about the same numbers for my dad with a Porsche 911 SC.. that car had the added bonus of me being the only member of the family short enough to actually fit in it and drive it :)
Aww mate I really feel for your dad what an epic classic to let go of. Il keep playing the lottery should I win the old school one would be my first purchase 😂
Toyota supra n/a. I lost my job so a friend bought her of me, luckily the guy never sold and now I have her back. Love it to pieces. Starting work this afternoon on her.
I bought a 130i (for my wife haha) randomly two years ago. Had a great spec (heated, full electric leathers, Idrive, xenons). It was one of the best cars I have ever owned. Utterly reliable and the engine loved to be revved. Pulled strongly all the way to the redline. Annoyingly, it was involved in a bump and was written off, but what a fantastic car for the price (£3800 in 2018!) still trying to convince my wife to buy another! One I "regret" selling is my JDM Honda Integra dc2, however, the replacement, ek9 civic type r with a b18c is slightly better and more fun to drive. Dc2 looked better in my eyes though.
Those 130i were ahead of their time when they came out. Still solid motors and great daily’s The one that got away would be my Mk1 Focus RS as it was low miles but... pointless keeping cars you don’t ever drive for years on end .
When I was 10 years old back in 2004, my Japanese neighbour in Tokyo had an 'Aventurine Green' 993 Carrera when he was single, and when he got married a few years later, he replaced it with a 'Sparkling Graphite Grey' E81 130i - yes you read that right. Seeing how the 993 used market prices had gone up several years after that, I'm sure he regretted selling that, despite the 130i having a silky smooth magnesium/aluminium block N52. Maybe his wife didn't approve the 993, so he had to make an uncomfortable compromise.
and FYI he only had one parking space allocated to his house like most houses in Tokyo do, due to limited land space. Perhaps he had another parking spot away from his house, where he kept his 993 but I wouldn't have ever known about that.
Not the best car I've ever driven but the car I regret selling the most is my 03 manual, gun metal grey, bmw e46 330i saloon. Also my Fiat coupe 20vt sprint blue. 😢😢
My parents had a manual 330ci, black on black with all the m performance bits on it. As dad got older, he said it was too firm to drive and preferred his new b8 s4. I still miss that e46 and sneaking it out to drive when they would go away for the weekend. I always imagined that if I owned one, I would supercharge it.
Ugh mate it was probably Titanium Silver. Gun metal grey is not a BMW color. Sorry I'm an enthusiast drives me mad when people don't use the proper BMW color names.
Peugeot 205 GTi, I was young and couldn't afford to keep it running when things started to wear out. It's terrifying how much they're worth now. Thank god I persevered with my 240Z...
Had a Peugeot 205 GTi too sold in 2004. Was by chance on the net that I saw the car with the engine replaced with a 3.0 V6 from either the 406 saloon or coupe. Those GTis' are really commanding high prices.
If you ever think of selling that 240z... try and remember the guy on the youtube comments section that asked... Its one of few cars id get rid of my 350z for.
I still feel sad for selling my Honda Prelud 😪 it was a 1997 and she loved to rev to 8500 rpm and more. She was a beauty but I had to leave her for a familycar. You will always be remebered as my best car ♥️
Manuel Santos I always wanted a prelude but could never find one. They handled like nothing else with the passive rear steering. And that engine needed ringing out, begging to be abused (ooh er)
James, it's an easy one for me - my Honda Accord Type R. It was ex-Penny Mallory, and had both air-con (rare) and a great stereo. I've never enjoyed driving anything as much - it had an intuitive, delicate chassis with great feedback, and I even grew to like the wing. The development budget had been spent where it mattered from an enthusiast's point of view - wishbones, momo wheel, recaros and specially lightened door glass (which was a pain to source after someone broke into it). Great car.
The 130i was always put up against the MK5 R32. I own the R32 that I never want to sell but always loves the 130i for the simplicity of a rwd na hatchback. Great car!
My E34 525i. Had 320K kms on it, was still sweet as a nut. Wasn't perfect condition but not shoddy either. Previous owner put E36 M3 exhaust manifold on it, rest of the exhaust was completely stock so it made a great noise but was as quiet as standard.
Loved the 130i, the phrase "wolf in sheep's clothing" has never been more apt. As for regrets, I think I regret selling almost every car I've owned on some level. Escort GTi, Polo G40, Puma 1.7, E36 etc. But my biggest regret by far will be the day my MA70 Supra has to go, I keep holding on to the dream that I'll somehow come into enough money that I'll be able to keep the Supra AND have something practical and useful for the business, but I think one day that practicality is going to be more over-riding than even pop up headlamps 😳
Couldn’t agree more, the 1st gen 1series are a great little car. We replaced our x5 4.8is almost a year ago with a 2dr 118d as we needed something cheap to run, I was very surprised at how solid the little car was, and fun to drive. Can only imagine how great it is to have the extra power and sound of the 3liter inline six unit under the bonnet, fantastic. Cheers for the video 👍👍
I have nothing but good things to say about high mileage bmws, if they were taken care of, it's almost better off buying a high mileage than one with under say 100,000km. Had a 323i with 385,000km, it ran like it was new. It was automatic too!! Shifted perfectly.
I had owned a 2004 BMW M3 from new when my employer made me an offer I couldn't refuse, so off I went to Saudi Arabia for six years in 2006. I put the car on a dealers forecourt and it eventually sold in early 2007. A fantastic car which I still miss, and a new one now is just too much money given my low mileage now I am retired. Still, an M135i may be an idea.....!
As a Honder Man, my baby was my fourth 4th Gen. Honder Prelude (And the last one I ever owned...). I got a low miles JDM H22A, went aggro on the top end with cams, an H23a Frankenbuild, and a few other forged internals... all motor, and all nasty. Chopped the springs 2", had some stupid 18" wheels with fake bead locks, and everything was matte black, except for my red accent lights, and underglow. Man that thing was fast... And even though the 'Ludes were Honda's Muscle Car or "Big Block", it was a 9500rpm screamer... Man I miss that car
Just a few months back I bought a 130i here in Australia. It's brilliant. Well looked after, all the usual oil leaks taken care of already. Well specd as well. No heated seats, but has iDrive, comfort access (keyless start), sunroof, M sports package, parking sensors, upgraded stereo, fully electric sports seats with bolster adjustment. AUD $11,000 I paid. I think it's brilliant value considering the cheapest brand new car in Australia is a crappy little 3 cylinder Mitsubishi Mirage at nearly 2k more than I paid for the 130i.
2000 Mercedes-Benz E220CDI Classic. Built like a tank, drove lovely, so smooth and comfortable, never let me down, very economical and performed well. It always made you feel special when driving it, seeing that 3-pointed star at the end of that long bonnet. Sold it for a 2005 Audi A6 3.0TDI S-Line Quattro which ended up being plagued with electrical faults. :(
I have a 2007 330i e90 manual and I agree those engines are brilliant, they may not produce the most power but they are so smooth and sound so sweet I plan on keeping mine for a long time.
My 3 door Black Cossie. Sold for £7500 in the late 1990s. To be fair though despite my best efforts, it was starting to rust then! The cost of them these days is daft and they aren't worth the money. A true car of its time through rose tinted glasses. Ahhh happy days...
e46 330d touring, I miss it every day. it was my first car and it was auto, they were hard enough to find at the time but now they are much harder if not impossible to find in manual with the right spec and miles at any sensible price. It wasn't reliable or mindblowingly fast with 270hp but it was a lot of fun
A few years ago I upgraded from a horrendous 206 1.1 (first car) to an absolute curve ball Alfa Romeo 147 1600cc TwinSpark. I bought it for £600 with no warranty, hardly any history and a few months MOT. However, it was absolutely mint. No rust, clean interior and a super smooth TwinSpark engine. I took the punt, got him down from £1200 on the terms it had hardly any paperwork and away I went. I covered 30k in just under a year and it never skipped a beat nor broke down once. Wasn't the quickest but it certainly gave everything in it's class a good going over. It had such fun handling and a beautiful engine that loved to rev. I replaced it with a Championship White FN2 Civic Type R which was absolutely savage and looked the nuts - also a bundle of fun to drive but never quite gave me the satisfaction that the cheap and cheerful Alfa did. The Type R became an absolute nightmare to daily, emptying my wallet on a weekly basis and the bucket seats that constantly returned to their original position when you let passengers in the rear were a sign to move on to something more sensible. A Valenica Orange BMW 125d M Sport 5dr. Which is absolutely fantastic on every level, and is dare I say it, quicker off the line than the Type R anyway. It's an un-assuming diesel-rocket-daily with all the tech a man could need and handling that puts a grin from ear to ear. It is not however, my beloved 147 TwinSpark, and that car was truly something else!
Not an exotic but I regret selling my 97 Toyota Carina E 2.0 diesel estate! It just done everything that was asked of her- tow car, parts car, chase car, family car even a sleep zone - she had 290k miles and was still going well ! I replaced her with a Mondeo Mk3 estate but not the same - we all still tell stories "remember the day in the E" she never once left us walking! Just the best hack ever built !
2011 Honda crz. Got it with some minor upgrades (aftermarket sunroof, better speakers, remote start) and about 30k miles on it. I loved that car to bits, probably more because it was my first car and where I was living at the time, I was one of two people with one rather than the actual driving experience. My friend had a Fit, and they felt basically the same. I put 70k miles on that thing and by the time I sold it on it had become a host of numerous electrical gremlins. Even with every headache it caused I’d buy it back in a heartbeat
My 06 E46 M3 convertible in Carbon Black and Grey interior. Had it from new and absolutely loved it. Kept it for 4 years then one day stupidly worked out how much it was costing me to run it a year. Given I wasn't doing many miles it was the first time I let my head make a car decision and not my heart and sold it. Got a new Audi A4 TFSI Quatro which was nice enough but just boring to drive. Regretted it the moment the new owner drove it away. Never again.
@J B Yeah it looked absolutely stunning in the sunlight. I'd love to get another one but don't have the space right now. I'd have to get rid of one of my other cars, both of which I know I'd regret selling as well. F80 M3 and an Elise 111R.
@J B I've had it 5 1/2 years now so it's lost most of it's value already and it's a perfect daily for me. I was waiting for the new M3 but I hate the looks and the price is insane. Suspect I'll be keeping it a few more years.
I bought a 1979 Ferrari 308 GT4 in 1986 which I loved & the Blu Chiaro colour was fantastic. I had to sell it to pay my income tax in 1990, but in 1992 I found it again on sale & ran it for another 2 years but sold it again at 98,500 miles! Finances were tight at the time. The car is still around on a different Reg Number & fewer miles as can happen! I loved that car. I’ve had 3 other 308GT4’s but none have driven as well as that blue one! In third gear it was perfect for neat fast overtakes! A highly under-rated Ferrari which only now is being appreciated, altho spares are harder to find.
2001 VW Golf V6 4 motion. First 6 cylinder car I owned. Lovely comfy budget GT car. Great for cruising up and down the A9 in Scotland. Only ever car I made money on. Wish I kept it as it was a great example. Sold it as I needed a van for work 👎
A light blue 1987 Volvo 360 GLT, in mint condition. B200E, manual, 120 horsepower, no power steering. Around 110000km, totally original. So much fun on wet tarmac and on gravel. I had to sell it in 2013. Still upset about it. My god, I miss that car!
Audi A4 DTM special edition. 2.0T engine built by Quattro GmBH, sport suspension, manual 6 speed, sport recaro seats, genuine carbon fibre lip, rear spoiler and interior trim, S4 DTM bumper, rear diffuser, large rear exhaust pipe etc etc . In NZ 26 cars sold for same price as a standard A4 auto!
Over the last 50 or so years I have owned many cars, some good ...some not so good. But, of all of them, the only one I really regret parting with was a Tartan Red & Black Morris Cooper S with the high revving and very rare 970cc engine. It was in generally sound condition and I had spent a lot of money keeping it that way. I can still recall that lovely little engine buzzing away as we hurtled about. My girl friend, later my wife, was outraged when I sold it. As soon as the deed was done, I knew that I'd made a terrible mistake but there was no going back. I look through the adverts in classic car magazines from time to time but they have now become ludicrously expensive.
I'm looking at buying a 125i, the coupe version of this. Every now and then I think "am I making the right decision?" but this video seals the deal. Out of 30 cars, this is the one you've chosen... I think that'll do me!
I sold my Mk3 Ford Mondeo Zetec a number of years ago as it had nearly 300,000 kilometers and I needed to make way for a new car that I had ordered. I almost instantly regretted this decision and last year, found the cleanest example around and paid a hefty sum for it. I adore this car and love having one back in the collection. I'm sure it'd make many people cringe when it's one of my cars that is garaged, while some of my other more desirable cars sit outside in the weather!
In 1997 I had an F plate 1989 3 door MK2 Golf GTI 16V in jade green. I had it for a couple of years and loved it. Back then it was a quick car, very reliable, handled like a dream and was just brilliant. But for some strange reason I sold it! I recently drove a low mileage genuine one the same as mine and was under whelmed with it if I’m honest, compared to modern cars it was slow and was not the go kart I remembered. I now have the later version of your BMW 130, a 17 plate M140i. What a machine, hoping to keep this for the long term.
The car I regret selling is my little 106 GTi which I saved my arse off to buy brand new in 2000. It was such a massive set up from my 2nd car which was a 1989 Vauxhall Nova 1.3 SR. In a flood of Citroën Paxo VTS (and VTR's with VTS badges) the little pug was a pretty rare sight in comparison. I had lusted after a 106 GTi for sooooo long! Ended up trading the GTi in back 2003 for a shiney new EP3 Type R which was also epic. VTEC kicked in yO! :D I do wish I still had that little gokart of a 106 GTi though :( So many fond memories!
If u had to choose one of the gti or type r to have just as a bit of fun which would you have. I owned an ek4 vti and regret selling every weekend. Toyed with the idea of an ep3 type r as a weekend ride. Never considered the pug cos guy I bought my ek4 off bought the 30 gti6 and paid a lump more for it than I gave him for ek but about 2 months later he offered me the gti 6 in a straight swap but I said no cos I loved vti
@@SirTaffy- I've owned 3 Civic Type R's over a 10 year period. Pre-facelift EP3 from 2003 to 2004. A post-facelift EP3 from 2004 to 2007. And a FN2 from 2007 to 2013 which I modified quite a bit over the years. Having said all that I'd still have the little Pug :D Was just so much fun!
It was my first car which was a 1977 Austin Allegro. Took it to the scrap yard with rust problems, a dying gearbox and clutch and an engine that used as much oil as petrol.
Had a Renault 19 16v in the mid 2000's. Sold to a guy who just wanted the engine and he took it apart and that was the end of that car. Always wished I'd kept it.
@@wheelspintv6864 was a great car in the day. Mine was hitting 60 in almost 7 seconds and was a rock solid well looked after model. Engine loved to rev and the the manual gearbox never missed a beat, I can't even say that about the gearbox in the 335i I own now. I'm sure a lot of it is nostalgia, but I only have find memories of my first 'fast' car.
My Alfa 156 2.4 JTD 175 Veloce (face lift) Was a stunner, silver with red leather. The interior was like brand new, it was on a 55 plate but had only done around 80k by 2016 when owned it. What a soundtrack from the 5 cylinder lump 😘
Had many great cars over the years but the one I regret selling is the series 1 Renault Clio 172 sport 2.0 when I was 20 for a few years before going the lotus route, was such an awesome car
I regret selling my first car, a 1996 VW Golf. It was worth virtually nothing when I sold it and probably nothing now, but the sentimental value was huge. I worked a part time job every Saturday since I was about 14 to save up for it and bought it as soon as I turned 17.
For me.....it was a 10 year old Porsche 924 Lux Sport, one owner with full service history, full spec with 20,000 miles. Probably the best example at that time in the UK. 😢 However once sold, it did enable me to buy my first house! 😊
Probably my 3rd gen Honda Prelude Si w/ AWS (all wheel steering). They're super rare now. What made the 3rd gen especially unique was that the AWS system was fully mechanical and basically bulletproof. It was the fastest car through the slalom during it's production years. Yep, faster than super cars. An amazing peice of engineering and such an incredible car. All the nice examples now are typically only automatic or they go for a decent amount of cash...
I regret totalling an e36 Compact, albeit with a smaller engine than yours. I could never buy another one with such low mileage, in immaculate condition, with working A/C and two front airbags, which was literally a life-saver in the head-on collision. But I deeply regret selling my 1983 Mercedes SL280 with a hard top, in red. That was the most special car I probably owned and apart from the 18/21mpg, it was dirt cheap to run on classic insurance, with absolutely nothing going wrong during my ownership. 107 prices have gone through the roof, but in 2009, they were still relatively affordable. I also regret selling my MK5 Golf with the DSG auto box and the 1.9 TDi, cruise control and usual specs. I’ve had problems with every single diesel engine I’ve had since that car and once you have a well maintained example, you should keep it. To me, that is the pinnacle of ordinary diesels and any development since was just a regression. I also love the six speed DSG, it’s a great transmission.
The car I regret selling is the Opel Kadett 180is that I sold in South Africa in 2004...not the range topping 200TS that I owned a few years later but such a fun car and the first car that I financed with my own money...miss her every day!
I sold my classic Subaru Impreza Turbo (2000) 5 dooor in mic blue with rare gray leather seats and air con to buy a 2006 BMW 130i. I miss my scooby, I had it for 7 years and put 70k miles on it. The 130i was wonderful but terrible on fuel when my wife started using it as a daily for the school run. I sold the 130i after 2 years, frustrated by the fortune I was spending at the local Shell and not getting to drive it since I was unemployed at the time. My daughter still says the 130i was the best car we ever owned, now they do the school run in a 2018 VW Tiguan . I wish I'd kept both the Impreza and the 130i but who knew how terrible and soul less cars would become in the tech era.
My regret was selling my 04 Rover 45 connoisseur TDi it had just 59k miles when I got it and it was in a lovely pearlecent red with a mint monogram interior. It was the perfect daily handled nicely, was comfortable, had all the options, utterly reliable and did 55mpg
Around 2002 Renault 5 Turbos were everywhere and could be picked up super cheap. I bought mine for £2000 and over the course of 5 years spent close to 10k making it look nice. Some sensible engines mods, no silly body kits or anything. Clean and nice. Sold it in 2007 for £1500, took 6 months to sell it even at that stupidly low price, no one wanted them. I miss the car and will always regret seeing it go. Hindsight man.......
My Jaguar XJ. It was by far the best big car I have ever driven. Amazingly comfortable really well equipped and quite fast I even did a track day with it.
My second gen Suzuki Swift Sport. N/A, lightweight, manual, fun and surprisingly quick on a B road. Dying breed now with everything turbo's or going electric.
Mine are my 1990 Toyota Supra A70 3.0 turbo, Manual, in Glacier White, with blue leather interior and my 2009 Range Rover Vogue SE L322 3.6 TDV8, in Santorini Black, with black Semi Aniline Leather interior, and matching Piano black veneer. Both stunning in thier own way, and (the Supra especially) hard to find in good condition.
I own a M135i and I absolutely love it, I purchased it new and I've had it for 6 years. I keep asking myself why I'm not thinking of changing this car, and how long do I intend to keep it. The simple answer is that I've had quite a few cars in my life, many have been BMW's, but the 135 is so good I just want to keep it.
My very original 2 previous owners 1972 Escort 1300. I sold it, bought it back, then sold it again when I realised some of the bodywork needed more attention than I remembered. Now, it’s had the usual 2-litre engine swap and a respray in white. I’ll probably never see it again. 😢
Honestly the car I regret selling the most was my 3rd K10 Micra... Beige 1.0 with the rare 5spd, beige/brown interior, all of 50hp when it was new, horrifically bad brakes and a slightly suspect dent on the rear C-pillar outer skin. It failed an MOT on a spot of rust and a seized rear brake which would've been easily solved with an afternoon...instead it was scrapped. The owner though, to his credit, did immediately buy the cleanest AW11 MR-2 I've ever seen to replace it...having barely passed his test.
mine was an 82 Alfa Romeo GTV6, with the famous busso engine, not a logical answer given all their issues for the period, but I had many great memories in that car and it was my first!!... still look at them today and so far manage to pull my head out of the ground...
After nearly sixty years of motoring, and well over a hundred cars, there are several, maybe many, that I regret selling and would be very happy to have back in my possession, but there were good reasons at the time for selling. The only regretful sale at the time was, in fact, of three cars, but since they funded the outright purchase of my first house it was the right decision at the time. No chance of buying them back; the 1929 Austin Seven coupe is now in Japan, the 1930 Austin Ulster was last heard of in Italy, and the 1931 Talbot 75 seems to have vanished completely.
STI v3.... best car by miles. Totally standard and immaculate. I’ve had loads of half decent cars, 205’s, GTI’s and nothing came close to the sheer fun as a STI.
An original 2.0 Fiesta ST, 56 plate sold it with 13k on the clock in mid 2009. Frozen White with the full top and side blue stripe kit - always regretted selling that car and never seen another like it.
I am not sure if its a good thing, but we are so similar for car choices. I had 130i since 2012, came across your channel due to the evora 400 vids. Now have a rx7 and a V10 m6 but both of those would go before my 130i LE. it does everything! response is amazing. pulls strong and linear from 1900 to 6900rpm. little peak of torque above 4k. enough power to overtake & have fun, without being so powerful that illegal speeds come too quick&your scared at the limit. Manual gearbox is good. Great handling when you ditch run flats and change lower control arms. 30mpg genuine daily economy. can put an armchair in boot. looks like no other car. LE spec comes with nice wheels and paint job. interior decently premium. rare love it! only complaints are m sport springs are stiff and would prefer stiffer ARBs instead. Limited slip diff. louder exhaust.
I regret selling a TVR Chimera 4.0 owned for 5 years did 23000 miles in it, the car was infectious to drive and I loved it, only problem I had was once the battery died..
I don't regret moving on from any of my cars. It was always done because it was the right thing to do at the time. The car world is huge and if you move to a car that sucks, then you've still gained knowledge/experience out of that. Unless you owned a very rare car, you can always get another one of the one you loved.
I regret getting rid of my Fiat Panda 100hp, such a fun and willing little car with a great noise! It was just too hard riding and rattly for the Scottish roads however, it shall forever be missed.
I sold a Porsche 944 turbo (one of the last made, black with cream leather) far quicker than I expected. It was in a specialist for servicing and I asked them to give it a good going over as I was thinking of selling it. They replied saying they knew several people that had seen it in their before and would probably buy it, and it was sold within a couple of days. A few years after buying it I was driving mostly motorways which was a bit of a waste, and I didn't want to look a gift horse in the mouth. Ended up buying a 5 series saloon from my brother (in the trade) which was quite good to drive. Missed the Porsche though.
In 2018 I was working at a VW dealership. We got a 2003 bmw 330 in on trade. Dark blue in MINT condition and I don’t think my dealership realized it’s true value and placed it on sale for around 3 grand. That car got SO much attention over the next few days and someone from TEN hours away came and picked it up. Was 21 at the time and didn’t think buying a potentially unreliable 3 series was the right move, but I think about that car often, wishing I had bought it myself
Regret selling my Lexus is300. Small,, nimble, powerful, comfy and rare. Had the gearbox reconditioned by a company called Stevens Engineering. The car came back to me a different animal. More torquey on accelaration which made the car hit 60 In under 7 seconds!
Well done Jay, I'm glad you got your true love back again. My true love was a 1986 ex MOD 90" Landrover...gone but not forgotten but that vehicle has disappeared from the UK! Sods Law isn't it!
I had a 2009 BMW E90 M3 sedan. Everyone told me it was too heavy, being a dct it wasn't a real drivers car, and it needed alot of maintaince. 2 years after selling it I miss it so much I'm looking at buying another.
Had a Porsche 944 in guards red, manual in lovely condition with history back in 2007. Snapped my achilles playing cricket that summer, was off work for 3 months so had to sell it...pretty rare now in that nick and worth a bloody fortune😫😫
The 130i is the one that got away for me too. Difference is I've never owned one but feel like I have a hole in my car history for not having had one. I'd have wanted an earlier one with the hydraulic steering but they're just a bit old for a daily for me now, especially as I have a 20 year old weekend toy that takes a lot of work. Yup, should have got one after my E36 328is which I had for 7 years and utterly adored.
Several. The main one was my 944 Turbo. It was the spec anyone would want if they were in the market for a modified 951. Early 91 car KW V3s, 965/928GTS Big Black brakes with matching refurbed rears. Wortec Switchable exhaust. New dashboard, and suspension/bushes/mounts. Chipped and running a Stage 1 Intercooler, resulting in 290BHP. 17" Cup 1s. It came from the factory with the Sports seats. New cooling system throughout, along with new wings and sills. Oh, and it had the factory LSD with the transaxle cooler It was an ex-ProMax Motorsport director's car (Andrew Sweetenaham's) and my buddies and EMC Motorsport had it and sold it to me. It was a very sorted car. It left EMC with a rebuilt head as well. It shifted quicker than it had any right to with that power level. It handled better than it had any right to. it just took everything so well in its stride. Make no mistake, I've mad the M3 more 'me' over the years, but that 944 Turbo left a big impression. Which is why I sold it. It had a few miles under the belt (180k to exact) but compared to alot of lower mileage brethren you'd never have known ; it was leagues ahead of the 120k mile S2 I had years before. Why did I sell the 944 Turbo? The mileage worried me. Not about reliability, but saleability, which TBH was stupid. I doubt I've have ever sold that car TBH. My low mileage Stag at the time was also haemorrhaging cash hand over fist. Bar the engine, almost everything else had work over the 5 turbulent years I owned it. Sure I did all of the work on it, but it never stopped. It didn't when the next owner took it over, which ironically was Roger Keys from ProMax/MonkFish Performance. He let me know that the 951 was a great car. When I see what 951s are worth now, that really doesn't help.
My 1988 Celica with the 4AGE.. popup headlights, very nice seats, cool green/greyish colour, did many smaller mods to it. Sold it to get a 1990 Celica GT4.. 😅 ended up not buying the GT4 as the seller had entirely lied about its condition!
My first car, a 1989 Volkswagen Polo. I think I've got the owners number somewhere so going to give them a ring when I sell my old daily and get paid next week. Wish me luck! I just bought a 530i Touring with this engine and it is indeed a lovely thing. Also high miles at 208k.
My 1988 Mk1 MR2. 1998 Mk2 106 Rallye. And my BMW 323ti as well. As for the likes of my ex 2012 Porsche Cayman S, E46 M3, 2 Evo's, 4 Impreza's and many more, I never missed for a single day.
I've already added my name to the S2000 list. To spin this, the car I was most pleased to see the back of was a Porsche GT3 (996) which is also the most unreliable car I've ever owned . The best car I owned , £ for £ - Fiat Punto
There are few cars I regret selling just because I lost a lot of money on them - like my Mk1 Mazda 3 MPS, but wasn't the car for me. Think my biggest regret is actually when I ended up scrapping my Mk2 Mr2 with V6 engine conversion due to the dreaded tin worm. Had that for 7 years. Carribean blue, pop up headlights, mid engined and a great V6 engine note. Probably the closest thing I got to a "proper" sports car, and nothing really like it around these days (that I can afford anyway).
I had a mk5 Gti in 2014 and had to sell it due to having another child and needed a bigger family car. Nearly bought another one early 2020 but when I test drove it, it was more nostalgia that was making me want another one. Got an E90 330D instead.
All during the video I was thinking "buy it back!". I'd thank you for the happy ending, but that doesn't seem proper. My seller's remorse? A big-bumper 1992 GTI 16v (Mk II). It was US-spec with the Recaro interior, BBS wheels, and quad headlights. It was prepared for track-based autocross but remained street-legal. It was later totaled by its next owner.
I regret selling my E36 M3 Turbo with full lightweight interior (super rare, 1 of 170, if memory serves). It was used, but babied since new and I ended up effectively giving it to one of my friends who wanted to race it at the track. At the time, I thought I'd rather have someone enjoy it rather than it sit in my garage (drove maybe ~3k miles/year). Today, however... I wish I kept it. There are very few cars which I feel as passionate about today.
