The one that got away!

[Lotobear]

A long time ago now but I sold my 1968 Snowberry white (with black roof) Austin Mini Cooper S and have always regretted it

[Monkeylegend]

1987 Sapphire Black E30 325i Sport.

Really wish I had kept that one.

[John D.]

Only car I regret having to sell:

[Clad-Hach]

Mine is a 1991 MK2 Golf GTD in Tornado Red...a rare version of the Golf with a 1.6 intercooled turbo diesel.

I had to sell my GTi 8v because of the insurance costs in the early 90's.

The GTD handled like a horse and cart compared to the GTi so it ended up with a 16v spec suspension kit Eibach springs and Bilstein shocks which as you could imagine transformed it...I put the GTi's teardrop alloys on so it looked pretty good too.

Why I ever sold I don't know as I never had another GTi.

[hxc_]

My 350Z was just a really good car. I miss that one.

[Shnozz]

My Evora.

Knee jerk sale when my business had a blip. Sold
It, business picked up almost immediately and so few available in a spec I wanted I had to look elsewhere for a replacement. Also sold for less than it’s worth a decade later which adds to the annoyance.

[limpsfield]

Lotus here too - Elise 111r which I sold to buy an evora eventually.

Still on my phone wallpaper more than 10 years after I sold it!

[Robertb]

I really regretted selling a 1988 911 Carrera Sport coupe I owned in the mid 90s, virtually from the moment I drove away in the new E36 M3 I px’d it for.

Funnily enough I spotted it at an event last year and had a chat with the owner. To find it was much enjoyed and cherished has somehow settled the matter in my mind and I can move on!

[rotarygoth]

XRMike said:

I failed to mention that I have also owned various High performance cars as well as the Volvo.

Here was my Series 5 FC3s turbo 2 that I had for 3 years

That is a tidy example, if mine had been as clean I probably would have kept it pretty stock.

[AndySheff]

These 2 spring to mind. The Viper went after 9 and a half years. I'd had tremendous fun with it. Track days. Modded it. Loved it but thought it was time to experience something else. I sold it for more than I bought it for, but then regretted it. Especially now knowing that had I kept it, it's probably worth twice as much I moved onto the Hellcat which was just hilarious. That went to raise funds for an apartment abroad, but one purchase fell through then life plans were forced to change. So I went out and bought a Mustang.

[_Rodders_]

Only one I regret not buying. A S15 Spec R. It had a lacquer issue on the roof and we were £500 apart and couldn't come to a deal. It cost him more than that to get it through the MOT a month later so that bugged me a bit.

A few I've sold. A Mini Cooper SPI, Honda Insight and MX5 all because I didn't have space for multiple cars at the time and I liked to chop and change.

[Sporky]

My Fabia estate; I'd started a job with an obligatory company car, which I hated (the car, not the job).

My second Yeti; I'd started a job with an obligatory company car, which I hated (the car, not the job).

I have now spotted the pattern.

[MikeM6]

Sporky said:

My Fabia estate; I'd started a job with an obligatory company car, which I hated (the car, not the job).

My second Yeti; I'd started a job with an obligatory company car, which I hated (the car, not the job).

I have now spotted the pattern.

So which is the one that got away then?

[BikeSausage]

I’ve surprised myself my recalling my first ever car - a 1976 Triumph Spitfire. It was basically a pile of red powder around quite a nice engine. I wish I’d known even a little about cars back then and had kept it and started to look after / restore it.

When it expired, my mates Dad had taken a ropey Lotus Sunbeam as a trade in and offered it to me. But my Mum had a Talbot Sunbeam so I wasn’t having that, it just wasn’t cool. So I never had it but I wish I had. This was 1985.

[Robertb]

I also recall being offered a nice DB6 Vantage, for only a little extra cash over my E Type in the late 90s.

I was very keen, but got talked out of it on the basis that the Aston would be expensive to run.

But that truly was the one that got away!

[Sporky]

MikeM6 said:

Sporky said:

My Fabia estate; I'd started a job with an obligatory company car, which I hated (the car, not the job).

My second Yeti; I'd started a job with an obligatory company car, which I hated (the car, not the job).

I have now spotted the pattern.

So which is the one that got away then?

Both. Sold each because I didn't have space for two cars, and I had to have the company car.

[Alex_225]

I'm quite fortunate that I don't think I've had a car that I've looked back on and regretted selling but a couple I would have back again if it was an option. I'd have another RS Clio 172 as I've had two and they were great fun.

One car I wish I'd made more use of was my old Saab 9-3 V6.



I bought it for regular use but never really got round to it. It was an extremely rare Aero as it had AWD, eDif and was a manual. So like a Turbo-X in all but name and a couple of styling tweaks.

I had a potential buyer for it, got it freshly serviced and MOT'd took it for a last drive and realised what a really great drive it was. Keeping it in the power band and taking it on a few nice winding roads, it was really good fun. What I replaced it with, I prefer overall but that 9-3 was quite an underrated thing, even by me.

[and31]

terrible pic but the only one I could find to hand
I promised myself I d have a Series one RS turbo when they were new in 1985 and I was 11 years old, bought this in 2002 I think-I bloody loved this car, it had a chargecooler and was about 190bhp if I remember correctly.

Edited by and31 on Saturday 4th April 13:09

[and31]

I really regret selling this mini-it was 1380 cc with some expensive engine mods, I had a dyno print out with it showing 123bhp-it was rapid! I sold it to a guy who came over from France , for 5 grand-what a fool I was!
I’ve got another classic mini now with a 1330 engine but it’s nowhere near as quick ( although far more usable)

[John D.]

and31 said:

I really regret selling this mini-it was 1380 cc with some expensive engine mods, I had a dyno print out with it showing 123bhp-it was rapid! I sold it to a guy who came over from France , for 5 grand-what a fool I was!
I ve got another classic mini now with a 1330 engine but it s nowhere near as quick ( although far more usable)

Love that.