Take your pick….

[purplebargeken]

After all of these years of owning AS and AS worthy vehicles, if you could chose just the top five vehicles that you previously owned and would dearly want to own again in your twilight years what would they be? A sentimental look at those sellers remorse cars. 

Out of the many, many hundreds, mine would be:

My old black painted TR7 engined Triumph Toledo, my dark green MGF VVC, my light green MGF,  my old Volvo turbo 940 Wentworth estate and my silver Bini Cooper. The top two would be the MGF and the Toledo.

Over to you……

[Jazoli]

Nothing shite tbh but

My 1994 BMW 540i

My 1991 Nissan 200SX

My 1993 Nissan 300ZX

My 1993 Toyota Supra Turbo

and my 1994 Peugeot 306 Dturbo

I was in my early 20’s and had some amazing cars, I also wish I’d bought my mates original 1991 UR Quattro when it was offered to me for £1500, I bought a caravan to take to Glastonbury instead 😩

[DSdriver]

'76Toyota Celica Liftback

'65 Triumph 2000

'?? Rover 3 litre saloon

X reg Citroen CX Familiale

'52 Citroen 11BL big 15

[Matty]

85 Manta GTE

77 Honda 550/4 F2

89 Astramax 1.7d

01 BMW 530i

95 Fiat Coupe.

Probs in that order. It's rare I mourn owt when its gone. The Manta i do. It was a properly minter than mint genuine 30 thousand mile one owner car when they were still cheap. I gave 1500 for it and sold it two years later for the same. At the time we lived in a 2 up 2 down and I couldn't care for it properly.

Also shouldn't have sold the Honda. But I'd bought the ZXR750 and couldn't keep both.

[Volksy]

'76 Lancia Fulvia Coupe

'87 Peugeot 205 CTi

'80 Mini 1100 Special

'72 VW Type 3 Fastback

'82 Audi Coupe GT5S

[Matty]

Just now, Jazoli said:

Nothing shite tbh but

My 1994 BMW 540i

My 1991 Nissan 200SX

My 1993 Nissan 300ZX

My 1993 Toyota Supra Turbo

and my 1994 Peugeot 306 Dturbo

I was in my early 20’s and had some amazing cars, I also wish I’d bought my mates original 1991 UR Quattro when it was offered to me for £1500, I bought a caravan to take to Glastonbury instead 😩

200sx I'd love a do at now. I ignored them in my youth as all 90s coupes were cheap and jap stuff didn't turn me on. What a fool.

[Bren]

My mk 2 cav SRi

My BMW 545

Granada 2.9 ghia x

Senator 2.5

Xantia td estate

[bangernomics]

1071s, 1275s cooper s minis.
Kadett C GTE.
Manta B coupe.
X350 SV8

The rest have passed me by as mere transport.

[Bradders59]

Chevette HS

Senator 24v.

My current 3.2 Omega.

Kawasaki 250 S1 (white ghost) before the KH models.

Vauxhall Viceroy , because it would now be extremely rare. It was also my first 6 cylinder car and my first auto.

[Pieman]

I've only owned four cars in my life. 

[DavidB]

It will always be my white MR2, it was bought off @mercedade on retro rides for £250 with MOT in 2012 and it got me 250 miles into work and back every week and France several times, only failing to go when the alternator went which I fixed with an MGF one that fit perfectly with a longer bracket.

[eddyramrod]

1961 Vauxhall PA Velox

1962 Cadillac Sedan deVille

1990 Chrysler leBaron

1981 Cortina 2.0GL

1987 Volvo 740 GLE estate

[blakey79]

2007 Ford sportka Outhandled everything, terrible brakes though

1991 Rover metro GTA Fantastic car, again fantastic handling..

2003 Alfa 156 1.8 Lusso My first brand new car red leather phowrrr

1997 Ford Mondeo ghia My best purchase bought sight unseen for £700, was minty mint, with a polo on top, loved this car

2023 VW Golf R What a motor, understated looks, and performance of a supercar.

[Gaffer]

1998 Peugeot 306 D turbo - 3 door in black that I put phase 3 bits on and lowered (a bit too much) 

(not mine but looked just like this)

1992 Golf GTI - 3 door big bumper car in grey that I put a 2.0 16v ABF in and lowered (a bit too much)

2003 BMW 330d - imola red sport with a bit too spicy tune and lowered (a bit too much)

2000 Discovery 2 - spent a fortune on this thing and it bled me dry, only just starting to get over this one enough to start missing it over a decade later

[Markeh]

I've only owned 9, so it's a bit tricky, but:

Corsa - for nostalgia reasons

Skoda - for novelty reasons + 4WD

X-Trail - as the best

Sedici - was a bloody good little car.

Probably the Megane.

The 206 was shit, the second Qashqai was shit, the Meriva was good but I preferred driving the Sedici and Megane, and the first Qashqai was brilliant but didn't do anything that the X-Trail doesn't.

[brownnova]

Great idea for a thread… 

My ones I would go back and un-sell
- 1990 Mazda Eunos
- 1984 Porsche 924
- 1997 Volvo 940 (in purple) 
- 1992 Pontiac Trans Sport GT
- 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR (in brown… obviously)

Although it has to be said both the 2CV and the 9000 would make that list, but I’m not selling so they don’t qualify! 

[Hawkal]

My one would be my Corolla Gti which I bought around 15 years ago.

DoneDeal which is Ireland’s most popular ad site had a section called “Cars for under €1000) and this popped up.

Best colour too in grey imo.

[mercedade]

1 hour ago, DavidB said:

It will always be my white MR2, it was bought off @mercedade on retro rides for £250 with MOT in 2012 and it got me 250 miles into work and back every week and France several times, only failing to go when the alternator went which I fixed with an MGF one that fit perfectly with a longer bracket.

Says everything that this would also be on my list. What happened to it in the end? 

I only sold it because I was doing regular late evening motorway commutes in winter and felt totally invisible. I'd had some amazing hoons around the NW in it, through Cheshire and Staffordshire. Absolutely loved it. 

Otherwise, it'd be my first BRG 820 Vitesse. Everything a car should be - fast, interesting, practical and fun. 

[GMcD]

I got my 900 back which was the one I really lusted after. 

Otherwise a bit like @SiC I miss the wee blue 1100 quite a lot. It was the happiest car I've ever driven. Nothing but compliments and smiles from passers-by.

I'd have my first Mk5 Fiesta Zetec -S back in a heartbeat. Imperial blue loveliness. 

[DavieW]

In no particular order

Mk2 RS2000 in very rare signal green

E30 BMW 318iS

My 3rd and last 205GTi 1.9

Audi 90 20 valve quattro

Cheating here.... Triumph 595 Street Triple. 

And my first moped reg number RSL 199R. 

[vtec-e]

In no particular order

1979 Alfasud 1.5Ti (long ago made into bean cans)

1980 Porsche 911 SC (no whale tail) Sorned since 2018

[EyesWeldedShut]

1968 Ser 2a Landrover
1983 Porsche 924 (I could fix it now but not back in 2005)
1967 Triumph Vitesse 2.0 litre Mk 1

Of the three the 924 would be the one I'd choose over the others

[Paul-l]

Three spring to mind

1979 Renault 4 van in Renault parts stripes - scrapped

1992 Audi 100 avant Quattro - best car I’ve owned

Bluemotion polo - the car I actually wanted

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

74 facelift 4dr GT in purple velvet metallic,

79 beige 2.0S MK4

82 white Mk5 XR6 ( was possibly an Exocet version)

82 F350 pickup

 

[Spiny Norman]

In no particular order...

[Shadow]

77 Dolly Sprint, I had it when I was 17.

78 mk4 cortina 2 door

83 black xr3

81 mk1 fiesta

53 focus 170 st. 

[bezzabsa]

1977 Dolomite 1850HL in BRG

1979 Cortina Mk4 

1995 Range Rover Softdash

1976 Mini 850 van (my 1st legal car)

2004 Suzuki Bandit 600 (ONLY brand new vehicle I've owned)

[Stinkwheel]

Ideally I'd have all these back again,

'85 Citroen CX Gti Turbo1 (Series 2 car)

'81 Citroen Dyane with 1299cc GSA engine and Ami Super 4 speed.

'78 Chevrolet Camaro (originally a straight 6 car but upgraded with an old 403ci and a TH350)

'91 Yamaha TDR250 (black/red/purple with a genuine 8k when i got it at 6 years old)

'84 Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia X Estate

But to be fair, I've owned about 200 odd vehicles, its hard to choose just 5

 

[motorpunk]

1990 E34 525 Spanish with pogweasel red paint. Can’t remember the reg to see if it’s alive, even. 🙁

[Supernaut]

2001 Peugeot 306 HDi estate. It was moonstone blue with a grey velour interior, plus I put a cheeky stage 1 map on it.

I sold it after 8 months because I bought a fucking money pit of a B5 Audi A4 instead. I still regret that one.

 

I also miss the 1995 BMW 316i. It was white with a brown cloth interior and unpainted bumpers. Absolutely peak car. I sold it in 2021 while in a low spot. Within 3 months it was back up for sale for triple what I sold it for, but with no MOT and a poorly 2.0 straight 6 in it. Fucking ruined.