Cars you should have bought...
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When I was a student back in 1977 or 78 there was a Ferrari Daytona 365 GTB/4 for sale to around NZD$26,000 at one car sales close to where I lived, and a Dino 246 at another for around NZD$18,000 (about GBP 8500 and 6000 respectively). OK, I could not afford either, but if I had sold my wife and children, with current prices for these two cars I would have been in clover now...
Ex works ComputerVision liveried Metro 6R4 as used by, I was led too believe, Tony Pond.
It lived in our garage at home for almost 12 months because we couldn't sell it & the boss wanted it out of the showroom so I volunteered to look after it.
Was offered the chance to buy it for around £15k however my dad refused to spend that much money for what, in his words, was 'a bloody Metro'.
So it went back up for sale. A few years later it was sold for £45k!!!!!
I was also offered an ex Nigel Mansell JPS liveried Lotus Esprit for £3k.
I had just bought a house so didn't have the money. I truly regret not buying that car.
It lived in our garage at home for almost 12 months because we couldn't sell it & the boss wanted it out of the showroom so I volunteered to look after it.
Was offered the chance to buy it for around £15k however my dad refused to spend that much money for what, in his words, was 'a bloody Metro'.
So it went back up for sale. A few years later it was sold for £45k!!!!!
I was also offered an ex Nigel Mansell JPS liveried Lotus Esprit for £3k.
I had just bought a house so didn't have the money. I truly regret not buying that car.
johnnyBv8 said:
In those (auction) situations it helps to remind yourself that you may not've got it for £7200, or even £7500. Who's to say what price you'd have been bid against up to! Still annoying, but makes it slightly less annoying to play over in your mind!
That's exactly the logic I have been using to make myself feel better; £7500 plus the ludicrous indemnity fee would be £8000 which is roughly what they are selling for privately.Toyota ae86 I could off brought for 400 quid
I brought and sold a 911 sc for 7500 now there going for 14000 +
Ferrari 308 gt4 which I could off brought for under 10 grand then two weeks later top gear had one on there supercars for 10000 episode then prices went up to 18'000
The list goes on
I brought and sold a 911 sc for 7500 now there going for 14000 +
Ferrari 308 gt4 which I could off brought for under 10 grand then two weeks later top gear had one on there supercars for 10000 episode then prices went up to 18'000
The list goes on
BritishRacinGrin said:
I'm sorry but I need to do this for the sake of my own sanity;
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Oh just listen to the grammar educated dork...just because someone makes a spelling mistake doesnt mean you need to pull them apart and make them look stupid. Ever made a mistake? No..of course not..could have bought
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hsvgts454 said:
The list goes on
Not me, but a guy at work was umm-ing and ahh-ing about whether he should get a Porsche 930 Turbo, or a RHD Ferrari 365 Daytona. Both were around the £30k mark at the time. He decided he'd use the Porsche more often so got that. About 6 months later Enzo Ferrari died and the price for Daytonas went stratospheric.
Having said that, his Porsche has been sat rusting in his garage for the last 11 years, so maybe it's for the best.
Having said that, his Porsche has been sat rusting in his garage for the last 11 years, so maybe it's for the best.
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MarshPhantom said:
Rather minty Alfasud Cloverleaf for £500.
Good luck with one of those. I had to move mine with a broom several months after I bought it 
Sounded pretty good though, once you got it going.
A freshly built 2.6 chevette hsr by mtrs in burton upon Trent.
All the correct bits, dogleg getrag, five link rear, 2.6 16v vauxhall head slant four. Full cage, road registered and ready to rally. While not a factory hsr, it was a beautiful car.
Bought an astra sr for similar money as I could not insure the hsr.
All the correct bits, dogleg getrag, five link rear, 2.6 16v vauxhall head slant four. Full cage, road registered and ready to rally. While not a factory hsr, it was a beautiful car.
Bought an astra sr for similar money as I could not insure the hsr.
22Rgt said:
Oh just listen to the grammar educated dork...just because someone makes a spelling mistake doesnt mean you need to pull them apart and make them look stupid. Ever made a mistake? No..of course not..
I'm with him."Could off brought"
I've never made the 'mistake' to write/say that.
Anyway, I should have bought a E46 CSL before they went sky high.
In 2009 I wrote off my Tuscan 
I told my wife I wanted a full convertible but that I couldn't afford one as they were all £30k plus.
My wife set about finding one.
She came to me with two, both at £24k, a 2006 and a 2005.
I bought the 2006 but still to this day don't understand why I didn't buy both of them.
I told my wife I wanted a full convertible but that I couldn't afford one as they were all £30k plus.
My wife set about finding one.
She came to me with two, both at £24k, a 2006 and a 2005.
I bought the 2006 but still to this day don't understand why I didn't buy both of them.
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