Sellers Remorse

[ws23rt]

Most of us have felt this and it's almost the same thing as the opportunity missed.

I have more projects than time left to finish them but I still wish I had a few that I let go.  Making room for another project for me means giving up something I want to keep and will regret letting it go.

Selling a 68 hemi RR is one of several moves I made that bring this to mind. At the time the price was good for me and the buyer but as soon as I saw it drive away I felt a loss and that it may have been a mistake.  Sill regret it.

This may be what --that old guy--- feels when someone wants to buy something they have.  Am I one of those?

Am I handycapped?  Do I qualify for a parking tag? 

I can give advice to anyone that has my problem but recognise that that advice is not easy to accept and would likley thank them but still want another cool/rare/mopar to enjoy fixing and driving.

There must be a few like me out there   What are your plans for the future?  Planning for retirement addresses money needed till we don't need it anymore.

Will the need for these fun cars be like money and not be needed at the same time?

[myk]

For us commoners, with limited resources of wealth and time, we will always want more than we can realistically handle, therefore letting go is the only sensible thing to do.  Using a friend as an example, I always question his logic of holding onto six mediocre, rusting, non-running cars when he can have two or one really great car; with his limited income and mechanical skill I would argue that he may not even be able to accomodate one great car, so again we have to look at ourselves realistically and live accordingly.  Yeah I agree that making that sort of decision sucks, but it's just the way it goes...

[Patronus]

In reality, its only a '68 RR. If it were say..a '70 RR well then.. you might have a real problem.  
C'mon..  just kidding. As long as she went to a good home, leaves you some time/space for the AMC gremlin you always wanted. You know, the tan one?

[73rallye440magnum]

You just had to bring up opportunity missed...

Timing is everything. It hurts to walk away when the cash is in your pocket.

How I loathe my one car garage, and eagerly anticipate December graduation.



Here's to the ones we had, the ones we dumped, and the ones the future holds. 

[green69rt]

Sellers remorse - the original 69 RT I junked in '80, the 65 Baracuda I sold to buy the Charger.

Buyers remorse for the ones I never bought - 1954 Jaguar Salon, running for $50 (sp?), 1968 Hemi GTX that my buddy sold to buy a 340 Duster, my brother's 1966 Chevelle 327 (before there were 396 SS models).

There's always something to regret, but life goes on...

[rt green]

reality took care of my remorse. made it a no win situation. I don't know what to be pissed about more, reality, the cars sold, or myself for bitting off more than I can chew.   

[70 sublime]

Always feel bad when a car goes (well maybe not the Corvair  ) but it always leads to the next one that is always a small step up

[6spd68]

Always feel bad when a car goes (well maybe not the Corvair  ) but it always leads to the next one that is always a small step up

Amen! 

[hatersaurusrex]

In reality, its only a '68 RR. If it were say..a '70 RR well then.. you might have a real problem.  
C'mon..  just kidding. As long as she went to a good home, leaves you some time/space for the AMC gremlin you always wanted. You know, the tan one?

There was an AMC dealer who built several 401 Gremlins.  A few are still around.   I'd love to at least try to drive that just once.

[Tilar]

There was an AMC dealer who built several 401 Gremlins.  A few are still around.   I'd love to at least try to drive that just once.

There were a couple of those around here back in the 70's. That 401 was nothing to be ashamed of and to put it in a Gremlin would be like dropping a 440 into an Omni.

[ws23rt]

I've regretted letting go of more than the 68RR.  Their was a 57 Chrysler 300C I was second owner and let it go for $1700 in 1984.
And at about the same time I couldn't come up with $1500 for a low miles one owner 68 hemi coronet

[69wannabe]

For us commoners, with limited resources of wealth and time, we will always want more than we can realistically handle, therefore letting go is the only sensible thing to do.  Using a friend as an example, I always question his logic of holding onto six mediocre, rusting, non-running cars when he can have two or one really great car; with his limited income and mechanical skill I would argue that he may not even be able to accomodate one great car, so again we have to look at ourselves realistically and live accordingly.  Yeah I agree that making that sort of decision sucks, but it's just the way it goes...

Very true Myk!!  I know a guy that lives close to me with a 69 charger 383 factory 4 speed that was in pretty good about 5 years ago and was running and driving and now it has been sitting for the last three years and is really going down hill fast. Same here as he has limited income and limited mechanical skills as well and I have even offered to help him out but he will have to get the car to me so I can figure out what is what on it but he doesn't trust anybody else with his car and not bragging but I have had alot nicer mopars here to work on than his car. He has several non running cars too like a starsky and hutch torino clone and a 4 x 4 chevy blazer of some sort that he thinks is worth lots of $$$ and maybe they are but just like his charger they do not run and are ageing quickly!!  If it were me I would sell off the other two and fix the charger and have one nice classic car but he has called himself a car collector several times as if him having three or four non running vehicles is better than me having my one running and driving charger!! Like I said above I have offered to help him out several times to get the car up and running again but he expects me to pull my car out of my shop to put his in there but the insurance I have on my car says it must be locked up and not sitting under an open shed. The other thing is that his car is just sitting under an open shed at his house and not a locked garage. I have a couple of car sheds here that it could be put under for a week or two til I could get it going but nope I guess not. He has asked me to come there and work on it which is an hour drive one way for me but we all know when we are not at our shop at home it is almost impossible to work on anything and you never have what you need to actually fix anything. I finally have gave up and the charger will continue to just get worse and worse as it sits there.