Cars you regret NOT buying
Discussion
HairbearTE said:
Around the late 90s I turned down a mint low mileage Metro 6R4 for abot £20k 
Join the club!It would have been about that time I was offered one for around £20-25. I knew what it was but it was a metro!
A couple of years earlier the same chap had offered me the original Aston Martin V8. The tourmaline blue one used in all the press shots.
He also introduced me to Mr Bean and I nearly bought his Zagato, back when everyone appreciated that they were hideous things that didn't drive well.
Edited to add that he also offered me a brand new, never used XJ220 for under £100k!!! I'danaged to forget about that one.
Edited by DonkeyApple on Thursday 30th July 08:02
DonkeyApple said:
Join the club!
It would have been about that time I was offered one for around £20-25. I knew what it was but it was a metro!
A couple of years earlier the same chap had offered me the original Aston Martin V8. The tourmaline blue one used in all the press shots.
He also introduced me to Mr Bean and I nearly bought his Zagato, back when everyone appreciated that they were hideous things that didn't drive well.
Edited to add that he also offered me a brand new, never used XJ220 for under £100k!!! I'danaged to forget about that one.
If it makes you any feel any better theyre probably regretting offloading them when they did almost as much as you're regretting not buying themIt would have been about that time I was offered one for around £20-25. I knew what it was but it was a metro!
A couple of years earlier the same chap had offered me the original Aston Martin V8. The tourmaline blue one used in all the press shots.
He also introduced me to Mr Bean and I nearly bought his Zagato, back when everyone appreciated that they were hideous things that didn't drive well.
Edited to add that he also offered me a brand new, never used XJ220 for under £100k!!! I'danaged to forget about that one.
Edited by DonkeyApple on Thursday 30th July 08:02
In early 70's was offered a Series 2 E Type that needed a clutch for £500, he PX'd it for a brand new Ford Cortina Mk3 2000E!
Around the same time I also nearly bought a Fairthorpe Minor as a weekend comp car for £150 but backed out.
And finally a Frog Eye sprite in 77 with period supercharger for £250.
Around the same time I also nearly bought a Fairthorpe Minor as a weekend comp car for £150 but backed out.
And finally a Frog Eye sprite in 77 with period supercharger for £250.
Poopipe said:
DonkeyApple said:
Join the club!
It would have been about that time I was offered one for around £20-25. I knew what it was but it was a metro!
A couple of years earlier the same chap had offered me the original Aston Martin V8. The tourmaline blue one used in all the press shots.
He also introduced me to Mr Bean and I nearly bought his Zagato, back when everyone appreciated that they were hideous things that didn't drive well.
Edited to add that he also offered me a brand new, never used XJ220 for under £100k!!! I'danaged to forget about that one.
If it makes you any feel any better theyre probably regretting offloading them when they did almost as much as you're regretting not buying themIt would have been about that time I was offered one for around £20-25. I knew what it was but it was a metro!
A couple of years earlier the same chap had offered me the original Aston Martin V8. The tourmaline blue one used in all the press shots.
He also introduced me to Mr Bean and I nearly bought his Zagato, back when everyone appreciated that they were hideous things that didn't drive well.
Edited to add that he also offered me a brand new, never used XJ220 for under £100k!!! I'danaged to forget about that one.
Edited by DonkeyApple on Thursday 30th July 08:02
E30 M3 Sport Evo, up for 14K, bought a late E30 M3 instead for 11.5k....
964RS, up for 24K, bought a 964 C2 instaed for 16K....
964 3.6 Turbo, up for 39K, 'held out' and bought a 993 Turbo instead....
To be fair all of the above regrets are purely from a financial perspective...all the 'instead' cars have been great fun as cars.
In all honesty I preferred it when cars were all about the drive not the value but that's another thread entirely!
964RS, up for 24K, bought a 964 C2 instaed for 16K....
964 3.6 Turbo, up for 39K, 'held out' and bought a 993 Turbo instead....
To be fair all of the above regrets are purely from a financial perspective...all the 'instead' cars have been great fun as cars.
In all honesty I preferred it when cars were all about the drive not the value but that's another thread entirely!
Back in 2006 I was booking a holiday in Umbria through the holiday home owner's website. Also on the website he was selling a 1970s Alfa 2000 GT for 9000 euros (£6200 at that time). I ease the pain by telling myself that (1) I didn't have the money anyway and (2) it probably wouldn't have made it to the next town, far less the UK.
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