Whats the worst "shouldn't have sold that" you've ever heard of?

"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
03/13/2018 at 18:20 • Filed to: None

In 4th grade (2001) my friend’s dad picked me up in a brown air cooled 911. It was sensory overload: acceleration pushing me back into the tiny rear buckets, hearing an amazing engine note that was behind me , and just being in a classic car. That got me hooked for life. I loved that car. He traded it for a Buell...

DISCUSSION (36)

Nibby > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 18:40

not car related but I regret selling this

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interstate366, now In The Industry > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 18:41

I once read of someone trading an NSX in for a Prius. (In before “that’s what Honda did”)

lone_liberal > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 18:48

I don’t have a lot of experience with really nice or unusual cars, but my dad has stories of my uncle and the Ford Skyliner retractable hard top he owned in the early 60s. The stories center mostly on keeping the top working which wasn’t easy and the reason he got rid of it for a boring sedan. I also barely remember the 63 Galaxie convertible and 57 Fairlane (312 Thunderbird Special engine) that my dad had at various times that eventually morphed in to the series of boring pickups that I knew as a teen. Yes, I come from a Ford family.

AM3R, lost another burner > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 18:58

Little different since we didn’t “let go” but I guess it’s a nice “what could have been”.

Back before I could drive, my dad was looking for a new car (which ultimately would probably end up mine years later when I could drive) so I was going around with him looking at cars. Saw an E30 M3 with about 200k, needed paint. Besides that it ran great and had a straight body with a nice interior. Asking price was <$10k. Forgot the exact price but it was low enough to where I was brainstorming how I could come up with the money to buy it myself.

My dad bought a V6 accord instead.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 18:59

My dad sold his ‘66(?) Plymouth Fury III Wagon with stick and the HO 383 (4bbl) with HD suspension and brake options to a highschool kid who wrapped it around a tree in less than a week. Turns out there may have been fewer than 8 equipped that way ever built.

Kinja'd!!!

like this, but a III, instead of a II, and full of 383/4bbl loudness.

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 19:03

My Neighbor owned a 80's 911 in purple. bought it for 40,000 and barely drove it and put out an ad on it for 44,000. A man sees the ad and buys the car for 44,000. Six months later, my neighbor buys a book on Ferdinand Porsche and is reading it, when all of the sudden, he sees the car he sold. Turns out, that was one of three cars Ferry Porsche had signed in the 80's and was worth 200,000.

Spanfeller is a twat > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner
03/13/2018 at 19:16

I know someone who almost sold a 993 Turbo for a 997 turbo S; thankfully they never did and I got to drive that amazing 993

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 19:16

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 19:18

Not auto, but real estate.

My grandpa sold a 7 bedroom house in Southampton NY in the 70s for close to 100K (a huge profit over the purchase price a decade or so earlier).

It’s worth about 5 million now.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Nibby
03/13/2018 at 19:19

I regret selling my Sun 3/110... but my electric bill was much more manageable after it went...

Kinja'd!!!

I remember when I first got it and booted it for the first time (found in a dumpster) the firmware advised me to check the system clock as it indicated 3426 days since last boot. The clock was less than a minute off.

B_dol > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 19:20

Longtime neighbor of mine sold his Porsche 993 Turbo (6 speed, no A/C,no sunroof stripper car) for a 991.1 variant as he could no longer comfortably get in the old car. At my wedding he quipped “would have handed it over to you if I knew you were into cars” !()%!&(_@!!@$!

Nibby > Spanfeller is a twat
03/13/2018 at 19:24

marry that person

Nibby > Spanfeller is a twat
03/13/2018 at 19:24

marry that person

Spanfeller is a twat > Nibby
03/13/2018 at 19:31

I think it’d be more financially smart if I hooked them up with the local Porsche technician

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 19:35

Not should’ve never sold, but should’ve bought. Right after I got my permit I found an E30 325ix Sedan. Auto, but still, AWD E30. Reasonably priced at ~$3500 if I remember right. Car was clean besides some light hail damage and some corrosion by the battery. I at the time didn’t know how special it was and moved on to something else rather quick because of the two issues stated above. Regret that to this day.

Nibby > Spanfeller is a twat
03/13/2018 at 19:35

acceptable

Noah - Now with more boost. > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner
03/13/2018 at 19:38

Wow. That’s gonna be hard for anyone to top!

Noah - Now with more boost. > Nibby
03/13/2018 at 19:39

Those speakers! Unless they’ve been thrown out, I have the same HKs in the basement. The “everything is wood glue colored” era of computing was interesting...

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 19:40

In the early to mid 1930's, my great-grandfather owned a furniture factory in Germany and wanted to surprise my great-grandmother, so he bought her a new Mercedes. She was concerned that such an extravagant car would attract unwanted attention to a Jewish during what was becoming a less than friendly time.

They fled to America on a ship called the New Amsterdam not long afterwards. Two weeks later came a night that would eventually be known as Kristallnacht. They got out just in time and wouldn’t have retained the car anyways, but I wish I at least knew more about what it was.

Noah - Now with more boost. > B_dol
03/13/2018 at 19:40

NOOOO

Noah - Now with more boost. > lone_liberal
03/13/2018 at 19:40

Nothing wrong with a Ferd!

Noah - Now with more boost. > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
03/13/2018 at 19:41

Ugh. As a mopar guy this kills me.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
03/13/2018 at 19:42

That’s funny, I have a similar 80s BMW story. I was looking for E24s when I was a teenager and ended up with a great one, but passed on a euro model that was all the way up in northern vermont. It was also $3500 and I’ll never forgive myself for not checking out at the very least.

Noah - Now with more boost. > interstate366, now In The Industry
03/13/2018 at 19:42

Yikes. Makes you wonder if they even enjoyed the NSX.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
03/13/2018 at 19:44

:O yeah that’s pretty lit. That is happening to baby boomers who bought Boston area apartments in the 70s/80s that are now worth millions. We have some family friends who paid low 6 figures for a place a very long time ago and sold it for 2.5

Noah - Now with more boost. > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/13/2018 at 19:44

I’m partial to street nuts. Cashews please and I’ll take two.

Noah - Now with more boost. > AM3R, lost another burner
03/13/2018 at 19:45

Hey at least it was the V6! My parents were all about the 4 bangers. No fun.

Noah - Now with more boost. > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
03/13/2018 at 19:46

That’s a wild story. There couldn’t have been many models offered around then, maybe it was something outrageous like a 500k!

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 20:01

Nah, as much as I’d love to believe that, they were well-off, not super rich. Think E-Class, not SLR.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 20:04

In the early 2000’s, my grandfather sold his 1973 Sierra with 30k original miles for like $2500.

syaieya > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 20:05

My dad has had a few good ones come and go at the wrong time. E type jag, 190SL, vw microbusses, 70 charger.

At this point all ive passed up on was a red FD rx7 and a red 280GE. But those were a I could of bought them if i had the guts to put down the cash

My bird IS the word > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 20:40

My grandma told me a story about her old house, her whole extended family lived in a massive house. She told me they used to have a player piano, they couldn’t find anybody who wanted it so it got destroyed and thrown out.

dropthatclutch > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 21:42

Happened last week actually. Wanted to trade in my Saturn Sky Redline. I wanted $7,500, and was willing to take $7k. They offered $8,400 and I jumped at it. Traded it on a Saturday. They flipped it for $20k cash by the following Wednesday.

ihm96 > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 22:04

I just bought an old E34 to replace my clownshoe. Drove to Ohio for it after seeing it had 60k miles a stick shift a v8 and was the same exact color as my Z3. It was fate

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/13/2018 at 22:28

My aunt sold her FC RX-7 for a Sebring Convertible...

itranthelasttimeiparkedit > Noah - Now with more boost.
03/20/2018 at 23:37

I feel like everybody had those at one point