What did you nearly buy but didn’t?

[veg]

Again a simple thread.
What did you nearly buy but didn’t and regretted not buying.
Mine was a Harris magnum 2 it was painted purple with a blue stripe???
And when I had the money I nearly bought a Bimota Hb3, and also an Rc30 why didn’t I?

[steve h]

Farmhouse with 11 acres.... £90k 2004.
A rolling block 577 Snider, pristine £600.

And the biggest downer was not buying a charcoal drawing of a cape buffalo off David Shepherd.

[donkeychomp]

Hmm. Lots of demons there. In the early eighties there was a TVR Grantura. £250. I thought I couldn't afford the insurance. Same with a Daimler Dart SP250. Also £250. Then there was the Z1000 I had in Florida. Why didn't I just ship it back with me?? Latest mishap is the GSXR750 slabby. Went for just over a grand. Why didn't I bid on it dammit?

Ah well, je ne regrette rien. Eh bien, peut-être un peu.

Alex

[arrdy350]

I went to go and collect some race leathers I had brought and the man had a 350F2 YPVS with all spare panels and lot of over parts. I wish I had brought that. 

[geoffb]

Foo Fighters Dee Gees album on vinyl, now worth £150 and rising 🙄

[4l04ever]

An RD500 project bike for £1000... was too scruffy, so I got my first 3XV instead...

[JonW]

Plenty, but these are some that really hurt:

- D type Jag (in boxes)... £25. It was the 80s and i was skint.

- Spitfire in a container, missing only its tail wheel. £100k. It was the 90s and i wasnt skint, but I didnt have that kind of money.

[tacky1]

A house close to my mams house years ago that sold for 18k. You wouldn’t buy the front door for that now
RC45 for 10k.

[chrisg]

Definitely a Kwak Z900 a4 from red rose motorcycles. Import, tatty but a runner.
£950, it was some years ago but why didn't I?

[midlifecrisisrd]

The lathe/mill I just watched ending

Only 10 miles away from me. I know I'll regret that 🙄

Steve

[jam911]

Ferrari GT4...it was £3K...

[mak595]

Late 80's... a MK1 Lotus Cortina, £1500 needed abit of welding and i was a panel beater at the time !

[julianboolean]

An OW01, I bought a YZF750 instead, it was newer, I thought I needed the pillion seat and it would be a better road bike.

[raven13]

when I ran an antiques stall back in the mid 90's I had agreed to go halves with another dealer on a container full of North & South American art and curio's.
Had to back out when the wife (now ex) went nuclear about the £5k I was going to spend.
The other dealer bought it by himself and made a near £100k profit over the summer season.

[reedpete]

There’s the thread about stuff regret selling, and this about things didn’t buy...but my ‘kick myself decisions’ is neither of those. It’s buying stuff I shouldn’t have done!

[veg]

Well Pete that needs to be your new thread 😁👍

[dusty350]

Brand new Gsxr1100 L. Me and my best mate both had a test ride at Shitty City in Bedfont, and were gonna order together to get consecutive number plates. Fate stepped in though - he bought the bike, I bought a house !!

Dusty

[finnned]

Harada rep Aprilia RS250. Immaculate, with less than 1000 miles on the clock. It was £2k but I decided to put the money into buying an Evo 4RS instead. Loved that car, but ended up swapping it for a Fiat Multipla as a more sensible family car. Expensive mistake.

[JonW]

Aug 10, 2021 6:08:15 GMT 1 finnned said:

... Evo 4RS... Loved that car, but ended up swapping it for a Fiat Multipla as a more sensible family car. Expensive mistake.

OMG! Thats some hindsight that would have kicked in just as you were driving off in the Multipla.

"Families..." meh!