Cars you shouldn't have sold.

[Tetleysmooth]

Following on from the 'Biggest Sheds' thread, what about cars you wish you'd never parted with? Mine that spring to mind are:

1963/64 Singer Vogue. It had a tired engine and tacked on oversills, but the rest was superb. I swapped it for a Mark 1 Triumph 2000, which was a bit of a shed.

I still miss it now.

1973 Mark 3 Cortina 2000 GXL Auto. Red with a black vinyl roof, Rostyle wheels with trim rings. Beautiful looking car, but my ex missus hated it because it was an auto. It was the only car I sold where I got more than I'd advertised it for, it was that nice.

Rover P6 3.5 V8s. Mexico brown. It had just been resprayed when I got it. I sold it for 250 quid when the clutch started slipping.

The '93 Previa I sold to Hairymel of this parish. It never let me down. Went all over the place in it, although after I sold it to Mel, the battery gave up the ghost. I still feel guilty. Sorry Mel.

There's many more, I've had hundreds of cars, but that'll do for now.

[HillmanImp]

Oh, cars you regretted selling?

 

I thought this might have been a thread about cars you shouldn't have sold.

 

For instance you might have badly cracked the sump and repaired it with filler and superglue 20 minutes before the buyer came round as a totally random suggestion with no legal comeback.*

 

*All characters appearing in this post are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

[brickwall]

1998 Honda Accord...brilliant in every way and sorely missed.

[Lukas]

One of the cars I reget the most selling it, so I guess I should not have sold it, was my 2000 HDPIC/Hyundai Galloper II 2,5 TD Wagon Exceed. This is it´s real name, by the way.

 

 

Rustwise, it was in very good condition (unlike most of them), it´s been always reliable, comfortable and very cool looking. Sadly, I killed one piston in a pay-and-play-site because I misjudged the deepness of a water-puddle.     Sold it running on three cylinders to a construction company.

 

If I knew then what I know now, I should have kept it, put a new engine inside and enjoy it further. I still miss it, 3 years after I sold it!

[Micrashed]

Shouldnt have sold:

 

1995 Diesel ZX with FUBAR engine full of "Stop Smoke" and with dash lights bodged so the oil light was wired to the water light so that when you switched on in the morning the oil lamp came on then went out as it should.* NB I actually bought it like this and then when discovered punted it on.

 

1984 Mini Sprite with holes everywhere and more wob and corn-flake packets than you could possibly imagine. Sold as spares / repairs but seen on the road.

[alf892]

1983 Cortina estate. I ended up 'restoring' it after just panning to fit some new wings. Ended up with new A posts, innner sills, front floors, boot floor and chassis rail, rear lower corners, front and rear valances, front wings and a full respray but I loved it and cared for it like a baby. I couldn't bear to sell it even when we got another car so put it in a garage for a while. In the end I sold it for 500 still in lovely condition.

 

Then was a Vectra estate that I got for £85 quid with a snapped cam belt but full tank of petrol - looking back I should have kept that longer. I know they dont get any love on here (all voxalls are etc...) but it drove well enough and I still think they are a good looking estate car.

[UmBongo]

Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia MK2.

 

A nice looking car in white with a BVR.

 

It did have some problems, mind you.

 

Like the dent in the side, the wet front carpets and the wire you had to fiddle with to make it start...

[beko1987]

My old ZX. As great as the XM is, I don't feel the same way to it like I did the ZX. Poor little thing only needed a £90 full exhaust system and 2 tyres, had 11.9 months MOT too. I don't even need the extra space I gained with the XM, and unline the ZX, which just sort of worked with no love, every creak and rattle on the XM gets me worried!

 

If I ever see it for sale again it will be very tempting, but then I'll just post in the grump thread about how its not the same as it was etc

[PhilA]

Super Minx by renault9gta, on Flickr

 

This. 65 Hillman Super Minx. It wasn't great but it had charm. Barn find in Chester, bought for spares. Rescued it because it was far too good to go for parts.

Someone still loves it because it's on SORN until next year, being renewed annually.

 

--Phil

[R9UKE]

1999 BMW 540i. Bought it at auction where it was a main dealer trade in and what a weapon this thing was! Ink blue with cream leather, never did more than 16 mpg even with my fogey driving. It was leaking coolant from somewhere but that was honestly the only fault with the thing! It had to go to pay to get the Avantime through it's first MOT in my ownership which was quite a big one... £600!

 

The next, and I'm going to get crucified for this, was a 2001 Chrysler Neon. Again bought from auction as a dealer trade in. Bought it for £260 with no MOT, drove it to the test centre and it passed needing nothing. Big soft American leather seats, ice cold AC, cup holders everywhere and a 2.0 auto setup that did the typical American thing of drinking your bank account dry while giving no performance back. But it was a fucking brilliant thing! The prospect of doubling my money was too much to resist but I've regretted it since, I'd have another.

[Junkman]

All of them.

If life wasn't such a piece of shit, I'd still have each and every one of them.

[mercrocker]

Two I miss the most  - my Zephyr 6 and a 280SE both sold for peanuts that got spunked in a week and now  they are  gone.    Doh.

[scruff]

My Audi B2 coupe (honeymoon transport) and my 'GTI diesel' Pug 205 STDT were both great and I probably should have kept them. The 205 is with a good mate though who has really done it justice.

[fordperv]

Luckily I got the car I shouldn't have sold back, I traded my capri for a god awful escrot rs turbo which for numerous reasons I began to regret but to cut a long story short I began missing the capri like fat birds miss cake and had to have it back I count myself lucky that I was able to get it back

[D-Dubya]

i regret swapping a perfect 52 plate saxo for a y plate 306

[hairymel]

...

The '93 Previa I sold to Hairymel of this parish. It never let me down. Went all over the place in it, although after I sold it to Mel, the battery gave up the ghost. I still feel guilty. Sorry Mel.

....

 

no need to feel guilty Dave - its a nice motor and i knew their was a fair chance the battery was knackered when i bought the car.

 

however i hold you responsible* for the ht king lead cremating itself recently and the arse end melting off in the great* birthday workshop disaster

 

all fixed** now apart from the comedy bumper!

 

**(ht lead is a discarded landrover item hammered in - proper replacement ignition parts sit in the top of my roll cab waiting for a free weekend!)

 

cars that i should have kept include:

 

my first sunbeam - scrapped to make space for my second sunbeam

 

my second sunbeam (ti) - sold (for £60 ) to make space for something i can't even remember

 

bmw e32 swb 750i sold due to financial ruin and nowhere for it to rest while my bank account recovered

[SambaS]

Daihatsu Charade 5dr Turbo (changed hands twice then scrapped)

Daihatsu Charade GTti (sold in 2005 and still on road)

Lada Riva Estate (I sold it to scrapyard)

Volkswagen Golf GTi MKII (gave it to scrap man in exchange for collecting my Opel Monza)

Talbot Samba Sport (heart says shouldn't head knows I did right thing)

 

*cry*

[skoda_fan]

All of them.

If life wasn't such a piece of shit, I'd still have each and every one of them.

Ditto! My thoughts exactly!

[Split_Pin]

No love for them on here but I still miss my Vectra very much.

 

It was bought as a bit of a shed to run around in but turned out to need nothing more than usual Vectra things, like a rocker cover gasket, petrol tank, rear bushes and bottom arms in the whole 4 years I had it. X20XEV engine is much maligned but my one pulled great and was quiet and smooth. Comfy leather seats, air con and a cassette player that had LW! The paint polished up nice too.

 

The power steering rack shat itself one day coming back from Glasgow one day in September 2012 and the labour cost of replacing it at the time was too great. I bought a new, reliable car for my then-pregnant wife and stored the Vectra in my wife's lock up for 11 months. However, it also needed a timing belt and the cost of all that plus an MOT was too much. Had no interest other than 'if I was closer' shite so ended up breaking it for parts. Got just shy of 400 chuds for the lot including £200 for the shell and the lock up is now rented.

 

I became very attached to it in the time I had it. I took out my girlfriend in it, we phoned our famillies in a car park from it to tell everyone we got engaged, it was honemoon transport and holiday transport.

 

If there was any other way i could have held on to it I would have, but I already had the Corsa to use and the Astra wants recommissioning next year as well.

 

...but I'll never forget that car. I did actually cry a bit as I shut the lock up on it for the last time, the night before the scrapman came for it.

 

Lesson learned is that I always need to have a reliable modern for the family, so if my own car breaks I can just park it up and get the bus for a bit while I save to get it fixed. the other good thing to come out of it is that I can now let go of things, which is why I have managed to claw in about £500 from selling about 2/3 of my model car collection. That I don't regret!

[purplebargeken]

Hmm, cars I shouldn't have sold/got rid off/passed on.

 

Easy.

 

Volvo 940 Wentworth 2.0 turbo estate auto

 

1986 110 Landie

 

1982 Ford Granada 2.3GL

 

1997 Fairway Taxi

[Cavcraft]

Cavalier Mk2 1.8 SRi saloon.

 

Vectra 2.0 Supertouring.

 

Astra Mk4 1.6 Sport

[phil_lihp]

Always my Honda CR-V just because selling it was a pointless, stupid thing to do which didn't benefit me in any way.

 

Also my Vauxhall Nova which I restored and put back on the road - it did have to go because I moved house and therefore lost the garage it lived in but it sold for buttons to a guy who scrapped it only a couple of months later.  Not just a shame that the car is gone, it was all the work and effort it represented, it deserved more than that.

[bub2006]

I regret my ex getting rid of a p plate astra 2.0 sport. Also had a quiet rare Mk3 fiesta 1.6 si. Apparently rare because it was a p plate,dark green,5 doors and no corrosion! Regret selling my j plate metro 1.4 gta about 7 years ago seeing values they fetch now. Also all my overas where Damn good cars I wish I hadn't sold. Best of the lot was an s plate 600 1.8si what cost me 90 quid and the l plate 414 sli what ate its headgasket near york but had full history and 1 previous owner. Spotless inside and out. Should never listened to the mrs and should have repaired it

[bub2006]

Oh and the reliant robin. Never failed,damn good in the snow in derbyshire getting wife to work,economical and Damn quick for what it was

[greengartside]

Cars I shouldn't have sold

 

1. D-plate Golf GTi 1.8 5dr. Bought it very cheap and used it for a while until it failed the M.o.T on lots of welding. Should have got the thing welded and kept it, they're commanding good prices on ebay now....

 

2. B-plate Escort Cabriolet GL. Very rare in the 1.6 carburettor flavour. Sold it because of lack of use but should have stuck it in a garage and left it for 10 years. Now scrapped which is a waste.

 

3. 02-plate VW Golf GT TDi. Got this off my mate who had remapped the PD 130 engine to about 170bhp so went like poo off a spade. Was a pretty car too with lovely comfy seats. It's still on the road and I'd like to buy it back so if anyone sees AE02 JNU then let me know...

[RobT]

Montego 2.0 GSi.  Quick and comfortable and top drawer shite.  I'll also regret selling the Sierra when the times comes, but not for a while I hope (unless it fails the MoT massively in January).

[AndyW201]

F260 FHH, a Fiesta 1.4S mk2. The first 'decent' car I bought after the first two shitheaps. Going from a 1.1 mk3 Escort with an accelerator pedal that increased the engine noise but seemingly didn't advance speed any, to a small light Fiesta with a 1.4 motor, twin choke Weber etc was a bit of a leap, performance wise. Bodywork was immaculate, it came with full Ford service history and had been delocked and had a fancy (for the time) remote locking/alarm system. Almost XR2 performance and looks for a fraction of the insurance, important as a 19 year old.

VLY 484M was a mk1 escort I bought in 1995 as a bit of a hobby car. It had been Ziebarted when new, had had front wings, outer sills, all doors and rear panel all replaced a couple of years previously. It came with a 1600 X-flow with 4 branch and swift exhaust fitted. In Daytona Yellow with 4 spoke alloys, it looked the bollocks. Had history going back to the original bill of sale, every receipt and invoice from its 15 years with its original lady owner, all handbooks etc in the original Fordsure wallet... Needed a tiny bit of welding near the bonnet hinge, other than that it was rock solid. And the brake servo needed replacing. I paid £250 for it! Pissed about with it for a while, kept it running and moving about, replaced the servo and starter motor and sold it for £300 to the previous-but-one owner. Makes me cry when I see what they fetch now...

H995 EBM was my first Mercedes 190, and despite the heartbreak it caused, it got me hooked on them. It was a mega rare spec, a blend of povo spec, with a few expensive upgrades. It had the lowly 1.8 engine with manual box, but it had the sportline chassis package (lower stiffer shocks and springs, bigger anti roll bars, harder bushes and upgraded alloys) with the uber rare sportline interior pack with bolstered recaro seats and matching bolstered two seater rear, special sportline leather gearknob, smaller leather steering wheel and upgraded Becker Mexico stereo. It had a slight misfire when I got it, which I thought I would cure with a good service. I ended up going through the whole of the fuel and ignition system, chasing this damn misfire. It eventually showed itself with an oil slick in the coolant tank. So it had done the old M102 1.8 trick of silting the waterways in the head, overheating and spitting its head gasket out. I wish I'd known then what I know now about 190s. I could have spent what I wasted on things it didn't need, on a recon head and new HG. But in the end, after I found the oil in the coolant, I got fed up and traded it in. Shame because it had all the sportline gear on and apart from the HGF, it was an absolute minter.

[George-Roper]

105E Same as this in colour  . Never will be able to afford another.

[oman5]

'92 granada scorpio 24v. Probably the tidiest car I ever owned, I loved and cared for it like no other vehicle before or since. no rust anywhere, low mileage, pristine black leather interior and went like a bat out of hell. I part exed it against a 4 year old fiesta 1.4 when my wife at the time started a new job and needed something economical. (I had other shite I could drive) the silly bitch buggered off a month later taking said fiesta with her.

 

1971 Mk3 cortina GT. sold it for peanuts about a minute before mk3 values hit the stratosphere. 

 

1962 morris minor. It had been in a garage since 1979 and after recommissioning it and getting it MOTd I got bored and swapped it for a cadillac which was a piece of junk.

 

(don't laugh) 1985 Talbot solara GLS. It was a freebie due to being utterly worthless in the late '90s but was actually a really comfortable cruiser with a reasonable turn of speed and a rudimentary trip computer.  I was fixated with cortinas at the time so couldn't be bothered to do the couple of jobs it needed for MOT.

 

sierra 2.3 diesel. nothing wrong with it I just got fed up with how slow it was.

[Mr Livered]

When I was about 18 I had a Series 2 Landy. 903 JYA. It came as a shonky hardtop model with seats that basically consisted of thin cushions on top of the fuel tank, although they did have the remnants of some springs, which would insert themselves into your arse when going over bumps.

 

I was young and insurance was dear, so I left the mega-slow na diesel engine alone. It did however get a soft top, a pair of bucket seats and a roll cage. It was the coolest thing ever, especially compared to what my mates were driving.

 

I have no idea why I sold it, other than being a total idiot. I'd love to trace it, I'd certainly love to buy it back but if it wasn't for sale I'd love to know what the new owner has done with it.