked battered, missing fuel cap and bodywork was dented all over! It was mint when I had it!

Unfortunately I see my old Blob STi quite a bit and only today I heard he's blown the turbo. His fault completely as whenever I've seen him he's got the AntiLag on!!

Arkynsei

My Dad was showing his Escort RS2000 up at the MPH show and a guy came over asking who's car it was as he owned it in the 80's! Showed my Dad some pictures and explained exactly what he did to his wife in the back seat of it.

Yeah.. ain't always good

M444GY

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i saw my old bmw on a police stop type program a few years back , it was on cctv ramming a clampers van lol

TinyTim

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Old Legacy GTB came up for sale recently and sold straight away. Renault 21 turbo from 5 years ago came up on ebay as breaking recently because the clutch had gone

wrx287

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I see my old Renault Megane coupe everyday as i sold it to my neighbour Still going with 172k on it Passed my old 206GTI i sold 4 years ago the other day aswell. Not as shiney as when i had it though

ALi-B

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Saw my old man's 1886 911 Supersports on a owner's club stand at the classic car show at the NEC. Had a different plate but recognised as it still has the stone chip in the same places and Kenwood component speakers. Plus Supersports in good nick are rare as rocking horse poo.

Spoke to the guy and he said he thought it had been in a front-ender due to some repair work to the inner wing, we put his mind at rest as it was actually acid damage caused by the battery boiling over/splitting which leaked acid all over the place when the alternator failed and overcharged the battery.

Still see my old scooby as my mate owns it. In a bit of a state now though as he rarely cleans/waxes it and keeps it outside in all weathers and never washes off the road salt from underneath.

TonyBurns

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My first 306 GTI-6 in silver, sold it back in 98, saw it in 2007ish, its moved from Manchester to Slough, it was one of those "oh I use to own a silver one, oh and it was a P reg, oh and it started P616.... oh it is my old one ", anyway I had a chat with the owner, he didnt HPI it otherwise he would have known it was a cat c, oooops.
Asked him if it still vibrated around 75mph and he said yes and its still on the road somewhere...

Ran into my old Spec C several months back accidentally, that went to Litchfields then up to scotland now thats back in manchester

Tony

ALi-B

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Also saw my NSX on pistonheads a month ago...some trader was selling it for some stupid amount, probably still for sale, I'll check.....

edit: Yup: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3033690.htm

He'll never get £28K for it even though it is relatively mint for its age (it was pretty much concours when I sold it for £22K ish ).


and the interior is not unmarked - drivers seat has wear on the outer edge, but I repaired it with some leather paint, look very closely and you'll see it

madfiddler

I found my old Ford Fiesta 1.4s on a forecourt years ago, about 18 months after I had p/x'd it. It had 11,000 miles less on the clock!

RetroMk1

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See my Evo ix from time to time, pisses me right off lol

dunx

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X-Files mode on/

I dreamt I saw my "old" car and woke up a bit stressed at the thought it had been stolen, then remembered it had gone two years earlier to be replaced by my "Catalunya"...

A month later my boss sent me down to Basingstoke, ( from way Opp North in Beverley ). So off I went, and as I got near to the building site I saw my old green Mazda 323F coming the other way exactly is I had dreamt it would happen !

X-Files mode off/

dunx

noturbo

I always used to see my 1st car as I sold it to a young local lad I knew, it was a 1.6 fiesta si with cosworth bumpers, rst sideskirts and arches, and replica wheels dropped on it's *** on spax shox n springs. It was a great drive and I loved it

Also see another of my old cars, it was my introduction to scoobies and was a 98 sport in silver. I'd put an afterburner vortex on it, a cold air induction kit and a borla unequal length manifold. The manifold was a great buy and really did give it that flat four burble usually reserved for turbo owners..... again, I loved it

The girl that bought it has put some 18's on it, an sti6 spoiler and some lexus lights. It looks pretty nice bar the lexus lights but she aint got the borla anymore 'cos I sold it before she bought it lol

Shaks-STI

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See the guy that bought it of you was clever he was driving on reverse

M444GY

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Tidgy

my dad part ex'd my mums old cavalier to vauxhal about 15 years ago, was bought buy someone other other side of the local village, used to see it pretty often.

also sold my first car to my best mate so saw that regular as well, not sure that counts though lol

rest of my cars no idea

Ryan@Indigo-GT

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I saw my last car crash infront of me and hit three parked cars, surprise surprise it was a woman driver..... my mother!

markb_s1

I saw my 3rd series 1 rs turbo, that i'd just finished restoring at great expense (ex wife made me sell it afterwards ) after it had gone backwards into a lamp post on the purley way in croydon about 6 months after i sold it. I nearly cried. Was proper wedged on there too.

tony_xs

kept seeing my old fto round peterborough then it got smashed up in the snow
i have seen my old classic sti come up on ebay by different seller a couple of time over the last couple of years
and my miss spotted are old golf gttdi on saturday and it still looked mint i havent seen it in over 3 years

Wagon Gaz

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Saw my old Isuzu pickup on the A19 only today.

Twin Fields

My old dad bought a brand new "K" registered Ford Capri 1600XL in 1972 and sold it a couple of years later to buy another new something or other.

Anyway, in about 1986/7 after we'd long moved away from the house where he had owed this car, this Capri turned up completely out of the blue at our new next door neighbours house and had been bought by the neighbours nephew a few weeks earlier, who was a Capri enthusiast, apparently and he was very pleased to meet the original owner.

kad 16v

see my Turbo 2000 all the time as it went to one of my mates, its nice to see it around and beeing looked after, i lost out on a little bit of money (mates rates) on that car but its nice to see it being looked after and not being abused by a chav

justin_watson

My 1st car was a p reg 323f, I loved that car, ran it into the ground though as I was in the forces so was zipping up and down south every weekend! I keep seeing the ex wife's street ka knocking about my end!

f1_fan

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Passed my old Integra DC2 Type R on the M60 the other day. It looked immaculate just as it was when I sold it 4 years ago... wish I hadn't... a brilliant car!