Ever regret a vehicle purchase?

[Chili]

Lol.. I have two good ones, both of which I was happy to see go. But in both situations I didn't have many options and needed something right away, for cheap.

Worst: 1993 Ford Escort Wagon bought used in 1995.
I had recently gotten married to my first wife, and she got pregnant. Needed to buy something quick and cheap. I drove that thing until it died, and let my apartment complex have it towed away. I had that bastard for about 6-7 years though, and beat the hell out of it.

Looked like this, but in Teal:

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Hachi Roku, nice.

The SR5 has never been desirable. The GT-S was always the one to have.

[Frank]

Lol.. I have two good ones, both of which I was happy to see go. But in both situations I didn't have many options and needed something right away, for cheap.

Worst: 1993 Ford Escort Wagon bought used in 1995.
I had recently gotten married to my first wife, and she got pregnant. Needed to buy something quick and cheap. I drove that thing until it died, and let my apartment complex have it towed away. I had that bastard for about 6-7 years though, and beat the hell out of it.

Looked like this, but in Teal:

I have always had a sick idea for one of these or a coupe to turn into a euro-tuner car. I still say they have nice lines.

[mstng86]

I went from a reliable POS 1981 Toyota Corolla hatch to a unreliable POS 1985 Cherokee with the shitty 2.8 chevy engine. It was a nightmare.

[talisman]

I don't think those Escort wagons are that bad either. They have some limited potential to be cool. At least I think they do, I have yet to ever see one actually try to tap that potential.

[VaderTT]

The SR5 has never been desirable. The GT-S was always the one to have.

Oh, I know this. But the sr5 can be converted into a gt-s and that swap is becoming more popular due to the lack of clean gt-s'. But I agree, the gt-s and 4age are much more awesome! I personally like the Levin gt-apex. A 20v swap with itb's would be nice too.

[Nash B.]

Not yet. My motto is buy low, expect low.

[Cooter]

Not yet. My motto is buy low, expect low.

Sounds like my dating life

[bcoop]

Sounds like my dating life

Tony's applied that motto to all areas of his life, but it originated from his dating life. Spec5Alive anyone? Where's the MS Paint pictures?

[Chili]

I have always had a sick idea for one of these or a coupe to turn into a euro-tuner car. I still say they have nice lines.

I don't think those Escort wagons are that bad either. They have some limited potential to be cool. At least I think they do, I have yet to ever see one actually try to tap that potential.

It wasn't a terrible vehicle, but I hated the looks of it. Not convinced they could be made "cool" without MAJOR work.

Couple from google images:





This appears to be a European version. Body is slightly different:


IDK.. I'm not convinced.

[Cooter]

Tony's applied that motto to all areas of his life, but it originated from his dating life. Spec5Alive anyone? Where's the MS Paint pictures?

Come on now, she was a perfectly acceptable set of training wheels

[talisman]

Shit, you know those red calipers are only on high performance vehicles!

[talisman]

Come on now, she was a perfectly acceptable set of training wheels

Rare picture of her after Tony was done:

[bcoop]

It wasn't a terrible vehicle, but I hated the looks of it. Not convinced they could be made "cool" without MAJOR work.

I don't know about "cool", but those cars were reliable as shit. My Dad had a couple as company cars way back when.

Come on now, she was a perfectly acceptable set of training wheels

I think you mean life raft.

[Chili]

I don't know about "cool", but those cars were reliable as shit. My Dad had a couple as company cars way back when.

True.. I think I only changed the oil in mine like 3-4 times in the 6-7 years I owned it. Bought it in El Paso, moved to Colorado Springs in it, moved back to El Paso in it, moved to SoCal in it, moved to DFW in it. I don't know how many miles I put on it but I would guess at least 100,000 on the low end.

I did have to replace the clutch at some point, and the timing belt. Otherwise, just a couple oil changes, tires and front brakes is all I ever did to it. It actually still ran when I let them take it.. But was knocking like crazy. At that point it hadn't had an oil change in probably 3 years.