Used to put paving slabs in Mrs Q’s Dolomite 1500TC years ago when we were at college and she was still applying for the job of Mrs Q 
That BL@@DY car was forever trying to kill us, but a lot of fun in the summer when it was dry and safe(ish)…
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Always regretting letting the E type go. It was a very special car, always having it’s picture taken.
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That’s it I’m calling for help, how could you part with an E type.
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NAC 52
My soul to the devil 
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A bit harsh on Chord music cables😉
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I think this thread may have peaked.
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I had a Mk1 Golf GTi as my first car, albeit 5 years old when i bought it.
Wish i had it now. MOT tracker still shows it either on road or SORN.
Black, sunroof, alloys, twin grill, one of the first 1.8l( not the 1.6),in the UK.
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I had one too for a couple of years. Certainly a bike to treat with respect.
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I put a set of microns on it and re jetted to suit it was then really all or nothing, the power band came in higher but it like a switch, just un rideable so standard cans soon went back on after decoke.
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Snap - I had a MK1 Golf GTi Campaign in red which I let go - dearly wish I’d kept it. And the MK2 GTi that followed come to think of it!
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Mk2 for me was a far better car. But it’s the Mk1 I wish i could own now.
Some 35 years ago I sold my Michell focus 1 TT with Michell unipivot arm in order to be able to buy a Michell Gyrodec not long after it was first launched. Whilst I do not regret buying the Gyrodec ( I still have it, with a few upgrades) but I wish I still had my focus 1.
Mrs B is grieving the recent loss of her cherished short wheelbase Nissan Patrol.
Had it 20 years and it was mechanically sound but the chassis was what I think is technically termed knackered.
Fastest house brick on the planet.
I regret selling practically everything I have ever sold.
High (or low) points:
Conoisseur BD1 with SME 3009 and Shure M75ED type II and spare headshell with M75EJ type II (for 45s and dodgy LPs) sold for £25.
All my LPs (mostly early 70s prog) for £500.
Swapped a complete rack of RCA cinema amplifiers (4x 6V6GT valves per channel) for a pair of Mission Argonauts (later sold for £250).
A complete Todd AO system by Philips for a couple of quid.
A Leak Stereo 20 with Varislope Stereo for £13.
Audiolab 8000A and 8000P for £150.
Sansui AU101 for £12.
I could go on but I’m already in tears.
I didn’t buy the E-Type. Yet another regret (perhaps this is a new thread - what do you regret not buying?)
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A TVR Chimp – although this is looked at through rose tinted glasses, as it had a list of issues which were not untypical of the model/marque:
1- it leaked
2- the speedo was awry (even the 2nd one), which meant the odometer over-read.
3- the passenger door never shut properly
4-having bought it 2nd-hand from a TVR main dealer, it became clear they didn’t set it up, the camber settings being wrong, and the engine wasn’t tuned as it should have been.
5- it crashed over potholes and alike on suburban roads.
6- the faired in headlights misted-up the garage said there was no way to fix that.
Apart from those few minor issues anything else wrong with it. 
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All marked down to ‘the pleasure of ownership’ Insanely quick and a lazy V8 4.5L soundtrack as driving music. It even came back from an expensive main service with a cooling leak, as they hadn’t cable clipped a rad pipe away from one of the belts. Designed it wasn’t!
All this said, people were happy to let you pull out and hear the roar of the engine.
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Add a Rolex Daytona to my list of regrets…
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