The car you miss the most

[spoodler]

One of these...

http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/images/herita...

May well have been this very car as there were only forty two of them made.
Miss it because? A four hundred cubic inch V8 (6.6 litre), handbuilt British grand tourer that could cover ground at a rate similar to my big bore Kawasaki that I owned at the time... Just sitting in it was an occasion... nuff said!
Sold it because? Less than ten to the gallon and I was earning a pittance printing dole cheques on the night shift...
Will I ever get another? Not unless I win the lottery which is pretty unlikely as I've never bought a ticket!

[dumfriesdave]

As mentioned on another thread I still wish I had this.
Never tired of the bark of the twin Webers.

What possessed me to swap for a 5GT Turbo? - must have been mad.

[L100NYY]

deltashad said:

I loved this car.

Oh. My.

[speedysoprano]

Probably seems a bit tame compared to some of the other cars on this thread, but I seriously miss my 1996 Subaru Outback. Sort of like this one:


Best car I ever had. Drove brilliantly, was super comfortable, did everything you asked it to and that Boxer engine made a decent noise to boot. Sold it early 2009, after having it almost two years, because I was moving from Australia to the UK. Absolutely gutted to leave it behind, but no other choice! Don't actually have a car over here, but am working on it.

I still miss that car.

[forzaminardi]

Jimmm said:

The only car I miss. So underrated.

Ditto I miss my Celica. It was a dark metallic blue pre-facelift, a rare non T-Sport 190. As I've already said on the current Celica thread, I do genuinely rate them as quite simply all-round excellent cars, but the time and place of my ownership means I remember it especially well. It was my first car, and running it was the result of my philosophy of investing in what you enjoy, and enjoying life. It felt good to drive swiftly or slowly, it felt good to look after it and wash it, it felt good to look at it out the window. It took me, friends and girlfriends here and there on adventures. On that last point, it played a good part in getting me here and there into many girls pants too...

So yeah, a great car in my opinion, and one I remember very fondly.

Selling it to get a diesel Mondeo on the basis of 'growing up' (i.e. having a flat, a long commute, and (I thought) a long-term girlfriend) was one of the silliest things I ever did. Firstly whatever I saved running the Mondeo was wiped out by its constant need for repairs and more importantly throughout my ownership of the Mondeo I may as well have donated my nob to science as an example of the lesser-spotted antique curio. As soon as I moved onto something a bit more interesting I rediscovered my mojo and this confirms my previously-alluded-to philosophy - whatever it is you enjoy, invest in it and enjoy it, and this makes you a better, happier and more attractive person. And don't buy a diesel Mondeo.

[JimbobVFR]

For me its my old Triumph Dolomite Sprint, resplendent in glorious Maple Brown, AKA as st brown or chocolate brown. TBH I originally wanted a yellow one but I grew to love the brown as a period suitable colour.

Just like this one although mine was a 75 N reg

[ejenner]

Ma 635

Last time I admitted to missing this car on Pistonheads someone promptly posted the link to the advert for me to re-buy it as the new owner had decided to sell it after a few years.

[otolith]

I miss some aspects of this thing;





I don't regret changing it, but I do miss it.

[toon10]

dumfriesdave said:

As mentioned on another thread I still wish I had this.
Never tired of the bark of the twin Webers.

What possessed me to swap for a 5GT Turbo? - must have been mad.

Ah the sport. The brother of a mate of mine swapped his red Nova GTe for one. One of only 502 ever made. He loved the exclusivity of it (until someone in the next street bought one too)

Great fun little car though.

[anthonysjb]

I've told myself, I WILL be owning her again in the future.

[Dog Star]

This....



Fiesta Pop Plus, 957cc from April 1986 to November 1990. Pictured here on the prom at Le Touquet in September 1989.

Always been my favourite car. I think it's the memories and what you did and where you went that makes it the favourite; I was 18 and had it when I was a student and took it to France when I went to work there; went all around Europe in it, 188000 miles and it NEVER broke down. I learned all my own maintenance and repairs on it.

I bought it off my dad (he was a vet and it was one of the surgery cars) for £600 including a years tax and insurance. I actually never paid any insurance as I left it on their block policy and never re-registered it Oh how smug I felt til I had to insure my own car! People had a far more lax attitude to car tax back in the mid 80s as well.

On the front it had some rally lamp mounts and a set of four Cibie Super Oscars - I used to live in Amiens and my best friends dad worked for Valeo. They cost me £19 if I remember correctly The XR2 alloys were the dogs danglies back in the day, and the spoiler was a Ford RS item that cost a whopping (back in the day) £195. I had the Mk2 shape boot lid courtesy of the local VW "specialist" who ran into the back of me one day.

I'd do anything to be able to travel back in time again and have such a carefree life. Drives always seemed faster and more fun too as there was less traffic. Even now I still have dreams that somehow I manage to buy the car back (however I suspect that the reality is that I'd be rather embarrassed to drive it ) Happy days

(Edited to add some trivial guff)

Edited by Dog Star on Tuesday 5th August 15:21

Edited by Dog Star on Wednesday 27th October 09:27

[so called]

I called my Wife while into the third week of a business trip in the US.
"I really miss ......my Tuscan". I said.
She said "baard and hung up

[moffat]

My C63 goes back in February and I am already sad!!! I can't imagine living without this car, it is truely sensational and a magical event every time I fire her up!!

Timing means I have to go dull for a couple of years, but I will be straight back into a new C63 when I can.

Only other car I miss is my 2006 S2000... enough said on the other thread, but what an engine.

[Captainawesome]

This because it's poorly and with BMW. Waiting at home for a phone call hopefully to tell me it's something cheap.

[LeoZwalf]

Some corkers in here. Funny the cars which get under your skin isn't it.

It's always the same answer for me:

1994 Rover 420 GSi Turbo. Nicely modified by me, 235bhp in the end. It is dead now.

[lamboman100]

Don't really miss any cars. They all get boring after ~2 years.

But will be revisiting an S2k after reading the recent PH thread on it.

[RobM77]

I'm very happy with my current pair of cars, as I've just used each car I've owned's ownership experience to inform the next, and sort of homed in on my ideal two cars. However, if I was to pick a third car from my previous cars it'd probably be my mk1 MR2 - it was just so close to perfection: compact, great driving position, lovely gearchange, Japanese build quality, decent handling and quite practical. My Elise S2 111S was a better car in every way, but I guess absence makes the heart grow fonder - I only sold the Elise 18 months ago, whereas I parted with the MR2 12 years ago...

[alpha channel]

Out of all the cars that I've parted ways with it'd have to be my old '86 205GRD, its handling mostly. Did come across it about a year or so after I had sold it, the old girl had been give a spray (looked a damn sight more silver-y than it had when I'd got rid) but the suspension on the drivers side had collapsed.

I have however been missing this old girl -


She's been off the road for a year and a half, one engine rebuild and a bit of fettling later, she's heading for her MOT this Friday (I'll also be missing where she's parked as well, Grandad's place is being sold after he passed away at the beginning of the year, his garages are wide and one has an inspection pit :'( ).

[v15ben]

This.
Regularly broken, rattly, a bit chavvy but I loved it.
Did 20k in just over a year including 2k miles round Scotland and 2k miles round Germany + the Alps.
Wouldn't want it back, but had great fun with it in my early 20s!

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