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What car do you wish you never sold?

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  • #52
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,974 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    I always try to hold onto a car for at least 2 years and have owned some absolutely great motors, so for me I dont really miss any in particular but would have loved to have been able to have a collection with the FTO, Chaser and Supra, my two Hondas were just commuting cars so no love lost there. I will be moving the Supra on after its NCT and getting another Japanese car.


  • #53
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,708 ✭✭✭corks finest


    My last one ,honda insight hybrid,,,60 plus MPG minimum


  • #54
    Heres Johnny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭Heres Johnny


    Either of my e39 sports models.
    A black 2001 530i sport or a silver 2004 525i sport.
    Both great great cars that I let go for peanuts. Didn't pay huge money for them either mind you but letting them go for so cheap was tough.

    Have an f10 530d and and Audi a6 now both 2014 which are great cars but I think I'll always remember the e39s. Saw one on the road today the sports models still have great presence if kept looking right.

    Was only 26 when I got the 530i I loved it.


  • #55
    Hellrazer
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,735 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hellrazer


    Mine was a 1990 Ford Orion 1.3 ohv My first car after I got my full licence.
    It was an ex reps car that was traded in and was lying in stock for a couple of years.
    It needed a load of work at the time - service ,brakes front and rear,clutch ,couple of engine mounts,door handles so I got it at great deal.

    I worked in a Ford Dealer at the time and the parts manger (I was a lowly parts junior)told me he`d give me all the parts at cost if I did the work myself.

    Id never touched a car in my life but he made me do everything by showing me how to do it at lunchtime over a couple of weeks.

    I can remember JD (R.IP. man) sitting there chain smoking his John Player Blue and making me do every bit of work that car needed on my own.

    I learned more in those 2 weeks than Ive ever learned in the trade or from anyone again.
    Sadly he passed away a couple of years ago way too young.

    If anyone ever sees that car (90D24594) Id buy it back tomorrow.


  • #56
    Pac1Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,394 ✭✭✭Pac1Man


    My Mazda 6 MPS. Had to sell it to fund going back to college. Heartbreaking to see it go.


  • #57
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    My 2000 Honda S2000. Nothing like hitting 9000rpm with the top down on a sunny day. Silver, red and black interior. Bulletproof engine.

    Sold on as it tried to kill me one too many times in wet conditions. Will buy another in the next year or two as a weekend toy.


  • #58
    elbyrneo
    Registered Users Posts: 550 ✭✭✭elbyrneo


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Funny timing, I found a photo from over 10 years ago in my glovebox earlier this evening.

    Instantly and always regretted selling this one, 1995 FTO V6 manual MIVEC with some really nice factory options and mods added in Japan, I added a few myself, it was a really well sorted car.
    Sold it to a fellow FTO enthusiast at the start of the first recession, it got stolen from him shortly afterwards and was unfortunately written off.

    C2-F05-D9-D-7059-429-E-8-E63-8-A47-E8-ADBD6-F.jpg

    Remember this one from the fto-ireland forum. Wanted it but didn't have the cash at the time! Bootiful!


  • #59
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    A grade 4.5 Integra Type R (DC2) that I imported personally from Japan in 2008 after waiting for nearly 12 months for the right car to appear at auction. The car was mint in every way with less than 70k kms and I added a few very tasteful modifications. Then in 2010 we were expecting baby number 1 and also decided to move house and buy outside town and so to raise some extra funds I sold the car. I have regretted it ever since as I didn't need to sell it, we could have managed without the money I got for the car. I seen the car for sale recently and its been stripped off parts, clearly been in an accident and abused in general yet the seller is looking for more money for it now than I sold it for 9 years ago!


  • #60
    Peatys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭Peatys


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    . I seen the car for sale recently and its been stripped off parts, clearly been in an accident and abused in general yet the seller is looking for more money for it now than I sold it for 9 years ago!

    There's only one thing for it....


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  • #61
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    My 1991 Honda S2000. Nothing like hitting 9000rpm with the top down on a sunny day. Silver, red and black interior. Bulletproof engine.

    Sold on as it tried to kill me one too many times in wet conditions. Will buy another in the next year or two as a weekend toy.

    2001 surely :confused:


  • #62
    CharlieCroker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,451 ✭✭✭CharlieCroker


    Only one regret:
    1994 E36 320i coupe. Lovely 6 cylinder noise and rear wheel drive. Took me 10 years to buy another BMW.


  • #63
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    Quite a few I'd like to have kept in hindsight, but the one that most sticks in my mind was a 1990 Porsche 944 S2. Gorgeous to look at, and even better to drive. I sold it for exactly what I'd paid for it, but it would be worth at least twice as much now.
    Definitely going to get another one before the prices go crazy.


  • #64
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,930 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    I've been lucky so far that each car I've bought has been bigger/better specced than the last, so no regrets on that side.

    There have been a few loaners over the years that made me think - the 2009 Q7 3.0 TDI Quattro for a few days while my own A6 was getting stuff done is probably the one that stands out most.
    When I first got it I thought "this is stupid! FFS you have to climb into the thing and it's far too big!", but it's amazing how quickly I got used to it and very comfortable in it - to the point that I was sorry to see it go back.

    You couldn't afford to put diesel in it though! Not with my mileage.


  • #65
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    2001 surely :confused:


    Edited! Was actually a 00, thinking of a different car reg.


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  • #66
    trellheim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭trellheim


    My 2006 Lexus GS450h SE-L ohhhh if the tax wasnt so awful


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  • #67
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Jerry5 wrote: »
    Most people who are into cars have sold at least one that they regret!
    What cars have you sold that you wish you could have back?
    I'll tell you after you have told us first...;)


  • #68
    Titzon Toast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭Titzon Toast


    A mk2 XR2, I swapped it for a 1.9 gti and the new owner put it into a ditch about a month later and wrote it off. It was absolutely mint when we swapped, tiny miles on it.


  • #69
    porsche boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭porsche boy


    trellheim wrote:
    My 2006 Lexus GS450h SE-L ohhhh if the tax wasnt so awful

    I know someone selling a pure minter of a 450h if you are really interested.


  • #70
    galwayllm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 318 ✭✭galwayllm


    My mark 1 MX5


  • #71
    porsche boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭porsche boy


    1984 Ford Capri 'Laser'
    1992 Alfa Romeo 33


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  • #72
    Mundo7976
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,123 ✭✭✭Mundo7976


    1998 mitsubishi galant 2.5 v6 exec, drool. Tax was a killer


  • #73
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    Mundo7976 wrote: »
    1998 mitsubishi galant 2.5 v6 exec, drool.

    :confused:


  • #74
    Hedgelayer
    Registered Users Posts: 530 ✭✭✭Hedgelayer


    A 1990 mint metallic Polo mk 2

    She was a beautiful looking car.


  • #75
    davidglanza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭davidglanza


    I regret selling my
    Ford Sierra cosworth and my
    Mazda rx7.


  • #76
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,586 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Haven't sold any. I rent a large garage to store all my cars! 1976 Mini Clubman, 1980 mini 1275GT and a 1998 2.8 Z3. All weekend cars now!


  • #77
    Mundo7976
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,123 ✭✭✭Mundo7976


    Gravelly wrote: »
    :confused:

    Had one. Sold it. Wish i never did. Point of thread!


  • #78
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    Mundo7976 wrote: »
    Had one. Sold it. Wish i never did. Point of thread!

    Ah no, I get that. ‘‘Twas “Mitsubishi Galant” and “drool” in the same sentence took me by surprise a bit - it was a bit like coming around a bend in the road and seeing some lad w@nking over the body of a dead badger.


  • #79
    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,750 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    Gravelly wrote: »
    Ah no, I get that. ‘‘Twas “Mitsubishi Galant” and “drool” in the same sentence took me by surprise a bit - it was a bit like coming around a bend in the road and seeing some lad w@nking over the body of a dead badger.

    Yeah, DEAD badger, weirdo.


  • #80
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    Avatar MIA wrote: »
    Yeah, DEAD badger, weirdo.

    Would a live one not be weird?


  • #81
    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,750 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    Gravelly wrote: »
    Would a live one not be weird?

    That was the joke :pac:


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  • #82
    blackbox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭blackbox


    I used to have a Citroen BX GT that was something rather special. It could be driven very fast on bumpy roads due to fabulous suspension and seats. Twin cam engine was nice too.
    Unfortunately I found it too difficult to diagnose faults in hydraulic system and very costly to replace bits (especially wrong bits!).
    If I had it now it would be a great restoration project.


  • #83
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,790 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    93 & 94Porsche 968. Both of them.

    86 Coupé Quattro

    Huge mistake.

    :(

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #84
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,790 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    blackbox wrote: »
    I used to have a Citroen BX GT that was something rather special. It could be driven very fast on bumpy roads due to fabulous suspension and seats. Twin cam engine was nice too.
    Unfortunately I found it too difficult to diagnose faults in hydraulic system and very costly to replace bits (especially wrong bits!).
    If I had it now it would be a great restoration project.

    I know where there's one in a shed: BX GTi

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #85
    PukkaStukka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,181 ✭✭✭PukkaStukka


    In the early noughties I traded my high spec Vx Cavalier TD for newer Astra 1.7TD. The Cavalier was bulletproof and powered by an Isuzu engine. The newer Astra was powered by GM's lowblow engine and was an unmerciful heap of sh|te. I should've kept the Cav. I dispensed with the Astra when circumstances permitted.

    Similar occurred a few years later. The traded Astra gave way to a Ford Cmax for Mrs Pukka. I picked up a Mk2 Punto needing repair and planned on keeping it a short while till I bought something newer. In fact, it turned out to be such a good car that I kept it for over 4 years. Following bereavement and to help lift broken spirits, I bought a Grande Punto diesel. It was woeful and afflicted by all kinds of gremlins. I suffered it for two years and dispensed with it. Again, I should've kept the MK2 Punto. It was more reliable and way cheaper to run.


  • #86
    Philb76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭Philb76


    Bit off topic those Isuzu engines wer great had a 97 Vauxhall vectra so economical and reliable unfortunately rest of car fell apart around it this was on a 3 three year old car


  • #87
    kermitpwee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭kermitpwee


    My father's Carina e sent to the scrapper, very little wrong with it and now my old man is ill. I'd love to have it back to sit where he sat.


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