I was looking for...

[Cavcraft]

...a recovery truck and I bought a Mk3 Cortina instead. I was looking for a diesel hatchback or estate and I bought a 2.5 petrol BMW saloon. I was looking for a Vectra hatchback and I bought a Vespa 200 instead.

 

Continuing this theme tell us what you were supposed to buy and what you actually ended up with as I'm bloody sure I'm not the only one who does daft things on here.

[aled]

i went to have a test drive on a auris and ended up with an 07 lexus 220d se

[Shep Shepherd]

I was looking for...

 

...a mark 3 Fiesta in 2000 and bought a Rover 200 instead.

 

...a late model Volvo 240 saloon in 2002 and bought a badly-described pile of rust instead.

 

...a Volvo 240 GLT Estate in 2003 and bought The Volvo instead.

 

...a Citroen C5 HDi in 2009 and bought TV2 instead.

[dollywobbler]

Something comfortable for driving 3100 miles to Sweden and back. I ended up with a Citroen H van...

[Angrydicky]

Looking for a small van and I bought another A35 saloon instead.

[myglaren]

An Accord Estate - ended up with a C5 estate.

[flat4alfa]

a Wardrobe for the bedroom and bought a Wolseley Landcrab instead.

[Mike D]

I was looking for a manual 4th gen Supra - I bought a 5.0 V8 auto Chevrolet Camaro

 

I was looking for an MX5 - I bought a Porsche 928...

[tonedepear]

Small economical hatch, bought a Merc 230te.

Saab 900 turbo, bought a fucking telly, cos our telly broke and the former Mrs_Tone was an arsehole.

[gearoil]

Nothing! Went with a mate who was looking at a Jag & I bought a V6 Vectra from the same place....

[doug]

Went to the garden centre for flowers for the back garden and came home with a Norton motorcycles DVD and no flowers.

[Rusty Pelican]

A small van for tat carrying duties , bought an E30 Beemer instead

[theorganist]

My parents went out on a Sunday afternoon in 1988 to buy a bag of sugar as we had run out, the only shop which was open in those days was about a mile away and you had to go past the Ford dealer (Jessups of Stourbridge), they came back with a 1983 Ford Sierra 1.6L in Rio Brown with a gold stripe!!

[Lord Sterling]

I was looking for a Rover 827 Sterling years ago for all the auto leather it had to offer. I ended up with a rather low-spec Rover 827Si with half-leathers, a manual box and full TWR bodykit.

 

I did grow to like it very much though and it is missed very much

[Pete-M]

I'm not playing this game. I just buy whatever looks like fun for the money. Gets me into lots of trouble, but it's more fun than sitting down and working out an ideal spec for something I'll get bored of.

 

There are a few things I try to look for though, black paint, leather, air con, cruise, armrest, decent stereo and a bit of poke.

 

It doesn't work well, at the moment I've got three red cars, one with leather, aircon, cruise, armrest, decent stereo and poke. Two with cloth, no a/c, no armrest, no decent stereo and not massive amounts of poke.

 

Oh, and two black ones. Both with a/c, stereo, and armrests, neither with much poke at all. One's got leather and cruise, but it's the Jeep so doesn't count.

[hairnet]

the old man in 1990 ish went looking at 505 gti estate

 

came back with 88 1.6l two tone montego saloon

[Station]

I'm doing up a Metro and I think I'm getting another Starion.

[scaryoldcortina]

Sometime in 1992 I went out for milk and bread, ended up buying a Talbot Horizon.

[MK5 Escort]

Sometime in 1992 I went out for milk and bread, ended up buying a Talbot Horizon.

 

You aren't the only one, here...

 

Three years ago I went to Marks & Spencers for a loaf and a few other bits and pieces. A early Saturday morning errand, basically. I ended up leaving the area having shook hands on a good deal on an Audi A3… I wouldn't have minded, but I wasn't even looking for a car at that time… The most expensive loaf I’ve ever bought.

 

Note to self : When in that particular store again, don’t glance across to the car lot across the road...