What cars do you wish you'd bought?
Discussion
As with many others on this thread:
E30 M3
Integrale 16v/EVO
Ur Quattro
968 Sport/CS
944 S2
Alpine A610
Z3M Coupe
But.... Was lucky enough to own a Mk2 Golf GTI, Corrado VR6, S2000 and Chimaera before the 'bubble'.
Just paid reasonable money for a VX220 N/A. Having driven a couple I didn't think the turbo was worth £4-5k more.
E30 M3
Integrale 16v/EVO
Ur Quattro
968 Sport/CS
944 S2
Alpine A610
Z3M Coupe
But.... Was lucky enough to own a Mk2 Golf GTI, Corrado VR6, S2000 and Chimaera before the 'bubble'.
Just paid reasonable money for a VX220 N/A. Having driven a couple I didn't think the turbo was worth £4-5k more.
A gold AE86 Corolla in about 2003. It was £2000ono. I ended up buying a celica GT4 instead because it was faster. The celica spent most of the time with the bonnet up, sold 12 months later for £1000 less than I bought it. The Corolla however trebled in value in the same space of time. In 2 years a good one was making £10k.
A friend also offered me an E55 AMG estate. I forget the actual price. I turned it down. He put it into auction the following week, it made £2k more than he offered it to me for.
I'm great at throwing money away, not so good at making it!
A friend also offered me an E55 AMG estate. I forget the actual price. I turned it down. He put it into auction the following week, it made £2k more than he offered it to me for.
I'm great at throwing money away, not so good at making it!
A green V8 Range Rover Classic Vogue SE. It wasn't mint but it was more than OK. Sitting on a trader's forecourt. He was the sort of dealer who sold easy to sell tidy Ford Ka/Fiesta type things and he took the Rangey in as a part exchange. He kept bringing the price down without me saying a word.
I got cold feet at the last minute. It all seemed too good to be true.
I'll never know if it would have been a money pit or everything I imagined an old Range Rover would be.
I got cold feet at the last minute. It all seemed too good to be true.
I'll never know if it would have been a money pit or everything I imagined an old Range Rover would be.
wildcat45 said:
A green V8 Range Rover Classic Vogue SE. It wasn't mint but it was more than OK. Sitting on a trader's forecourt. He was the sort of dealer who sold easy to sell tidy Ford Ka/Fiesta type things and he took the Rangey in as a part exchange. He kept bringing the price down without me saying a word.
I got cold feet at the last minute. It all seemed too good to be true.
I'll never know if it would have been a money pit or everything I imagined an old Range Rover would be.
I sold my old Classic 7 years ago. 1 owner. 90k. Full history. Utterly spotless. I sold it for 2400 if memory serves. I got cold feet at the last minute. It all seemed too good to be true.
I'll never know if it would have been a money pit or everything I imagined an old Range Rover would be.
the money aspect is so dull - yeah I wish 48 hours ago I knew the nag who'd cross the line first at Ascot etc, so what, we can all play that game. what really pains me is the cars that I actually seriously looked at and almost bought to use and enjoy before the values went mental and rendered these cars un-usable. actual cars that I came close to buying but decided against, include an ex museum unused Audi Sport Quattro (short wheelbase) for £45k in 2002, an F40 for £150k at a similar time, short wheelbase ali Ferrari 250 Lusso for £350k, '73 2.7 RS lightweight RHD (1 of 16) ex rally car for £200k in 2009 (I bought a Touring for £140k instead - 1 of 1,380), etc etc - to love and lost is greater than to have never, etc....
This thread brings back memories. Me and the ol' boy have had a few over the years, probably 25 cars in total but a couple of stinking decisions:
87 Lotus Esprit Turbo H/C - 7k on it, one previous owner (the king of Jordan) - paid £26k in 2008, sold it for £20k in 2013
Jenson Interceptor Series 1 - Red, paid 7 grand in 2008, spent 5 on it and sold it for £7k in 2009
E-type S3 2+2 - white, 70k miles, 2 owners, really good shape - paid £25k in 2009, gave it away for £17.5k in 2010.
Passed on a Dino at £45k, a DB6 at 70k, an XJ220 at £105k and a mint fibreglass 308 GTB for £30k over the years too!
Currently rolling the dice on a Range Rover Classic, two owners with 74k on, an Alfa GT 1600 Junior, a couple of R129 SLs (late 280 and a '96 500) and a Ferrari 208 Dino GT4 - hopefully we can hang on to these long enough to make it worthwhile this time.
You can't win 'em all! (Or any of 'em in our case)
87 Lotus Esprit Turbo H/C - 7k on it, one previous owner (the king of Jordan) - paid £26k in 2008, sold it for £20k in 2013
Jenson Interceptor Series 1 - Red, paid 7 grand in 2008, spent 5 on it and sold it for £7k in 2009
E-type S3 2+2 - white, 70k miles, 2 owners, really good shape - paid £25k in 2009, gave it away for £17.5k in 2010.
Passed on a Dino at £45k, a DB6 at 70k, an XJ220 at £105k and a mint fibreglass 308 GTB for £30k over the years too!
Currently rolling the dice on a Range Rover Classic, two owners with 74k on, an Alfa GT 1600 Junior, a couple of R129 SLs (late 280 and a '96 500) and a Ferrari 208 Dino GT4 - hopefully we can hang on to these long enough to make it worthwhile this time.
You can't win 'em all! (Or any of 'em in our case)
83' Audi Quattro turbo.
In the recession of the early 90's a mate was selling his high miler for £1,800.
It had a cracked exhaust manifold. The replacement from Audi was about the same as the cars cost, no scrapies had them.
it just didn't make economical sense.
In the recession of the early 90's a mate was selling his high miler for £1,800.
It had a cracked exhaust manifold. The replacement from Audi was about the same as the cars cost, no scrapies had them.
it just didn't make economical sense.
Edited by Spannerski on Monday 8th August 16:46
Maybe not the most valuable cars in the world to pass up, but in terms of the cars I bought instead, for the same money, these two are pretty painful in hindsight....my only defence is that at the time any unexpected bills would have been a bit of a problem.
- I turned down an immaculate, low mileage 944 S2, and a few months later was driving an immaculate, low mileage Suzuki Baleno instead.
- I was offered a Fiat Dino Coupe for £14K, decided I couldn't afford to run two cars and bought a two year-old Nissan X-Trail.
- I turned down an immaculate, low mileage 944 S2, and a few months later was driving an immaculate, low mileage Suzuki Baleno instead.
- I was offered a Fiat Dino Coupe for £14K, decided I couldn't afford to run two cars and bought a two year-old Nissan X-Trail.
Could have bought !!
Countach anniversary £40k couldn't sell them for love nor money
911 cup car (964) £10k thought it was too raw
DB4 three years ago £110k
As for other bad decisions my dad part ( yes part !!!) exchanged one of his Ac cobra's for a new XJS !!!! and I sold my 993 GT2 for way too little money ( relatively !!)
Fortunately I bought a 911 2.7rs lightweight RHD somewhere in the mix !!! ( now sold !)
Phib
Countach anniversary £40k couldn't sell them for love nor money
911 cup car (964) £10k thought it was too raw
DB4 three years ago £110k
As for other bad decisions my dad part ( yes part !!!) exchanged one of his Ac cobra's for a new XJS !!!! and I sold my 993 GT2 for way too little money ( relatively !!)
Fortunately I bought a 911 2.7rs lightweight RHD somewhere in the mix !!! ( now sold !)
Phib
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