What is the shortest time you have ever owned a car?
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A month.
Bought a nice BRG MGF for my wife and I to take on honeymoon. Went for a walk one morning and looked through the showroom windows of the local second hand delers. Spotted a godl MGF a year younger with really low miles. Had a look round it, very smart and very clean.
Chatted to the dealer - who dropped the price a bit on asking.
Went home, got onto an MG forum I know, asked a couple of questions. Foudn out it was quite a rare model.
Drove the green F round to see if the guy would do a part Ex. He then offered me a gand more for the green car than I had just paid.
Deal done. I still have the gold F in the fleet. At 3 years and 1 month, its the car I have now owned longest.
Bought a nice BRG MGF for my wife and I to take on honeymoon. Went for a walk one morning and looked through the showroom windows of the local second hand delers. Spotted a godl MGF a year younger with really low miles. Had a look round it, very smart and very clean.
Chatted to the dealer - who dropped the price a bit on asking.
Went home, got onto an MG forum I know, asked a couple of questions. Foudn out it was quite a rare model.
Drove the green F round to see if the guy would do a part Ex. He then offered me a gand more for the green car than I had just paid.
Deal done. I still have the gold F in the fleet. At 3 years and 1 month, its the car I have now owned longest.
About a month ... I searched high and low for a mint 306 HDi in China Blue and managed to track a decent example down. Obviously I was absolutely chuffed with my purchase 
However about a month later a woman drove into the back of it at about 25-30mph whilst I was stationery ... It was written off a few days later 
Still, very cloud has a silver lining ... I bought an Elise afterwards
However about a month later a woman drove into the back of it at about 25-30mph whilst I was stationery ... It was written off a few days later Still, very cloud has a silver lining ... I bought an Elise afterwards
24 Hours, I bought a Golf GTi for a mate, after him going on about one for months, he then told me it wasn't what he was after and I was stuck £900 out of pocket and with a Golf I had no use for
Fortunately I managed to sell it to someone for a £50 loss the following day, and as a way of apology my mate took me out for an evening on the sauce............ At his expense. Nice
Fortunately I managed to sell it to someone for a £50 loss the following day, and as a way of apology my mate took me out for an evening on the sauce............ At his expense. Nice
six weeks. Bought a new 2004 Touareg V8. Huge electrical problems and they could not solve a mysterious ground fault that made the car cut out. I made them take it back, and n=ended up at a 2005 car instead, plus loaners in the meantime. The 2005 was rock solid and superbly reliable, as it happened.
Less than a day on a black Alfa Romeo 156 2.5, did the deal with a dealer one afternoon came to my senses the following morning.
Ps. Also owned a E Class Mercedes for 5 days, until it was written of whilst stationary in a car park after being hit by a stolen Rover 216.
Ps. Also owned a E Class Mercedes for 5 days, until it was written of whilst stationary in a car park after being hit by a stolen Rover 216.
Edited by FourWheelDrift on Sunday 13th June 15:07
Had a Porsche 924 for just under five months once. It was fun to drive in a blustery, Austin-Healey sort of a way, but it was quite badly made (dashboard was falling apart and various engine ancilliaries needed routinely bolting back on nearly every time I drove it), roly-poly handling, marginal brakes, painful driving position and a rather embarrassing image were the factors that caused me to jettison it, only coming to light gradually as I drove it.
About 6 hours. Someone came to me to buy my golf, with a knackered old golf estate in exchange. She left at 10am. I (got some day insurance), took it to the MOT station, it failed on a ball joint. I walked over to local parts suppliers, bought a bearing, fitted it in the car park and he passed it.
I went home, took a few photo's after a quick wash and polish and stuck it on ebay. 1 hour later a guy called saying he was round the corner visiting parents, came to look and left me a deposit. It was only worth £400 so not massive amounts of cash but a quick ownership to say the least.
My FiL once owned one for about 10 minutes. Drove a new (to him) Escort off the forecourt and someone rear-ended it at some t/lights, total write off within 10 mins.
I went home, took a few photo's after a quick wash and polish and stuck it on ebay. 1 hour later a guy called saying he was round the corner visiting parents, came to look and left me a deposit. It was only worth £400 so not massive amounts of cash but a quick ownership to say the least.
My FiL once owned one for about 10 minutes. Drove a new (to him) Escort off the forecourt and someone rear-ended it at some t/lights, total write off within 10 mins.
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