That sinking feeling when you do a deal
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Is it just me?
I recently decided to sell my weekend off road toy that tool the shape of a defender 90. My main motivation was because since the arrival of my son I have not had time to off road it.
The car has been on eBay this week and I've had a multitude of silly questions and insulting offers as expected. Then last night one of the more serious interested parties turned up to have a look and we agreed on an offer.
At that point, I got that sinking feeling that I have sold it and that I will really miss it. That old truck made me smile every time I drove and despite covering just 750 miles between the last mot's I still think of it fondly.
Even though its replacement is already here in the form of a scruffy mx5, it still feels wrong
Will time be a healer or will I always regret this?
I recently decided to sell my weekend off road toy that tool the shape of a defender 90. My main motivation was because since the arrival of my son I have not had time to off road it.
The car has been on eBay this week and I've had a multitude of silly questions and insulting offers as expected. Then last night one of the more serious interested parties turned up to have a look and we agreed on an offer.
At that point, I got that sinking feeling that I have sold it and that I will really miss it. That old truck made me smile every time I drove and despite covering just 750 miles between the last mot's I still think of it fondly.
Even though its replacement is already here in the form of a scruffy mx5, it still feels wrong
Will time be a healer or will I always regret this?
Not just you. My V8V went yesterday after two and a half years. I couldn't justify keeping it as a second car as it was a lot of money just sat in the garage. Only did about 1,500 miles since the last service at the end of June but covered around 10,000 miles in the car in total.
As the new owner reversed it out of my garage I caught the lines of the car as merely an observer and ex owner. Made me realise how good they look still. But it was the right decision and I know the new owner is as much of a car nut as me and will look after it.
As the new owner reversed it out of my garage I caught the lines of the car as merely an observer and ex owner. Made me realise how good they look still. But it was the right decision and I know the new owner is as much of a car nut as me and will look after it.
LC23 said:
Not just you. My V8V went yesterday after two and a half years. I couldn't justify keeping it as a second car as it was a lot of money just sat in the garage. Only did about 1,500 miles since the last service at the end of June but covered around 10,000 miles in the car in total.
As the new owner reversed it out of my garage I caught the lines of the car as merely an observer and ex owner. Made me realise how good they look still. But it was the right decision and I know the new owner is as much of a car nut as me and will look after it.
This is the saving grace for me. New owner is a young lad who is an agricultural mechanic and has wanted a land rover forever. Mine is his first and he says he will have it forever. As the new owner reversed it out of my garage I caught the lines of the car as merely an observer and ex owner. Made me realise how good they look still. But it was the right decision and I know the new owner is as much of a car nut as me and will look after it.
Same feeling here...I let my r36 go last week. Amazing car but knew I couldn't justify two high performance cars on the drive. I got the sickening feeling to the point I came close to cancelling the deal, but grit my teeth ....it's gone to a good home.....time to move on....next toy soon
Ah feel yer pain. Trading in my Mini 2 years ago, after 6 years of unadulterated fun, was tough to the point of tears. I had it 6 years, and in the last 6 months I owned it, was costing tons of money to keep it running. Leaving it at the dealership when I picked up my new car made me thoroughly nauseous.
I'm not at a point of even contemplating selling the TVR. Its the civic and smart car I've got attached too and don't want to sell, despite the complete lack of use.im in same position, and should sell something , i have 5 cars and i want to keep them all, but i also want a range rover or cayenne turbo or maserati 3200 but i cant bring myself to sell the others ( chimaera 500, 2 x Jaguar XJRs, smart car and Grand Chrerokee) i was thinking that either a cayenne turbo or range rover supercharged could take the place of 3 of my current cars.
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