Vehicles you have seen years later, and regret selling

[danfiveten]

Saw a truck i used to own today.  When i got it 8 years ago, it was a original grandpa truck.  Amazing shape.  I ended up having to sell it when i broke my ankle and was laid off work.  I always regretted having to sell it.  Today i saw it while dropping off a customer.  And it made me want to cry seeing how it is now :(.  Im not blaming the current owner if on here,  just saying that over the years,  she has really been abused. 

 

 

 

 

When i owned her.

 

 

Now

[Draker]

Well that one got fucked up...

[Draker]

I usually hold on to vehicles until I can't stand having them anymore.. then a year after that I list them for sale. That way when I see them around town, no regrets.

 

Luckily I haven't been in a situation where I was forced to sell.. yet. That would be really tough.

[240zness]

Man , rough.

 

Not totalled tho..

[hang_510]

I had a 67 mustang in high school, technically never sold it...

Auto shop has saved me lots of money since this lesson.

2 days before graduation i blew something up as I was leaving the last stop sign before campus.

It sat at the school over the summer. By the time I got around to getting it, they had lien sold it.

I saw it at a garage over a year later and they wouldn't sell it back to me.

[MikeRL411]

Best approach, buy a classic to be and hold on to it!  Downside. what will be a classic in 20 plus years?,

[ratpatrol66]

Laid off broken ankle time to sell, I feel your pain! I quit my job and couldn't get another so it was time to sell. Some how I was able to buy back 4 of those cars over the last few years? When I sold my 69 GTO it wasn't running but when I got it back it was and still in the same condition. WIN WIN!!!

[G-Duax]

My 86.5 Hard Body, loved that truck.

My early '70s Harley Baja, that I had turned into a flat track bike.

My '65 250 Ducati Scrambler.

My 250 Bultaco Astro.

My '57 Olds Holiday Coupe, that I had dual quads sitting on an Offenhauser manifold, 11:1 compression, and '3/4' race cam.

 

Said Harley:

 

MPLS, MN National Guard Armory about 1977: 

 

Still have my leathers, but don't fit in them any more :(

[Lockleaf]

69 jeep wagoneer with buick dauntless 350.

 

Thing was awesome. Sold it to pay for a semester of college.

 

I never see it but i wish i still had it every time i see a wagoneer. I've had a serious itch to get another wagoneer or perhaps an international travelall for about a year now. Keeps getting worse.

[tr8er]

My 86.5 Hard Body, loved that truck.

My early '70s Harley Baja, that I had turned into a flat track bike.

My '65 250 Ducati Scrambler.

My 250 Bultaco Astro.

My '57 Olds Holiday Coupe, that I had dual quads sitting on an Offenhauser manifold, 11:1 compression, and '3/4' race cam.

 

Said Harley:

 

MPLS, MN National Guard Armory about 1977:

 

Still have my leathers, but don't fit in them any more :(

May those leathers be motivation! I'm losing weight, stoked, and mad at myself for not doing this sooner.

 

 

I miss my 81 zx. I have never seen it around though. I just recently had an opposite experiance where I saw a Ford Crossover I sold re-appear on CL. God I'm glad I sold that POS.

[ArchetypeDatsun]

Sold my 280zx Turbo to Blue for $500 bucks because it decided to blow the engine 30mins away from Portland. Made it to meet up Blue and he knew it wasn't right. We had agreed to $1500 but no way that thing was in the shape it was in when I left the house so I sold it for $500 just to drive the 810 home. Been wanting to buy the ZX back since I miss that darn car and owned it for 7 years but Blue is a hard person to reach. Anyone know how to get ahold of him. Last time I saw the car he had rebuild the damn thing.

[505plus5]

Well, this particular one wasn't a Datsun but still... I had an early 90's Civic hatchback. 93, I think it was, that I had to sell to pay for my credit card. I really didn't wanna sell it because the thing got 36.5 mpg! Then, shortly after that, I got a notice in the mail that the car was impounded. I didn't bother contacting the buyer and let it all go in the hopes that eventually he would get it back out.

[hobbes_the_cat]

Sold my white 4-door 510 to pay off some taxes. Had a 2.1 stroker, twin webers, coilovers, etc.

saw it on Craigslist about a year later totally gutted with the paint stripped off, being sold as a shell. Bummer.

[125 CSL]

1966 C10 fleetside. Forrest green with white cab. Regret selliing. My M class BMW's, if you ever owned one you know.

 

Cars I regret not buying. 1960's ford falcon, drove past it for a year before someone else bought the car. Blue slightly rusty 1970's goon, another one I stopped and looked at did not buy ended up driving past for a long time before someone else bought.

[racerx]

75 Celica and datsun wagon, head went out and had too many projects, at that time I had 2 wagons but kept the 510 and 65 mustang fb

[505plus5]

Also, a long, long time ago a 1977 Monte Carlos. That was back when gas was around $1.75! Man, I really liked that car. All stock, V8, double stacked headlights, etc. Man!...