What's the one thing you regret selling the most?

As the title suggests, what's the one thing you regret selling the most?

Maybe not because of value, although that often is a good reason.
It can be anything, car or bike, a picture. Just something that from the moment you parted with it you said to yourself, heck that was a mistake!

You might have been young and naïve or just not thinking to straight.
To be honest I've been guilty of both all to often but hindsight!

My story is of my first Motorbike.
I was 8 at the time (+40 years older now).
My Dad found for me a Suzuki 80cc (sport, circa 1965) for sale in the next Village from us for 25 pound (seemed like a lot at the time).
Always wanted a bike, didn't really care what it was as long as it would go!

This is a stock picture.

 
Brought the bike home and got it running. Dark metallic red, burgundy more like.
Learnt how to fall off and sometimes even to ride it.
Sold it about four years later (35 pound) but before that I'd taught myself (with my Dad's help) a lot, many times the hard way.
Moved on to a Suzuki TS 125 which I paid for having worked my butt off for my Dad.

15 years later I was invited round to my Fiancées house for Sunday lunch (it was summer time and NO it didn't work out between us).
As I was waiting for lunch I took a walk around the garden (it was fairly big). As I walked past the garden shed I saw something covered up with old plastic fertilizer bags.

Had to have a l@@k didn't I.
Low and behold it was another Suzuki 80cc Sport, not mine though.
I thought daffodil I don't believe it as there were not that many imported into Europe. I heard later around 265 but I've never checked.

I asked my future Father in law about the bike and he said, Oh I've had it for about 20 years  (I get on it sometimes and just ride around the garden) but I'd like to get rid of it.
It looked in fairly good nick and as I new just about everything about the bike I asked him if he would sell it to me?
To which he replied, "Mike, just take it away".

Never got round to it and my relationship ended about 6 months later!

lessons learned.
Don't ever make the same mistake twice.
Never ever look at gift horse in the mouth.

40 years on and from time to time I still think about what a plonker I was.
For the Girl or bike, you can decide!

But I still have my Honda Monkey built 1973 (80cc, semi-automatic)
It's only done 3.5K officially from new. Car and bike will go to my Son!

Love to get some sort of carrier so that I can hang it on the back of my Cabby.

So what's your story?  :tlc:

Mike.

4249DF mercedes diesel,was a complete shed,but i loved it,should have done a restoration,but back then i didnt have the time space or cash flow really   was a right pain to start too  
Bert

I regret selling my gorgeous bike. I bought it brand new in '98, S reg.
i had it up until about 4 years ago.
I have nerve and muscle damage in my right arm, which has deteriorated slowly over time. It got to the point where I couldnt ride for more than a few minutes without extreme pain… I couldnt bear the though of keep looking at it staring at me in the garage every day…  :cry:
A mate bought it off me, but he cant ride for toffee, so sold it onto someone else I knew. He still has it, and can ride quite well.
Sunny days, whether cold or warm are horrid without a bike to blitz about on, hence buying the cabrio to enjoy some sort of freedom driving!
I did have a Bandit with straight bars for a few months, but the arm is so knackered I couldnt manage that either.  
So I miss my bike terribly, and having to admit I cant ride anymore is soul destroying.
I miss not doing track days either. you cant get your knee down in a cab…  :roll:
Thank goodness for my cheeky cabrio, which makes me smile when I drive it.
 :mrgreen:  :cheer:

I too regret selling my bike, it was a 2004 Kwak z1000 and I loved it, I sold it to buy an Audi A4 that gave me nothing but grief

Here she is









Definitely getting another one !!!!

Cheers, Andy.

Lurvely wheels, Andy!
I still have my leathers, lid and paddock stand. Just cant get rid of EVERYTHING!
 

MrsCabrio said

Lurvely wheels, Andy!
I still have my leathers, lid and paddock stand. Just cant get rid of EVERYTHING!
 

I'm the same, still got everything. You never know when you'll need them, even if it's just to get on the back of one. :wink:

Regret selling my Peugeot 205GTI when my daughter was born. Needed the money. She was a one owner minter with 56k on the clock. Still miss her to this day.

The Wife………

Still cant find a decent cook,cleaner and general dogs body, but hey ho.

No really i had a 1200 Bandit Black and all chromed up bored out to 1250 it had a yoshi exhaust and went like ….well you know what but it gave way for my cabby because the wife caught me doing  a ton+ or in her words i saw a blur and i knew it was you so get rid before you kill yourself, so i did and along came the mk1 but i dont regret selling it.

MK1 Escort Mexico with full RS500 conversion god she was quick!!

collo16v said

MK1 Escort Mexico with full RS500 conversion god she was quick!!

Lovely car that mate!! I quite fancy one myself once I get the golf done.

Mine is my mk2 xr2 all colour coded in aqua metallic blue,was a minter and bloody quick too for its day (1998) I used to love beating xr2i's at the lights,I'd love another one,maybe one day  :pray:

So so didnt want to sell this but,due to ill health it had to go :cry:  :cry:

sphmk1 said

Mine is my mk2 xr2 all colour coded in aqua metallic blue,was a minter and bloody quick too for its day (1998) I used to love beating xr2i's at the lights,I'd love another one,maybe one day  :pray:

Blimey, those were the days! I worked at Perry's in Rayleigh in Essex on the RS bay on those things… And xr3i's, xr4x4's and all the rs's. are you sure it was a '98? Do you mean '88?  :dontknow:

it`s not a regret `selling` thing, but a long time ago i had a set of escort mk1 rs 140mph clocks that`d been hanging around for years, and being young + stupid, i thought it`d be great fun to get the air rifle out and shoot them to pieces..DOH !!  
my mate has recently bought a mk1 rs and tells me that these clocks are now big (ish) money.

this,


profesional body restoration, 16v conversion, was a very very tidy solid car, i was crying like a child when it drove away

sold it in 2003 way too cheap to pay the solicotors fees when buying my house,

as a kick in the balls i later found out as i was buying on a council estate i was exempt from stamp duty so i could have kept it.

sold it for £1350 :-(

My Caddy. Knew I'd never be able to find another 2 owner, reasonable mileage, FSH, rust free truck but running mine and Mrs dailys, the GTI and Cabrio, nowhere to keep it out of the weather, extra insurance etc but looking back wished I'd just found somehere to park it up.

Got no pictures ov it but for those who are old enough toremember the 70's  I bought a mint Lambretta SX150, mirrors and all, for a fiver (£5) from our local scrap yard, kick start had broken off and the previous owner had tried to run it on red diesel so I had to drain the tank and put 2 stroke in, asked around at school if anyone knew anyone had a kick start and a mate said his dad had a complete scooter I could have with one on it.
Turned out to be a complete Li150 stashed in his chicken shed with all the bits still in tact, keys lights mirrors the lot but my Dad wouldn't fetch it for me so I walked to this farm and pushed it home which was about 6 miles, rode it down hill but that wasn't far, took me till 9pm (from about 9am) to get it back exhausted I was (I was 14) slashed it down with rain most of the day but I was determined although it was 5 times the weight of me, knew I was on to a good earner because Quadrophenia had just been released at the time.
Ended up getting the SX running and sold it for a massive tenner, rode the Li for about a year on the field and then had it nicked and found it in the canal a few months later so left it there.
This is the reason I became a Plumber and not a bike/scooter dealer.. these things are now worth thousands each!

Hahaa, you can still get them Mr potatoe heads OEM from Toys R us fella

Sold my golf rallye on the search for better fuel economy I should have just found storage for it and tidied it up over the years, and my late L reg polo g40 with non sunroof shell. Oh bugger