Cars you regret not buying
24-09-2005, 01:00 PM
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Cars you regret not buying
What cars have you almost bought, then changed your mind, then regretted it forever afterwards?
3 spring to mind that I should have bought but didnt:
Mk1 Escort RS1600.
It was off the road having failed its mot. All original but a bit shagged. Still had the correct seats, badges, etc Could have bought it for £1200 (this was 1987) but I only would give him £800. How much would that be worth now? if only I'd bought it!
Fiat 131 Mirafiori Sport 2.0 TC with Abarth mods.
Bright orange 2 door sport, aqgreed a price but didnt leave a deposit. Next day someone else had taken it.
Aston Martin V8 1974 - sort of thing Roger Moore would drive.
Found it under a cover in the back of a Ford Dealers workshop. Owner had left it there after the gearbox failed. Could have had it for £3,000 but at the time though that was too much.
3 spring to mind that I should have bought but didnt:
Mk1 Escort RS1600.
It was off the road having failed its mot. All original but a bit shagged. Still had the correct seats, badges, etc Could have bought it for £1200 (this was 1987) but I only would give him £800. How much would that be worth now? if only I'd bought it!
Fiat 131 Mirafiori Sport 2.0 TC with Abarth mods.
Bright orange 2 door sport, aqgreed a price but didnt leave a deposit. Next day someone else had taken it.
Aston Martin V8 1974 - sort of thing Roger Moore would drive.
Found it under a cover in the back of a Ford Dealers workshop. Owner had left it there after the gearbox failed. Could have had it for £3,000 but at the time though that was too much.
24-09-2005, 01:11 PM
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Got offered a Mk2 RS Mexico when i was 19, it was off this guy i worked with, his misses couldnt drive it and offered to swap with my XR2 and me to give him 300 on top. it would have been mine.
The insurance was through the roof, but i could have stretched tobuy and insure it at the time
The insurance was through the roof, but i could have stretched tobuy and insure it at the time
24-09-2005, 01:12 PM
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3.1 nitrous mk1 escort in yellow from birmingham.
struggled to get an insurance quote at the time, some lad from nottingham bought it and it was on the front cover of ff or perf ford a few months later.
struggled to get an insurance quote at the time, some lad from nottingham bought it and it was on the front cover of ff or perf ford a few months later.
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24-09-2005, 01:12 PM
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a toyota celica gt4 for 2k back in 1999, never bought it as it was a jap car and i thought it ment it would have been left hand drive 
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what about cars you REGRET buying
24-09-2005, 01:13 PM
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was also offered a good price on a s2 rst with mad flippy paint roll cage, lots of shiny bits, big power, but didnt have the money at the time, so i cant really 'regret not buying it!' as the option wasnt really there. i was mucho el skintypoo
24-09-2005, 01:23 PM
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oh i regret not buying wynn's black 2wd saph cossie, wasnt the best example BUT was rare and the best colour, was also a bargain at 3k but i thought against it as at that money would be a risk, so bouht a more pricy one in a no quite as rare WHITE but a decent spec where the engine died within the year
apart from that all my other cars have been impulse buys
but a decent spec where the engine died within the year apart from that all my other cars have been impulse buys
24-09-2005, 01:53 PM
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i got offerd a silver rs 1600i a few years ago for £300 as the lad bought it and drove it with no insurance and got stopped in it loads of times by the old bill he said to me take it off my hands now for £300 so i cant drive it anymore i didnt and regret it ever since 
24-09-2005, 02:58 PM
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was recently offered a 310hp nissan pulsar as a straight swap for my ERST. i told the guy to stick it up his ass and i don't think i'm ever gona regret that decision lol...until i blow up the RST of course
24-09-2005, 03:17 PM
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Guy at a local trader (BMW and Merc specialist) took and absloutely mint Mk5 RS2000 in part ex, it was one owner, low milage mint inside, outside and underneath, was the best shape aswell before they face lifted it, was a J plate i think. He said he was waiting for someone to get back to him about a specific value for the car, but he put it up for sale, while waiting for the valuation, it was still stupily cheap, would of been about 2001/2 and he wanted £2495 for it 
I went to view and couldnt get over how mint it was, thought there must of been a problem or hitch somewhere but it all checked out with a HPI report he'd done and showed me, didnt let on that it was stupidly cheap but i left him my phone number saying i was very intrested and would be back next day with a deposit. He phoned me next day saying he'd had the valuation through at 4.5k and had adjusted the price accordingly if i'd of took some cash with me on the day i could of had that, but i dont usually do that as it tends to convince me to buy things on impulse
I know there not the most sort after of RS's but the condition and price over shadowed that and would of made a great daily driver, i was gutted
I went to view and couldnt get over how mint it was, thought there must of been a problem or hitch somewhere but it all checked out with a HPI report he'd done and showed me, didnt let on that it was stupidly cheap but i left him my phone number saying i was very intrested and would be back next day with a deposit. He phoned me next day saying he'd had the valuation through at 4.5k and had adjusted the price accordingly
if i'd of took some cash with me on the day i could of had that, but i dont usually do that as it tends to convince me to buy things on impulse I know there not the most sort after of RS's but the condition and price over shadowed that and would of made a great daily driver, i was gutted
24-09-2005, 04:04 PM
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Car I regret NOT buying was a 205GTi a lad in the pub had. Was a nice motor but he wanted shot as he'd just been banned and didn't want tit sat outside his house everyday. £650 and it would have been mine
Car I regret buying BMW 316 (*Shudders*) Didn't even keep that 2 weeks
Car I regret buying BMW 316 (*Shudders*)
Didn't even keep that 2 weeks
24-09-2005, 05:13 PM
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Regret selling these
Long door Triumph TR2 Sports car & an orginal Mk1 1275 Cooper 'S'. Both be worth a fair bit today in the condition they were in when i owned them. Sold the TR for £120 & the 'S' for £225 & thought i had done well. .
Once passed up a Ferrari & bought a Lotus both were the same price in the showroom. The Lotus is now worth 20% of the price I paid the Ferrari about 4 times the price , If only we had hindsite when we buy cars.
Rod
Long door Triumph TR2 Sports car & an orginal Mk1 1275 Cooper 'S'. Both be worth a fair bit today in the condition they were in when i owned them. Sold the TR for £120 & the 'S' for £225 & thought i had done well.
.Once passed up a Ferrari & bought a Lotus both were the same price in the showroom. The Lotus is now worth 20% of the price I paid the Ferrari about 4 times the price , If only we had hindsite when we buy cars.
Rod
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