I had ordered a winch after getting my first 4x4 stuck a few times way back in the hills. It was mail order back then and it was on back order. After 6 weeks I figured I should give ‘em a ring. My mrs informed me they had called a week earlier to ask if I still wanted it. She told them no!!
Wives …

A local car dealer here in Greenville had a buy one get one free YUGO Sale.
Man I missed that opportunity to be a two car family. 1987 Monte Carlo S/S Black. Dale Earnhardt edition.

I regret not buying a Mercury Marauder back in ‘03/‘04. I could afford the car, but couldn’t afford to insure it and my ‘94 Grand Marquis. At the time I was driving 25,000+ miles a year, and couldn’t see spending the money just to run the car into the ground as a daily driver. As it turned out I finally got a full time take home gov’t car right after Mercury dropped the Marauder, so it wouldn’t have ended up as a daily driver for long. I did get a used Grand Marquis LSE, which was almost everything the Marauder had, except for the DOHC 4.6 and the extra instrument cluster.

Another missed oppurtunity was a 1965 F-100. Dad and I were in North Carolina in 2006 and saw a clean, original 1965 F-100 on a used car lot for $2,500. I really wish I had bought that truck, I should have listened to Dad. He was certain it would get back to PA with no problem, and if something did break he could fix it. When I see what those F-100’s are bringing now I could kick myself.

Whenever I feel badly about cars I should have bought I remember what my Dad used to tell me, “you can’t buy them all”. He told me that a lot, although he would also say that didn’t apply to that F-100 in Carolina. He always said I should have bought that truck.

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Wheel guns are real guns.

When the RS came out I was pretty much committed to my /5 (as I was when the R90S came out three years earlier).
For a while, I slaked my RS jones my mounting a Tom Stewart fairing on my /5. I don’t think I ever saw another of those very sturdy fairings. It looked like a kind of a cross between an Avon fairing and a Rabid Transit. (I later put one of those on an R100S).
Have you ever seen a ‘77 in Havana Gold in really nice shape? When the RS was new, everybody wanted the ice blue, but 30 and 40 years later, the Havana Gold is what leaves you weak in the knees.

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64 thunderbird for $1100 , 69 firebird for $1100 a v-max I do not remember the price. I gave my 67 mustang to friend before I went into the Marine Corp for helping me. The mustang was wrecked on the front clips, but fixable. Oh to be young and dumb.

FBI Buick Regal turbo. Was on the lot at the Alexandria, VA Pontiac/Buick dealer. I was there with my blown head gasket Pontiac Grand AM for a warranty fix.
Car had gold paint, bench seat and the 145 MPH speedometer as well as ZR rated tires.

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US Army '72-'95

I’m not much of an enthusiast of American classics but love foreign classics.

The first regret was a low mileage 1952 Bentley that was excellent mechanically ant the exterior was excellent but the leather interior was cracking. This was 1974 and the initial asking price was $5k. I’m still kicking myself.

Second was a new Datsun 240Z. I bought an MGB instead but still wish I’d gotten a 240Z along the way. I wound up getting sidetracked with business and life and never got around to getting one.

Third was a Triumph TR3. The TR3 was my first experience with British cars and I’ve always loved them. Same excuse as number two for not getting one. There were just too many distractions in life and we can only do so many things.

Forth was a 1964 Porsche 356C that was show room new. It belonged to the owner of the Porsche dealership who sold it to my friend. It only had 90,000 miles and would pass for new. I was one of the privileged few that ever drove it. Anyway the price was right but again I hesitated and my friend sold it. Darn!!!

Well I got most of my dream cars including a new Porsche and I’m having a ton of fun now in a Mini Cooper S. What a blast in the mountains!

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Well I got most of my dream cars including a new Porsche and I’m having a ton of fun now in a Mini Cooper S. What a blast in the mountains!
I love my Mini Cooper S, it just laughs at hills and curves. And begs for more.

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Super Snooper

Wine colored 63 Chevy Super Sport.

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Mighty 90's,Trying 4 a 100!

In 1968, a friend blew the engine on his 63 Split Window (327 Fulie) and offered it to me. I told him I would take it but had to run home to get my check book. 10 minutes later, he had thought about it and declined the offer. Sebring Silver, black interior.

I had gone up to Berger Chevrolet in Grand Rapids Michigan and purchased a crate 302 that was going in my '56 drag car. I would have put it in the 63 had the deal went through...... Oh well...

WR

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God, Country, Family

does trading in a 1972 DeTomaso Pantera for a pickup truck generate enough regret...
the big woulda shoulda was a 2 car deal... 1970 grabber green Boss 302 & 1968 GT500 dual quad.. both were rolling basket cases. but could have had them both for 40 grand.. had the money back then.. no place to put them and wouldn't have any money left to fix them.. oh well

Hey Bud,

I am surprised, did they not know your friend had that amount of cash on hand at that point in time? That was a lot of money he had on him; I just did a quick check and it is equivalent to $30K cash today. I had a 1964 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible that was GM's flagship, which was about 7 years prior and I believe it sold back then for around $6K new. Boy, did they miss a sale.

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Rather be outdoors

I was in Topeka, KS the summer of 1981. An estate was selling a car collection. There was a 1958 Impala convertible, gray on gray, for $5,400.00. I just didn't have the money.

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That's gonna leave a mark.

Back in the 70s I lusted after two things: One was a girl named Liz and the other was the Kawasaki Mach III 500 cc motorcycle. I never got either one. :-)

The 2001 Dyna I have for sale now. I'll miss it and riding like crazy but it's time...

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I used to be disgusted..

After I graduated from college, I started to save my money to buy a Ferrari. I wanted either a 275GTB or a 250GT California Spider. Someone had a 250GT Cabriolet in excellent condition for $4000. I wanted to buy it, and I did have the money. My mother talked me out of it. She said that if I wanted a California Spider, then I should wait to get a California Spider and not buy a Cabriolet, which she said was a lesser car. Thanks a whole lot, mom.

For me it was a 67 chevy caprice ss 2 door hard top, 427 engine. Some how my dad said no. I learned not to argue with him at a young age.

1974 I was just out of school and looking for a job.A friend had a 69 BOSS 302.I needed $800.00 to add to what I already had to make the deal.Asked my Dad, he said if you don't have the money you don't make the deal.That was the end of the discussion.Car sold to another neighbor next day.

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Parents, they get pretty sneaky and even snarky if there is a danger you will be getting a nicer or faster car than them. In the early 80s I bought a UK car called a Magnum 2300, meaning 2.3 litre motor. Big motor for the UK and in something weighing less than a ton. It had a 4-speed with ludicrously short gearing (typical of a mid-70s car) which, combined with the light weight, gave it startling top gear acceleration.

My Dad gave me a ride to go get it, and while following me back I gave him a demonstration of half throttle top gear go as we left a 30 mph limit. When we got home his face was a picture as he got out of his car. "What the hell have you bought? You just walked away from me as we left that 30 limit! What is this thing?" You may guess how even less pleased he was when I told him that I was in top gear at half gas. After a few rides in around the hilly area we lived in, he begrudgingly agreed that it was a suitable tool for the job.

Sadly, he passed before I got my XKR. I could imagine his reaction had I picked him up at McCarran. "Good grief!!! How much did that cost?" Then, after looking at it and berating the 20" wheels he would have smirked and asked, "So, does it go as well as it looks? Not that I'm looking for a demo!"

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Release the Kraken

Rode in one of these in the early 80's. Had a sticker inside the pop up ashtray saying "WARNING: DO NOT EXCEED 120MPH WITH TOP DOWN!" Certainly a once in a lifetime event.