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The cars your glad you didn't buy.
- buzyg
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The cars your glad you didn't buy.
I remember when I was much much younger I always wanted a sports car. So which one was it I here you asking.
The Nissan 100NX.
I saw one today in decent nick too. What a horrid plain looking thing it is.
What was I thinking.
So my question to you good folks. Have you ever wanted a car, then seen one a few years later and thought. I'm glad I didn't buy that.
The Nissan 100NX.
I saw one today in decent nick too. What a horrid plain looking thing it is.
What was I thinking.
So my question to you good folks. Have you ever wanted a car, then seen one a few years later and thought. I'm glad I didn't buy that.
- Chris_D
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The cars your glad you didn't buy.
Nissan 350z. Chose an older E46 M3 instead.
350z would have been.....a mistake.
350z would have been.....a mistake.
E85 3.0i roadie (03) 'Benny'. E93 320d M-Sport Cabrio (11) 'Bob'.
'Always different, always the same.' John Peel on The Fall.
'Always different, always the same.' John Peel on The Fall.
- ZermattV
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The cars your glad you didn't buy.
Almost bought an MGF ... Whilst awaited a test drive I drove an MX-5 , I couldn't believe how bad the MGF was in comparison when I eventually drove one.
Awaiting an Alpine A110
2016 M-Sport Fiesta ST
- Previously - 997 Targa - Z4M 2006 - Z4 3.0 Roadster - MX-5 1.8 Phoenix
2016 M-Sport Fiesta ST
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- Roundozo
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Fiat coupe. Enough said.
Past - Z4 Coupe, gone but not forgotten
Present - 530d M sport touring
Present - 530d M sport touring
- Mr Tidy
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Back in the late 70s I looked at a Jaguar 420 that was being sold by a friend of a friend, but it had some serious rot so I gave that a miss!
Then I looked at a Fiat 124 Spyder. Lovely looking car, but they were all LHD and this was a tired one at a back-street trader's "premises" in Streatham - probably a money-pit!
Then a year or so later I looked at a Fiat 130 Saloon - great car, but this one wasn't!
As you can tell, I had a Fiat thing going on at the time!
Then I looked at a Fiat 124 Spyder. Lovely looking car, but they were all LHD and this was a tired one at a back-street trader's "premises" in Streatham - probably a money-pit!
Then a year or so later I looked at a Fiat 130 Saloon - great car, but this one wasn't!
As you can tell, I had a Fiat thing going on at the time!
Coupes because stunning!
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- buzyg
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Wash your mouth out. Second best car Bangle ever signed off.Roundozo wrote:Fiat coupe. Enough said.
- Yorkie Z
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I really dodged a bullet, I almost bought a BMW Z4 coupe looking back I would of felt so trapped in one of those ugly things
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- RayM
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The cars your glad you didn't buy.
Back in the 80's (yes I'm that old) I nearly bought a Lancia HPE (High performance estate) The strap line was "it could carry a ton and do a ton" or something like that.
Anyway, I got the insurance quote and went white.
6 months later I sold the Dolomite privately and within 2 weeks the exhaust had fell off and the gearbox packed up....
Very lucky escape with the Lancia though I think
I was going to trade in my Dolomite Sprint at the time but after the salesman took her for a test drive he told me the gearbox was on the way out and some other crap (or so I thought) to offer a lower trade in.Anyway, I got the insurance quote and went white.
6 months later I sold the Dolomite privately and within 2 weeks the exhaust had fell off and the gearbox packed up....
Very lucky escape with the Lancia though I think
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Melbourne Red 35iS (Gone to a new Home)
3.0 SE E85 Maldives blue (Now gone but not forgotten)
Previous toys:- 2.0 Litre Westy, 993 C4
- Roundozo
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Styling might have been on the money but the build quality and frequency of things failing.buzyg wrote:Wash your mouth out. Second best car Bangle ever signed off.Roundozo wrote:Fiat coupe. Enough said.
Past - Z4 Coupe, gone but not forgotten
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Present - 530d M sport touring
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I really wanted an RX8 when they first came out. I would still like one despite the well advertised issues. Glad I didn't as they have taken a real price hit and I would have lost a big chunk- think they were about £15k when I was looking.
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- buzyg
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Don't know what you mean. In 10 years of ownership, mine cost me just less than 22k in repairs. Not including normal running costs.Roundozo wrote:Styling might have been on the money but the build quality and frequency of things failing.buzyg wrote:Wash your mouth out. Second best car Bangle ever signed off.Roundozo wrote:Fiat coupe. Enough said.
I'll take the rose tinted specs off one day.
- Roundozo
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buzyg wrote:Don't know what you mean. In 10 years of ownership, mine cost me just less than 22k in repairs. Not including normal running costs.Roundozo wrote:Styling might have been on the money but the build quality and frequency of things failing.buzyg wrote:
Wash your mouth out. Second best car Bangle ever signed off.
I'll take the rose tinted specs off one day.
Past - Z4 Coupe, gone but not forgotten
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Present - 530d M sport touring
- cj10jeeper
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The cars your glad you didn't buy.
I so wanted a Renault 15 or 17 back in the late 70's - Perhaps not surprising as at the time I was driving a red Renault 12 (don't ask)
So glad I got over that and never did buy either
So glad I got over that and never did buy either
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Gone but not forgotten Z4 3.0i SE Roadster ///M front, Red ///M leather seats, Aero sills
Gone but not forgotten Z4 3.0i SE Roadster ///M front, Red ///M leather seats, Aero sills
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Rob s wrote:I really wanted an RX8 when they first came out. I would still like one despite the well advertised issues. Glad I didn't as they have taken a real price hit and I would have lost a big chunk- think they were about £15k when I was looking.
My best friend paid £22k for one back in 2005 and sold it 8 months later for £10k, 6 months later and they were £6k ..shocking
- Ducklakeview
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When I was a finance manager at a Fiat dealership back in the late 90's, I had about half a dozen of these as my demo's. Last one being the Special edition (they had all been 20v turbos) What a car at the time!buzyg wrote:Wash your mouth out. Second best car Bangle ever signed off.Roundozo wrote:Fiat coupe. Enough said.
Mike