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Surrey Dave

posted on 24/7/12 at 12:07 PM Reply With Quote
Tiger Cub

Selling Triumph Tiger Cub Trials for £7.50 !

Selling immaculate 1978 monoshock Yamaha DT250mx when it only needed a new pilot jet!

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MikeCapon

posted on 24/7/12 at 12:32 PM Reply With Quote
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Selling a metro I once owned. C869EUD.

Could not afford to keep it


yum... 6R4


Was wondering if anyone would have spotted that. Well done loggyboy. Bought it to sell sadly. It was worth more than my house





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phoenix70

posted on 24/7/12 at 12:35 PM Reply With Quote
Selling my 306 GTI-6
My Modded Peugeot
My Modded Peugeot


The car was a mint low mileage one!!!

oh and selling my MK

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Steve Hignett

posted on 24/7/12 at 12:41 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by MikeCapon
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Originally posted by loggyboy
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Originally posted by MikeCapon
Selling a metro I once owned. C869EUD.

Could not afford to keep it


yum... 6R4


Was wondering if anyone would have spotted that. Well done loggyboy. Bought it to sell sadly. It was worth more than my house


Just noticed this post, read the subtlety of your statement and knowing you, I knew what it would be

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owelly

posted on 24/7/12 at 01:49 PM Reply With Quote
I felt sorry for my mates brother who was moving from Whitby to Rugby (that wasn't why I was feeling sorry for him) as he was skint so hitch-hiking up and down carrying as much of his gear as he could carry each time, so I lent him my Minivan. It was my first (legal) car that I leant to drive in and it was ace. I never saw it again. Mates brother said it broke down on the way back from Rugby so he got out and hitch hiked home. He had no idea where he left it.





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Twin40

posted on 24/7/12 at 02:12 PM Reply With Quote
selling this (stickers for lemans)




and this

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[Edited on 24/7/12 by Twin40]

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Agriv8

posted on 24/7/12 at 03:04 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by MikeCapon
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Originally posted by loggyboy
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Originally posted by MikeCapon
Selling a metro I once owned. C869EUD.

Could not afford to keep it


yum... 6R4


Was wondering if anyone would have spotted that. Well done loggyboy. Bought it to sell sadly. It was worth more than my house


there was one at Croft at the weekend had 4 year old in tow So only real racing cars were the Formula Renults. so did not get chance for a proper look.

ATB Agriv8





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Ivan

posted on 24/7/12 at 04:33 PM Reply With Quote
Not buying a genuine red 289 Cobra for 2000 pounds in 1972 - I had the money but not the time to get it back to Cape Town from the then Salisbury Rhodesia before tech started. (There was an orange Lambo Muira in the showroom as well for similar money but I thought that I stood a better chance of driving the Cobra the 3000 km home without a breakdown - still think I was right..)
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mangogrooveworkshop

posted on 24/7/12 at 04:53 PM Reply With Quote
Not buying a genuine lotus s2 for 10000 rand not many years back
For selling both my sevens

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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 Well What can I say after making her famous she went on for another 20k after I put 20 k on her






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unijacko67

posted on 24/7/12 at 04:56 PM Reply With Quote
Wee Willie Winkie 101

First car I messed about with was a morris minor traveller with the wood and pop out indicators, anyway it must have broke down or failed its mot. I took it to bits aged about 6 or so, just stripped the loom and got covered with tar like stuff. Anyway my old Dad scrapped it a few months later. Now get this, the reg plate was WWW 101 this was before the world wide web was around. Whish I had that reg still. I can remember reg as we used to call the car wee willie winkie.

What would that reg number be worth today.





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iank

posted on 24/7/12 at 05:18 PM Reply With Quote
Selling my part-built freestyle buggy when I lost my job
Selling my tuned mini to pay for my honeymoon
Not buying the GTM Coupe kit when I was 20.





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mookaloid

posted on 24/7/12 at 05:33 PM Reply With Quote
Motoring regrets - I regret letting my wife drive my Alfa Romeo which she crashed





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westf27

posted on 24/7/12 at 06:00 PM Reply With Quote
just in case you forgot

quote:
Originally posted by Surrey Dave
Selling Triumph Tiger Cub Trials for £7.50 !

Selling immaculate 1978 monoshock Yamaha DT250mx when it only needed a new pilot jet!




thought it was worse than that,the bloke owes you £7.50 still





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phelpsa

posted on 24/7/12 at 06:18 PM Reply With Quote
Becoming interested in motoring. A cocaine habit would be cheaper and healthier.






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rusty nuts

posted on 24/7/12 at 07:31 PM Reply With Quote
Giving away my old split screen VW camper, crashing my P6 3500S, selling my Mini pick up for peanuts because I had started to build my Locost and couldn't. be bothered to replace the bent front wing. Not buying the XK 150 for £50.00 the Porsche 356 that needed a new wiring loom again for £50.00 and various other cars I could of had
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steve m

posted on 24/7/12 at 07:48 PM Reply With Quote
Not buying a Ferrari dino for £1k cos the sills had rotted (1979) so bought a 2+2 elan

sold a flat floor series 1 etype convertable for £6.5k that i had bought a few weeks earlier for £4.5k and still not on the road 20+ years later

sold 2+2 elan to buy a caravan, for wife and dustbin lids to enjoy, sold two years later, as we had misrable wet holiday in devon

sold a marcus 3 litre, as i was bored with it

Probably more, but depressed now ......................

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se7en

posted on 24/7/12 at 09:02 PM Reply With Quote
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Getting rid of my MK1 Escort 1300E. It would be worth a fortune now


Same here, got rid of my 1972 1300E with 1300GT engine & box for silly money

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bi22le

posted on 24/7/12 at 09:31 PM Reply With Quote
I should of maybe brought a track dedicated track slag and abused it for a few years instead of a se7en. Driving on the roads is not as much fun as I first thought.

I have not owned enough cars to regret any buys or sells and have missed out on the golden days of iconic cars and number plates.





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morcus

posted on 24/7/12 at 09:59 PM Reply With Quote
Swapping my 205 for a new car. I loved the Panda but If I'd put a tiny fraction of the money I spent on it into my 205 it would have been amazing, and I'd have loads of money now. Also not buying a Granada Cosworth I was offered for £250 last year with tax and MOT on it, I could have scrapped it and sent in the tax and made a profit.





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Surrey Dave

posted on 24/7/12 at 10:50 PM Reply With Quote
westf27

westf27

I think that related to the BSA Bantam I sold H.Ball for £2.50 or so , and yes he didn't pay!!


You got a good memory !!, hey that was the Bantam you burnt your leg on!!!

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dhutch

posted on 16/10/12 at 07:50 AM Reply With Quote
Not much to put on here till friday:




Really stupid bit of driving which has caused a lot of work (breaking it as insurance is not worth the premium hike) right when I dont need it.


Daniel

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Macbeast

posted on 16/10/12 at 08:09 AM Reply With Quote
Selling my 1937 SS Jaguar saloon in 1962 for £40 - what I paid for it.
Selling my 1948 MG Y type saloon in 1970 for the same.

But in both cases - nowhere to store them.





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big_wasa

posted on 16/10/12 at 08:39 AM Reply With Quote
Selling my vespa t5 for £200

Dozens of what then where scrapers but are now collectable.

1275 clubman, traveler and god knows what elts.

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T66

posted on 16/10/12 at 08:44 AM Reply With Quote
Not buying my dads friends 1957 Morris 1100 (JFT678) for £100 in 1984


50,000 miles and absolutely immaculate.






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T66

posted on 16/10/12 at 08:46 AM Reply With Quote
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Selling my 1937 SS Jaguar saloon in 1962 for £40 - what I paid for it.






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