Crying when selling a car
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RS287 said:
Last time I saw my first car was at the side of the M8 with it's guts hanging out. Never saw it again, a friend of a friend recovered it and then bought it off me to repair. If I ever came into any money I'd track it down and buy it back from whoever has it now. It was a shame, poor Peter Punto 
Peter Punto!!!!i'm always in a bad mood a few days before trading a car.. i always change out of want not need to as such there is nothing wrong with the car i'm getting rid of - they are always cars i've taken time choosing then driving for 1-2 years, you do get attached to them.
it would be different if i was changing a car because i disliked it or the car was reaching the end of it's life, but it's like getting rid of a friend whos done nothing wrong.
never cried though
it would be different if i was changing a car because i disliked it or the car was reaching the end of it's life, but it's like getting rid of a friend whos done nothing wrong.
never cried though
Lucie W said:
When I left my first car (punto) at the scrapyard, I looked out the back window of the car I was being driven away in...I wouldn't say I cried but I was a little bit upset. Watched it until it was out of sight...I felt like I was leaving my pet at the vet's to be put down.
I was the same when my Fiesta RS Turbo (1st car) got taken away. It was rotten beyond belief, though.I was glad to be rid of the Alfa moneypit although I'd had a good time in it but only attached to the swift because it my first and probably only new car, I was still happy to see that go because I knew what I'd be picking up the next week 
It looks like the 350z will have to go sometime soon because I have nowhere safe to park it and the job is on the line, I'll be gutted to see that go.
I'm currently in 2 minds about selling the Corsa I took to the Nurburgring, it should go because it's embarassing and pointless but it now has a story and the time I spent working on it to get it ready for a trip that was in memory of my brother has made me feel quite close to the thing. If I can find somewhere to keep it I think I have to.
It looks like the 350z will have to go sometime soon because I have nowhere safe to park it and the job is on the line, I'll be gutted to see that go.
I'm currently in 2 minds about selling the Corsa I took to the Nurburgring, it should go because it's embarassing and pointless but it now has a story and the time I spent working on it to get it ready for a trip that was in memory of my brother has made me feel quite close to the thing. If I can find somewhere to keep it I think I have to.
When our old A6 was px'ed I was a little down as we'd had it for 7 years since new. The fact we were getting a new A6 felt like we were cheating on the old one in some wierd way, swapping it for a younger, fitter model with more tricks up its sleeves... To make the matters worse, 2mi after leaving the dealership we noticed the new car had no petrol and we'd been promised a full tank, so we had to go back and park up next to the old car... We left again, and 4mi later noticed a chip in the windscreen and had to go back again...
I was quite sad after I sold my little Mazda, it was the car I'd learned to drive in and had covered nearly 10,000mi in, whenever I'm driving back from my girlfriends house or to the town I used to live in (where it lives again) I always go and see it, pat its mirror as I drive off. It lives between 2 friends houses too, so at least I still get to see it
I was quite sad after I sold my little Mazda, it was the car I'd learned to drive in and had covered nearly 10,000mi in, whenever I'm driving back from my girlfriends house or to the town I used to live in (where it lives again) I always go and see it, pat its mirror as I drive off. It lives between 2 friends houses too, so at least I still get to see it
Lucie W said:
When I left my first car (punto) at the scrapyard, I looked out the back window of the car I was being driven away in...I wouldn't say I cried but I was a little bit upset. Watched it until it was out of sight...I felt like I was leaving my pet at the vet's to be put down.
That's like a nightmare!!Edited by Waugh-terfall on Tuesday 16th June 18:55
I know I'll cry when my car gives up on me (My first car I'm keeping it till it can take no more) I'm a bit to attached to it. It may not get over 80 much (I've only managed to get it to 100 once on one of those dirt track things, a good achievement in a 16 yo 1.1 fiesta) but it does what I need it to.
My brother is the same with his seat Toledo. He is worse then me, he cried when someone dented his door O.o
His golf on the other hand he couldn't wait to be rid of it.
My brother is the same with his seat Toledo. He is worse then me, he cried when someone dented his door O.o
His golf on the other hand he couldn't wait to be rid of it.
Edited by LovelyTia on Tuesday 16th June 19:12
oobster said:
I sold my Impreza last August - it had been my pride and joy and i'd spent a fair few quid modifying it. I'd also taken it to a lot of SIDC events around Scotland.
I'd had it for 3 and a half years and that along with being made redundant and becoming a father within a short space of time meant it needed to go.
I wasn't bothered seeing it driving out of the street but the Mrs was in tears. Wasn't even her car!
It's not any emotional connection with the car though. Driving away the Scoob symbolises your financial demise, that's all. She's mourning the end of shopping at Morrisons and filled with dread at the reality that may become weekly shops at Netto I'd had it for 3 and a half years and that along with being made redundant and becoming a father within a short space of time meant it needed to go.
I wasn't bothered seeing it driving out of the street but the Mrs was in tears. Wasn't even her car!
Only kidding, I'm hope you're back into a job and all that.
A mate of mine had to sell a nearly new BMW 325 'vert a few years ago, shortly before filing for bankruptcy; his misses cried like a baby but not cos of love for the beemer, it marked the end of a rather lavish (and bloody stupid and disproportionate) lifestyle.
When i traded in my first car last october, i felt really sad inside. It was family owned from new and had spent 8 happy years on our drive. I had it 3 years but it had to go when it took £1300 of repairs in 8 months. Trade in value £1125 but i got £1500 for it. X975KGD where are you now? (perth area was where i traded it in)
Almost cried when its replacement got wrote off less than 2 months later, driving it onto the recovery truck to go and get the insurance "yay or nay" to repairs almost crushed me as i knew it was going to landrover heaven.
SP04VPC, R.I.P Harry
My new landrover will unlikely be missed, its like my old cars twin but its had niggles and problems when the first was faultless.
X975KGD where are you now? (perth area was where i traded it in)Almost cried when its replacement got wrote off less than 2 months later, driving it onto the recovery truck to go and get the insurance "yay or nay" to repairs almost crushed me as i knew it was going to landrover heaven.
SP04VPC, R.I.P Harry
My new landrover will unlikely be missed, its like my old cars twin but its had niggles and problems when the first was faultless.
I saw my first beemer the other day. Was only a 316SE E46 facelift but I did like it. Wife wanted it sold when it broke down a few times. (Air hose sucking itself shut so engine cut dead. Fairly annoying though self correcting when hose cooled down and stiffened. Anyway...) As SWMBO was the main driver at the time I agreed. It had started to show off its service light too. For no good reason. So wasn't sorry to see it go at the time. But I did grow to really miss that car. So I was very excited to see it turn onto the A338 toward Bournemouth. Its current driver hammered it along at nearly a ton and I had a genuine sense of pride that the 316 still had it in her. Silly really. Of course I didn't try to keep up. That would have been very naughty.
Thinking about it... the driver was probably trying to get away from the bloke in the E92 with a manic grin plastered on his face! Wife was with me and grinning too!
Thinking about it... the driver was probably trying to get away from the bloke in the E92 with a manic grin plastered on his face! Wife was with me and grinning too!
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