Are there any cars you have owned and regretted selling?

[Justin Case]

Sorry for the pic repeat but that looks suspiciously like the Elan Valley...

Is very interesting to note all of the Alfa love. Rose tinted glasses or where they REALLY good? I'm going to say REALLY good with mine.

 

That's because it is the Elan Valley . Well spotted; it was just beyond the top end of Craig Goch Reservoir on the mountain road between Rhayader and Devils Bridge, which is one of my favourites and in my view the best driving road in Mid-Wales Alfa 156s are good, one of the few moderns with any character and great to drive. They seem to be quite reliable, the only drawback is that things like cambelts and suspension bushes need replacing pretty frequently.

 

Keen-eyed observers will see that mine had 15" steel wheels, which gave a comfortable enough ride without affecting handling

[Justin Case]

Sorry for the pic repeat but that looks suspiciously like the Elan Valley...

Is very interesting to note all of the Alfa love. Rose tinted glasses or where they REALLY good? I'm going to say REALLY good with mine.

 

That's because it is the Elan Valley . Well spotted; it was just beyond the top end of Craig Goch Reservoir on the mountain road between Rhayader and Devils Bridge, which is one of my favourites and in my view the best driving road in Mid-Wales Alfa 156s are good, one of the few moderns with any character and great to drive. They seem to be quite reliable, the only drawback is that things like cambelts and suspension bushes need replacing pretty frequently.

 

Keen-eyed observers will see that mine had 15" steel wheels, which gave a comfortable enough ride without affecting handling

[blackbird]

G52 OYC, Nissan Bluebird ZX Turbo. Never got the smell of the magic trees out of the interior. Sold it in a hurry with an epically shagged headgasket before I left the country. Sad to see it go but it got refitted with a new engine from a Sunny and went on to be shiny and loved for several years afterwards. Probably gone to the crusher by now but still miss it, but it did at least go on to be cared for.

 

Getting all sentimental now. Saying that, there's some shite I've owned that I really don't miss, and some I'm just indifferent about. I guess it all evens out.

 

--Phil

 

That car is still alive , it;s on ZXOC

See here

http://www.zxoc.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7575

 

[Wilko220]

Glad to see that Bluebird lives!

 

Two spring to mind for me - both dead. A Peugeot 309 Trio S (J678 NGS) - 1400cc of raw power but, for how it felt, might as well have had a 3 litre under the bonnet. Such a brilliant, simple car with manual everything that I absolutely loved. Plus it had green seatbelts. I replaced it with something much more boring and gave it my brother, who wrote it off (twice).

 

The other was a Rover 820 Vitesse (L159 BFK). Looked the business in Nightfire Red and was the most enjoyable car to drive I have had. Only had 50-odd thousand miles on it when I bought it, although it was about 12 years old. I put another 20k on it before OMG HGF and shocking bodywork build quality combined to price me out of keeping it on the road. A chap drove all the way down from Manchester in a Metro to pick it up, arriving at 1 in the morning - but i think the engine ended up in a Maestro.

[Guest]

I get bored with cars very quickly, but the one I regret selling (the only one) was a MGF.

[Guest]

!997 Fiat Coupe 20 V Turbo, bought new. Mistakenly sold in 2002. Recently seen online utterly ruined by some stancing twat. Now only fit for killage wih fire.

[AeroNautiCal]

I miss my white Bond Bug 700ES, yellow Mini City and red, 3 door Metro 1000, they represent the most fun, most distance covered and best trip memories of my driving history.

 

Though I quite liked my green Nissan Sunny Pulsar 1.6 saloon too.

[Mr Lobster]

Really really really shouldn't have sold this.

 

 

If only I'd realised that at the time

[Cavcraft]

/\

Was that the 2.9, Lob? Earlier ones (like that) are supposedly absolutely ace things and I believe it was just after that (about 2002 on) that things went SRSLY downhill for the Sprinter.

[Mr Lobster]

It was indeed. I really underestimated how much we used it and how much we need a big van and that was ideal - low miles, one previous owner and full history plus we bought it very cheap.

 

Sold as it needed work - bit of wiring, four injectors and a few other bits that added up to over £1k. Wish I'd dug deep and fixed it with hindsight. Ho hum...

[trigger]

As some of you might remember I used to have a cracking Mondeo ST24, it really was a nice car and one that i nearly cried over when it sold as I knew I'd never own another again, the 25mpg as a daily was killing me though so it had to go, this was back in 2009.

 

Side 4 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1999 Ford Mondeo ST24 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

Flip forwards 3 years and I popped into a garage this afternoon to get a respray quote and what do i see sat in the yard, yep WOO again, Poor thing, it's now fell on hard times, the once glisten Radiant Red paintwork was now a pissy orange colour, bumpers all scuffed, the alloys painted white and parts of the interior broke and the whole car looking really grubby, It done 81k when i sold it, it's now just turned 100k.

 

Wish i had kept it now.

 

My old 1999 Ford Mondeo ST24 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

[M'coli]

^^^Wouldn't it now be scrapped though Trig because you'd have been tail-ended in it, rather than the Passat? At least it's still around.

[trigger]

Good call, That is very true, Mind you according to the DVLA the Passat is still taxed surprisingly so someone must have fixed it.

[stoney13]

mk1 1964 lotus cortina sold for £150.00 1966 ford Anglia, 1975 hillman imp California, 1972 baja bug,1970 ha van 2.3cc and so on then there's the yanks 1967 mopar cuda, ford ltd country squire 1979 ford mustang and now a small list, 3 Austin A40s farinas, transit mk2 bus (converted to camper) pontiac firebird and a chopped moggy (now belongs to my boy)

but a full list of cars owned would take to long to type coz Ive regretted them all apart from a vauxhall astra I even liked the skoda

[Robin Reliant]

After too long nursing my pint at the back of the Autoshite disco, it's finally time to get up on the dancefloor and strut my stuff - yes it's my first post, showing pictures of my dearly departed Metro enjoying a day at the seaside.

 

 

It, along with a Vauxhall Carlton Estate, is the car I wish I'd never got rid of. In a fit of mis-guided charity, I gave it to the son of a neighbour. His rich daddy, no admirer of chod, took one look at the front panel's home-sprayed paint and had it scrapped with £50 quid going towards a Cinqucento.

[RedSparrow]

That's a bit shitty if you gave it to them for free!

[DVee8]

A red 4 door Bluebird Turbo G88NGR
A Red Primera 2.0gt S990CBB i think

A couple of MK2 Escorts And a 3.0 Capri in orange(m reg)
1 that i was pleased to see the back of a Sierra 2.0is D985TFT.a real heap of shite

[Morgan84]

Thats gratitude for you,and to top it all,replace it with one of the most dangerous cars on the road in a collision !

[forddeliveryboy]

Alfa SudSprint, 1.3 1983. Sweet car (way nicer than a 1.5Tii Sud which replaced it), ended up taking it to bits for spares as the rot got too bad.

Citroen CX break 1983 2.5 n/a diesel. Felt slow but wasn't and would tow anything. Eventually rotted in the rear arches and sills.

Audi 100 quattro avant 1988, 290k - mint, well-looked after but the engine cooked one hot day on a fast trip, turned out the water pump was worn. Felt so different from 2wd 100.

Citroen GS 1222 1979 30k, rear-ended on a trailer the day I bought it, 100yds from home.

Mercedes 300TD W214, 1990. Tough old thing rescued from the crusher a few years ago, waiting to be used for spares for my other.

 

The only one I regretted losing which was sold was this one:

Saab 900 turbo16, 1984 with burgundy leather interior. Raw and gorgeous, sold when I was hard up.

[RichardMoss]

Just two that I regret selling: 1980 VW Scirocco Storm (mk1) and 1982 TR7 convertible.

 

The Storm had full leather interior and 1600 GTI engine and went like stink and rusted almost as fast.

 

The TR7 was just 3 years old when I got it with 44,000 miles on the clock and was almost the last one off the line at Solihull before production ended for good. If anyone ever hears anything of PUK 598 Y, I'd love to buy it back

[Astorey90]

Posting a reply from a post i've just seen! G52OYC Nissan Bluebird ZX Turbo is in my possesion and has been since 2010! She is alive and slightly more insane than you average bluey, circa 250bhp these days awaiting fully rebuilt ca18det to be dropped in with a few more add-ons! Link to pics http://s1199.photobucket.com/user/astor ... det?page=1

[Astorey90]

Posting a reply from a post i've just seen! G52OYC Nissan Bluebird ZX Turbo is in my possesion and has been since 2010! She is alive and slightly more insane than you average bluey, circa 250bhp these days awaiting fully rebuilt ca18det to be dropped in with a few more add-ons! Link to pics http://s1199.photobucket.com/user/astor ... det?page=1

[The Moog]

Miss my 900's. First was Grey 2.0 n/a f100npl. Loved that car. My first proper car. Then other one I sold was red 900 t16s j295lja sold it when I bought my house. I needed money for solicitors. 3 inch straight thru jt, red box apc. De cat. Awesome car.

 

Then sold my 900 carlsson. Searched all over for a good example. Bought it up in the Midlands on the sunday.drove it to work on Monday and some muppet reversed a mini bus into it. Try finding original bumper for that. Ended up taking a grand off insurance company and getting it fixed. Had to sell it when I was hard up.

[The Moog]

Miss my 900's. First was Grey 2.0 n/a f100npl. Loved that car. My first proper car. Then other one I sold was red 900 t16s j295lja sold it when I bought my house. I needed money for solicitors. 3 inch straight thru jt, red box apc. De cat. Awesome car.

 

Then sold my 900 carlsson. Searched all over for a good example. Bought it up in the Midlands on the sunday.drove it to work on Monday and some muppet reversed a mini bus into it. Try finding original bumper for that. Ended up taking a grand off insurance company and getting it fixed. Had to sell it when I was hard up.

[Tetleysmooth]

Most of the Carltons and Senators I've owned in the past.

 

A car that was well before its time. Still have a hankering for them even now.

[Tetleysmooth]

Most of the Carltons and Senators I've owned in the past.

 

A car that was well before its time. Still have a hankering for them even now.

[Rocket88]

Most of the Carltons and Senators I've owned in the past.

 

A car that was well before its time. Still have a hankering for them even now.

 

Couldn't agree more.

[Rocket88]

Most of the Carltons and Senators I've owned in the past.

 

A car that was well before its time. Still have a hankering for them even now.

 

Couldn't agree more.

[Cavcraft]

Vectra 2.0 Supertouring, I think it was 139/500. Was actually in pretty nice order and just for the rarity it was worth holding on to.

 

Mk2 Cavalier 1.8SRi saloon, D178 OTX. Loved that car and we picked our first born up from maternity in it.

[Cavcraft]

Vectra 2.0 Supertouring, I think it was 139/500. Was actually in pretty nice order and just for the rarity it was worth holding on to.

 

Mk2 Cavalier 1.8SRi saloon, D178 OTX. Loved that car and we picked our first born up from maternity in it.