Revisiting your favourite car, should you ever go back?

[cragswinter]

Or would it be like seeing the girl you used to love in the street?

We all move on in life & there's so many new & exciting things to try out there, but, well I did bloody love that megane

[Athlon]

I have never yet bought the same car twice and enjoyed it as much as the first time.

[dibblecorse]

i would and am looking for a mint ax gt now .......

[redtwin]

I am considering it, except it would be an estate instead of a saloon, an autobox rather than manual, and petrol in place of diesel.

Not sure if that still qualifies.

[Dave Hedgehog]

been toying with getting a GT4 ST205 as a track toy, if only i had somewhere to put it lol

[Carfiend]

I am always tempted to get another Integra but know that after driving something with twice the power that it would leave me underwhelmed a bit and my arse would never forgive me sitting in those recaros again!

[cragswinter]

Carfiend said:

I am always tempted to get another Integra but know that after driving something with twice the power that it would leave me underwhelmed a bit and my arse would never forgive me sitting in those recaros again!

Ah the buckets I can handle but after a couple of very very nice 911s I'm left thinking......will it still do the trick?

But to be fair I loved the megane & I sold an m3 csl to buy it, so that "shouldn't" be an issue again. In fact part of its appeal was the way it could pass other more expensive cars on track & give you such a buzz.

[Shotgun Rider]

dibblecorse said:

i would and am looking for a mint ax gt now .......

That's the exact same car I thought of when I saw the thread title.

[blearyeyedboy]

By simple chance, I saw my old Cadillac BLS in the back of a used car lot. It's not my favourite car but we had some good times.

(Yeah, I know that it was critically panned. But I was fond of it.)

I meticulously cared for it and it looked great when I passed it on.

20,000 miles later, it looked battered and abused. I was genuinely upset. (No, I didn't buy it back!)

I notice it's still for sale 6 months later.

[versus]

I bought the same car twice and it was actually very enjoyable. But I bought them within a space of a couple of years so it wasn't as dated as buying MK2 Fiesta or something would be now.

[Flat6time]

Hmm. My 2nd Corrado VR6 was a disappointment. Someone had dicked with the suspension and it lost the feel of the first one. but regardless of the 911's I'd buy another Corrado if I could find one that was straight. Sadly my original one threw its timing chain, and the idiot in me sold it for parts.

[redgriff500]

Depends.

I recently bought a modified 180bhp Mk2 GTi that was in time warp condition. I hadn't driven one for 15yrs and was impressed how light it felt and was still a good car.

However I'd forgotten that you have to wait for the upper rev ranges for it to really get going and why I much prefer RWD cars.

I'm glad I bought it but I sold it within 3 months.

[e8_pack]

dibblecorse said:

i would and am looking for a mint ax gt now .......

I did this, was my first car and it wasn't that great second time around, but i did have some fun in it - girlfriend hated it!

However, get yourself an AX Mk2 with a VTS engine in it, they are awesome fun. I also did this and have now moved onto an AX track car with a turbo that pretty much eats most things. An AX with a VTS lump is a completely different car to a saxo VTS.

[anonymous-user]

I revisited an ITR after an NSX and honestly it felt terrible. I couldn't get over the lack of torque I still hanker after the buzz i got from my first one but like most things in life, never go back. Stuck in repmobile diesel land with a Caterham in the garage which never gets used right now. No idea what I really want at the moment as a daily car which ticks all the boxes yet doesn't rape my wallet, I don't think such an animal exists at under £20K

[WeirdNeville]

Absolutely, I had a shonky MK1 MR2 which I loved, but was just knackered. It failed it's first MOT spectacularly. 5 years later, a lovely one came up for sale locally, and I bought it. It was awesome to havea nice example, spend a bit of money on it, do trackdays etc. IT was a hoot, and I'm very glad I did it.

[jains15]

I've wondered about revisiting cars you used to have, for example swmbo for a while wanted to replace the mgf that someone crashed talked her out if that one!

Anyway, I figure there are so many different makes, models types etc that you are silly if you are a real car fan, to just stick to one. There's so much out there to have fun with why limit yourself to one. It's like realising you're a foodie then only ever eating steak & chips...

[Baryonyx]

As much as I love my cars, I wouldn't go back to one I've owned. I've been there and done that with Kubicki bass guitars. Whilst the second bass was superior to the first in most ways, it didn't feel as special as the first one.

[bmthnick1981]

I've bought the same car a few times and although it doesn't have the excitement of something new, all the good bits are still good.

[robsco]

Interesting question. I still miss my old 156, it was a rare car (white 2.5 V6) in even rarer condition (bought from a PHer). I've said since I sold it that I'd buy it back, but if the opportunity arose tomorrow, would I....?

Its a tricky one to answer. There's an awful lot of fond memories of that car and its multitude of talents. It would seem such a waste to buy it back and then find that the magic "may" have gone. There's the chance that it wouldn't of course, but its not worth the risk of tarnishing the memories I do treasure of it.

[VinceFox]

I still own it from first time round. Capri, was THE car when i was a kid.

Now it's THE big thing under dust covers taking up space in my garage.