Cars you wish you never sold / bought:

[private9]

Jeez, this is gonna be a long list!!

Wished I never bought:
82 VW Caravelle - spent 15k 5 years ago doing every mechanical, body and trim item, and it was still an old unreliable POS

82 Alfa Romeo - grouse fun car to drive, but man what an unreliable money pit, over 10k into that one on top of the purchase price too!

01 VX Berlina Wagon with a Gen 3 - without a doubt the most unreliable (worse than an Alfa!), poorly built piece of crap that was. Bought at about 1 year old with very few kays, in the year we had it was back at the dealership every month had new engine, steering rack problems, every window switch and motor screwed up, numerous pieces kept falling off around the interior, broke down the first day we bought it and it just continued from there!! Only thing it was good for was brakies, but only the first one was good, after that the LSD no longer worked!

95 Corolla - Never really bought this one, inherited it from my wife (sold my toy for a family car, and I got stuck with this!) Great economical and super reliable car, racked up over 300000 kays with nothing but maintenance work and was still going strong when I sold it last month. Only thing was it was the dullest, most boring anonymous, gutless appliance (I can't bring myself to call a corolla a car)

Wished I never sold:
Nissan 180sx - minimal mods, but still pulled low 13 second quarter mile, used under 10l per 100 of petrol even around town and was a really fun, tail happy ride!

There's been a lot more than the above, but the others never really offended me, or kept me interested so not worth mentioning!

[LTDHO]

Originally Posted by OzJavelin

This is my list of cars I wish I never sold:2. XB GS coupe - 351/4spd/etc ..

Same I miss my first coupe, it sounded the same as yours.

I haven't regretted buying a car yet..

[AdzT3-146]

i wish i could've kept my EF, but in saying that i enjoy my XR8 more and more each time i drive it.

[Redrum]

I regret selling my first EL XR6 sedan. I helped stick it together at Broadie and she was a stunner. No probs, in regency. Last time I saw it, third owner at Springnats with supercharger attached, still going stong. Rego OQN183!!

Worst car I bought as an EL 5.0Litre, lost 4500$ in six months.................

[Paull]

I wish I had kept:
1978 Factory 5.8 FMX 9" Fairmont coupe with all GXL options
1980 WB Caprice (sold in favour of a busted *** ZG Fairlane??)

Cars I wish I had bought:
1972 Chrysler by Chrysler P/S, A/C, E/W & E/S for $1,500 in 1986
1972 Wild Violet XA GS seadn with white interior, 302 4 speed. I bought a Valiant from the dealer and we drove to the bank in the XA to pay for the Val and I'm thinking "shoulda bought this one retard!!" That was in 1987.

Paul

[12]

One of the cars I wish I never sold below. : : :



Never regretted any of the cars I have bought. Had fun in all of them and enjoyed doing them up. Very proud of myself that I have never bought/owned a Holden. Driven lots though.. and that's enough to keep me away from them.

[feebs]

Hmm I always liked those square cortinas..

I wish I'd never sold our EF wagon, best build quality of all the fords still I'd reckon. I know it is still running at 380 odd K's on it first motor/diff/everything except the harmonic balancer probably..

I wish I'd never bought a 1990 mazda 929 OH MY GOD! ... codenamed the Exxon Valdeez.... Oil slick on wheels OH MY GOD! I'd have been busted by the EPA several times but no one could drive behind that b@stard!

[Tee]

Wish i had never sold
1988 mk2 ford fiesta xr2
1989 mk3 fiesta RSTurbo
1994 Renault 19, 1.8ltr 16valver
2003 Vauxhall Astra 2.2 SRi

Cars i wish i had never bought
1990 mk3 Ford Fiesta 1.1 (4 speed) lol
1996 mk3 Ford Fiesta 1.1 (i never learned my lesson first time)

[Creampuff]

excluding my XR6....my first car was my best..Triumph Dolomite Sprint,ex-wife made me sell it because hers was newer..ggrrrrr

[Dean]

Cars I wish I never sold.

XA GT Coupe
Rothmans Blue XB GT sedan.


Enough said..

[EL_futuraistic]

-Mitsubishi GJ Sigma (1st car, best car)
-Ford EL Falcon Futura (2nd car, overtook sigma as best car..... never failed once with 200,000km on the clock)

[LethalLeigh]

The car I wish I never bought, then strangely wish I never sold was my Fiat 131 Supermirafiori, neat body, 2 door Supersport mags. I bought it for only $200 but it needed a lot of TLC. When I realised the extent of the work needed I decided to send it to the great wreckers in the sky. I wish I would have restored the thing with a nice upgrade to a SR20...

[OLDFORDNUT]

car's i wished i had kept.my 1967 XR ute i got a 77 LTD 351, fmx ,disc 9inch with white leather electric seats for $300 rusted out on local farm overlooking great sandy straights at Frazer Island for 3 years,(you can only imagine the rust)put all running gear and seats into my XR then stupidly sold it for $3700 6 months later, any of my 5 HK monaro's i owned in the 80's inc bathurst 327 in Electric Blue,
worst car i ever owned and actually celebrated with my wife when it drove off with next victim behind the wheel was a 1974 LTD Landau flip up headlight model,cost the same price i paid for it in parts in only 5 months.and that was doing all repairs myself to save money.theres been lots of others but that LTD was my worst money pit ever.

[new2ford]

Wished I'd never sold:
One of my Minis
Austin 1800
Leyland P76
Range Rover (1985)
- all dream machines, specially that Rover V8 engine

Wished I'd never bought:
The two Holdens (VP and Barina)
- both a POS

Glad I bought:
Ford Territory

[AC]

Wish id never Sold:
1987 KC Laser, My first car and couldnt beat the reliability
1982 Mazda RX7 Series 2, Such a fun car and HATED by ford and holdens alike
My XC... Which i bought back less than 12mths later.

Wish id never bought:
1984 Subi Sports Wagon... POS
1988 TX3 Laser, still have it barely drive it... Love the XC too much :
Not a car but a bike...
2003 Honda VFR 800, loved it but should have bought a Eunos Cosmo insted.
Didnt realise till i took it home, still kicking myself to this day.

[RSgerry]

wish i never sold...1977 Escort Rally Pack which I sold within 12 months of rebuilding. It was deceptively quick and now as rare as hens teeth. Also wish I kept my MK1 GT Cortina. I sold these to buy an EF XR6. 1981 Ford Fiesta Mk1. It was rough to look at, but cost next to nothing to buy, was easy to drive and for some strange reason, I loved it.

Wish I never bought...Toyota Crown. My first car from a family 'friend' who was a 'mechanic'. We trusted him and got screwed bit time. An XB that was a rusty money pit. A 1965 Wolseley, just because I never drove it, great car though. The EF XR6 because of what I sold to get it. The Ford Sierra XR4i...an unbelievebaly quick car in a straight line and sounded like nothing else on earth, but used fuel at the rate of approx 25 / 30 litres per 100km and was a pain to get bits for. Didnt handle as well as I like either. Ford Mondeo...I liked the styling inside and out, but it was an unreliable POS.

I loved the AU3 XR6, it just rattled too much. I dont regret buying it though.

I am still madly in love with my Mini Cooper (Rover, not BMW) and the RS still amazes me. It doesnt feel that fast, but when I look at hillclimb times and what I have beaten, I know it goes well :-)

[scollis]

ive only owner three cars in my life but
car i wish i never bought
1996 hyundai excel.....NEVER BUY HYUNDAI AGAIN lol had the car six months and blew a gear box and the piston rings.

Car i wish i kept
my first car 1984 ae71 corolla red sedan, clean car manual rear wheel drive, pushed the car pretty hard and it is still going today, i sold it 2 years ago with 290000

current car EF falcon futura, i will never let it go i hope

[DRU842]

Never really regretted the purchase or the movong on, all done for a reason at the time:
* 78 2ltr Sigma Wagon 5sp; great for saving those 'just married' delivery charges, sold for $1k loss 5 years later;
* Eureka FIV with 2ltr Kombi motor; great fun, reasonably reliable, no go in the family zone, sold for $2k more than we paid;
* Alfa 90; fantanstic engine, sound & hadling, classic Q car, used to great effect by the wife in cutting up Commode hoons;
* ED Fairmont (company car & family car); Cobalt Blue, best colour car ever owned, steady family transport;
* 97 Ford Probe (company car & family car), still have it in the family its been great, looking to hand on to the kids!
* In between work cars Diahastu Applause, fanastic until butchered by dealer & starting to crap out at 60k Km; Volvo V40 T4, bags of power & torque steer, great tourer & Q car.

[Group C]

2 cars that i should have kept...
genuine 82 XE Fairmont Ghia with factory 302, auto and a VERY rare colour. was a ripper car. good looking thing, went well, and never missed a beat.
traded it for $1500 in 2001... should have just cancelled the rego, parked it in the shed and borrowed $1500 more for the new car.
after all, whats $1500 more when you're already borrowing $22000??
second is the car the i bought when trading the Ghia... 97 XHii XR8 ute, that turned out be an ex-Ford company thing, and had (shall we say...) a few 'weird' bits and pieces. the part numbers on those bits kept on coming up with the letters 'GT' whenever we traced something... another fantastic car. never had a real problem in 140-odd thousand kays in 4 years. traded that too.

the 1 car that comes to mind that i should NEVER have bought...
thats the BAii XR8 ute that i have now, that i traded the XH for. heap-o-crap.
more problems with this thing in the first 6 months than what i had with the XH in 4 years!! and some of those problems continue to this very day...

and the cars i'll NEVER sell...
my 68 Isuzu Bellett GT. 1 of 290 GTs that were imported between 65 and 69, and theres probably only 60-70 of them left.
my 67 Isuzu Wasp ute. don't know how many were imported between 65 and 69 (would be in the 800-900 mark at a guess), but only 9 are left that we know of.
my 67 Isuzu Bellett sedan that is set up as a circuit racer in under 2 litre Sports Sedans. has given many Falcons and Commodores a fright at club sprint days!!
and the wife's AUii XR8 sedan. BEST car i've ever driven. looks good (she takes VERY good care of it), goes great, and has never let us down... *touches wood...* we might get something newer 1 day, but this XR8 is definitly a keeper.

[cedric]

your ute isn't yellow manual is it. i took 30g trade on my 15000km ba2 ute because i could not bring myself to sell it privately . i agree on au xr8 much better car

[rfk1]

Cars I regret selling.....

A MkII Escort van that I did aq 2.0 conversion to,

A ZD Fairlane with Factory Air. It had vents between the glove box & the instrument panel. I've never seen another one like it.

When I was in England in 89-90, I had a genuine one of eleven built (for the Thames Valley Police) S.V.O. Transit SWB vans. It had a 3.0 V6 & 4 speed & it went way way better than the 4.1/C4 version that I had here a couple of years before hand.

[Group C]

Originally Posted by cedric

your ute isn't yellow manual is it.

close, VERY close.
it's yellow all right, but it's an auto.

yellow must be the right colour tho, but the shade of yellow isn't quite 'LEMON' enough!!

[Rev28K]

Regret losing them all:

Datsun Z, Torana LJ 176, Honda CRX.

They all went on the racetrack and I had a ball in all of them.

[greenfoam]

HK Monaro
HG GTS Moanro
LX hatch 4 cly converted t 253, supra 5 speed
LX hatch factory 253, 4 speed
2 liter Orange Capri
VJ Lime green Charger
XY GS matt black 302 windsor, top loader

That's a pretty depressing list

[MoreHPformyXR6]

LJ GTR Torana White my quickest car I have owned had tripple webbers battery in the boot huge cam head work extactors exhaust etc 13.5 quater mile

VH SLE White 253ci (4.2) Dual Fuel (but car the rebuilt 253 was designed to run on gas) Auto Full house extractors & sweet exhaust & Immuculate Burgunday interior & top of the line pioneer sound system great crusier.

260Z Datsun (280Z motor) silver very fun car & independant rear.

All cars where immaculate inside & out. I bought a 1996 RAV4 in 1998 & they offered me $4500 trade in on VH SLE so i sold it privatley that weekend for $9500 & if i had 20 of them in that condition I could have sold them all for that price.

[russellw]

I decided a long time ago there was no point in regretting those that have left the garage - we tend to remember them more fondly with the passage of time anyway.

Thankfully the same doesn't apply to the ones we are happy to see go and I have a long list of them. Here are a few of the highlights:

1976 Jaguar XJ12L: (and it's bastard children) - in many ways the perfect gentlemens carriage whilst managing to be a mechanics and owners worst nightmare. When it ran it was an absolute pleasure but that wasn't often enough and you needed a second car and a good relationship with one of those lunatics known as a Jag mechanic.

The Lucas electrics were far and away the worst feature - it was Lucas that invented the intermittent wiper (unintentionally), along with intermittent headlights, washers, heaters, indicators, windows and anything else you actually wanted to work. Anyone who has ever looked at the dash layout of a 70's/80's Jag/Rover/Aston will have noted that all the switches look the same. Most would describe this as an ergonomic nightmare but with Jags it's actually because it doesn't really matter which one you press as they all have an equal chance of working or not working according to the alignment of the planets. Quite possibly if the Brits had been able to forget the war and buy Bosch electronics like everyone else they would have been great cars.

Jag mechanics too are a breed unto themselves. They typically have a glazed look in their eyes and really tiny fingers that have lots of burn scars on them from changing almost anything. They also tend to mumble a lot and talk to themselves in swear words. Poor sods. I can add a couple of Rover 3500SDI's and two other Jags to the same list.


Mk II Jensen Interceptor - like it's British cousins above the Jensens were works of art in their appearance and I was lulled into a false sense of security by the fact that they used simple US based V8 drivetrains consisting of fiendishly large engines (6 or 7 litre capacity) and Torqueflite transmissions. Mine went like a cut cat and I was correct in believing that the simple and robust drivetrains would be no problem but the entire rest of the car was a nightmare. A bit like living with a supermodel - nice to look at but the maintenace isn't worth the grief.

Once again electrics were a problem (Lucas naturally) but the bigger problems came from the fit and finish of the body components that ensured the thing leaked water and bits fell off at an alarming rate. I suspect that the build methodology consisted of throwing a pile of components into a corner of the workshop and hoping they bolted themselves together in something resembling the right order. That it went to a new home with a massive profit still wasn't enough to ease the painful memories.

Triumph Dolomite Sprint - these should have been known as dollar-mites because just like the CBA money boxes of yesteryear they had a slot somewhere to pour money into. When it was running it was the sweetest thing around but like the two British cousins above that wasn't very often. The engine was a bit fragile but the main issue came down to the Lucas mechanical injection system which was all but impossible to tune and as reliable as a blind date. What on earth led the Lucas engineers to believe that they could develop something as complex as a fuel injection system when they struggled to make a light bulb perform it's intended function reliably has always amazed me. Perhaps it was the fact that they knew they had a captive audience in the British industry but whatever it was it beggars belief. I've never dared to sample anything equipped with their electonic injection but I'd have little doubt as to what that would have been like. You could drive out of a workshop with thew thing running like a Swiss watch (well a cheap one anyway) and inside a couple of miles it would coughing and spluttering with either too much or not enough fuel. The engine fragility was mostly down to the poor buggers being run lean by the FI system that caused their demise.

Cheers
Russ

[[Tonko]]

wish i never bought this EA and damn it, i still drive it to work... this car loves me though, its been stolen twice and still comes back!

[Bucknaked]

I wish I never sold my HX Sandman Pano. Best car I ever owned, and thanks to words of wisdom from my dad, i let the car go, and to this day, regret having ever listened to my dad and having sold it.

I regret buying the AU. Sure its a great car, but I still regret forking out for it. If I had held off a couple of years, I could have bought a T3 for the price I paid for it.

[Lumpen Proletariat]

Only been driving 4 years so it's not a big list.

Car's I'm Happy to have bought or known:

My new car, a Black EB XR8 Manual. Love it. I get about 17mpg and don't care.

Dad's old Bronze XA Futura. Perfect nick. All original 77,000mile w/ 250 and Three on the Tree auto as well as the original books and bills of sale! Given to my brother who dinted EVERY panel including the roof! Forshame.

Dad's 1966 Jaguar 3.8 S Type. First car I drove on the road (at about 10 years old). I still have a fetish for leather and Burr Walnut because of it. Sold it to a family friend who burnt it to the ground after he 'fixed' the fuel pumps. (Twin Tanks)



Car I'd Be Happy to Beat to a firey dinted death with a large stick made of Napalm

1988 Nissan Pintara. CA20E 8 Plug Engine and Auto. Bought from a 'reputable' NRMA mechanic. The engine was rebuilt three times within a month. Just before I built it. Then one week in when the valves springs broke and the valves shut, happened on the highway with a semi up my bum. Rebuilt AGAIN by the mechanic, did something to the head (Machined Badly?) and it overheated and died within another three weeks.

[GT-E]

I had an origional Charger R/T E48 bathurst car with history. :sm_drool:
It was road registered and I bough it for $3,000 and sold it 6 weeks later to a guy who worked for the trading post for $8,000. I knew it was too cheap when I got 70 calls for it. That was in 1989 and I saw it in Unique cars about 2 years ago for $60k fully restored.
I wished I had never sold it. :