What cars do you wish you'd bought?

What cars do you wish you'd bought?

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speedtwelve

3,510 posts

274 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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As with many others on this thread:

E30 M3
Integrale 16v/EVO
Ur Quattro
968 Sport/CS
944 S2
Alpine A610
Z3M Coupe

But.... Was lucky enough to own a Mk2 Golf GTI, Corrado VR6, S2000 and Chimaera before the 'bubble'.

Just paid reasonable money for a VX220 N/A. Having driven a couple I didn't think the turbo was worth £4-5k more.

AdamIndy

1,661 posts

105 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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A gold AE86 Corolla in about 2003. It was £2000ono. I ended up buying a celica GT4 instead because it was faster. The celica spent most of the time with the bonnet up, sold 12 months later for £1000 less than I bought it. The Corolla however trebled in value in the same space of time. In 2 years a good one was making £10k.

A friend also offered me an E55 AMG estate. I forget the actual price. I turned it down. He put it into auction the following week, it made £2k more than he offered it to me for.

I'm great at throwing money away, not so good at making it! hehe

wildcat45

8,076 posts

190 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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A green V8 Range Rover Classic Vogue SE. It wasn't mint but it was more than OK. Sitting on a trader's forecourt. He was the sort of dealer who sold easy to sell tidy Ford Ka/Fiesta type things and he took the Rangey in as a part exchange. He kept bringing the price down without me saying a word.

I got cold feet at the last minute. It all seemed too good to be true.

I'll never know if it would have been a money pit or everything I imagined an old Range Rover would be.

Dusty964

6,923 posts

191 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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wildcat45 said:
A green V8 Range Rover Classic Vogue SE. It wasn't mint but it was more than OK. Sitting on a trader's forecourt. He was the sort of dealer who sold easy to sell tidy Ford Ka/Fiesta type things and he took the Rangey in as a part exchange. He kept bringing the price down without me saying a word.

I got cold feet at the last minute. It all seemed too good to be true.

I'll never know if it would have been a money pit or everything I imagined an old Range Rover would be.
I sold my old Classic 7 years ago. 1 owner. 90k. Full history. Utterly spotless. I sold it for 2400 if memory serves.

nwates

376 posts

185 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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Porsche 997 Turbo manual
Porsche 993 Turbo
BMW CSL e46
Aston Martin DBS

Scrosbie1974

15 posts

137 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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back in 2001 i had £17k burning a hole in my pocket and had a choice between an 89 guards red 911 or a silver elise mk1. i went for the elise which i loved but part of me wished i'd gone for the porker. I'm lucky to now own a 1970 911 but loved that 80's look.

rampageturke

2,622 posts

163 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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Was looking at MK1 Golf GTIs and pug 205 GTIs about 6 years ago

much cheaper back then....

seawise

2,147 posts

207 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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the money aspect is so dull - yeah I wish 48 hours ago I knew the nag who'd cross the line first at Ascot etc, so what, we can all play that game. what really pains me is the cars that I actually seriously looked at and almost bought to use and enjoy before the values went mental and rendered these cars un-usable. actual cars that I came close to buying but decided against, include an ex museum unused Audi Sport Quattro (short wheelbase) for £45k in 2002, an F40 for £150k at a similar time, short wheelbase ali Ferrari 250 Lusso for £350k, '73 2.7 RS lightweight RHD (1 of 16) ex rally car for £200k in 2009 (I bought a Touring for £140k instead - 1 of 1,380), etc etc - to love and lost is greater than to have never, etc....

Torquey

1,895 posts

229 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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An Elise that fell through at the very last minute. Advertised for £14k 21 month ago. Now selling for £19k

wolfgangamadeusal

401 posts

100 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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This thread brings back memories. Me and the ol' boy have had a few over the years, probably 25 cars in total but a couple of stinking decisions:

87 Lotus Esprit Turbo H/C - 7k on it, one previous owner (the king of Jordan) - paid £26k in 2008, sold it for £20k in 2013

Jenson Interceptor Series 1 - Red, paid 7 grand in 2008, spent 5 on it and sold it for £7k in 2009

E-type S3 2+2 - white, 70k miles, 2 owners, really good shape - paid £25k in 2009, gave it away for £17.5k in 2010.

Passed on a Dino at £45k, a DB6 at 70k, an XJ220 at £105k and a mint fibreglass 308 GTB for £30k over the years too! rage

Currently rolling the dice on a Range Rover Classic, two owners with 74k on, an Alfa GT 1600 Junior, a couple of R129 SLs (late 280 and a '96 500) and a Ferrari 208 Dino GT4 - hopefully we can hang on to these long enough to make it worthwhile this time.

You can't win 'em all! (Or any of 'em in our case)




CitySlicker

302 posts

94 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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Missed out on a SLR Stirling Moss frown

tom scott

54 posts

229 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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No contest there. Beautiful 1984 911 3.2 Targa. Fantastic car. I expect I'll never be able to afford one or if I can, will look at the numbers and go for a new boxster.

velocgee

512 posts

147 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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Mercedes 190e 2.3/ 2.5 16v
Porsche 964 C2

Spannerski

127 posts

112 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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83' Audi Quattro turbo.
In the recession of the early 90's a mate was selling his high miler for £1,800.
It had a cracked exhaust manifold. The replacement from Audi was about the same as the cars cost, no scrapies had them.

it just didn't make economical sense.

Edited by Spannerski on Monday 8th August 16:46

Itsallicanafford

2,772 posts

160 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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told my brother to go for it about 4 years ago for his E46 M3 CSL...£24,950 - 49,000 miles on the clock...he still has it today (65,000 now on the clock), wish i would have followed my own advice and got one as well...


anonymous-user

55 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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Maybe not the most valuable cars in the world to pass up, but in terms of the cars I bought instead, for the same money, these two are pretty painful in hindsight....my only defence is that at the time any unexpected bills would have been a bit of a problem.

- I turned down an immaculate, low mileage 944 S2, and a few months later was driving an immaculate, low mileage Suzuki Baleno instead.
- I was offered a Fiat Dino Coupe for £14K, decided I couldn't afford to run two cars and bought a two year-old Nissan X-Trail.

griffdude

1,826 posts

249 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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TVR Tuscan V6 in 2007 for £8500.Bugger.

DanSI

139 posts

143 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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Lancia Delta Integrale

These cars, in mint condition, sell for crazy money on Autotrader. £40,000 - £70,000 currently.
Especially if it's a late Delta HF, Evo / 1 or 2.

VERY rare sight on British roads, with fantastic performance.

phib

4,464 posts

260 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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Could have bought !!

Countach anniversary £40k couldn't sell them for love nor money
911 cup car (964) £10k thought it was too raw
DB4 three years ago £110k

As for other bad decisions my dad part ( yes part !!!) exchanged one of his Ac cobra's for a new XJS !!!! and I sold my 993 GT2 for way too little money ( relatively !!)

Fortunately I bought a 911 2.7rs lightweight RHD somewhere in the mix !!! ( now sold !)

Phib

bigkeeko

1,370 posts

144 months

Monday 8th August 2016
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My friends mint red 1984 XR4i. I was BMW'd out if my head at the time and missed an opportunity.