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What car do you regret selling??
Was just thinking myself there what Car I shouldn’t have sold...
Sold one of my s2000s a bit early having replaced it with a 520d. Also sold a vvtli celica that I should’ve kept longer
But for me it’s the 323i e36 touring I bought from a member on here, I’m still on the lookout for something very similar
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I think the hardest car you sell is the one you sell without replacing it with something better
What car do you regret selling??
There’s a few but none of them are a BMW [emoji33] although the best car I owned was the beast (00 318i) but it was time to let it go so no regrets.
2000 Corolla G6 (facelift), gutless being a 6spd 1.4vvti but looked fantastic and drove really well. Being a mid noughties car it had the dodgy wheels, wavin pipe exhaust and stupidly loud sound system.
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This was replaced by a 1998 Civic VTI 1.6 b16 saloon original Irish 1 owner car. Impressive car, ate the twistys really well but when a mk4 golf diesel roasted be off the line one day it got gate [emoji23]. No pictures of it.
Replaced it with an Mitsubishi Evo IV. This probably the car I regret selling most. Partly due to the fact it was a hoon of a car to drive and how much there worth now. It was a spotlessly clean car, not an indication of any rust and went like a lunatic. Was mostly factory when I bought it apart from a Blitz exhaust and a boost controller. Said boost controller was turned up to full retard level one day on the M1 and blew the cylinder literally clean off the block. So a full rebuild was done by yours truly with upgraded turbo, pistons, blah blah blah........ came to about 400bhp. What a weapon but had to be sold to pay for the boom time house purchase, circa 2007 [emoji2357]
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What car do you regret selling??
The car I most regret selling was my ‘98 318iS M-Tech. My dad bought it off Clonskeagh Motors in 2003 with about 40k miles on it - I was the one that actually found it on the forecourt that day and at the time, my dad was looking at E class Mercs[emoji3] In 2008 I eventually convinced him to sell it to me and then the modding started in earnest. It was great, looked fantastic, reliable and was a tight car. I think I sold it to Austin with 84k miles. I might have covered 5k miles in the 3 years that I owned it and it made way for my Imola Red 325Ci.
I also regret selling the M3. I had idolised DaveDs M3 for years and when I finally had the money to buy one, I couldn’t believe my luck when his one popped up for sale. I didn’t even test drive it, so the first time I drove it was when I handed over the cash and the car was in my name[emoji3]
I covered 19k miles in it and lots of great memories. It’s nice to know that Pippas first time in a car was the M3.
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What car do you regret selling??
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Gavin46
So I know the title said car but...
Regrets I have a few:-)
But all the 4 wheelers pale into insignificance when this girl pass through my mind I stared on 2 wheels in 1980 aged 6 and from age 16 on the road
Bought new in 2001 retired from full time duty in 2007 and parked upstairs in the garage I replaced it with a BMW K1200s and used it a good bit year 1/2 our wee boy was born in December 07 and by 2011 he was watching the racing on tv and his eyes would light up when he would see bikes my gut was telling me I’d been very lucky to get this far in one piece I started on a scrambler and always had a bike about me by 2011 I’d buried a few friends the wee man was watching the MotoGP with me on 23rd October 2011 when Marco Simoncelli tragically lost his life I made a snap decision that day and sold both bikes + a moto crosser and haven’t sat on one since I’m now at stage that I think I’ve enough wit to enjoy a bike without being a lunatic but I’ll likely leave well enough alone
You might be wise enough at 46 but he’s 16 in 3 years. When my 2 are 17 I’ve no problem giving them the keys to the cars but I’d be in fear of letting them on a bike. Purely as I reckon if I ever bought a bike I’d probably be dead by now.
What car do you regret selling??
The car I regret selling is my 16v MK2 Golf GTi in Oak Green with factory fitted recaros. I had every conceivable issue with it, and once I had completed the work was just fed up and sold it.
Last year (7 years after I sold it) I saw it at a car show and the owner hadn't spent a penny on it [emoji28]
I suppose time will tell if I regret selling the M5, I do get occasional moments of regret but I'm happy to have moved onto the next chapter and experience.
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You might be wise enough at 46 but he’s 16 in 3 years. When my 2 are 17 I’ve no problem giving them the keys to the cars but I’d be in fear of letting them on a bike. Purely as I reckon if I ever bought a bike I’d probably be dead by now.
I actively struggle with this. I've never crashed a car but I've had three pretty bad bike accidents, none of them my fault but I could have definitely taken steps to avoid them. The final one in 2013 where I swore I would never get on another bike.
2014 I went to Thailand, rented a bike and did 500km of the Hae Hong Son Loop, to finally satisfy that I could satisfy that I was happy to not ride bikes and can could get my kicks from cars.
I had one of the best days biking I've had to this day. There is simply nothing like it.
I decided that I would buy another bike but that I would get a ROSPA Gold, which I did, and that I would buy as modern a bike as I could get with all the modern safety nets. The final caveat was absolutely no sports bikes, naked or sports touring only (there is no skill in straight line speed)
While I wouldn't actively encourage anyone to climb on a bike and go, I would encourage anyone thinking about it to try it, under instruction, do the IBT up to and including a Grade 2 and then do one of the ROSPA accreditation's.
When I started doing the ROSPA training
I realised how bad a rider I was, it really does give you the tools to mitigate a huge amount of risk.
If you take the appropriate steps you'll become involved in a community where you'll make life long friends and if you tour in a group you'll encounter a sense of comradery that makes all the risks worth while.
Modern tech means you can have up to 8 people attached to the same com link guiding each other through traffic or simply have stupid chats and laughs.
I've done 40k km now since I made the decision to go back to it, I've had a few slips, but nothing that would have killed me if that if things had gone worse.
Yes it is dangerous, but with the right training you can do a lot to reduce that risk. It's not something I think I can stop doing.
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