[fintstone]

I sold my pristine Supra that I bought new in '83 to a friend for his son in the late 90s (largely because his dad lusted after it) for much less than it was worth (felt like I was doing a good deed). The paint was good and the interior perfect. Everything worked and it ran great. It was perfectly stock. I told them it was an old car and it was "as is." After about a week, I kept hearing about things breaking as came across the car in a parking lot. The fancy factory stereo was gone and a cheap unit installed. The door handle on one side was missing. It looked terrible. About a week later, the son blew the engine (even though those were bulletproof). My friend implied that I had sold them a lemon (I found out later the son was racing and missed a shift). Now, I don't sell to friends.

I would never do that again. Especially if the person buying it lived nearby and I saw the destruction of my prized car every now and then. My father-in-law tells the same story about a '67 Mustang he bought new that the new owner promptly destroyed, so it is apparently not an isolated instance.

I once sold a '65 Mustang through a dealer. I had owned the car for a very long time and meticulously restored it. I rebuilt the engine and transmission and did the paint and bodywork myself. The buyer turned out to be a teen who found my name in the paperwork and called me about a week later. He was excited about his purchase and related to me all the "improvements" he was making (and had already taken a jigsaw to it to make it his own). He burned up the clutch in about two days and it needed another one. Made me feel sick.

If you have strong feelings about this car, don't necessarily think anyone else will feel the same or treat it like you did.