What's the shortest you've owned a car?
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Picked another T5 Volvo up a few weekends ago. Didn't even sit in it. Got it home, stuck it in my friends garage and decided he could have it.
I suppose given the journey home was approx 40 mins, you could say I owned it for that long.
I have had several I have owned for a matter of days or weeks.
I suppose given the journey home was approx 40 mins, you could say I owned it for that long.
I have had several I have owned for a matter of days or weeks.
Sold a Impreza WRX because 22mpg and £500 road tax got a bit wearing and replaced it with a Golf 1.2 petrol, it lasted 6 weeks before I couldn't stand it any more, lost £700 on it which was a years tax and the difference in petrol for 6 months on the WRX
I now realise I don't do s
t cars
I now realise I don't do s
t cars Frimley111R said:
americancrx said:
I bought a car with a bad differential. The seller hung up when I tried to get my money back. Six hours after purchase it was burned out and awaiting scrapping.
Errr.... what caused it to 'burn out' exactly??7 weeks on my last EP3 Type R, sold my R26 to buy a cheap daily and pocket some cash, did the brakes all round, 2 new rear calipers and major service with the intention of keeping it.
Got bored and decided to see if anyone wanted to buy it, they did.
The lad who bought it off me a couple of months ago has put it up for sale as he just swapped his MX5 show car for another EP3 with all the mods ready done to it that he'd want to do to the car he had off me.
Got bored and decided to see if anyone wanted to buy it, they did.
The lad who bought it off me a couple of months ago has put it up for sale as he just swapped his MX5 show car for another EP3 with all the mods ready done to it that he'd want to do to the car he had off me.
4 weeks....
My 3rd (and last of the AVO RS2000's) I owed, spent 9 months travelling around the country looking at examples when they turned up, as I wanted one of the rare colours, Vista Orange.
Finally found a decent one, only for it to be nicked from the driveway 4 weeks later, never to be seen again........still makes me angry thinking about now, some 32 years later.....
My 3rd (and last of the AVO RS2000's) I owed, spent 9 months travelling around the country looking at examples when they turned up, as I wanted one of the rare colours, Vista Orange.
Finally found a decent one, only for it to be nicked from the driveway 4 weeks later, never to be seen again........still makes me angry thinking about now, some 32 years later.....
5 days
Swapped a mk3 Astra with a dealer in Bridport and cash my way for a Corsa GSI (Corsa B) Me being in Cheshire didnt realise the trip being young and stupid.
Got the car realised on the way home it accelerated far to quick and found it had the wrong gear box fitted. Put it in for a MOT as it was due, got a call a hour later to go in to be taken into a side office and told to sell it asap.
Welding to the chassis legs, pistonrings, valve stem seals etc
Placed it on ebay and sold it to a mechanic in crewe, asked me to deliver it so I did and I made money on it.
Shame I dont have the car now and I didnt do the work as bloody rare
Swapped a mk3 Astra with a dealer in Bridport and cash my way for a Corsa GSI (Corsa B) Me being in Cheshire didnt realise the trip being young and stupid.
Got the car realised on the way home it accelerated far to quick and found it had the wrong gear box fitted. Put it in for a MOT as it was due, got a call a hour later to go in to be taken into a side office and told to sell it asap.
Welding to the chassis legs, pistonrings, valve stem seals etc
Placed it on ebay and sold it to a mechanic in crewe, asked me to deliver it so I did and I made money on it.
Shame I dont have the car now and I didnt do the work as bloody rare
Bought an immaculate BMW 530 auto, wasn't overly fussed on it as the days passed and then I found out the gearboxes can let go exactly at the mileage it was on, frightened the life out of me and I sold it to a dealer 7 days later and lost £1400. Probably could have got a warranty on it or even banked the loss incase the 'box ever gave issues but no, I made my mind up and it was gone.
A day
I got a Vauxhall Cartlon for free, took all the bits off it that were needed to make my Carlton work again the next day (doors, radiator, bonnet, headlight trims) and then got the scrap man to give £150 for the leftover bits when he came as well as the old door, bonnet etc from the old one.
The person who gave us the free car genuinely thought it was in a salvageable condition when we collected it, but it really was not.
I got a Vauxhall Cartlon for free, took all the bits off it that were needed to make my Carlton work again the next day (doors, radiator, bonnet, headlight trims) and then got the scrap man to give £150 for the leftover bits when he came as well as the old door, bonnet etc from the old one.
The person who gave us the free car genuinely thought it was in a salvageable condition when we collected it, but it really was not.
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