Does everyone get attached to their vehicles or is it just me?

Dang,

I got a super good deal on a daily from someone we all know and love and I sold my existing daily in one day.

So I'm out in the driveway cleaning it up. The kid has already seen it but that makes no difference to me. It's his first vehicle and everyone deserves to get their purchase in the best condition possible.

Plus it's one last time for me carress those contours I now know so well.

As I start thinking of all the things this vehicle has afforded me to do in the last twelve years I begin to wonder if others feel this way about their machines.


While I was getting ready to sell it all I could think of was the times I had to work on it. Did I HAVE to work on it? I guess not. I just WANTED to before I HAD to. I can't say it ever let me down.

My brain strays to my first car, a '75 Toyota Celica, well used when I got it. DOA when I hauled it to salvage. That was a car that let me down on many occasions. It deserved to die it's fiery death. Only more poetic that it took a Fiero out with it, along with my two front teeth.

Back to my extreme gayness and auto-erotica.... I'm wiping the dash and am really thinking about it now. I think of all the things that have happened over the last twelve years, "friends" and family that have come and gone. MANY have let me down. I'm sure I let a few of them down as well.

But this truck never let me down.

And I sold it anyway.

Talk amongst yourselves. I'm mourning.

 

I will tell you this. Best times I ever had were in my baby shit green 1980 Honda Accord 4dr. I still miss it.

 

I have an abusive relationship with my daily driver. The more I love it, the more it fights me. I suppose thats what happens with an ex-cop. The novelty of owning a squad car has worn off a long time ago, but I think I'll shed a tear once I sell that dirty bitch.

 

I get so attached that I BUY to sell........well, I just get BUY with what I have. LOL

 

I'm in the midst of a moral dilema now concerning my first car and daily. Its been coming apart quicker than I can put it back together and I have so much more on my plate now. Between customer cars and my project, I dont forsee the time to put it back the way it should be. There is also little worth to it even when it is 100% except to me. It is actaully very hard.

My friend offered me money for it as is, and even though he mentioned re doing the car, I still couldn't deal with the thought of someone else owning it. I'm so torn.

 

I never really became attached to any of my cars and I,ve had many....my 57 Belair has been with me 15 years now.Will I ever sell it? Probably but only when a 55 Chevy or a Willys coupe is the reward.....

 

Mine may be a bit homely to some but I stroke her well whether she needs it or not. She shows her appreciation and ain't let me down yet.

 

My Cutlass...
it's been with me through a divorce, 2 marriages, about 9 funerals, 3 motors, 7 transmissions, numerous evenings spent under it, in it, on it, it's been the cooler, the trash bin (Tyler isn't the only one), the life of the party, and the reason the party ended. There is no bolt I haven't turned (and alot of them I have broken.) no part I haven't taken off, and at the end of the day, it's still just a rusty ass 'ol67 Cutlass. But damn!
I have had this car longer than I have known my current wife.
I have had this car longer than I have had 99% of my current friends.
I have honestly logged somewhere around 400 thousand miles in it.
causght it on fire, drag raced it, rally raced it, driven it daily, done just plain stupid things in it, and even when I broke it last year on the way to Pistons and Paint, I wasn't mad at it...That car doesn't owe me a DAMN thing. All it has ever done is just plain brutalized the roads with Me in it.
I actually own a nicer one...which I have decided to blow apart and use as parts for this one. I could transfer everything over, and it wouldn't have the same soul. I have bought and sold countless cars and trucks since I bought it...But there isn't currently a price I could put on it.

Do we get attached? Fuck yeah...

 

I've had a shitload of cars and missed alot of em after they were gone.Some dailys and some muscle cars but I have a real hard time thinking about selling my 55 chev after 2 years in the making from the frame up and it's still not done to my satisfaction but if the right car came along I might off it . I probably should back that up with the fact that I wanted a 55 for damn near 30 years and now that I have it the possibility of selling for something else makes me realize I need another beer or two

 

I regret selling every car i have ever sold. Even the ones that were a piece of crap.

Doc.

 

Bruce Berry was a working man, he used to love that econoline vaaannnn.... Thats the one I miss to this day. I had alot of memories including meeting my wife in that old van. The old sixer took a crap left her where she died. Oh yeah i'll finish the verse.. A sparkle was in his eye but his life was in his hand...... Later Rob

 

I became attached to my 57 chevy..My first car, my dad helped me with it back when i bought it too. Much sentimental value.
And it too has left me on the side of the road many time's as well..mostly because i had no clue what i was doing back in the day..
it'll be 20 year's i've had it this November.

I've had many offer's to buy it, but that one will be with me til i croak and left to my kids if i have any..or my nephew if i don't..
Money cant replace memories of your youth, and quality time spent with your dad learning how to turn wrenches..no amount as far as i'm concerned

Tony

 

Yup. That's why I have all of those vehicles still sitting around here. Not to mention the fact that I pirate stuff from one to another now and then. But I've got a 77 C10 that's been with me for over 20 years. It's rusted out and the frame is gonzo, but I keep it alive just to plow the snow with it, and wish it was in better shape, so I could take it down the road again. It's "sister" is an 83 that I've had for about 10 years, and dispite my better judgement I'm fiddling with it again to put it back on the road. Then when cold weather forces me to do indoor stuff, I'll work on parts of my 30 and that will keep me warm till spring.

 

Curious Rash,

I can say, I truly miss my first car a '57 Bel Air, would I buy a '57 again no it wouldn't be the same. Sold the'57 to buy a new '67 GTO had nothing but trouble with that car, I was so glad when it went down the road. Now, I'm deeply in love with my '49 Cadillac Sedanette shes big black and beautiful.............

Cruiser

 

when i build a car i keep it,when i get rid of it it is parted out and sold as parts. i know thats kinda weird but its a fatal atraction thing. my first car, running, drivable car was a 72 torino, 460 pi. damned fast ford. we saw many girl friends, races every night, state troopers and city cops, chased and sometimes caught, i loved that car cause i bought that bitch with rodeo money, even tho i had a mohawk, built it in my folks gravel drive way, put 13 engines and countless transmissions in that crush and run. i parted that bitch out and crushed the shell. no one would ever have her but me. my bmw 2002, i sold to a guy so far away... i will never see it again, i hope. me and that car saw lots of hurricaine surf trips. my 72 lemans gt sport, i traded for a utility pole and 3 transformers, parted her piece at a time. that was a huge loss, but, i dont have to see some other bastard driving her around with spinner wheels, and the buick i have now... i will run that puta bitch in the river fore i hear some other jackoff telling the tale of how he built it. i think the affection for a car that you have built with hard earned money and sweat and tears and pigmented skin and beer thinned blood is worthy of these feelings. hell, i dont know. maybe we are just a mental few. my first wife was a hell of a lot eaiser to get rid of than the 65 riv i was driving.

 

I wish I could get attached to my car. It would save me money for sure. I always think theres something better out there.

There probably isnt.

 

I only really miss my '60 F100 longbed. As aerodynamic as a cinder block, but beautiful none the less!

 

I miss my 55' Chevy. It was my daily driver, street racer, go anywhere car, mainly cuz I couldn't afford a 2nd car. I loved that car until some scumbag stole it from work.

Then I had a VW Cal look bug as a daily. Drove it all over the place until another scumbag stole it.

I don't get attached to cars anymore.

 

I miss my 50 Olds Coupe when i enlisted i left the car with some guys we hung out with in Chicago. They stole cars was the rumor. I didn't have any place to keep it.

They said they would watch it for me. I came home on leave, Guess What! my 50 Olds was stolen! that sucked. I wonder who stole it da guys

 

I get attached to mine, some more than others. Some, I swear have a spirit or something, they get attached to me as well.
My wife has this dilemma now........ she's decided to let her 74 Nova go. Her first car, bought in 1980.

Someone's gonna see two grownups cry around here.

 

Hang in there Mr Rash. you'll be OK, you're just normal.

 

I know some of my cars don't fit the vintage to be on this forum but I learned after selling my Classic Mini Cooper, To NEVER again sell a Car that makes me forget what a basketcase my life can sometimes be. I'll come home from work after a bad day, grab a quick shower, a white tee shirt and some Levi's, jump in my car and instantly I am living the dream again. You'd have to pull the keys for my E30 M3 From My cold, dead, lifeless hand.

 

Cars that I build get to me...even if I build them for someone else. Every time I finish one, it feels like another child is born.

Craig

 

Man, I felt like that when I was a bodyman, the newer crap didn't appeal to me as much but when I put hundreds and hundreds of hours into building a rod for some other guy I felt like it was mine, and it was hard to see it drive out of the shop. I did a '40 Oldsmobile for a guy 14 years ago and I still miss that car, I spent so many hours on it I became attached to it.....whacked.

Gary

 

E30 M3!!!!

 

I got attached to a dr pepper can yesterday. true story

 

I've gotten attached to a few over the years.

The '73 Olds Cutlass S that I bought to replace the rusted out, worn out, smoking, oil leaking '74 Buick Regal my brother gave me. The Cutlass brings back a lot of good memories, as well as a rough time in my life.

Believe it or not, an '82 Chevy Cavalier. My first engine rebuild, done in a metal storage shed. Drove it another 5 years, putting close to 100,000 hard miles on it before selling it. Met my current wife driving it.

The '68 Chevy pickup that was one of 3 vehicles my grandfather owned in his life. I need to get back to work on it and get it running for a back-up daily.

The current daily, a clean, low mileage '68 Nova 4 door I heard about for close to 20 years. It was my wife's great aunt's car, she drove it last when she was 93. No power anything, no air, just a basic 250 6 cylinder backed up with a Powerglide. I picked it up early this year with just under 84,000 miles. It'll roll over to 90,000 in the next week or so. It hit 88,888.8 doing about 85 or so on the turnpike a few days ago.

Last but not least, a couple of my bikes.

The '70 Triumph I've had since '98. We've been thru a lot together, there isn't a single nut or bolt on it that I haven't had a wrench on over the years.

My homebuilt "Slug Bike", built around a 2/3 hp Briggs and Stratton WMB from an old Maytag washing machine.

The rest were transportation, these have all been a part of me.

 

I sold my 53 Merc to a friend(also a HAMBer) and I miss it constantly. and it's only been gone for 2 months.

 

I've been trying in earnest to sell my 54. Well, I talked to a guy last night who is coming over today to look at it. I have a feeling for some reason this guy is going to buy it. When I got off the phone I got a knot in my gut. How can you not fall in love with this face:

Todd

 

Ive had my Charger since 1981.It was my first car and a daily. It s the cazr I cut my teeth on. Its ferried ALL my immediate and ecytedned family to church o n their wedding day. It been racced at the track, shown at the biggeste events and I get offers to buy her all the time.

I just cant bring myslef to do it....evn though Id love to build/buy a Westergard styled kustom.

For me its simple,...you cannot replace the memories. The car has soul to me, she "speaks" to me and ME alone.

And THAT dear friends is worth more to me than any money.....

Rat