The Shite you most regret Weighing in....

[CortinaDave]

What shite have you sent over the bridge of doom only to sit kicking yourself for years afterwards?

 

 

This was mine in 2002/3 - Pacific blue 1600 GXL.... even worse it was an ultra rare J reg, one of the oldest survivors and probably THE oldest now if I still had it.

 

I'd just spent a load of cash on it and it was gleaming with a fresh sprayjob etc - I was overtaking and a woman decided to pull out, right into the side of it and killed it.

 

It could've been repaired, but I was out of cash after having paid out for the spray job etc and I just gave up and broke it for spares.

 

What a moron.

[bub2006]

2005 i owned a c plate fiesta pop. Brown vinyl roof,brown interior and cream paint. Low miles and good condition for age. Paid 30 quid and bridged it when tax and test ran out. In 2006 i was given a G plate polo breadvan. Yet again ran it till mot was up and bridged it. Both would fetch silly scene tax now.

[Mr Lobster]

A fair few Mk1 Renault 5s.

 

All were worthless at the time and provided parts for mine but I especially regret the '77 TS and '81 Gordini that I despatched to the afterlife back in the day when you had to pay to have them taken away.

[hairnet]

88 skoda rapid

 

rescued for 40 quid

 

used it at college in mid 90s then finished got a job and got into bikes and didnt need it tried to flog it and nowt

 

got money back - and there was nothing wrong with it just noone wanted it

 

ive wanted another ever since

[Junkman]

A quite nice Daewoo Espero.

I have a guilt complex ever since, but yes, I'm a murderer.

[dollywobbler]

Regret scrapping my first car, a red Mk2 Fiesta, though I more regret destroying it in the first place through a combination of neglect and abuse. I'd hate to be a first car.

 

Regret scrapping my second car, a red 2CV. Though it's chassis lived on under my third car, the engine my fourth. I've still got parts floating around from that car now.

 

Then I stopped scrapping cars for a couple of years, until I scrapped my Skoda 105Lux, all because the starter ring gear was borked and fixing it would cost more than I paid for the car (£150).

 

Though technically, none of these cars were actually weighed in. The Fiesta and Skoda sat in scrap yards for a while, the red 2CV was stripped in my mate's yard until the scrap man collected the bare shell. Which was considerably less rotten than the shell of my current 2CV...

[spike60]

I broke a Alfa 155 2.0 Widebody a few years ago, very smart and frisky car until I raked the O/S doors on a post at work. I drove it around damaged for about a year then broke it when it became surplus rather than repairing it, the bits were worth more than the car. £450 for the engine, £126 for the door mirrors etc softened the blow but I would buy it back in a heartbeat.

[panhard65]

I had a Renault 4 pick up. It was an F4 if I remember correctly and I have since found out that it was very rare having been a factory approved conversion done in the UK. I have never seen another since. I bought it from a farmer but the mot station said it was the most rotten car they had ever tested so I loaded the back up with old scrap and sent it over the bridge. I would love to find another now. There have been no end of old escorts and cortinas that I weighed in mainly due to the fact they were crap. Wish I had kept them now with the stupid prices people pay for them.

[Ratdat]

I've got a pretty strong record when it comes to weighing in Datsuns. I only regret this as now most of them would be worth some coin even if totally shagged, especially the SSS. I reckon I could have got knocking for a grand for each of those now. Balls.

 

1 x Datsun 160J SSS (710)

1 x Datsun 180B SSS (610)

2 x Datsun 160J SSS (A10)

4 x Datsun 1200 coupe (B110)

2 x Datsun 1200 4dr (B110)

2 x Datsun 1000 4dr (B10)

1 x Datsun 280C (330)

1 x Datsun 160B (610)

1 x Datsun 240k-gt (C210)

1 x Datsun 200L (C130)

1 x Datsun 240L (C230)

2 x Datsun 100A (E10)

2 x Datsun 100A (F10

1 x Datsun 120A coupe (E10)

1 x Datsun 120A coupe (F10)

1 x Datsun Cherry 3dr (N10)

2 x Datsun 1500 pickup (620)

3 x Datsun Bluebird (910)

1 x Datsun Bluebird SSS coupe (910)

1 x datsun Laurel (C31)

1 x Datsun Sunny 2dr (B310)

1 x Datsun Sunny Estate (B310)

2 x Nissan Laurel (C32)

 

There aren't really many cars I regret weighing in. Chucking my Austin A40 across the bridge when I lost it's storage was a bit crushing. I bought that when I was about 18 and was quite attached to it. I also weighed in an A35 van that was an ex RAC van and an Austin 1300 estate with only 25k on the clock. Again because of lost storage.

[Cavcraft]

Nothing. Everything I've weighed in was weighed in for a reason, like it was shit or failed to attract a buyer. Indeed, I've actually enjoyed weighing most of them in, it's only a lump of metal at the end of the day.

[barefoot]

I've only scrapped one car, an Audi 200T C2.

Astonishingly of the apparent 500 that were imported into the UK, I had three of these things, the first was dreadful and set itself on fire, The second was superb and I really wish I'd kept it, but back in the day it was thirsty, surplus and just in the way.

The third was bought for the gearbox which was put into the second, then stripped and sent to a specialist breaker.

[DVee8]

In the early 90's i got my hands on a p reg mini 1100 clubman in yellow with Datsun 120y seats,i was told in only needed a drive shaft gaiter for a test.

Anyhow one Sunday we were bored,i know said i lets tow the mini up to warden law track.(This is now a go cart track) Back then it was a off road bike track.

We had such fun that we did the same the next weekend and for the next 5 or so weekends till it died.Towed it to the bridge with no plates or papers dumped it and walked(read ran).

 

The next weekend we went to another scrapyard and got a MK2 scrote 4 of us chipped in the 70 notes it cost.This only lasted 3 weeks before it was totally fucked,unable to drag it any were,at this point one of the lads said burn it,next thing i knew its on fire, oh shit scatter,Fire engines heading our way.

Thinking back while typing this it was very good fun while it lasted.1 of the cars we got well and truly stuck,we couldn't move it with our mates mk2 Escort.At the time my GF lived with her aunt and uncle,we went and borrowed his Princess to drag the car out getting that stuck as well.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

A 1967 Mercedes 300SEL,it needed an exhaust and the air suspension collapsed the second the engine was turned off,even with cling film and carrier bags gaffer taped round the airbags! The only way to start it was to 24volt it which entailed having a spare fully charged battery in the passenger footwell and 2 sets of jump leads.

I realised I was pushing my luck and my best lemon bleached tax disc was about to expire,when a bloke in a car park offered me £100 for the stacked lights for his 250S. As I'd only paid £100 for the whole thing 6 months before I sold them there and then to him,then drove it without headlights( it was daylight) to a Merc specialist about 25 miles away in Wellingborough or Kettering who gave me another £100 for it.

 

Then there was the Wartburg Tourist I bought pissed from a Ford dealer in Brackley, went back the next day to pick it up and discovered the headlight bowls had rusted out,so drove it straight to a breakers in Woburn Sands who gave me £10 more than I'd paid for it, the scrappies used it for about 3 years to carry their bottles around the yard.

 

I once dumped an FD Victor estae at a Council Tip, the guy said once it was in the yard we couldn't take anything off it,so we took the wheels off in the road,chained it to the back of my Series 2 V8, dropped into low range and dragged it into th site, destroying 3 speed bumps. They phoned the Police,but luckily we knew the copper from the pub,he pronounced it accidental and a civil matter,we just never went back!

[Tetleysmooth]

This:

 

 

Last year.

It probably only needed a gearbox service.

Wish I'd persevered with it now.

[richardthestag]

Didnt bridge it myself but i was responsible for selling mrs thestags one owner from new slim bumper 89 gti golf 8v. If was spotless and original.

 

Within 6 months it was transformed into a lexarse lighted, slammed shit box. 9 months road tax i sold it with was not renewed, not seen it since, suspect that it was transformed quite quickly into a beco frost free freezer

 

At the time i rather hoped that the cretin who did it was still in the boot when it was cubed.

[skoda_fan]

Never weighed anything in but regret selling loads of stuff, because I've soon discovered they've been weighed in by the new owner. Several Estelles and Rapids, and a couple of FSOs. Stuff not mega desirable at the time but a bit hen's teeth now. Have less regret selling older Brit stuff, cos I know replacements are still available, should I get the urge.

[wuvvum]

Rover 825D Mk1.  "Sold" on eBay for £150 to an American missionary who first wanted me to deliver it to Peteboghorror for him, then insisted that I take a day off work so he could come and pick it up as he didn't want to drive it home in the dark.  I eventually got pissed off with him and weighed it in for £320.  Should have kept it really though as it was a rare beast and a brilliant towcar.

 

Volvo 460 Turbo.  Out of T&T, and I needed it gone as I was moving house.  I tried advertising it for scrap money in several places, including the blue forum, but no takers, so that got bridged.  Again, in hindsight, one I should have tried harder to find a space for.

 

Renault 5 Mk1 Auto.  To be fair, this was pretty knackered - out of T&T, the auto gearbox computer was up the swanny and there was about 3" of play in the steering rack (which is unique to the autos).  It was also getting rather scruffy.  I still hate weighing in any old Renner though.

 

VW Passat Mk1 estate.  1.8 auto, nice enough thing to drive (bar the heavy steering), but needed welding and wasn't worth bothering with back then.  Today I could have sold it to a beanie-wearing cock-end for £££££.

[Sloth in a bowl]

 

Then there was the Wartburg Tourist I bought pissed from a Ford dealer in Brackley, went back the next day to pick it up and discovered the headlight bowls had rusted out,so drove it straight to a breakers in Woburn Sands who gave me £10 more than I'd paid for it, the scrappies used it for about 3 years to carry their bottles around the yard.

 

 

 

It's a rare man that will admit to buying one while sober.

I congratulate you for experiencing the 'ebay and vino' fuck up before ebay, though I suspect many a car sale in a pub car park was similarly lubricated.

[Partridge]

I've only sent one car over the bridge and that was my Rover 45. I was glad to see the back of the fucker.

[mercrocker]

RIP - 1958 Austin A35, nice number  plate.  Not bridged by me personally but sent to  its doom via a friend to whom I sold it for a tankful of gas.   1959 Austin Seven Mini, admittedly after twatting a bus stop.   I fixed up worse since, though.   And in fairness my Dad did the dirty on that  one when I was at work one day cos it was bleeding all over his grass.   I also personally pushed an Imp on to the bridge but I am still not  upset about that.   Anything else has  been fragged by proxy.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

It's a rare man that will admit to buying one while sober.

I congratulate you for experiencing the 'ebay and vino' fuck up before ebay, though I suspect many a car sale in a pub car park was similarly lubricated.

I actually went to the dealer to buy a mk2 Mexico trade in for £500, but decided it wasn't worth it! This is why I'll never be rich, the Wartburg was actually great fun to drive and the smokescreen was hilarious.

[overrun]

In the early 90's i got my hands on a p reg mini 1100 clubman in yellow with Datsun 120y seats,i was told in only needed a drive shaft gaiter for a test.

Anyhow one Sunday we were bored,i know said i lets tow the mini up to warden law track.(This is now a go cart track) Back the it was a off road bike track.

We had such fun that we did the same the next weekend and for the next 5 or so weekends till it died.Towed it to the bridge with no plates or papers dumped it and walked(read ran).

 

The next weekend we went to another scrapyard and got a MK2 scrote 4 of us chipped in the 70 notes it cost.This only lasted 3 weeks before it was totally fucked,unable to drag it any were,at this point one of the lads said burn it,next thing i knew its on fir, or shit scatter,Fire engines heading our way.

Thinking back while typing this it was very good fun while it lasted.1 of the cars we got well and truly stuck,we couldn't move it with our mates mk2 Escort.At the time my GF lived with her aunt and uncle,we went and borrowed his Princess to drag the car out getting that stuck as well.

I burned a car out up Warden Law, a few years back.

It was mine, though!

[Negative Creep]

I've only ever scrapped 2 cars in my life - an AX and a mk.2 Astra, both of which were completely shagged and were well out of MOT. Oddly enough I was told by a couple of people they saw the Astra on the road soon after, and the numberplate no longer appears on the DVLA site.

[phil_lihp]

 

I didn't scrap this but I might as well have.  I actually rescued it from being scrapped after 3 rounds on ebay failed to find a bidder until I grabbed it at the last minute, it'd spent 5 years in a field but was amazingly solid.  I cleaned it up, rebuilt the brakes, serviced it and had all the structural welding done and it flew through its MOT.  I had to sell it in early 2013 as a house move meant I lost my storage.

 

I couldn't find a buyer anywhere and eventually sold it on ebay to a solitary bidder for just £450.  The chap who bought it seemed like a decent sort and very happy with it but a couple of months later I noticed I hadn't seen it buzzing around the area any more and found it had disappeared from the DVLA computer, no idea what happened to it.

[coalnotdole]

I've always regretted weighing in my first car, The L plate Ford Orion that was given to me by my dad after passing my test. I owned it for about 2 years and went on many roadtrips round the country, It went across Europe at high speeds. I once rolled it over on its side it in a ditch near Selby and having pushed it up the right way it drove out of the field with only a puncture, a small dent in the wing and a missing mirror to show for the crash! It allowed me to expand my photographic horizons and covered more than 50,000 miles with very minimal maintenance. Its only memorable breakdown was caused by an intermittent immobilizer which was bypassed by the AA man by running an extra wire to the solenoid to start it when the key wasn't working.

 

By 2007 the Orion was in desperate need of welding to various bits of the floor pan, sills etc and it wanted money spending on the brakes and wheel bearings to get it through the next MOT, I was told it was going to cost more than the car was worth and with my head ruling my heart I took it on a last drive to a scrapyard on the outskirts of Chester.  I Spent some of my bridge money on a guilty full English at a cafe over the road while waiting for the bus.

 

The escort that replaced it disgraced itself in under a month requiring an exhaust and then leaving a core plug on the M74. I spent the rest of the summer recovering from the financial damage! To this day I think I should have got the Orion fixed it deserved better after all its years of faithful service. I've scrapped or broken other cars since but none have left me with such a strong sense of regret as that one.

[TimothyClaypole]

Cutting up the 1st BMW 2002 I bought - I knew nothing and while half of it was rotten the other half would have fixed the one I have now without throwing hundreds on new panels.    

[chaseracer]

My first XM.  A very early one, going by the ORGA number, but it was as rotten as a windfall pear in January and using as much oil as fuel.  

 

 

 

 

 

We stripped it of anything useful, much of which is still in the lockup.  Useful, since I haven't owned an XM since 2006...!

[anonymous user]

Surprisingly, considering the number of cars I've owned over the past thirty seven years, I've only scrapped two.

A Mk1 Renault Espace about 8 years ago, it was well past its best but had not long passed an MOT. I had used it as a builder's truck whilst doing up a couple of houses and it had saved me a fortune in skips/van hire. I no longer had a need for it and due to its condition couldn't face having to deal with anyone to try to sell it as a going concern. (If I'd known then what I know now I would have offered it on here) I don't remember actually getting anything for it from the yard.

The other was my last Volvo 240 estate, last year; I was hardly using it so when it blew its steering rack and with the RFL about to run out two days later I decided not to spend any more money on it. As I walked out of the yard with my pound of flesh I was already regretting it and am now half looking for another (even though I still don't need one).

[messerschmitt owner]

I scrapped an Isetta and cut up a Trojan in a scrapyard with a cold chisel and hammer.

 

Both were, at the time, sensible, but now just plain stupid!

[purplebargeken]

Only two, no three regrets. First one was a Saab 900GL that I'd bought on eBay in the early days. Can't remeber why I bridged it, looking back on it I was an idiot. Second one was a D reg Honda Prelude. Bought it for £50 and ran it until something went boing at the front end. It was the twin carb version and was seriously nippy. Last one was a Moggie Minor that had need of welding underneath. 

 

Out of the 3, the Moggie and the Saab are the most regretted.