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Back in the early 2000’s my friend had a big field that we would race cars in until the wheels fell off or the engine blew up. We actually did have a wheel fall off a Daihatsu shit box commuter one time.  One of my friends sourced a FC RX-7 from an auction that ran great but had a manual transmission that was stuck/jammed in second gear. I think he paid something like $80-100 for the car. We drove it around for a few weeks on his property before I managed to blow up the engine. This was after a TREMENDOUS amount of abuse. I’m talking banging off the rev limiter for looooooong periods of time. The car looked identical to this one.  If I knew then what I know now about the way even the boxy RX-7’s value would appreciate I would have taken him up on the offer to buy the car for $200. At the time I had a Mustang 5.0 and figured the similarly boxy RX-7 would always stay plentiful and affordable. I was wrong. I have always had a fondness for the RX-7, especially the FD RX-7. I should have bought one because their value has and probably will continue to climb substantially. What car deals/acquisitions do you regret passing on? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | ||
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The FC has always been my favorite RX car. I've missed out on 6 limited production Mercedes 190E over the years. 2x 1986-87 190E 2.3-16 Cosworth 4x 1993 190E 2.6 Sportline LE [only 700 made] Also missed out on both of VTail's BMW motorcycles [K75S & R65]. Distance, funds & timing never linked up. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Regret selling my 82 Corvette, it just didn't work for the job I had, should have stored it and bought something else less expensive, instead traded it in on a 300D Turbo, almost traded it for a lightly used 928, which I should have done. C3 body style 68-82 is my favorite genre of Corvettes since I grew up on them being the USA's represented sports car. Only picture I can find is a Polaroid of it in the complex parking lot.  | |||
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A ‘62 GMC NAPCO 4WD 3/4 ton pick up. It had a little rust in the cab corners. A friend of my dad’s offered it to me for $800 back in the 1980s. I stupidly passed it up. | |||
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The ONLY car I will kick myself for getting rid of...... Mistake of being young and having little thought of the future beyond the weekend. I wonder to this day of where this car is now......  ************************* Chaos, panic and disorder. My work here is done........ Not everyone gets the same version of me. One person might tell you I'm an amazing beautiful soul. Another person will say I'm a cold-hearted asshole. Believe them both. I act accordingly...... | |||
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I guess when I was growing up I didn't clearly articulate to my grandmother that I really admired and wanted her 1965 Impala Super Sport. She'd bought that purple car brand new, and those six round tail lights were just oh-so cool. We always had a blast riding around out in the country where she lived. Sometime around the mid-90's I went to see her while on leave and noticed her car was gone. When I asked her what happened to it she said she had sold it to a very nice man. He pointed out a few of the rust spots beginning to show below the faded paint and generously offered her $800. Not knowing better, she thought she was getting a great deal on a 30 year old car and took it. On the inside, I was shocked and angry knowing that somewhere locally a bastard crook was driving her old car. But outwardly I just nodded my head and said nothing. I don't really have a big interest in antique cars, but I really miss THAT car, dammit! "The Truth, when first uttered, is always considered heresy." | |||
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I wouldn't feel too bad. An FD would be a travesty though. SIG556 Classic P220 Carry SAS Gen 2 SAO SP2022 9mm German Triple Serial P938 SAS P365 FDE P322 FDE Psalm 118:24 "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" | |||
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Yeah, but FDs have never been cheap enough to go farm field rallying in. When I was in college, knew a guy that had an FB with a blown 13B, so we were in the process of swapping in a Ford 302 V8 in it. IIRC it was only slated to gain about 30-50lbs over the rotary keg. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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When I was a teen a local store, Woolworths, had a bunch of WW1/WW2 surplus military rifles in stock that I thought were junk and passed on them. If I knew then what I know now I would have bought as many as I possibly could. | |||
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I have kicked myself many times for ever selling my '62 Austin Healey 3000 with 4 speed and electric overdrive. Came from England and only had the 2 front seats, no jump back seat. I had bought a hardtop for it. Oh, stupid me!!! | |||
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In my senior year of high school, I was working for the summer driving a Good Humor truck, saw a 1940 Cadillac Fleetwood 60 (I think) limousine with factory air conditioning, full chauffer-style interior, a tiny bit of rust on the underside of one of the headlights, and only 22,000 miles. It had been parked at the beginning of WWII when gas rationing started and left there. A relative of the original owner found it in a barn in Iowa (really, a true barn find!), changed the oil, filled the gas tank and drove it home to a western Chicago suburb. He said it ran perfectly, and I couldn't find anything wrong with it. For some reason, he didn't want the car and offered it to me for what he had in it, $235.00. I said I'd take it, but when I got home that night, my father told me I wasn't buying an old car to play with, I was going to college. I told him I could sell it for enough money to pay for my own college education, but he put his foot down. A couple years later, the first Godfather movie came out, and in the Horse Head Scene, I think, that car or its identical twin was in the driveway. It shot up in value. My father paid every penny of my college. Hah! -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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Passed on a smoking deal from a buddy to buy his early 90-something Eagle Talon TSi. I realize it's not a "fast" or particularly muscular car, but for what was available to the average buyer in that time, it was pretty quick. | |||
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I got 186,000+ miles outta my 1986 Mazda RX-7 GXL. Picture is too large to post, but it looked JUST LIKE this one... https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.c...1440/1986-mazda-rx-7 That rotary engine FINALLY gave up the ghost in early 2000. My mechanic sold it at auction for less than what the four Bridgestone Potenza V-Speed tires were worth. I bought my existing 1997 Toyota Corolla that now has 196,000+ miles. "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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Those could be made into VERY quick cars back in the day. The AWD versions launched hard and the 4G63 engine under the hood was capable of making eyebrow raising power with a few modifications and increased boost. The first and second gen Talon/Eclipse is one of my favorite cars from that era. They are sooooooo fun to drive.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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I had one like you pictured back in the mid-late 90s. GXL model. It had miles on it when I got it but that rotary engine still purred and the 5-speed was so smooth. Only had it a few months until some dipshit ran a red light and t-boned it. That car was so much fun. Nothing revs as smoothly as a rotary engine. Find some twisty empty roads and that car was pure smiles. Just watch the rear end it would wipe out if you were not careful. Miss that car more than any other car I've ever owned. _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
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Yes. That one is worthy of some regret. I've always loved 60's-era British sports cars. Still do. Would it help if I kicked you, too? | |||
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In 1983 I passed up on a 69 Firebird convertible for 1500.00. It needed a new top and mechanism but it ran well and was a decent paint condition. Needed tires too. Yeah. That’s why they say youth is wasted on the young. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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2001 Honda s2000 black with full red interior | |||
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I would love one, but that's harder than finding an Integra that some idiot hasn't ruined yet. I will buy one on the spot for a fair price. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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My high school car was an 81 Malibu. Old, boxy 2 door car that had an anemic v6 under the hood. Literally grandma's grocery getter til I was 17. Sold it for enough money to pay for my last semester of school because everyone said I should buy something newer and more reliable. Still kinda regret that one. Room for 5 grown adults inside and a couple in the trunk. A Perpetual Disappointment... | |||
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