Mine is that mint Corsa I owned. At the time the head gasket had gone, MOT about to expire, tax about to expire so selling was my only option. Since then I have aquired a rather large rented shed with room for a pony and a swimming pool. So I now wished I had sorned it and shuffed it in my shed while I hoped for a mirricle with radweld stuff.
That car is still on the road now with a fresh MOT and tax, I bet the new owner paid a lot more than the £250 I sold it for.
My dads car went for its quick pre MOT inspection today and they reckon it will fail on welding (passanger floor pan). I knew this had a bit of rust on it, but they reckon when the MOT man prods it bits of the floor could fall off rendering it a fail. The rear anti roll bar has a bit of play in it as does the wishbones but that might be an advisory.
All of the sudden a mint Corsa with a head gasket problems seems a much better bet than a 12 year old Fiesta made out of rust. I have made clear that the Panda is to go no where near my dad (he will have it looking like a MK1 Panda in a years time) but I wish I had kept that Corsa in case I found a cheap engine and a bloke called Gaz to fit it that had just escaped from Strangeways.
I think mostly likely the Fiesta will get to see one last final MOT but it really has sunk into a bangermatics now. So yes in a funny way I am missing the Corsa I iwsh I had kept it as a project car.
So any cars you wish you had not sold or sold too cheaply? I also regret not selling my red Fiesta a week sooner. I had just written a draft add for ebay wanting £250 for it, an hour later the engine finally died. Although if I did sell it I suspect I may have got a brick thrown through my window.
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