Cars you regret NOT buying.
Discussion
As per the title really, have you ever hankered for a car, thought about it for ages but for some reason or another just didn't/couldn't bring yourself to buy it, if so, what and why?
It was a Clio Williams for me, I looked at a few and one minter in particular, which was a beautiful little car, but at the time we had just bought a house so I couldn't stretch to it, regret it big time and still intend to own one some day.
It was a Clio Williams for me, I looked at a few and one minter in particular, which was a beautiful little car, but at the time we had just bought a house so I couldn't stretch to it, regret it big time and still intend to own one some day.
A Sierra Cosworth, mainly because I decided I'd rather not live with the stress of parking it up and worrying if it was being stolen whilst I was away. I was planning on buying either a Sierra Sapphire or a Sierra 4x4 and I had arranged a viewing of a Sapphire when I came to that decision.
Circa 10 or 11 years ago a local guy to me was selling a low mileage white RS500 Sierra Cosworth. Bear in mind this was back when prices were what would be considered normal & the cars hadn't made proper collector / store it away status yet.
I've no chance of buying one of them in the same condition now unless I came into a massive windfall, lottery win, etc as the equivalent car would cost £35k upwards now
I've no chance of buying one of them in the same condition now unless I came into a massive windfall, lottery win, etc as the equivalent car would cost £35k upwards now
Peugeot 205 xs
my 1.1 had been wrote off so needed wheels fast
Went to see this xs with a mate it was rough around the edges ,blue smoke,siliconed sunroof etc but it ran well came with lots of mot hardly any rot I walked away.
A week or so I bought an absolute shed of a saxo vtr with obvious accident damage after an inspection from my mechanic bro also the rot was so bad he advised me not to use the rear towing eye.
my 1.1 had been wrote off so needed wheels fast
Went to see this xs with a mate it was rough around the edges ,blue smoke,siliconed sunroof etc but it ran well came with lots of mot hardly any rot I walked away.
A week or so I bought an absolute shed of a saxo vtr with obvious accident damage after an inspection from my mechanic bro also the rot was so bad he advised me not to use the rear towing eye.
£8k Quattroporte about 4 years ago. It had a good history from the place who serviced my Alfa, but the thought of 8 cylinders, 4 camshafts, 32 valves and two turbos, all with a mind of their own in the end outweighed the thought of the sight of our accountant's face when he saw Maserati Quattroporte IV Evoluzione on my expenses claim 
I ended up buying a Mazda 6 for exactly the same
I ended up buying a Mazda 6 for exactly the same
Back in 2001 when I was 17, a customer of our was clearing his mother in laws house after she died, I got offered a 7k mile mk1 Polo for £300. Absolutely showroom condition, been her run about since new, kept in a heated garage, serviced every year without fail, valeted every couple of months. Basically, would fetch quite a pretty sum now. At the time, I just thought it was a crappy yellow old VW
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