What car have you sold that you regret most?

[Rays 007 #15]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

I would have to say my 2006 Lincoln pickup. Right after I bought it I received in the mail an exact model in a clear plastic display case with the vin number on a gold label. A letter was enclosed stating that I was one of the very first to purchase a 2006 Lincoln pickup and this was a thank you gift. It was burgundy with light tan leather interior. Still have the model.

[Rondor]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

Well I too have many regrets and the unpredictable high values aren't the main reason, but have to be a factor in my regrets. After reading these posts I tried to pick biggest regret. Lot harder than I would have thunk. Each one seems to have a different memory, effect and meaning in today's world. I think just on personal appeal it would be my 1936 Ford Standard coupe with a factory rumble seat. It was many years later before I realized how rare that car was.

[AZTB]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

Like others, too many to count. On any given day it could be any one of 40 vehicles I've owned over the years. Only ones I don't regret getting rid of are those which were a total (mechanical) PITA.

[merlot4]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

Yes, that is the one Ted and I both missed, the gull wing. I don't have $1m of regret, in fact, I have no regret, it would have been a mistake for me. The exquisite lens, among other things, that my E-Type ate, that I regret and is the car I was happiest to be rid of! Nothing wrong with looking back and musing over "what if" as long as you leave it like that.

[Elijahbird7]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

My first car, a 1956 Buick Roadmaster 2 door hardtop Blue, White, Blue, and my 2nd car, an Acapulco Blue 1960 Thunderbird hardtop. A 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III was a great car as well.

[Quickdraw]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

1961 Ford Sunliner convertible with 390 CI 375 HP from the factory with 3 deuces and four on the floor added later. Sold it & got my first Thunderbird, a 1965 Brittany Blue.

[JerriLampon]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

I was in college and the foreign car garage owner offered to sell me his 300sl that he had imported and used himself -it was perfect, for $5,000, which, like you, was an impossibly high amount. Wonderful car, but I would never have been able to afford to care for it, so just as well. Still one of the neatest cars of all time, though.

If this is the one you mean, Mercedes SLs are going for over $1M these days. That's a LOT of regret, but we make our decisions based on circumstances
and we can never look back.

[merlot4]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

Just about every one! TR3B, Alfa 2000, '57 Golden Hawk, Trans Am, Eldo convert, etc.

But, how about the one that got away? In 1964, the shop that cared for my first car, a Volvo P1800, offered me a Mercedes 300 SL coupe. Said it was a lemon, and they were tired of trying to keep it running. Offered to trade it for my Volvo and $4k. But I had just reenlisted to make the down payment on the used P1800, and to this Spec 4, $4k might as well have be $4m.

I was in college and the foreign car garage owner offered to sell me his 300sl that he had imported and used himself -it was perfect, for $5,000, which, like you, was an impossibly high amount. Wonderful car, but I would never have been able to afford to care for it, so just as well. Still one of the neatest cars of all time, though.

[Blue Heaven]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

1969 Olds 442 convertible
1978 Trans Am with a built 455...it was awesome.

[11TH GEN]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

If regret means unable to predict the future value IE: 60's Corvettes, Mustangs, GTO's and such, then quite a few. If regret just means missing a car that has been sold then several of those too, including my 02 WW. Who knows, I always keep my eyes open.

[Brad]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

I regret selling my 2002 Thunderbird, and also my 2003 Thunderbird, but I bought a different 2002 Thunderbird, so the regret isn't so bad.

[FEsTbird]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

I sold my1965 Mustang when we moved from Dallas to Silicon Valley.

[DaiUyTed]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

Just about every one! TR3B, Alfa 2000, '57 Golden Hawk, Trans Am, Eldo convert, etc.

But, how about the one that got away? In 1964, the shop that cared for my first car, a Volvo P1800, offered me a Mercedes 300 SL coupe. Said it was a lemon, and they were tired of trying to keep it running. Offered to trade it for my Volvo and $4k. But I had just reenlisted to make the down payment on the used P1800, and to this Spec 4, $4k might as well have be $4m.

[clenet]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

Again, too many to count, top three 1957 Covette, 1967 GTO triple white conv w/ac, SJ Duesenberg. Oh to turn the clock back!

[jerrym3]

Re: What car have you sold that you regret most?

1967, I sold my 65 Stingray roadster, 4/sp, 327/300, two tops, Nassau Blue in and out. I still have a few photos of the car in my den.

Had to make a choice between keeping the car or buying furniture for me and my new bride.

Furniture won.