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The 'cars we should never have sold' thread :)
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1979 Merc 300TD (W123 estate). My first real car, (had a Mini before that which disintegrated after 3 weeks). Was Milan Brown, had it resprayed Signal Red, sold it to a mates mother, glad to say she still has it, it's still alive somewhere near Marseille.
1968 Porsche 912 (4 cyl, 2.0l) . one of the most perfect hanling cars I've ever had, I had an 82 911 SC (3.0) at the same time and preferred to drive the 912.
1985 BMW E28 524td. Superb car, had 3 of them, incredibly economical, great handling.
1977 Merc 207 Camper. Fabulous memories and some great holidays, drove it to Mali, sold it there, last seen 10 years ago as a Bush Taxi, sad and horrible way for such a loyal friend to die.
1989 Pug 505 GRD estate. Utterly brilliant car in every way, the only car you'll ever need.
2001 Totota Hiace. Incredibly reliable, I regretted selling it when the new owner was driving down the street with it.
That's about it, lesson learnt, I own a 2001 SAAB 9-3, I know that I'll never sell it.pounder770 wrote: »1986 Mercedes 190 2.3 -16 cosworth, original Irish minter...
Sold it to a "friend" at a time of domestic difficulties , who left it outside to rot, where it still sits,while asking to double his money to buy it back....
Still sickens me!!!!
Doubt there were ever too many of them sold here new, let alone pre- '87.0 -
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Thanks Kev.E28 is streets ahead, Ok it came on the market 5 years later but it's better than the W124 in many ways.
Both cars are very reliable, both are comfortable, Beemer is sportier in seating than the W123. Economy wise miles apart. W123 got 9.5 l/100 km, 524td did 6 l/100km, both of these on long motorway runs. If I had the choice I'd take the BMW any day of the week, as much as I love W123's .
Just checked my old records for the S123 300TD. I covered almost 44k km in it and the total overal fuel consumption was 7.15 l/100km. But the car had the 5-speed gearbox and that made the difference in comparison to your 300TD with only 4-speed. If your S123 was an automatic, then another 0.7 - 1l on top is normal.
For some time, I had my mind on the E28 Diesel and if I had the money and needed two cars, would buy one (should never sell it then
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Agree 100%, especially on the Touring Kombiwagen. It would have been a perfect car if they ever made one.Three cars that were never built but should have been:
E28 Touring (some people have done their own jobs)
E28 Convertible
E28 Two Dr. Coupe (yes the 6 series is based on the E12 but I mean a coupe on the design of the E28)0 -
5 speed makes a huge difference alright, the 9.5 l/100km figure I have would be 4 up plus baggage at 120-130 kmh on a motorway. Often did 1500 km trips with my then GF or some friends, and it was pretty constant at that.
Incidentally I'd rate the 505 GRD estate better than the W123.
E28 Touring is relatively easily done, take the rear off an E 30 touring and with a bit of fiddling it fits. Nice car if you want to make one.
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But lads , this is the point , if you never sold them you couldn't buy the next one and the shortened list would be very short and boring.
"je ne regrette rien" and better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all .
Yeah, maybe some people are getting mixed up, but I'd keep an E28, 505 estate and a 912 as daily drivers if I had the space/need/cash to tax them (€2200 p.a for the 505 and E28 together!!!). I've had other cars that I've loved but wouldn't nedessarily keep for good such as an 88 Opel Senator 3.0 CD or a 90 Audi 200 Avant. I've also restored and modified a 62 VW T1, and a 68 VW Beetle Convertible but although they were nice to own I don't regret selling them a lot.
One car I had and would have loved to keep but forgot to mention is one of these, same colour as well:
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mk1 golf gti , had 2 but one i regret selling , have replaced it now though with a basket case resto lol
opel kadett C's had 4 altogether , but regret selling one of the irish saloons i had
datsun 100a ,wasnt anything special but i enjoyed using it as a daily driver
82 audi 80 turbo diesel , bought back when they were worth nothing and sold again for very little
audi 200 5t , again bought for humble money but lost interest and sold it on and it met a bad end
87 irish 3rd gen civic , was in good nick but just an old car at the time , and also a 4th gen vti civic back in 2000 that was mint and un messed with, had a couple of 2nd gen 1300s models but never regretted selling them on, way too rusty !!
fiat 131 , had 2 one was a sport and i regret selling it even though it needed work , the other was a bitsa and didnt bother me at the time
83 audi coupe gt , bought to raid for spares for the coupe stockcar i had at the time but was to good so sold on again , should have put it away at the time as it was mint and only 38k miles back in 97 , bought it for 150punts from the owners son after a bit of haggling
escorts , had a few mk1s WTI 173 was the first and the only one i regret selling the other 3 didnt bother me although 2 of them were early compression strut type cars and one was an original irish one too
had a few mk2s aswell probably the one i regret most is YZP 188 , sold it in 99 for 600 punts ,the others i never missed, only one of the others was an irish one the rest were uk cars
had loads of other machines too when we were younger , but they were nearly all used for the field and destroyed im embarassed to say , a lot id like to have today , datsuns , toyotas , renaults , fiats VWs etc , some of them rare now , but back then worth nothing and not even making big money for scrap , we normally had to wait til there was 4or 5 cars laying in the yard to lift before the lorry would come at the time,, as teenagers though it was great craic , not so nice thinking back now on them
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" had a few mk2s aswell probably the one i regret most is YZP 188 , sold it in 99 for 600 punts ,the others i never missed, only one of the others was an irish one the rest were uk cars "
at least one of them is still alive , living in gort now i think , apologies for the photo its a picture of a picture , no scanner !0 -
greendragon3 wrote: »" had a few mk2s aswell probably the one i regret most is YZP 188 , sold it in 99 for 600 punts ,the others i never missed, only one of the others was an irish one the rest were uk cars "
at least one of them is still alive , living in gort now i think , apologies for the photo its a picture of a picture , no scanner !
seen it a few times alright in that guise
, the car itself went up by swatragh/garvagh direction after i sold it, a fella Donnelly ended up with it 2 owners after me , it was dark blue back then , it seems to have become a genuine RS since i had it last
seen this shot online aswell a while back
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Ive had a good few cars over the past few years, these are what I regret selling the most.
1990 Subaru Legacy Rs (rare Sti version) spent years looking for one and finally found one in need of some work. Ended up selling it when I lost my job and couldn't bear to see it deteriorate any further.
2002 Ford Focus Rs. Sold it after my daughter was born and I needed a bigger car. I will own one again.... soon
1995 Ford Escort RS Cosworth. Owned it for a few days and couldn't get insurance anywhere for it. Sold it to buy the focus.
All of the above cars I really hope to own again in the next few years.
I also bought a Renault Clio V6 which turned out to have been stolen in the UK, luckily I found out in time and was able to cancel the bank draft. One of the fastest cars ive ever owned. Doubt ill ever be abke to own one again..0 -
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Fiat 127 sport black
Bmw 5 series e28 lux 1988
Jetta gti 16v 1989
The jetta was fast for its time and was never imported into ireland by volkswagen ireland.
the jettas were extremely fast , mate of mine had an 87' GT model in silver , it was a weapon of a thing to go compared to what we were tramping around in back then , we used to take the micky out of him something shocking though about the whole farmer / jetta mentality in rural ireland back then , we even went so far as to decorate it with some bales of hay and some blue baling twine tying down the boot lid when we found it parked and unmaned and open on a stage of the galway rally lol.:) 0 -
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The car I would have liked to keep was a MK 2 Cortina 1600E - Amber Gold with a tan vinyl roof . It was 1970 model so was towards the end of their production line . Had the 4 clocks in the wooden dash and wooden cappings on the 4 doors .
Found it very difficult to source the proper parts as the dlrs only seemed to supply parts for the standard MK 2 1600- and the E was definitely not a standard 1600. 0 -
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