Seller's remorse.
Discussion
Had my car advertised for a while now with little interest.
Intended to sell and buy a long time dream car. Finally have someone interested and I'm now getting cold feet, I still love the car I have, it's not perfect but distinctive.
I've sold a couple of cars in the past that I've gone on to regret selling. Dilemma!
Intended to sell and buy a long time dream car. Finally have someone interested and I'm now getting cold feet, I still love the car I have, it's not perfect but distinctive.
I've sold a couple of cars in the past that I've gone on to regret selling. Dilemma!
M.F.D said:
What are you selling and what is the dream car?
I won't let on for the moment in case the prospective buyer chances upon this but it is a relatively rare classic and I was going to buy something newer, a car I've loved the looks of for a long time but I love the simplicity of the old car, it's style and quality. A much newer car would be more complicated, more expensive so I'd worry about leaving anywhere, would cost in servicing and VED.Over the last 56 years of car ownership I have tended to sell after a few years, generally due to wanting to try something else but to this day I regret selling the E30 M3, the Elan, despite the fubared chassis and more recently the Volvo 780.
Most others came and went, the Lotus 7 was fun, the Caterham I owned twice and the TVRs and Lotus Excels were great but in general they were sold as something else was in the wings.
Definitely a thing!
When COVID hit, I panicked a bit (being self employed), and sold some cars to free up cash. One was my Defender with an Isuzu 2.8 engine in it. I actually tried to pull out of the sale, but the young buyer had already secured a garage to keep it in etc, so I felt too bad to do that to him. Still can't believe I sold it...
When COVID hit, I panicked a bit (being self employed), and sold some cars to free up cash. One was my Defender with an Isuzu 2.8 engine in it. I actually tried to pull out of the sale, but the young buyer had already secured a garage to keep it in etc, so I felt too bad to do that to him. Still can't believe I sold it...
Rafka said:
I keep thinking of selling my TVR Chimaera 500 to buy a Tuscan replacement. Trouble is I bought the Chim new nearly 25 years ago. I m a bit attached to it.
Built my Caterham 1990/91 sold it maybe 11 or 12 years later for my first Chimaera. Bought it back around 2014 restored it kept it another 6 years and sold again .....Great car but 150 miles a year? Had 3 Chimaera and 2Wedges......
I was close to tears when I watched my Griff 4.3 precat drive away. Not many cars I've been emotionally attached to.
Your problem would be finding another if you regret the sale. Once you've bought the dream you might find that reality is not as good as you imagined.
I don't suppose you have the funds, or garaging, to have both for a while? Then sell the one you are less keen on next spring.
Your problem would be finding another if you regret the sale. Once you've bought the dream you might find that reality is not as good as you imagined.
I don't suppose you have the funds, or garaging, to have both for a while? Then sell the one you are less keen on next spring.
SFTWend said:
Your problem would be finding another if you regret the sale. Once you've bought the dream you might find that reality is not as good as you imagined.
I don't suppose you have the funds, or garaging, to have both for a while? Then sell the one you are less keen on next spring.
I did that some years ago when I fancied an R129 500SL. Bought the Merc but sold it again 6 months later.I don't suppose you have the funds, or garaging, to have both for a while? Then sell the one you are less keen on next spring.
Couldn't match the Chimaera
Bit more expensive to do that now but I'm considering that option. Big (temporary) Pension raid.
My wife cried when we sold her first car bought by her dad as a 21st birthday present. A 1964 Mini, red with a black roof (not a Cooper), bought in 1968 and sold in 1971 when it had rust in the jacking points and the lower seat belt mounting points on the central pillar. Replaced it with a 1968 ex-driving school Escort 1100 De Luxe (or as I would call it, Basic). Neither of us were remotely close to tears when that went. Later I did regret selling a black 1987 Sierra XR4x4.
Skyedriver said:
Over the last 56 years of car ownership I have tended to sell after a few years, generally due to wanting to try something else but to this day I regret selling the... more recently the Volvo 780.
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As a Volvo fan I assumed that was a typo, but looked it up just in case....
...I had no idea these existed, as doesn't seem that they were sold in the UK.
Lovely if the 740 > 760 > 780 theme has followed through and there was a V8 variant - it sounds like not?
I am really not good at letting my cars go (read that as ‘I don’t’ ) and recently decided I’d sell my Range Rover having completed a resto on it and wanting an e39 M5.
I advertised it in one place with a few pictures and a light description. Got as far as having a chap dead set on it and wanting to view.
My daughter then said I can never sell it and she would be very sad. That was that, messaged the nice guy, apologised and advised him why, wished him luck with his search.
I advertised it in one place with a few pictures and a light description. Got as far as having a chap dead set on it and wanting to view.
My daughter then said I can never sell it and she would be very sad. That was that, messaged the nice guy, apologised and advised him why, wished him luck with his search.
Rafka said:
I keep thinking of selling my TVR Chimaera 500 to buy a Tuscan replacement. Trouble is I bought the Chim new nearly 25 years ago. I m a bit attached to it.
300,000 miles in a few TVRs and I never thought I'd sell my most recent 500. Then my body gave up & I could neither get in or out!
MrMoonyMan said:
I am really not good at letting my cars go (read that as I don t ) and recently decided I d sell my Range Rover having completed a resto on it and wanting an e39 M5.
I advertised it in one place with a few pictures and a light description. Got as far as having a chap dead set on it and wanting to view.
My daughter then said I can never sell it and she would be very sad. That was that, messaged the nice guy, apologised and advised him why, wished him luck with his search.
Just messaged the guy who wanted to buy the car for sale and taken it off the market until I get my head sorted or find the dream.I advertised it in one place with a few pictures and a light description. Got as far as having a chap dead set on it and wanting to view.
My daughter then said I can never sell it and she would be very sad. That was that, messaged the nice guy, apologised and advised him why, wished him luck with his search.
C-J said:
As a Volvo fan I assumed that was a typo, but looked it up just in case...
...I had no idea these existed, as doesn't seem that they were sold in the UK.
Lovely if the 740 > 760 > 780 theme has followed through and there was a V8 variant - it sounds like not?
As a Volvo fan I can assure it wasn't a typo but neither was it a V8....I had no idea these existed, as doesn't seem that they were sold in the UK.
Lovely if the 740 > 760 > 780 theme has followed through and there was a V8 variant - it sounds like not?
Basically a 760 saloon, with virtually every panel chopped, cut, modified by Bertone, and a V6 in the front.
Mine I bought at a Historics auction, a previous seller had found it in a barn, it had originally been sold in Japan.
Sold to a collector t'other side of Scotland, one of my more stupid moves.
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