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Dec 28, 2019 19:24:38 GMT
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I was having a conversation with my friends over Christmas about all the cars we've owned in our lives. It turned out that my Brother has owned just seven, a couple of my friends were into their high teens, and I am knocking on to my hundredth car at some point next year! Another of my friends, a car dealer (of sorts) said that was nuffin as he'd had over a faaaaaasand! To which I replied, what a thousand cars in your name? His response was that they weren't in his name as he had bought them to sell, so he never registered them in his name. To my way of thinking although technically he had owned them as he'd paid for them, he only had them to sell, and therefore they weren't really his, they were his stock. Anyway, this conversation got me thinking, and I wondered how many cars the average car enthusiast owns in their lives. Speaking to most of my family and friends, the average would seem to be in the twenties. But my feeling is amongst you guys the average must be a lot higher. So what's your number?
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Dez
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And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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How Many Cars Have You Owned?Dez
@dez
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Dec 28, 2019 19:29:44 GMT
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I did this about 10years ago and was knocking on 150 then...
And that’s just the stuff I’d count as ‘personal collection’.
I’ve slowed down a lot now but for quite a few years i was averaging a couple of cars a month, so 25ish a year. But my my own admission an awful lot of those where cheap snotters.
These days I try to go for quality not quantity.
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How Many Cars Have You Owned?Mercdan68
@forddan68
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Dec 28, 2019 19:53:12 GMT
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Over 400
currently four between me and my 16 year old son
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Last Edit: Dec 28, 2019 19:55:03 GMT by Mercdan68
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1999 Jaguar s type
1993 ford escort
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Dec 28, 2019 20:21:12 GMT
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My grand total is 31. But that includes cars, work vans, motorbikes, sandrails and even cars I bought for spares and scrapped!! I’m obviously not very good at this  If it’s just proper cars that I actually used, I only get 8 (still including the Fug, which struggles with the practicalities of a car) |
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Dec 28, 2019 20:36:16 GMT
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I'm currently on my 21st in 29 years of driving.
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mk2cossie
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How Many Cars Have You Owned?mk2cossie
@mk2cossie
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Dec 28, 2019 20:39:34 GMT
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Well, after all my years of driving I'm on my 5th! Which is quite low for a 37 year old mechanic from what I understand  |
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Dec 28, 2019 20:47:34 GMT
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72 for me in 22 years driving
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Dec 28, 2019 21:04:39 GMT
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63 in 12 years, really slowed down in the last 3 years though
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Dec 28, 2019 21:19:00 GMT
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I think I’m at 22 cars. First car was in 2005.
Need to start buying more.
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1994 BMW 525i touring
2004 BMW Z4 sorn and broken
1977 Ford Escort
1982 Ford Capri getting restored
1999 Mazda B2500 daily driver.
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moglite
Part of things
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How Many Cars Have You Owned?moglite
@moglite
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Dec 28, 2019 21:53:56 GMT
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I'm on 52, but it is my 53rd birthday in a few days, I think I might need another for the sake of chi ;-)
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1967 Morris Oxford Traveller
1979 Toyota LandCruiser BJ40
1993 Daimler Double Six
2007 Volvo XC70 2.4D
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scimjim
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Dec 28, 2019 22:13:47 GMT
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84 I think. I was on 67 when I compiled a list for a previous thread 10 years ago here. I still own 4 from that list, I reckon another dozen or so have been and gone and another 7 have joined the fleet since. Edit, list updated and still own 5 of them, 10 others have been and gone, 7 others joined and stayed - so 84. |
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Last Edit: Dec 29, 2019 11:17:26 GMT by scimjim
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How Many Cars Have You Owned?Mercdan68
@forddan68
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Dec 28, 2019 22:19:07 GMT
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I’ll add that my first car was bought for me by my parents in 1984 when I was 15
A mk1 escort I went on to buy and sell well over a hundred mk1 and mk2s by the time I was 18 years old
Back then they were 300 quid buys....
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Last Edit: Dec 28, 2019 22:20:03 GMT by Mercdan68
Fraud owners club member
1999 Jaguar s type
1993 ford escort
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Dec 28, 2019 22:30:52 GMT
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Letting the side down with only 15. However, I was the last owner of 7 of them as they met violent ends (10 were competition cars, 2 I sold, 1 I still compete in).
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Dec 28, 2019 23:36:37 GMT
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33 and counting. Sorry if this is a bit of a list but had to work it out and add them up. This doesn't include spouses cars or 'wrecks' bought for spares. Don't know if this is sad or heroic but I can remember most of them. Anything in italics has gone, anything in bold I still have. 1969 Ford Escort Estate 1300 RKO362G
1958 E series Holden
TS125 Suzuki (only two wheels, does that count?)
1300 mk2 Escort Van
Mk1 Transit SWB V4
A gas guzzling Jag
mk3 Cortina Estate
Y reg mk3 escort
1977 Granada Coupe
Ford Zephyr mk4 (bloody HMS Ark Royal)
T reg 1600 mk4 Cortina
1980 mk5 Cortina 2.0 GL SPU787W
Datsun Bluebird 1800 A******
1971 Ford Mustang ******V
1966 Ford Anglia FHY97D
1986 Ford Granada C******1990 Dutton Legerra Q91CMVSeries 2 Dutton Sierra Q365UWP
Series 3 Dutton Sierra
Series 2 Dutton Sierra HPG128KSeries 3 Dutton Phaeton Q77GMV
Series 2 Dutton Legerra Q835XSC
Series 4 Dutton Phaeton MXI8846 (I think)
Series 1 Dutton LegerraSeries 2 Dutton LegerraSeries 4 Dutton Phaeton Q570JKOSeries 2 Dutton PhaetonSeries 3 Dutton Phaeton Q8**XSCSeries 2 Dutton PhaetonSeries 2 Dutton Legerra Q385FDFNCF Diamond2005 Ford Transit VE55KPKMazda Eunos Roadster R563ENFBest bargains are the 1st Dutton Legerra @ £50 (non runner fixed for under £10) and the Eunos @ £200. Longest owned - I've had that Legerra 19+ years now only taken off the road late this year as an excuse to get the Mazda  |
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1988 DUTTON LEGERRA MK1 - SPARES DONOR
1989 DUTTON LEGERRA MK2 - CURRENT PROJECT
1990 DUTTON LEGERRA ZS MK2
1990 DUTTON LEGERRA ZS MK2
DUTTON PHAETON S2 - Resting
DUTTON PHAETON S4 - Resting
DUTTON PHAETON S4 - PROJECT X
DUTTON SIERRA S2 - Resting
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Dec 28, 2019 23:44:57 GMT
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18 cars in 17 years of driving but that doesn’t include owning the same car several times.......which I’ve done multiple times!!
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My dad has had seven cars and five utes over sixty years.
Right now I have nine cars in varying states of completeness (including one that I haven't driven since the '80s which is in a shed at my parents' farm over 1000 miles away) and a semi-derelict Mercedes-Benz 0305 bus.
Since I got my licence in 1983 I've had sixteen cars, two trucks, and one bus.
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FOAD
Scotland
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48 in this year alone, all owned by me with my name on the v5.
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I have no idea...
But I'd guess more than 30 and less than 60.
Depending on how you'd count ( Parts cars? Parts cars that turn into projects? Future projects that may or may not happen, but it was too good of a deal to pass up?)
And I usually hang on to my cars a for a very long time...
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I’m at 71  |
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 1965 Mk1 Mini 1989 Porsche 911 3.2 Carrera Sport 2004 Audi A2 TDi 2007 Lotus Exige S 2011 Mini Cooper SD |
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I am on 52 and might hit 53 soon-ish. My Alto is up for sale.
A friend of us, 66 years of age, has just bought his 3rd car and has bought his first car when he was 19.
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