Sellers remorse :(
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Sold my Ferrari 348 back in May 2011. Only car i've ever really been upset about selling.
Sold it for £24k.
Said i'd get another one day soon, but now it's probably worth about £60k, that aint happening any time soon.
Even more frustrating was that it came up for sale about 6 months after i sold it for £16k!!
If only i had a crystal ball!
Sold it for £24k.
Said i'd get another one day soon, but now it's probably worth about £60k, that aint happening any time soon.
Even more frustrating was that it came up for sale about 6 months after i sold it for £16k!!
If only i had a crystal ball!
Edited by chonok on Thursday 23 February 15:18
I cried a bit when I sold my Rev 2 MR2 Turbo back in 09
I'd had it 5.5 years and all in all, sunk about 10k into it. Unfortunately I had a mountain of debt (not all attributed to that) So I had to sell it and knuckle down.
The feeling of self pity was compiled by the fact my "inbetween" car was going to be a 1998 Astra 1.6i Arctic in gold. Just horrendous.
Eventually I bought an E46 330 Sport convertible and had that for nearly 6 years, kept it very standard not spending any more than maintenance on it. Paid £7k and sold for £3,650 so not a bad return over the time. I was a bit sad as I sold that to buy a family car.
The next car was a 2012 X3 30D M Sport. It's generally faster than the 330 was so not all bad.
I'd had it 5.5 years and all in all, sunk about 10k into it. Unfortunately I had a mountain of debt (not all attributed to that) So I had to sell it and knuckle down.
The feeling of self pity was compiled by the fact my "inbetween" car was going to be a 1998 Astra 1.6i Arctic in gold. Just horrendous.
Eventually I bought an E46 330 Sport convertible and had that for nearly 6 years, kept it very standard not spending any more than maintenance on it. Paid £7k and sold for £3,650 so not a bad return over the time. I was a bit sad as I sold that to buy a family car.
The next car was a 2012 X3 30D M Sport. It's generally faster than the 330 was so not all bad.
pete said:
I sold my museum-condition 997.1 GT3 after 10 months to fund an unmissable house purchase opportunity. I still miss almost everything about it, except perhaps the way it used to ground the front splitter on anything more than a 1 degree change of gradient!
Lovely looking motor. I know you currently run the 996 turbo S. I'm interested in a 997 GT3, but I'm still wondering whether I would regret getting rid of my very usable and (now, at no small expense) well-sorted 996 turbo to buy one? Would you do the GT3 thing again, or is the turbo a better compromise?anonymous said:
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Thanks for the optimism, but i think you'd do well to find a nice RHD under £40k. The cheapest RHD on other sites (Ebay etc - so including private sales) is currently £50k (from what i have seen, but thats only quickly looking) and from past experience when purchasing one of these, if you want a nice one, it obviously won't be the cheapest (just like any car)I think it would have to be £35k max for me to consider, becuase as much as i loved it, regretted selling it and would love another, having owned one i'm really not sure whether they are worth the money that is being asked at the moment anyway.
Had to sell a 1994 993 C2 to fund a divorce lawyer.
And to eat.
The ex wife's bullet pointed letter stated, "Pathetic that you had to sell the car you loved."
Aventura, with black widebodied leather.
It was a lovely car.
Never mind.
Two years later I bought a 993C4S to get over it.
A great big fat ar5e on it.
And to eat.
The ex wife's bullet pointed letter stated, "Pathetic that you had to sell the car you loved."
Aventura, with black widebodied leather.
It was a lovely car.
Never mind.
Two years later I bought a 993C4S to get over it.
A great big fat ar5e on it.
Digga said:
Lovely looking motor. I know you currently run the 996 turbo S. I'm interested in a 997 GT3, but I'm still wondering whether I would regret getting rid of my very usable and (now, at no small expense) well-sorted 996 turbo to buy one? Would you do the GT3 thing again, or is the turbo a better compromise?
Hi Digga - I'd love another GT3, but I'd really miss the Turbo's usability as well. I did occasionally use the GT3 for work in the week, but it was a very rare thing, and the lack of back seats would be a pain now I've got small kids. The great thing about the 996 is that I can turn up to a client office next to a sewage works (really!) and nobody really bats an eyelid, as it's old enough to fall into the "cheap Porsche" category in most people's heads. A GT3 just looks a bit more racy, and always drew more comment, so I tended to leave it at home apart from weekend fun drives.Everything that made the GT3 an occasion to drive, a bit like the Tiv, also made it a pain to use for mundane trips. The low splitter, heavy clutch, notchy cold shift, hard ride and P Zero Corsa tyres all discouraged me from using it for the odd trip to get some milk, whereas the 996 is easy to pootle around in. But if you're happy to keep a GT3 for fun, or have a high annoyance threshold (hell, you're an ex TVR driver, of course you do!) then you could easily replace a 996 Turbo with a 997 GT3. And of course the GT3 was bloody brilliant on the right road on the right day, whereas the turbo sometimes makes everything feel too easy unless you're driving like you're on the Targa Florio. So yes, the turbo is a better compromise, but do you need a compromise?!
Damn it, now I'm off to look at the classifieds...
I don't think I regret selling of any of my previous cars. One of the cars I have enjoyed the most was undoubtably my S14 a 200 SX. That was a really good car and probably one of the cheapest I have owned, I did so much autotest and so many track days in it. Not to mention the road fun and the 3 1/2 thousand mile European tour I did with my wife in it.
I had a very brutal dandelion yellow Evo 5 which was very nicely modified to 350 BHP. That was a lovely car but I drove it too fast on the roads.
I sold at about 12 years ago and got in to stage rallying in my Mark 1 Escort RS 2000. That started off with a Cooking Pinto and it now has a 2.5 warrior which is fuel injected and has a six speed sequential gearbox. I use this for stage rallying in the UK and Europe.
https://youtu.be/3ZS0SSIDqWc
My current 2006 range Rover supercharged Vogue SE is a car that I continually think about selling, but I know how much I will regret it it is such a good car. I tow the rally car with it, put the family and kids and it etc and it always puts a smile on my face even after four years of ownership. One to keep surely a future classic.
I also have a 1965 Ford Mustang and I think about selling that from time to time, but I don't know if I would find one as nice and original as it again.
I had a very brutal dandelion yellow Evo 5 which was very nicely modified to 350 BHP. That was a lovely car but I drove it too fast on the roads.
I sold at about 12 years ago and got in to stage rallying in my Mark 1 Escort RS 2000. That started off with a Cooking Pinto and it now has a 2.5 warrior which is fuel injected and has a six speed sequential gearbox. I use this for stage rallying in the UK and Europe.
https://youtu.be/3ZS0SSIDqWc
My current 2006 range Rover supercharged Vogue SE is a car that I continually think about selling, but I know how much I will regret it it is such a good car. I tow the rally car with it, put the family and kids and it etc and it always puts a smile on my face even after four years of ownership. One to keep surely a future classic.
I also have a 1965 Ford Mustang and I think about selling that from time to time, but I don't know if I would find one as nice and original as it again.
stuttgartmetal said:
Had to sell a 1994 993 C2 to fund a divorce lawyer.
And to eat.
The ex wife's bullet pointed letter stated, "Pathetic that you had to sell the car you loved."
Aventura, with black widebodied leather.
It was a lovely car.
Never mind.
Two years later I bought a 993C4S to get over it.
A great big fat ar5e on it.
You bought a car to remind you of your ex?And to eat.
The ex wife's bullet pointed letter stated, "Pathetic that you had to sell the car you loved."
Aventura, with black widebodied leather.
It was a lovely car.
Never mind.
Two years later I bought a 993C4S to get over it.
A great big fat ar5e on it.
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