maccmike
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 08:19 AM |
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What are your motoring regrets?
Several years ago, I was offered a private plate for very little money but had even less to fund the purchase. It was my name followed by my surnames
first initial. A near identical one - M1 KEG is for sale for £35k!!!! Gutted!!!!
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ali f27
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 08:26 AM |
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selling my cooper s for £350 30 years ago
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mookaloid
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 08:36 AM |
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Not buying my dads Mk1 Range Rover off him when he got rid of it 
like this one:
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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TheGiantTribble
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 08:39 AM |
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Easy, there is two.
1 selling my Triumph Herald after 20 years of ownership because I didn't have time to rebuild her, then 3 months later being made redundant, so
I did have the time.
2 When I was 19 buying a house instead of putting the money into a season of formula ford. Yes I was being sensible, and I hate myself for it.
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loggyboy
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 08:54 AM |
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Getting caught speeding so many times!
Mistral Motorsport
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Nickp
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 08:55 AM |
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Selling my RX7 Turbo II
Yes it was a 'rotter' but it would have made a stonking donor car now!! 
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 09:03 AM |
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Sending my Mk1 Cortina to the grave yard instead of keeping her going.
AND not spending the money I spent on the engine on a house instead. In 1980 £2000+ would have mostly bought a house in this area.
Oh the devil and the deep blue sea, .........................
Hind sight is a wonderful thing.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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D Beddows
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 09:06 AM |
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Giving a MK11 2 door Cortina exactly like the 'Get Carter' one to the scrapman about 6 months before any old Ford in any condition started
to be worth really stupid money
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mcerd1
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 09:28 AM |
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selling both my first and second tin-tops....
first an almost mint Mk1 fiesta 1.1l with 50k on the clock (half of that was done by me) sold for £300 - sorting the body would have cost me £500
(I've seen worse ones selling for £1500 now )
and second an s1 106 1.0 in poverty spec - carb, 4 gears and no toys at all (not even a rear wiper) one of the cheapest A to B's ever
once worked out the total cost inc. petrol, incurance, repairs etc... = less than 16p a mile! - sold it to mango for his adventure to rome and back,
should of kept it and used the money its replacement has cost me to finish the dax
[edit]
and letting my dad give away a sripped down (but complete) super imp for free
only needed a little body work before rebuilding...
[Edited on 24/7/2012 by mcerd1]
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melly-g
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 09:34 AM |
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Getting rid of my MK1 Escort 1300E. It would be worth a fortune now
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Stott
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 10:09 AM |
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Giving up my delivery slot for a mk1 focus rs because I got tetchy spending £21k on it, could have had it a year and still turned a 4k profit, cock
Did get my 2k deposit back though
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big-vee-twin
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 10:11 AM |
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Selling my metalic yellow Megane 230 F1 Team R26
Duratec Engine is fitted, MS2 Extra V3 is assembled and tested, engine running, car now built. IVA passed 26/02/2016
http://www.triangleltd.com
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T66
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 10:25 AM |
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Selling my Lada.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 10:34 AM |
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Crashing my old peugeot 205.
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whitestu
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 10:41 AM |
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Giving away my very solid part restored Alfasud Sprint Trofeo and a shed load of spares.
Stu
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 10:59 AM |
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Selling a metro I once owned. C869EUD.
Could not afford to keep it
www.shock-factory.co.uk
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nick205
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 11:00 AM |
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1. Selling my last 205 GTI for £500 - it was a minter and now probably worth 5-6 times that
2. Buying a mk3 Escort 1.1 popular - it was an absolute nail of a car
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contaminated
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 11:14 AM |
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1. Crashing my first mini a week before my test!
2. Getting rid of all of my other minis (including a 1275 GT, a 1974 de-seamed job that I re-built and a 850 I sold for £21 and a packet of fags!)
2. Strangely selling my wife's MPI Seicento Sporting which was a cracking little car I'd now like to have as a runaround or do an engine
swap with.
Tiger Super Six Independent
www.southernkitcars.com
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 11:14 AM |
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Not been in a position (financially) to develop the MKGT1 into a race winning proposition during my RGB days, I had the time but not the funds.
Oddly enough I could now find the budget but don't have the time.
Another regret that will stay for ever is selling my old MK1 escort, now that is regret.
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scootz
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 11:17 AM |
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Selling my Exige.
Selling my Caterham.
Not buying a 340R.
It's Evolution Baby!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 11:21 AM |
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scrapping my perfectly good mk5 cortina when I listened to others who just looked down at it as an old car, now I can't even afford as good a
cortina as mine was
hence I'm keeping my bluebird regardless of people opinions about as they sound just like the twits did with the cortina and I like it anyway
[Edited on 24/7/12 by Mr Whippy]
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Benzine
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 11:30 AM |
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buying a ford
selling charade gtti
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coozer
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 11:42 AM |
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All sorts really...
'74 Marina 1.8TC
'81 Mk2 1.6 Escort
'80 Yamaha RD350LC x 2
'80 Kawasaki Z1000
'75 Honda 400/4
'79 Honda XL100
'72 Yamaha DT250
And, really, I wish I had kept ALL the bikes I've ever had
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 11:48 AM |
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Selling My Locost!
Oh, hang on I haven't sold it yet!!!!!
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loggyboy
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| posted on 24/7/12 at 11:52 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeCapon
Selling a metro I once owned. C869EUD.
Could not afford to keep it
yum... 6R4
Mistral Motorsport
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