Reasons for selling my CA18DET ute: -

1) The wife hated it - This is mainly a combination of the following reasons.

2) Impractical - I couldn't pick my daughter up from kindy or take the family for a drive (should've buit a coupe).

3) A bitch to drive in traffic - I had a Gikken twin plate heavy duty clutch & after 45min's of peak hour traffic I felt like I needed a knee recon.

4) Maintenance - This comes back to the old addage that "a project car is never finished"... There was always something to do & I never seemed to have enough time.

5) Buit for purpose - I originally built the ute to comete in the SEQ sprint serires.... Again, I just didn't have the time.

6) They're in demand - Mine sold for $12.5K.... In the 1st week.

I wold've kept it for a weekend fun car, but didn't have the garage space.

I really miss going for a blast in the blue ute, but I figure I'll just go & buy a WRX / EVO / B-spec liberty or something soon which will give me the performance I like (granted - Without the character) & I won't have to worry about the above 1, 2, 3 & 4 above.
I imaging cost will be the trade-off though... Nothing gives you bang for your buck like a turbo datsun 1200