What previous vehicle do you regret trading/selling away?

[Acura604]

IF you could turn back time and go against a decision you made to trade/sell off a car you previously had...which one would that have been?

POST a photo/video of that car AND reason for selling/trading it AND why you regret it now!

for me, out of my 17 vehicle history it would most definitely be the 3G TL-S 6MT.

reason for trade: needed a SUV / automatic transmission so i can haul more shit and relax in stop n go traffic.

why i regret it now? TL-S is pure sex on wheels.

[smoothie.]

I don't know what it's like to sell my cars.

I hoard them all.

[snowfarmer]

My first car, 1977 Jeep J10 "Honcho" if your Acura was sex on wheels, the Honcho was hillbilly "Deliverance" sex on wheels. It was loud and kinda rusty but was an amazing 4x4 and was endless hilarity to drive. When I drove it, I was living at my folks house in the University Endowment Lands. There were a few uptight neighbours that really did not like that truck, it brought down the tone of the neighbourhood.

Pic is not my truck because I owned it in 1989, no iPhone snaps back then.



One day on a whim I went to the auto auction in Surrey (in the 1979 Z/28 my folks bought me at 17...what the eff were they thinking??) to check out the action at the car auction. This rusty, loud old Jeep pickup came across the block and I loved it, so I started bidding. One thing led to another and I ended up winning the auction for it with a high bid of $1,300, which wouldn't have been a problem if I had $1,300. And before anyone makes any comments, this isn't the sort of mess that my parents would have bailed me out of. There was a huge sign on the back wall of the auction building that said "NO PERSONAL CHECKS"...so I asked the auction guy if he'd take a personal check. He gave me an exasperated look and told me he'd go check with his boss. As soon as he left, I legged it out of there and was spraying dirt all the way out of their auction yard in the Z/28. Regardless, I got home and was bummed because I still kinda wanted the truck so I went and grabbed the Buy & Sell and started looking for them in there. Lo and behold there's a really familiar looking J10 listed so I call the guy, he says he still has it, I arrange to meet him the next day. I go and meet him, it's the same truck, he tells me that he'd given up on trying to sell it, had taken it to auction and that some asshole had bid on it then took off without buying it. I commiserated, what kind of asshole would do that anyway?! End of story, $800 later the truck was mine. I wish I still had it.

[Indy]

Dad purchased an '88 E30 325i for me to use in high school but it was then given away to my older sister who then proceeded to fuck that car up by reversing the polarity when jump starting it and we could never get it running right again.

[320icar]

Lots of vehicles I wish I treated better, but only one I truly regret selling. My Mitsubishi minicab. Sold it too cheap as well. Dunno why I did it, but it was a somewhat hard sell. 2 cylinder 550cc air cooled pushing 25hp when new. No one wanted that. Sold because I had that and a ruckus. Didn’t make any sense having two vehicles that couldn’t reach 100kmh. Eventually sold the ruckus as well to put down payment on a focus ST


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[yoursyumiko]

Sold my US import AP1 for $12500 in 2014.

[vitaminG]

still my favorite car I've ever owned. Bought for $2500,sold for 3k a year or so later. 325is so it wasn't the fastest but it was just a sweet car. Wish I had better pictures.

I still check CL to see if one ever comes up for sale.

[TouringTeg]

I miss the looks and build quality of my 97 C4S.

The car I miss the most is my 00 Acura 3.5RL 110kms, dark blue on grey leather. Like new condition bought from original owners. I would drive one again as a cruiser.

http://autotk.com/tuning/acura/rl/434/

[GS8]

I don't completely regret selling this as the pros outweighed the cons at the time but it would be nice to own another one as I know what to expect when it comes to maintenance and patience with these things. Also RWD sport sedans have all moved up market and out of my price range (not to mention way too much tech for my liking).

Got a lot of looks, tons of compliments and the car felt much more smaller than its size and with near 50/50 weight distribution, it was damn impressive on the back roads. Dialed in Koni Yellows FTW.



Now I just embrace the sleeper life



PS: Never got in trouble for the front plate and that's with 3 years of owning it. I won't do it again though. Car was originally an AB car, then I installed the GXP bumper so it never had a front plate mounted to it.

[dared3vil0]

Only vehicle I regret selling;

[westopher]

Don't regret any. Each car has been better than the last.

[SkinnyPupp]

I don't "miss" it in that I wish I had it again (I haven't driven a car regularly in over 10 years) but I do have fond memories of it. So many road trips, nice stereo system until it got stolen, and I just like the clean look of it.

Cars today are so flashy and ugly, I will ALWAYS miss the early 90's Japanese cars.

Sold it because I was leaving the country. On RS actually. Dude waited until the last minute and lowballed me when we met up. I learned not to tell potential buyers I have a deadline to sell something, and oh don't sell expensive things on Revscene

[twitchyzero]

good thread

but chances are your spouses won't let you keep so many toys or that you couldn't own your current, better vehicle today if you never sold it (whether finances or have the space for it)

so don't fret

kinda reason why I hope to keep what I have until the wheels fall off

[typ.]

If I could go back in time, I think I would've liked to keep my LS 240sx. Sold it to finance the wedding, but the car would've probably gave me more drama than a wife, so it was for the better. The 240 will always be the car I fall back to - it was just such a great car compared to anything else I've driven. Sold it to a fella in Calgary and apparently the motor blew.. Poor thing. Still.. can't say I don't miss this thing.

[Energy]

S2000 is a special car

[TopsyCrett]

84' 500SEC. Wasn't a good daily driver, got about 300kms a tank.

[red kryptonite]

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[cdizzle_996]

2000 S2000

Clean title, sold for for $9200 in 2011


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[fliptuner]

Single parenthood forced the sale. I know if I still had it today, it'd be LQ/4L80 powered and I'd still be dailying it.

[Dbone]

There area few I miss, but this is the only one I regret.

[TouringTeg]

Originally Posted by red kryptonite

I remember seeing the Lancer around but I didn't know you had an ITR? Can you provide some more info on it?

[tofu1413]

Red 89' E30 325is - the most dialed in E30 that I encountered over the years....... very clean shell and interior. suspension sorted out, lsd equipped. Man I miss this thing.




98' Evo V - everything else out there for sale or available is crap. this car was an amazing street car.... plenty fast and quite civilized. Rugged good looks and everything on the car was on there for the sake of function.



96' ITR - only if the car's shell was cleaner..... would've kept it. Can't find another ITR for what I paid for it nowadays.

[DEADBEA7]

1997 M3 E36 with AA Supercharger. Still with the dude I sold it to and I see it parked around Cambie Street from time to time. I try my best not to message him to buy it back LOL


^^ Sold that so I could buy this next. 2010 C63, I miss this car a ton but sold it to a wholesaler just before it needed a lot of work done (plus the head bolt issue was always in the back of my mind.)

[freakshow]

Sold this because I didn't have room to keep it.. my first car that I did slightly more extensive mods to. #ragrets

[red kryptonite]

Originally Posted by TouringTeg

I remember seeing the Lancer around but I didn't know you had an ITR? Can you provide some more info on it?

its a turbo gsr, i traded it for a py itr lol which i also regret but no pics