What car do you regret not purchasing?

[KevinH1990]

1959 Porsche 356 Convertible D in 1974. I think the asking price was $1400. Like BFeller, my Dad wouldn't let me buy it. (Actually he said I couldn't keep it at the house while I worked on it.) His concern was that I would get involved with car and not go to college. He was right. I think I lacked impulse control at the time.

Not my car (obviously) but it looked like this - only a lot rougher.

[jsmedley]

1972 VW Karman Ghia, yellow w/ black racing stripe, right off the showroom floor.$3,200.00. Fun car to drive. I used to tease the Porsche dealer when I took it in fro service (VW and Porsche dealers were together) Told them it drove as good as the Porsche. Now I love my 99' 986, takes me back & a much better drive. Lot's More Fun!!

[356Guy]

With the rise in prices lots! I passed for good reasons at the time. Here are a few:

• 1970 Challenger TA $4500 (in the early '80s)
• 1957 Porsche 356A coupe $45k - seemed like way too much at the time
• 1958 Porsche 356 coupe (bought another one 6 months later and should have bough them both)
• 1996 Porsche 993 Turbo $78k silver/red but it was more than double what a NA car was worth at that time
• 1958 Porsche 356 cab restored with Rudge wheels and lots of options - got cold feet at the $$$ I heard somebody flipped it and made $10's of thousands on it
• 1969 Porsche 912 project $5000 - should have bought it just for the motor

[FoxRvrBox]

Two - at opposite ends of the spectrum.
Fresh out of college in 1987 I test drove and passed on a brand new Buick Grand National. It would have ended up trashed with car seats and juice boxes shortly thereafter.
The other was an absolute beater of a Ford Bronco II with a manual transmission in about 2008. I was going to cut off the back part of the top and put in a roll cage, but decided $890 was just too much money...

[RedBluff]

Early 70's 911 Targa back in the early 90's, could have had it for 15K.
Ford RS200 back in the early 90's, 50K
Basket case 64 TR4, 1K

It is what it is.

Still looking for a Boxster that I can give a forever home too.

[GTA_G20]

1988 Mazda 323 GT 1.6 turbo. Haunts me everyday. Suspension was horrible when I was younger and didn't known anything about repairs and shocks. Sigh.

[Seadweller]

Every '94 3.6 Turbo that was put up for sale up until about 6 years ago...