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Old Aug 9, 2022 | 06:22 PM
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Ever had seller’s remorse? 🫣

I sold my first car that I purchased almost 14 years ago, it was a 1987 GXL that I miss to this day. I was 18/19 years old and it was my only car and it was just a terrible combination of not having a career therefore not having money to keep maintaining it to keep driving on the road so I had no choice but to sell it. Fast forward to this past weekend and I was able to purchase this 1991 GTU thanks to a coworker who jokingly asked me if I wanted to buy a FC. ::sigh:: Called my wife and said hey, not sure if this post is a scam or not but I think I’m going to send an email to see. Needless to say, it wasn’t lol I now have a garage to put this thing how I want to. So stay tuned, as an adult with a garage but more importantly with a career 😆 I think I’ll get to do it the right way this time. Glad to be back in the forum!!


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Old Nov 16, 2022 | 04:09 PM
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My guy I'm happy for you! I've been in the same situation, purchased a mint 1990 Turbo II with 60k miles at 16 just by luck, asked this older guy if he has thought of selling it, and he actually though it was a good idea and sold it for $5,300 and after the purchase I was not financially stable enough to keep up with it and its fuel hungry ***. Ended up selling it with a profit at 17. Worst decision I have ever made. I still cry about it sometimes.
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Old Dec 19, 2022 | 05:57 AM
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Looks like a good buy on that S5! Yeah I've sold a few cars over the years that I've regretted selling. My all original one owner 91 Toyota MR2, my 94 Corvette, and my very first 10th Anniversary RX-7. I have replacements for each but they're not the same and I miss those three cars the most.
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Old Dec 23, 2022 | 11:12 AM
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Yep. My first car was a '79 Rx-7. Had it three years and after getting out of vocational school and getting a full-time job I got new car fever and traded it in on a brand new '94 civic. About six months later when the new wore off I regretted it and started missing my Rx-7. Finally, after being in that civic for 1&1/2 years I traded into my '89 Rx-7 GTUs I still have now. There have been times over the years I have thought of selling it but knew I'd end up regretting it and never did.
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Old Dec 23, 2022 | 05:34 PM
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My 1st car was a Porsche 914. I bought it for 1800, paid 800 for an engine rebuild, then sold it for 1200 because I was hard up for money.

Now it's worth $20K.
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Old Dec 30, 2022 | 12:31 AM
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Definitely had sellers remorse selling my gtus. Longest owned rx7 I had. Went through 3 engines, a handful of turbo configurations and it was my daily for the longest. I miss it.
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Old Mar 2, 2023 | 01:15 PM
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It's hard to say that I have sellers remorse because I am very content with where I have ended up. My current fleet is:
1983 limited edition
1988 10th anniversary edition
1989 GTUs
1990 Infini
1991 turbo II
​​​​And 2/3 saved up to buy a CYM in todays market!

However there are a few of them that have gotten away over the years I do regret letting go such as this 8/95 montego blue fd i sold for $1,000 around 2012.










Or this 1993 montego blue rhd i sold for $2,000 in 2014. I sold that ultra rare bn sports blister kit for 1k as well. Let's just say when I'm done I'm done 😆





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Old Mar 2, 2023 | 01:26 PM
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There were a few FC's I kinda wish I had held onto. Mostly because they were so low mile and unmolested. Todays prices are crazy and I'm sure I'll never get back anything like it for the 1k I sold it for.

Sold this 1987 no engine or trans for 1k



I would have held onto this 91 brilliant black, i sold it with a new turbo motor to a friend for 500$! But 2012 was a different time lol.



I traded this fc for a Subaru and regretted that instantly. I put a new engine in the fc then traded. The wife had to suby after her red t2 died and that na was not appeasing






There are a couple first gens i miss as well. I wish i had not sold my 1978 rhd savanna. It was a 3/78 turbo model. I gave it away... no engine or trans but free to a friend. He sold it sadly. It had a 13bRE I pulled and gave to another friend to keep his fb rotary! 🙃





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