I feel a little ashamed tonight...

[robsco]

...After getting a little teary over the up and coming departure of my 156. I took her out tonight with Miss Robsco in tow for what could be the Alfa's last ever decent run out with the two of us. The journey was a satisfying blend of cruising in comfort with the odd bit of thraping on private land.

Slowing down towards the end of the drive and letting the beautiful Arese V6 settle down gently after some spirited driving, I suddenly felt awash with emotion. The full shebang: shaky voice, lump in the throat and eyes welling up. Even Miss Robsco stepped up and admitted having a certain amount of love for the big Alfa.

Its like the end of an era in a sense, albeit a short one and this is a story I'm sure many on here will relate to. Cars can do incredible things to petrolheads, and even to those without petrol coursing through their veins the reactions can be just as touching.

Bring on the GTV.

[TRUENOSAM]

I get the same feeling from my 155.....but I wont sell it

[Proxy]

I'm trading my first car in tomorrow for my new wheels.

It's "only" a Mk4 Vauxhall Astra, but it was my first.
I know for a fact I'll feel the same way when I hand the keys over

[AreseV6]

I still mourn the loss of my 156 v6 two years down the line the v70 i have now is an excellent car but i dont love it like the Alfa

[NiceCupOfTea]

I would be the same if I ever had to sell my 900T16S...

[mattmoxon]

Felt exactly the same way when I sold my ST back to Ford, shame the last drive was sat for almost 35 minutes in Friday evening traffic worming my way from one side of the city centre to the other, rather than a proper farewell (turbo problems meant I really couldn't drive it in a spirited manner). End of an era, probably my first and only new car. Walking out of the ford dealership with the cheque (and tax disk) in my pocket I had one last look before getting the bus home. Didn't quite shed a tear but it was a painful goodbye, never had quite that strong a connection to a car before, though If I know if I have to sell the Mustang for any reason I know I'll be inconsolable - love it to bits. Though the next day when I picked the Mustang up made me feel better

[vit4]

I know I'd be the same with my money-sink of an Astra Just can't bear the thought of doing the sensible thing and selling it. Which is why I've quite successfully justified the decision that upon the next thing going wrong a redtop or a V6 is going in it

[Bowler]

I had a Vectra 2.2 Elite once (the "phenomenon one) and got really teary when it went.









By "teary", I actually mean that I was laughing all over my face that I'd got shot of the piece of ste.....

[FraserLFA]

I don't want to part with my first car

I love it too much.

[Emeye]

I just bought a 155 1.8TS - falling in love already.

Only car I ever regretted selling was my MX5 - this may be the next one!

Edited by Emeye on Friday 11th February 00:40

[robsco]

Its like selling a family member isn't it? God only knows what a wreck I'm going to be when she pulls off the driveway with her new owner.

[Ace-T]

Totally get where you are coming from, when the Chimaera was driven off the drive by the new owner, I ran back into the house, sat at the kitchen table and sobbed for half an hour.

Luckily when the chap put it up for sale Judas bought it back for me!

Trace

[entwisi]

aged 6 or 7 my dad sold the only car I'd actually known in any real terms, an old H reg Hillman Minx, and I was sat in the hallway of the house crying as I watched it drive off. He'd replaced it with a Humber Sceptre ( HTD 553 K ) square one which was a much fancier motor but that old Hillman had me crying my eyes out.

I always feel a certain pang wen selling a car I've really liked but some that did notihng for me can leave without so much as a second glance....

[billzeebub]

I dread seeing one of my previous motors done up like it's been driven quickly through a branch of Halfords covered in glue...we all hope our old rides are being looked after by a non-chav, sad reality is probs not

[benzito]

my second car was a 156 2.0TS after owning a clio 1.2, the alfa was possibly my favourite car despite since owning rx8, M3, sl55 etc. For 3k (which is what I paid for the alfa) the amount of luxury and performance was unbelievable and I was very sad to see it go (I had actually written it off!) - in my opinion one of the most stylish cars with stunning interior also,

like Clarkson says: you can't be a true petrolhead until you've owned an alfa!

[Shurze]

Rob, I felt exactly the same with the 147... Gutted

[robsco]

Shurze said:

Rob, I felt exactly the same with the 147... Gutted

Hi Ben. I can imagine you did. I managed to hold it together with the 147, despite feeling upset at its departure. I'm glad the car didn't give you any trouble, it was always really reliable for me too. Will you be back into the Alfa fold?

[Dangerous2]

i took my first car to a scrapyard, it was very emotional. the best bit was weighing it and finding out that it only weighed 720 kg!

[Bing o]

Getting rid of my old GTV was the happiest day of my life - kissing goodbye to Ferrari running costs with Fiat performance and stepping into my Elise was amazing!

[TameRacingDriver]

Sold my ITR to get an mx5. Just made me realise how good, despite being fwd, that the ITR was. Brilliant engine and handling, and a joy to drive. Even though I like my 328i just as much but in a different way, I still miss the 'teg.