How many of you do not have fun cars right now ?

[DanielDudley]

There are things I have sold that I will never get back. Some of them I wish I still had. In the end I had the pleasure of owning them and using them, and I know what I liked about the experience.

I believe you can do anything you put your mind to. You will weigh all the options and make a choice using the information at hand and your gut. Trust your gut, decide freely and never look back.

Looking back is what trips me up.

[DanielDudley]

Oh, yeah. I still have fun cars. But I can have fun with a supercharged Miata. I tend to keep the cars I use.

[Norm K]

I'm Porsche-less right now, but do have a `49 Plymouth with 39K original miles, an '86 Prelude 2.0si, an '85 Corolla GTS and a '77 280Z - all with manual gearboxes. Plenty of fun and smiles among them.

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[slow&rusty]

I only buy fun cars, there's lots of cool cars that are reliable, no need to settle

[Chocaholic]

Yep, definitely running a fun-car deficit currently. Sold my 87Carrera a few months ago. Had become garage-art and was only being driven rarely just to keep the juices flowing. Don’t really miss it as the motorcycles have more than filled the gap. May pick up a cheap Miata or such at some point. No real interest in tying $40k+ in a car...but, never say never. For now, don’t miss it.

[cabmandone]

I have my cab but honestly I'm starting to wonder why. My son is getting older and doesn't enjoy car shows like he once did and I don't drive the car as much as I did a few years ago.

[ted]

No regrets every time I bought a house I sold the hobby cars and spent my car money at Home Depot for a few years.
During my car break I would say I was sponsoring the Home Depot stock car team.

In 1982 Sold a nice 240z for my VA loan on the first house.
1994 Sold a nice 1933 street rod for the next house.

Big house projects take time and money leaving little left for the car hobby.

Just got a nice virtual reality driving simulator,
it might help as a replacement for the race cars.

[epbrown]

I'll likely never have another fun car. For me, my fun car phase was really me missing riding a motorcycle. Once I started riding again, the desire to own a sports car pretty much disappeared.

[LakeCleElum]

1st fun car was a 1959 Austin Healey 100-6 I bought in 1971.....Only been without about 5 years from maybe 1974-1979.....Biggest mistake ever was selling 19962 XKE Roadster for $8.500.

Current: 1960 190-SL, 1973.5 Targa with 3.2, and 1969 911 T coupe project. Just got the doors back from the painter, rest of the car to follow. Plenty of choices with 10 motorcycles also......

[onewhippedpuppy]

Still have the S8 as a third car, sometimes think about selling it too. RX7 and 911 are gone, I miss them but I don't. I simply don't have the time for the inevitable wrenching required for a fun car, and don't enjoy it like I used to. If I sell the S8 I'll use the money to buy something newer and reliable like a Miata.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by fastfredracing

Do you miss them ? big regrets ? l How long has it been ?

As per my other thread, I may need some cash.

When we bought our "dream place" 23 years ago, I owned a pristine 1983SC Coupe. I had owned the car since 1988. It was pretty much perfect.

The following pictures are the day we moved here. I then sold the SC to give us some financial bump and cushion. It is what you do.

Many fun cars have followed. You do what you have to do.




Here is really the only one I miss, a picture taken in 2007 from a spot not far from the above pictures. Hugh parked his Biga$$ RV in the exact same spot.



Do what yo have to do, make sure your wife is onboard

[Baz]

Nothing wrong with making sacrifices...we've all BTDT. But if possible - don't make a mistake and sell something that will triple in value over the next 5 years - because that's worth more to you if you keep it!

I have a lot of toys right now and was looking at a 6th motorcycle in CL yesterday but fortunately the ad was deleted today - so I no longer have that temptation. For that particular bike anyway....

[911boost]

After the divorce, when I needed to buy the house I was renting all of the cars were sold including my 964T. While I missed the bubble on P-cars I did quite well on the house.

I went a few years without a fun car and then picked up the 996TT and a couple years later the ‘78 Westy.

I never wrench on the 996, it has been reliable and I drive it to work and the airport often when I travel.

The Westy needs to be tinkered with every once in a while, but nothing major so far.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by MMiller

Picked up an 04 4runner off my sister with 230K on it and beating around in it. It's crazy how well Toyota's are made....still a pretty tight rig even with all those miles. The 4.7 V8 is a nice bonus.

Down to one bent 81 SC. Could not cash it in when when kid put it into a tree. It sits right here next to me in the garage. $9k buy back. It ain't rusting at least.

Speaking of Toyota, snagged a 2004 RAV4 to replace my horribly rusted 03 Taurus (which replaced my perfectly fine, yet annoying, 2003 Passat wagon - yep, my kid). Dropped $500 in front end parts on the RAV and the thing is almost like a new car with 190k. 4 cyl, 2wd which I find as the bonus. Less can be more.

[URY914]

My 914 a/x car is in a storage unit until I can build my workshop/garage. But I'm almost ready to have another try at the permit process.

[wdfifteen]

I have too many "fun" cars. Out of 6 road vehicles I can get in and drive 4.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

My 964 is parked up at my parents house, my 930 in storage

My old Toyota 4runner just got hit in the door by a big lump of stone that fell off my partly demolished house, wasn't happy but it now wears a little more patina with pride

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

My 964 is parked up at my parents house, my 930 in storage

My old Toyota 4runner just got hit in the door by a big lump of stone that fell off my partly demolished house, wasn't happy but it now wears a little more patina with pride

Did you call your insurance agent to tell them that your house hit your car?

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Did you call your insurance agent to tell them that your house hit your car?

Officer this house pulled out of nowhere and t-boned me

It is one of my favourite things I own but the truck is worth less than the chunk of house that hit it , all the stone was undamaged so no loss adjuster required

[porsche930dude]

I think id get a scooter. About as much fun as you can have on the cheap and ideal for short trips.