The one that got away!

[XRMike]

Sometimes, for reasons beyond our control, or just sometimes down to a poor decision, selling a loved car can happen to many of us, leading to regret later on in life.

Let's see what cars you have sold on, and later regretted.

I'll start:

2004 Volvo S60 D5 Sport (face-lift). During my ownership I had it mapped, fitted T5 front brakes, EGR And Decatted, upgraded the sound system and fitted various upgrades to an OEM standard.

I owned this car for over 4 years. This car was a brilliant daily, the seats were like armchairs, it has plenty of power (it saw 130 on a private road and didn't break a sweat), it returned 50 mpg on a run and was utterly reliable.

This car was on my must have list since I was younger after starting in the motor trade. I fell in love with the styling, design and build quality.

My particular car pulled me through many memorable moments in my life, and it was definitely the best car I've ever owned.

Sadly I needed to free up some cash and I was able to quickly sell it on to raise some funds.

8 years on and I occasionally check it's MOT status, wishing i held onto it.

Let's see your cars that you regret selling on...

[XRMike]

rotarygoth said:

There's 2 for me my WRX STI V3 555 wagon I was scared I'd eventually lose my license if I kept it (late 20s I wasn't as careful as I am in my 50s!). My pride and joy RX7 FC3S Turbo 2. It was heavily modified running about 450bhp and that did affect the engine life! In the end I just couldn't afford to keep it in the knowledge that one detonation due to running lean or another unexplained boost surge could throw a seal through the turbo AGAIN! I do really miss the noise and the ridiculous power once the turbo spooled up at 4000rpm!

Edited by rotarygoth on Saturday 4th April 00:46

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