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So ive been fancying a new car but don't really want to sell my old car.
Problem is can't really afford a new car without selling a motor bike to fund it which i don't really want to sell either.
On a practical side i don't really have the room to keep another car without selling my old one.
Decisions decisions what would you do? |
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'tis a quandry.
I've come to a point where there are a very small number of vehicles I truly aspire to. Trouble is, what I have already fits the bill, so what to do? So in reality I have a number of vehicles. But even that's not enough : I still have the desire for other vehicles, but the vehicles I have fit the bill. Argh.
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I recently found out that this urge to buy another car - under the very exactely same circumstances - will fade away. Right untill you see the next advertisment of a cheaply advertised pile of rust that you know you HAVE to have  It'll fade again. And come back again. You just have to be brave and "bite through". I've been doing it for at least 3 years now  I found a good cure is to radically alter you own car; like fitting a engine that's not meant to be in there, put stuff in you don't realy need, buy new wheels, hunt for rare accesories - at least this keeps me busy with both my car and myself. And I don't think that's not one of the reasons a place like RR exists. (if you can follow me here - I can't - lol). So yeah - that's what works for me. I easily get bored of a car. Then I start to tinker with it and it's interessting again.  Right now I'm out of ideas, so I draged out my old racing bicycle from the early 80's and started to take care about that. As a bonus it'll keep me fit Just distract yourself with stuff. And bite through the urge. Or just fcuk it and buy it!!!! Do what is most likely to make you grin and feel happy!!! |
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^^^ That's better advice than mine.
Either you're a car-whore who's happy to swap around regularly, or you get attached to your cars and hang onto them until they've passed your own idea of usefulness.
Personally I've moved towards biding my time to buy something on my very-short-list of aspirational cars.
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This is my delemer. I have a 1969 mg roadster that i restored a few years ago but don't really like driving it that much but know if i sell it i,l regret it.
I have the same with a rd350lc same as the roadster rebuilt and its just nice to have there.
Neither vehicles are going to drop in value.
But i'd really like something retro that i can use as a daily.
Getting a bit fed up of driving around in a van.
Few months ago i was fancying a dolomite sprint now its a 900 turbo, So TurboDieselWeasel i think you could well be right there with your post. lol
I still have my old passat tdi wasting away in my old mans garage, Realistically i know its going to cost more that its worth to get it back on the road.
But it worth so little not worth anything to sell.
Am i turning into a hoarder.....................?
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I had a similar problem and now I have ended up with 4 cars.
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1966 MK1 Cortina
1971 Hillman Super Imp
1985 Volvo 360 GLEi
1986 Volvo 340 1.7
1990 Mercedes 190e 2.0
1993 Peugeot 205 STDT
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scaff
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I have the same problem, and when August 2014 arrives I will have a non retro merc
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Simples, saab turbo engined dolly.
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THE_Liam
Yorkshire and The Humber
If at first you don't succeed... HAMMERS.
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Do what I do, buy a house with parking for one car Although I'm currently extending the drive and planning a garage... |
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the wife keeps me under control!
three is the absolute limit and even then she moans enough that I have mostly kept it down to two
she's made me sell a couple I regret though (and another one currently up for sale because she doesn't fancy it much)
so the answer is, get a controlling wife - sorted ;-)
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Or buy/rent a garage, put the MG and RD there. Save money, buy a new retro for daily purposes. When that breaks, put it in your drive way to work on it yourself, and buy a new one for temporary purposes... That how I now have 8 cars, and 2 are working/daily  |
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Keeping your old car is a slippery slope. At first I thought it extravagant to have two cars, now I have five.
I think the trick is to keep a good turnover going, keeps your interest without too much attachment.
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I've got Rovers.
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Ryannn
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I recently trimmed my fleet down to 2 from 4 due to a house move. Was ment to sell one last week to fund my new purchase. Things didn't go to (other people's) plans... Now I have 3 cars |
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Last Edit: Apr 4, 2014 16:47:17 GMT by Ryannn
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Keeping your old car is a slippery slope. At first I thought it extravagant to have two cars, now I have five. I think the trick is to keep a good turnover going, keeps your interest without too much attachment. This. I started with 1 many years ago bought another to take my 205 off the road its still off the road 8 years later and had multiple cars since and seem to have acquired 5 lol. |
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Some days you just need to take a grinder to an inanimate object, just to make your day a tiny bit better!!
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Ive got 5 and a half. One daily I use for my 20 mile commute to work, which is normally the most economical of my 'fleet' and less important to keep the wear and tear off my three 'weekend' cars. The other one and a half are projects that have been sat untouched for at least 12 months. Recently I came to the conclusion that it wasnt healthy having two of my three weekend cars sitting for months on end while I used the other weekend car, and spending £650 on car tax in the first three months of the year was quite a lot of money to potentially waste. So been on the hunt for a good all round 'weekend' car to replace the three and just running a daily alongside it. But to potentially sell my other three I need to spend to sell them, then probably only get back half of what I spend, so now I'm like arrrr!! What to do??? Then talking to my mom shes saying 'you cant sell that one etc'. Then if I do just end up with a daily and one weekend car I'm going to end up keeping my project car and hopefully getting that on the road, so then I'm back up to three cars. Or do I buy a new weekend car and park the others up to rot.....
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I don't understand the question?  |
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fred
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WTF has happened to all the Vennies?
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Stop as you are the hankering will pass |
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'79 Cossie ran Cortina - Sold
2000 Fozzer 2.0 turbo snow beast
'85 Opel Manta GSI - Sold
03 A class Mercedes
Looking for a FD Ventora - Anyone?
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Last week I sold 2 cars, but before the week was out, I'd bought 2 more! So I still have 14! 3 Toledos 2 Dolomites 3 Cavaliers 2 Picassos 1 Carlton 1 Omega 1 Mondeo and a Pug Expert van. 6 of these are street legal.
Just don't go there, allow yourself (if you must) 1 cool retro and a daily and stop at that. Otherwise you'll end up like me , surrounded by metal and no time or money to do what you want. Its a slippery slope!
Steve
PS anybody wanna buy a Picasso or a Mondeo? No, I didn't think so!
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I know what you mean, Between my cars and bikes theres always something every week i have to spend out on.
Kinda getting a little fed up now of not having any spare cash.
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jdmini
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I am in a similar situation. I have a 1991 Mini that I've had around 13 years. It's had two restorations since I've had it I dread to think what it's cost me I can think of at least £5k worth of bills I've spent on it. I do adore it, and think of it more of an old friend than my car. When it's going well it's brilliant, but it keeps going wrong. Normally little things but it's so depressing and frustrating when I spend money and then something else goes wrong on it. In November it had a new battery and new battery cable fitted to cure it's starting problems. I drove it sixty miles the other day to give it a good run out and charge the battery up. The following day it won't start. It does drive me mad, when it doesn't go I keep finding other faults, like tiny bits of rust that probably aren't bad but drive me mad after just having the car repainted. I also think because I read Mini Magazine and websites, there are so many nice minis it makes me think mines rubbish when in reality it's a nice car. Maybe I'm too hard on it and have been spoilt with driving other modern cars? I keep saying I'm going to sell it and get an mx5, but I hate the thought of someone else having it, and provably sorting it out easily and then having my brilliant car. What do you people think? Keep the mini and persevere or get an mx5 but probably regret selling the mini every time I see one on the road. Just typing this I know it's my mini I want to stick with...but people backing me up will help. Or would I be happier selling the mini and getting a cheaper mx5? |
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It'll fade again. And come back again. You just have to be brave and "bite through". I've been doing it for at least 3 years now 
