Car almost sold, changed my mind at last minute

[Nickyboy]

A strange position to be in. I advertised it for sale on a few websites for £11250, bought another car in the meantime, and yesterday I had a girl offer me £10900 for it after a viewing, and I accepted.

We arranged for her to pick it up the today. She came round to pay and take away, but I snapped a part of the centre console air vents whilst changing the head units over (she doesn't have an iPod and the head unit fitted is an Alpine iPod only unit so I was reinstalling the original head unit with CD player) and I need to order the part from VW so we arranged for payment etc next week.

So tonight I took it for another spin and I absolutely love this car, all the reasons for me buying it came back. The thought of selling it after looking after it all this time (full VW service history is not cheap!) and how much I enjoy driving it, it is just too disheartening to get rid. So I am going to tell her tomorrow that I cannot sell it.

Has anyone else been in this position? It's like I didn't know how much I liked this car until I almost got rid of it.

Ha and I just thought, you hear of "timewasters" when selling a car, never the seller though!

[Saint Steve]

Tis a hard car to let go....
 

[no golf clubs at all]

I dont blame you matey, I have struggled with the replacement question for a long time and for that reason I am not sure I would want to give her up either.

I have no idea what will be good enough and practical enough....this week for example I bought a new Keter XL store it out for some garden crap and brought it back in my GTI, I also went onto get a new Patio dining set, which I also transported in the back of my car. All this and then the ability to drop her into S mode and blast away some twisties. 

My car will be six years old next month and I swear that she runs better now than ever, sweet as a nut, tight as a drum and still as practical as a swiss army knife.  Difficult to find something that makes the grade, I am still no nearer to working out what to get next. 

[big al]

What car were you replacing it with?

[danishmkvgti]

I had the exact considerations before parting with my ex wife  
She decided for me though  

[Nickyboy]

What car were you replacing it with?

Oh no, I hoped no-one would ask. A Toyota Rav4 T180

 

[ub7rm]

Don't blame you at all.  At the start of the year I was seriously considering changing to an A3 S-line TDI but though it ticked most of the 'head' boxes it didn't really do anything for the heart.  The replacement was put on hold while I sold my flat and bought a house.

Then I was away offshore for 6 weeks and when I came back I 'rediscovered' the GTI.  It was like driving it for the first time again and it is a fantastic car.  It just does everything so well.  Convinced me that I don't think I could live with a car that only makes sense to the head.

I am eying up some S3 sportbacks now though 

The lady buying yours will be gutted but you've got to think about yourselfn

[MattPoss]

What car were you replacing it with?

Oh no, I hoped no-one would ask. A Toyota Rav4 T180

 

No wonder u want to keep the GTI

Matt

[stealthwolf]

Can you afford the running costs of both cars? Will you actually drive the car frequently/often enough to justify it?

If not, get over it and sell it. You probably will at some point, just a question of when.

[vRS Carl]

I had the exact considerations before parting with my ex wife  

That decision for me was easy. She had to go 

[Nickyboy]

Can you afford the running costs of both cars? Will you actually drive the car frequently/often enough to justify it?

If not, get over it and sell it. You probably will at some point, just a question of when.

My Dad is buying the Rav off me 

Well, part exing his Nissan Qashqai + monies.

Told the girl today I am keeping it. She gave me a £50 deposit which I said I will come to your house and give back + a tenner petrol money. Let's hope she doesn't try the binding contract angle.

If so, the car recently developed this fault



 

[rdfcpete]

There's very few cars that I'd hand my GTI keys over for Nick. If I was you, I'd have ducked out too  

Even without the bias and raw love for them  , I think they're still such an accomplished all-rounder and very hard to replace which I'm finding too.

[Nickyboy]

You're right Pete.. Next time I will just borrow my mums Punto for a few days to see sense again.

[Saint Steve]

I just drive my billion horsepower hyundai i10, then hop back in the ed30 for weekends, and I'm still smitten with her, since owning it for 3 years..

[Asa]

What car were you replacing it with?

Oh no, I hoped no-one would ask. A Toyota Rav4 T180

 

Totally off subject but what tints do you have? I'm after that look and cars booked in next sat!