I feel your pain! I was very close, but in a state of depression and not ashamed to say I cried (more than once).
It was advertised with NJ and had buyers interested, but could not go through with it. These cars are so rare and you just can't buy one off the cuff with what you may want! i.e. low miles/low owners etc. the buyer has to wait around for one to come up for sale. If a buyer wanted a csl with 1 owner and low miles... he/she could be waiting around a while before one came up for sale but as the cars get older, the harder it is to find one to your spec.
Financially it has drained us - from paying for it, to now finding the money to service it (just been done woo hooo) and even put tyres on it but if in doubt, (and you can afford a bit of petrol) just go for a drive and all of a sudden nothing matters!!
the money! It's pure pleasure!
If we sold, wow, I could decorate the house lovely, new kitchen, a holiday to the Maldives but we haven't had a holiday for years (1 holiday in 8 years), hardly any new clothes/shoes/handbags but hey, I have a CSL in the garage to drive whenever I want and that is much more than any holidays/clothes or nicely decorated house.
Hold on to it if you can is my advice
