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  June 13, 2010 6:11 p.m. CaptainSpaulding New Reader

  Still bummed I sold this car. It is the car that got me started on the road racing thing. Did my HPDEs in it and sold it to a buddy to fund the race car that I then sold to fund the new baby on the way.

  Its up for sale again amd I dont have the cash to buy it back. bummer.

  1986 Saleen mustang #120. The only Saleen made in this color combo.

  87 short block, single T44 turbo, GT40 heads, 1.6 RR, performer 5.0 intake, 42lb squirters, diablo sport dyno tune, 77mm maf, 3.55 gears, FMS drive shaft, stock race craft suspension with rebuilt Konis.

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  June 13, 2010 6:41 p.m. JFX001 Dork

  Ha!...I had #87-192. One of three (white w/gray stripes). Cool cars.I also sold mine to fund the son.

  I would say that I miss my first car, '65 Mustang convertible the most.

  Easy like Sunday Morning.

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  June 14, 2010 1:30 a.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork

  

  Only sold it after somebody hit me in the rain, and rolled me over. Sold it to an old friend that wanted the M20 6-cyl and rear discs for his wife's US market E21 3-Series. At least the thing didn't go to waste.

  How can it be a midlife crisis, when I've driven sportscars my entire life?

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  June 14, 2010 3:55 a.m. Travis_K Dork

  I have only sold 2, and im glad they are gone. A 71 suburban i couldn't ever get running right (chevy small blocks dont like me for some reason) and was too rusty, and a 85 shelby charger that was just too old and cheaply made to be a good DD. My dad had tons of cars that are worth alot of money now that he wishes he had back though, like a Abarth OT1300, 59 Alfa sprint veloce, etc.

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  June 14, 2010 7:43 a.m. pete240z Dork

  I have an uncle who still owns a 1965 Shelby Mustang he bought new. He once told me he wished he would have kept the Impala SS 409 convertible he owned instead.

  wierd

  Datsun Pete

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  June 14, 2010 7:46 a.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

  

  walterj, playing with the 'preferred username' feature

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  June 14, 2010 8:38 a.m. nderwater Reader

  I've owned 13 cars (I'm a lightweight by GRM standards) but the only car I've been really attached to is my turbocharged NB Miata. I love the looks, I love the sound, I love the agility, I love the speed. I'd sell my M3 tomorrow if I had to, but I couldn't bring myself to sell this Miata.

  Destroyed: -1979 Honda Civic CVCC (head gasket x 2) -1983 Plymouth Reliant K (blown transmission) -1989 Peugeot 505 Wagon (telephone pole) -1996 Saturn SL2 (rear-ended) -1987 BMW 325is (spun into retaining wall)

  Sold: -1998 Daewoo Leganza -1987 BMW 325is -1988 BMW 325is -2001 VW Jetta TDi -1994 Mazda Miata

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  June 14, 2010 8:45 a.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

  nderwater wrote: I've owned 13 cars (I'm a lightweight by GRM standards) but the only car I've been really attached to is my turbocharged NB Miata. I love the looks, I love the sound, I love the agility, I love the speed. I'd sell my M3 tomorrow if I had to, but I couldn't bring myself to sell this Miata.

  I've had probably close to 80 car, but the M3 above is the one I sold BEFORE I was done with it. There were cooler cars, faster cars... but I see that one at the track, competitive, doing what I built it for and I can't help myself from a little self pity. I bailed too soon.

  walterj, playing with the 'preferred username' feature

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  June 14, 2010 8:48 a.m. nderwater Reader

  I've never had the money, time or motivation to finish any car project, so I don't get as attached ;)

  Auto photo blog: http://motomania.tumblr.com

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  June 14, 2010 8:51 a.m. Ian F Dork

  A few, I suppose...

  From a practical POV: my '90 Ford van. If I had taken only half the $ I spent buying my damn truck and put it into the van, I'd have a much more useful utility vehicle...

  My '91 Integra. With 229K miles, the body was worn out and tired (half the accessories didn't work anymore)... but the engine still ran well and it would have made a damn good track-rat/auto-x/hill-climb car...

  My g/f's '97 M3. 78K miles. Super-clean. Unmolested. Never abused. Could have had it for $14K back in '04... and in hind-sight, probably would have saved me a fair amount of money I spent on various project cars I've bought and sold instead...

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  June 14, 2010 8:58 a.m. Carson Dork

  I've been missing my $500 MR2 a lot recently.

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  June 14, 2010 9:08 a.m. maroon92 SuperDork

  I miss my Crown Vic. (Aussie has it now)

  I miss my TR-7 (not sold, just disassembled)

  I miss my Aspire (not worth the cost to fix it)

  XBL GamerTag: bcbrownell Current Cylinder Count: 47

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  June 14, 2010 9:42 a.m. EricM Dork

  I have owned a lot of cars (not as many as some of you though). And strangely, the only one I truly miss is this one:

  

  Slow, handled like a pig. I can't explain it.
  

  this is the DD I miss the most. Probably because we were living in Hawaii at the time.

  http://crushedcones.blogspot.com

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  June 14, 2010 10:54 a.m. MadScientistMatt Dork

  I miss my C4 Corvette. Had the Z51 sport suspension and incredible handling. On the other hand, a 200,000 mile Corvette was not the best choice for a 40 mile (each way) commute...

  "Mad Scientist" Matt Cramer

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  June 14, 2010 11:07 a.m. racerdave600 Reader

  Where do I start....944 Turbo, MR2 Turbo, Alfa GTV, ok, I admit it, I miss them all...well, almost all of them.

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  June 14, 2010 11:15 a.m. poopshovel SuperDork

  Tough times = No toys

  

  Build a man a fire, and he'll stay warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll stay warm for the rest of his life.

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  June 14, 2010 11:17 a.m. WilberM3 Reader

  ive never sold anything... traded in my 95 big block geo metro for my M3 but everything else ive ever owned i still do....

  though i'm sometimes tempted to sell the M3 (i cant help but look at it occasionally and see 5+ challenge cars) especially when its just DD duty as theyre not really the best at that, each time i autox her i fear if i did i'd regret it later.

  Dave

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  June 14, 2010 11:24 a.m. Cotton HalfDork

  MKII Supra - It caught on fire and burned, so not my choice to get rid of it. It was slow and didn't handle very well, but I loved that car.

  my first 944 Turbo - I blew the engine and sold it as a parts car. Fast forward about 8 years and I had bought another 944t that got demolished by a semi. I bought it back from insurance and if I'd just kept that other 944 could have just swapped the engine and a few other parts and be back in business. Instead I'm STILL doing bodywork on it....

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  June 14, 2010 12:01 p.m. hoochmcfluff New Reader

  I lost my 72 Opel gt in my divorce. She said I loved the car more than her. She was right

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  June 14, 2010 12:01 p.m. ReverendDexter Dork

  My '84 Corolla SR5.

  Sure, it was slow, and it wasn't a GT-S, but I had a lot of fun driving it.

  I basically gave it to one of my friends after some jackass hit it, which caused the insurance company to total it, and I was moving anyway and had to get rid of something.

  I chose to keep the '78 Corolla we had instead, which turned out to be a giant rust pile, and got hocked before I finished swapping a 3T into it.

  --There is no turd more polished than the Ford Mustang--

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  June 14, 2010 12:05 p.m. DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork

  Miss my AW11 Supercharged MR2...

  We are flashin trannys... wait that came out wrong

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  June 14, 2010 12:11 p.m. Lugnut HalfDork

  Like I just said in the latest 928 thread, I miss my 928S4 the most. I knew the instant the buyer drove away that I should not have sold it, and that never happens to me.

  

  "You can develop a relationship with a car, and that's what non-car people just don't get." Jeremy Clarkson - Love the Beast

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  June 14, 2010 12:21 p.m. 2002maniac Reader

  

  '91 318is no sunroof.

  I daily drove it for four years and had it exactly the way I wanted it setup for the track when I got rear-ended by an inattentive tart in a mazda3

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  June 14, 2010 12:26 p.m. Mental SuperDork

  1970 VW Kombi Camper. Lost oil on the higway, tried to limp it to a gas station 1/2 mile away and it died. It was the worst possible time in my college career and I couldn't afford to have it towed or get it out of out of impound.

  "Guns make you stupid. Duct tape makes you smart." - Micheal Weston

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  June 14, 2010 12:45 p.m. ZOO Dork

  I regularly dream about my '82 Rabbit (Neuspeed sway bars, Tokico shocks, A008Rs) -- 1.7 fuel injected engine with a horrible 4 speed. But, it was hte first car I ever worked on in anticipation of competing in autox. VW Racing Beige, with Electric Butterscotch interior.
  

  I kind of just abandonned it at my dad's when I bought an 87 CRX Si. Eventually we gave it to a neighbour. I also miss the Si. Sold to a young guy when my son was born. The new owner tastefully modded it, and it was glorious until t-boned. He was okay. The car, not.

  1990 Miata, 1998 M3, Locost in progress

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