The car you can t bring yourself to sell

[TeaVR]

Ever find yourself looking on Autotrader, but when it comes to the crunch, you just can’t bring yourself to let your current car go.

For me, my LC500.

What about you?

[lemonslap]

Yes absolutely! Our 2018 BMW X5M, now does 2000 miles a year.on long runs in the rare event all of us are travelling together. Have to keep the BMW warranty going incase the engine grenades itself at £96 a month, currently depreciating at good rate… So makes no financial sense to keep, I then toy with the idea of selling, even going to the lengths of getting offers from main dealers.. Then I take it for a drive.. it’s so bloody good, remind myself of the noise, 50/50 weight distribution, handling like no SUV should.. proper swiss army knife of a car.. So it stays and now even has a tailored car cover for the summer months to save the interior.. Picture of it’s last outing to the south of france in the summer, bizarrely even had a guy blogging himself around it when we stopped at the services..

[andy43]

TeaVR said:

Ever find yourself looking on Autotrader, but when it comes to the crunch, you just can t bring yourself to let your current car go.

For me, my LC500.

What about you?

+1
I keep looking at V8 Vantages. A lot. Far too often than could be considered healthy.
But…

[cossy400]

September 2016 we bought a ex demo 16 plate Fiesta 140bhp Ecoboom with 500 miles on it, it started out as the main car for about 6/8 months along side another 08 plate Fiesta 1.4 TDCI, i got wrote off in a company van and got 7 grand in compo from whiplash so sold the TDCI and i bought a 530d.

Which we then traded in for a 66 plate X4 30d kept that for 4 years and traded that in for a 71 plate X3 mild hybrid 30d.

The 16 plate is still here i use it as a work car and it currently sits on 48k, id love to change it and have a line of people wanting to buy it, but i cannot justify ploughing money in to something that does anything from 65 to a 100 miles a week.

Its due it wet belt which is on the new years list, but bar servicing and tyres in the time we ve had it the only other things its had are front discs and pads this year for its MOT after they were advised i think twice and 2 rear springs after one snapped.

With it being a demo it had every optional extra bar cruise control so i had that fitted as my commute is mainly duel carriageway and that cost £120.

[Vsix and Vtec]

My 2.8 injection special. Owned it since 2003, and driven it maybe 5 of those 22 years. Admittedly it was a wreck when I bought it for £300, and its undergone a full mechanical and bodywork restoration in those years, but I still barely drive it.



Mostly the XK60 I take out. I probably ought to start doing the Ford shows with it while I can still buy petrol.

[darreni]

I keep looking at GT3's, but I just can't bring myself to sell. The noise never gets old.

[Gerradi]

Audi TTRS , not because I love , because I have overspent on it...

[South tdf]

andy43 said:

+1
I keep looking at V8 Vantages. A lot. Far too often than could be considered healthy.
But

V8 Vantages are great things to have. Have had 4 now, instantly regret it when I sell them due to lack of use.

[Happy Jim]

24 Years and counting currently, can’t think of anything that would give me the same buzz! (Do keep looking at L322’s though!)

[eldar]

My old 60bhp Skoda Citigo.

Fully depreciated, costs bugger all, but superb fun to drive - making the most of modest power is an enjoyable challenge.

Kept the Citigo, floggged the 420bhp Mustang that was much less rewarding to drive....

[Tiglon]

Yep, just can't bring myself to lose the diesel Yeti. It's too lovable.

Plus, it's really hard to find a car (or two cars) that I genuinely desire, and ticks all the boxes of life within a not-unlimited budget.

And I just can't decide if I should just buy an electric car (I do 20k+ miles per year) and enjoy 0-60 in 4 seconds for pennies, or if I should leave that until I have no choice and enjoy a V8 while I still can and accept the running costs.

Do I really need an estate or SUV with a couple of small kids, or would a hot hatch be fine?

Should I get a big thirsty V8 for family duties and a small, fun, economical hatchback to soak up the commuting miles?

Would a 335d touring be the best of both worlds? Or am I bored of BMW's and their Germanic interiors?

Life's hard when their are too many cars, too many questions, and a lovable Yeti. Get your violins out...

[Geertsen]

Vsix and Vtec said:

I’m not usually a fan of those, but WOW!, beautiful car. An absolute credit to you! You have changed my mind in one picture.

[Pica-Pica]

My 335d has just turned 9 years. No change from new (as shown in 2017) except moved to 18" wheels. It could be a fraction lower, but I do occasionally use some rough farm tracks, so the ground clearance is needed. I have looked at newer cars, including EVs, but I can't see anything better, without spending a huge amount, and that would cover any disasters that may occur. I pop the occasional tank of BP Ultimate diesel in, and it goes like it's been tuned. A shout also to our 1.2 TSi Fabia,, 13 years old and faultless. It has all you needed for a simple petrol car, parking brake lever, rear drums, a full size spare, and comfortable seats four full-size adults.

[marine boy]

Have 3 I never want to let go but 1 had to go

95 Toyota 4Runner, couldn't bring myself to sell it, was never going to have time to restore it, so my wife and I drove it to Ukraine and donated it to be used as a frontline snatch ambulance



89 Porsche 930, just an awesome, hairy chested 80's supercar, with no safety aids so demands respect, too many happy memories of European family driving tours, thought about selling a few times but my family won't let me



88 Toyota 4Runner, owned for 5yrs, not road registered yet, has the 'million mile' RE22 2.4ltr petrol engine, will be my perfect retirement pottering about in vehicle, so will never be sold as long as I can drive

[-Cappo-]

I’ve owned this for about 23 years. Condition-wise, it’s not concours but it’s very very good. However, when I recently looked back at the MOT history, it’s done a whole 140 miles since…….2014. 12 miles a year. Which is probably just trips to the MOT station.

I flip-flop on selling it every few months, but have told myself now that come the spring, it has to go. We’ll see.

[Easternlight]

Tiglon said:

Yep, just can't bring myself to lose the diesel Yeti. It's too lovable.

Plus, it's really hard to find a car (or two cars) that I genuinely desire, and ticks all the boxes of life within a not-unlimited budget.

And I just can't decide if I should just buy an electric car (I do 20k+ miles per year) and enjoy 0-60 in 4 seconds for pennies, or if I should leave that until I have no choice and enjoy a V8 while I still can and accept the running costs.

Do I really need an estate or SUV with a couple of small kids, or would a hot hatch be fine?

Should I get a big thirsty V8 for family duties and a small, fun, economical hatchback to soak up the commuting miles?

Would a 335d touring be the best of both worlds? Or am I bored of BMW's and their Germanic interiors?

Life's hard when their are too many cars, too many questions, and a lovable Yeti. Get your violins out...

Same as you only I've got two Yeti's
Just finding the newer cars so bland.

[Pica-Pica]

-Cappo- said:

I ve owned this for about 23 years. Condition-wise, it s not concours but it s very very good. However, when I recently looked back at the MOT history, it s done a whole 140 miles since .2014. 12 miles a year. Which is probably just trips to the MOT station.

I flip-flop on selling it every few months, but have told myself now that come the spring, it has to go. We ll see.

I always fancied one. Is it a 5:cylinder?

[Monkeylegend]

Seems like BMW's are hard to move on.

My 2015 F10 528i has been such a good car in all respects, cost's me under £200 to insure and VED only £19 a month, and has been totally reliable in the 5 years I have had it.

I keep looking at the G30 540i but just can't bring myself to change.

[Robertb]

I am like a bad gambler with my CLS. I keep looking at ads for all sorts of things, but then I spend money fixing a fault or servicing, so I decide I need to keep it to get my moneys worth out of the most recent spend. Round and round it goes.

[Wills2]

19 years next April, still as good as the day I picked it up back 2007.