So what have you regretted about selling one?

[CLASSIC87']

I guess what I wanna kno is how do you know how much you will regret getting rid of something... BEFORE you actually sell it. As some of you know I sold my Blazer about a month ago. Well during the time it was advertised I had some people offering to buy my 87' SWB. I've always said that I would never sell it... but the offers are getting harder to turn down. I don't need to get rid of it... and I've been second guessing myself the more I think about it. SOOOOOOOO... any advice as what you guys have experience?!?

Anthony

[cableguy0]

If you dont want to and dont need to then dont. If keeping it wont cause problems I say keep it otherwise there probably will be regrets.

[camshaftgsxr]

I wouldn't sell until you no longer enjoy it I have a friend that has traded away many many nice cars and one stepside square and he hates himself for it

If you have to ask anyone whether you should sell or not you are not ready to sell so keep the truck
When the fun is gone the car should follow, I look at customs as important personal possessions, when you no longer have the time or money to treat it right it's time to find it a home, however if it's just transportation find a high bidder and sell it for profit

[karl]

I regret my father selling my 70 mach 1 when i was 17. I worked and paid for it and he sold it. I got a beat up 73 bug in return that the engine blew up soon after. I regret selling my S&W 686 that has doubled in price since.

[trevor73402]

Well, I can relate to this as I've bought and sold many nice vehicles myself. I was on the fence about selling a K5 that I had, but a guy was wanting to look at it and offered me a good price for it so I said ok. It really hit me when he got there and took it for a "test" drive. When I seen him in it and it was pulling out of my driveway I knew that I wasn't ready to part with it. When he got back I told him sorry that I wasn't ready to sell. It's kinda like a girlfriend that your not sure if you want anymore....let someone else take her out and she really starts looking alot better and you realize you might want to hang on to her. Hell, I ended up selling that K5 anyway a few weeks later, but I had already found something that I wanted to replace it with so it wasn't so bad.

[78 Chevyrado]

If I ever sell my 78, I won't sell it for what it's actually worth.... It will be sold for way more than it's actually worth. I'd only sell it for enough cash to buy something else I like JUST AS MUCH or better. I turned down an offer on mine for $13K, and I only has 12k in it at the time.... I don't regret it one little bit either.... It would cost me like $25k to buy a newer truck I liked as good as I like this one... so unless someone offers me 20-25K, which is unlikely, it'll stay right here with me.

[Jonboy]

On the flip side of that, I am actually buying back one of the cars I sold that I really miss. I knew almost instantly it was a mistake, and have been trying to buy it back for nearly 10 years. There was a good editorial in Hemmings Muscle Machines this month about this, too. I say if you don't need to let it go, don't.

[Matt Man]

Originally Posted by 78 Chevyrado

If I ever sell my 78, I won't sell it for what it's actually worth.... It will be sold for way more than it's actually worth. I'd only sell it for enough cash to buy something else I like JUST AS MUCH or better. I turned down an offer on mine for $13K, and I only has 12k in it at the time.... I don't regret it one little bit either.... It would cost me like $25k to buy a newer truck I liked as good as I like this one... so unless someone offers me 20-25K, which is unlikely, it'll stay right here with me.

no one has offered me 13k for mine but until someone offers me enough money to where i can buy a new truck that will replace mine its staying with me. New duallys are around 55k.

[N2TRUX]

If the money is right, you won't regret it.

[Hubscrub]

i've never sold anything just about everything my dad and sister has sold has ended up wrecked beyond repair after the chevelle, the camaro, as far as i know the 71 truck is still alive

[shimp]

Originally Posted by Matt Man

no one has offered me 13k for mine but until someone offers me enough money to where i can buy a new truck that will replace mine its staying with me. New duallys are around 55k.

No way i'd ever sell that dually of yours. That's nice.

I regreted selling every one I have sold. SO there you go, experience. If you are not 100% ready to get rid of it, just don't want it anymore period, don't sell it.

[boatpuller]

"follow your heart grasshopper"

Iv'e turned downed several offers.It's not about money.I bought this because it's what i wanted.Iv'e thought about selling and using it as money towards an older show truck. cough, err. ummm.I'd like a early 50's ford f100......I like going to shows.but,I dislike having the newest machine there....but man,I enjoy cruisin around in this truck.

just think it over........you'll have to live with it.

[JohnC]

Sell it to me and I'll let you come down and visit it.

Each person is different. My cousin can sell a car and not think twice about it. No matter how long he has had it, or how much work he has done on it. He enjoys building them more than owning them. He is always looking for the next project.

I on the other hand get attached to them. Just about every vehicle I have owned I regret selling in some way or another. I can tell you what I would do, or how I would feel, but it's really up to you and what you are wanting to do afterwards.

[CLASSIC87']

Thanks for the input guys... one of the only reasons I was going to let it go was because the price was right. I do love the truck alot and it will take some to pry it away from me. I was already doing some shopping and looking into a Chevelle... or wait till I get my dads 1959 Dodge 2dr Coronet; ultimatley that is the car I want in the end. So I kinda have it in my head already that if the right offer comes around... I will let it go. The individual who was interested has decided to pass onto something that is more of a DD... in which I totally understand. I did actually get it out Saturday and waxed then cruised in it for awhile... and it did feel good!

[AceX]

Been offered $10k for my truck just after I put the first system in it a couple years ago. I'd only had it a couple months at that point, but turned it down. I knew that the truck was going to be something special and now I'm glad I didn't let it go. Now that I don't drive it that much I have been thinking about selling it to pay for the body/paint on the '54, but I can never bring myself to do it...