What car shouldnt you have sold?

[RAPID_BA]

Everyone of us has regrets for selling certain cars.

Name you car you regret selling

Particular mods

Price sold (and when)

Why did you regret?

I used to own a mint very low km (88,000km) EL fairmont, 5.0 auto, absolutely as new condition, extractors, high flow cats, exhaust, 3.45 diff gears, silver, lowered with 18 inch mesh rims brand new. Fantastic car to drive.

Sold $7500 about 2 yrs ago

It was like a new car, brilliant low down torque, looked amazing and sounded nice n crispy. Guy got a bargain, i got spooked when fuel prices were hitting $2 per litre and rumoured to hit $3

To make it worse, its pulled up along side me at the lights on two occasions

[Racecraft]

since I could pay rent and bills each week I haven't let a buggy go....

Thanks to alot of friends and family I have been able to store them..... I hate depreciation, and after I have suffered the hit I have never been too keen on passing on the 'savings'

[Adamz Ghia]

My first car, a Bordeux EF Fairmont. Stock as a rock bar the XR8 rims. But she was honest and tough as nails. Traded it for $4500 on an AUII Fairmont Ghia 75th Anniversary Edition back in '07. My one and only regret in life...

[Road Games]

My first car XW phase 2 with Cleveland, Brambles red / gold stripes , Hotwires sold it for $7500 in 88 it sold in 04 for $175000..... Lost the copy of Unique cars i saw it in shocked was an understatement .

Had 5 slots on it in the magazine but the rego plates were the same and nothing had been improved at all even the stripe was still faded underneath the fuel cap !

[tolzero]

Can i start by saying, good to see you back Hulk, it just hasn't been the same logging on and seeing one of your threads locked.... but hey I will bite
In 1989 I had 87' Ford Sierra 1600cc which was imported from South Africa, I purchased it secondhand, put centrelines on it and was so proud to call it my first car. My father said I was mad to pay $13,000 for a first car but hey, I saw it, I loved it and had to have it. Being young and stupid the only mods I did besides the rims and a tint were new rocker arm post after finding the old 4 cylinder didn't like doing top speed for to long and a new front end after crashing it into a post. Waiting for replacement parts on a boat from South Africa and seeing my pride and joy in the driveway for six weeks really made me change the way I drove.
I miss that little silver two door and still have a photo on my desk at work of it..... Damn you Toyota for bringing out the Hilux and getting me to sell that beast to go four wheel driving

[tankclare]

Not as classy as some of the cars mentioned but regret selling my XF panelvan. It was my first road car and had alot of sentimental value. When I got it it had a fresh paint job that was straight as, shaved stips and badges, lowered all round, mags and tint. The day I got my L's I drove straight from the RTA to the exhaust shop and had extractors and sports exhaust put on. Over time it copped the usual mods like stereo etc. Being young and dumb and not knowing what I know now I let it run out of rego and sold it off for next to nothing. I am yet to come across an XF pano as tidy as it was.

Found this old video the other day. The day after I got it.
http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...yspanelvan.mp4

If I found it again and in the same condition I would do what I could to get it back.

[Mickxr8]

My 1st landau. 25 years ago :(

[fat4D]

not many people like them but i had a 97 ford probe that i bought in yr11 an worked 35 hours a week and spent every cent on it. did big wheels, lowered, nice exhaust, full custom fiberglass sound system with no rattle even at full ball short shifter and heaps more. traded it in when i got my first BA and got a crappy 4000 for it. drove past the next day and they had 11G's on it.

the worst part of this story is about 18months later i got a call from a mate who had found it in a car park on its roof with everything stripped and then burnt, worst feeling having something you busted your gut for blood, sweat, tears and lots of cursing destroyed when i could have kept it

[fat4D]

and to make it worse i have no pictures from when it was finished as didnt have a dig camera and phones didnt really have cameras :(

[ToCo]

I shouldn't have sold my XR6 ute, great car. 5 speed manual, venom red, 2.5 inch catback, loved it. I love my new car too but thinking back now, taking out a bigger loan for the XR8 wasn't really needed. Oh well....

[Ben73]

First I need a car I like before I can regret selling it.

[Elks]

mmmm Pick one....

ZC Fairlane 351w. My 1st car.
ZA Fairlane immaculate. stock
ZH Marquis wonderful car

But most of all

My 65 F100

As for mods, lower 10"s using EL front end with power rack n pinion, C'd rear frame, 302c, C6, 9" with discs, AirCon, 17" Torque thrust II's and much more. Pics tell the story.

Before


After




Just dumb to have sold it. It's in sydney now with a 66 grille and a Nissan motor in it.

I'll buy it back if someone knows where it is...

[SSD-85]

My ZB Fairlane project. I really wanted to turn that into something special. But I had nowhere to keep it. It wasnt even a sale, I was forced to have the wreckers take it for nothing :(

[Grippy]

My 1987 R31 Nissan Skyline Silhouette 5 speed. It was in far too good nick to trade in, you live and learn I guess

[BlueBear]

Easy, XA GT. Bought for $2500.00 in 1982, sold for $2500.00 in 1984.
Only sold 'cause my wife couldn't drive it.
Had the Phase Nodular Iron diff, and Phase long shaft toploader. Would do a genuine 150MPH.
Western car - no rust, no shopping trolley dints.
Had the delete option, no bonnet blackout.


I bloody loved it.
What would it be worth now???

[Elks]

Originally Posted by DAZZLER351

My first car XW phase 2 with Cleveland, Brambles red / gold stripes , Hotwires sold it for $7500 in 88 it sold in 04 for $175000.....

OK you win..


Mind you I knocked back a XW GT - Auto in 1983 $3,500 because it was gold.

[Streets]

Never sold a car, hoping I don't ever have to

[Iggypoppin']

My Gemini coupe V8. Regret it since the day I sold it :(

[rag top]

XP ute - sold it for $2500 in 1995.
Oh, and a Black RS2000 - sold it for $3500 in 1997; and a '67 mustang coupe, sold it for $22500 in 2010; and a EB XR6, sold it for $6000 in 2002... plus a few more.

[1TUFFUTE]

mu xhII xr6 ute...race heads and ALL the mods. best thing was it handled seriously like a gocart. It was sooo good. Puts out lowered 18inch big rubered GOLF to shame

[ebxr8240]

302 Mk 1 Escort...
Rallycross / road car...

[gtxb67]

never sold a car - still have my first one after 24 years. the rest have been put on the back of a truck or been given to a friend

[Kryton]

8 years ago i sold my 1980 BMW R100S and always regretted it.
2 weeks ago i bought it back (8 years and 1 week later).
35000km when sold
49000km when returned
Wont be letting that one go again.

[Captain Stubing]

Hmmm.... I wish I bought that schmick XY 4x4 for 6000- the dealer came to about 500 bucks of what I wanted to pay.

The XY I had wasn't effected by tinworm, so I should have kept that.

The MGB could have stayed...

Now, I'm hanging onto the Sierra. I'm sure it won't go down in value - it's odometer reading is less than 50k!

[CANFRY]

my dad sold two genuine XA gt's about 8 yrz ago
one coupe for $4500 quick sale
and a genuine sedan gt for $5500
he regrets it more then anything now

[JG65TE]

Hmmm, nobody I know has posted, im probably lost and wandered over to places I'm not welcome..........

AND I just discovered these slappy face thingos too.
But I regret selling my lc 327 chev powered nitrous sniffing 10 second roll caged, gutted out turn key drag car which I got off ebay for 5K from someone who turned out to be a mate indirectly... Ran 13 something off tap and 10s on the bottle. Was yellow, got pics somewhere... think i sold it for 6K offhand when I decided too many projects and not enough time left. Was either that or the twisted up old xa coupe body that used to have a blown 460 in her. It was twisted very bad but I parted with it some years back now.......

Ok, I go back to my side of the forum again now

[Danny]

Thinking in time I will regret selling My little Renault Clio RS182 Cup
Pretty sure (love it or hate it) It will be a classic hot hatch come 15-20 years a la the Peugeot GTi 1.9's.



I've been thinking maybe I should pick up a clean one as a barnyard special, and a cheap one as a trackday banger!

[Chilliman]

Regret selling my EF XR6. Had it for 13years from new (it was a graduation present to myself after I finished uni and landed my first professional job). Never let me down and was still going strong the day I sold it (of course by then it had full exhaust, cold air, shift kit and suspension mods) to my brother who had been eyeing it off for years. I thought selling it to my brother would mean that it would stay in the family a while longer, but then he goes and trades it in on a 2004 CV8 Monaro!

My new car, a 2008 Subaru 2.5i manual, although a competent ride, gives me no-where near the same satisfaction.

[Belial]

My CL Chrysler LeBaron (only 400 made) Paid 1k sold 1.5k in the 90's
My CH Chrysler by Chrysler (mmm 360 V8) Paid 3k sold 3.6k in the 90's
and my XB 351 Pano. Paid 5k sold 6k last year.

[Reaper8]

regret and slap myself everyday for sellin my XB john goss special. was the blue and white one. sold my HQ the same day and been blue ever since. paid $5500 for it in 86, loved that car only sold it as needed more doors and then they were a dime a dozen. PLEASE someone invent a time machine