How many cars have you owned?

Purgative

Taylor365 wrote: »

People with a lot of cars over a short span of time (9 in 9 years? Jesus!):

Lemons?
Bad driving?
Don't look after them?
Have multiple personality schizophrenia and must change the car every few months?

Possible, or maybe buy runners and get rid when they die, or do them up and sell on.



Used to live next door to a guy who always had some vehicle in bits to fix - he enjoyed it

Casati

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It's those that have owned over 90 or even 100 cars, lots the same make and model. That baffles me. That's possibly a car every 3 to 4 months on average.

Presumably anybody who has had 100 ordinary enough cars is trading them?

Isambard

well I can provide photos of all but about 5 of my 90+

there's a good few of them in this album....if youi're on fb https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155801685457161&type=3

Purgative

Isambard wrote: »

well I can provide photos of all but about 5 of my 90+ (not going to)

So Isambard, did you just get bored and trade them in, or run into the ground, or do them up and sell them on as side line / business?

Isambard

Purgative wrote: »

So Isambard, did you just get bored and trade them in, or run into the ground, or do them up and sell them on as side line / business?

well, it was a hobby, finding them and buying them in the UK. The crappier they were the shorter the time til I sold them (at least one never turned a wheel again for me after staggering home), made a loss on most of them but had time in the home place effectively free. Had a great time and loads of roadtrips. When I started few people were importing classics but everyone and his dog got on the bandwagon so I stopped. Agood few were the family car of the day too and my first purchase was in about 1974

RandomViewer

Taylor365 wrote: »

People with a lot of cars over a short span of time (9 in 9 years? Jesus!):

Lemons?
Bad driving?
Don't look after them?
Have multiple personality schizophrenia and must change the car every few months?

Bangernomics, buy something with a bit of test, if it'll pass again keep it, if not ,repeat step one,

Purgative

Isambard wrote: »

well, it was a hobby, finding them and buying them in the UK. The crappier they were the shorter the time til I sold them, made a loss on most of them but had time in the home place effectively free. Had a great time and loads of roadtrips. When I started few people were importing classics but everyone and his dog got on the bandwagon so I stopped.

Makes sense. Thanks.

AndyBoBandy

Have only bought 2 cars myself and still own them.

2006 BMW 320d M-Sport Auto (bought in 2012)
2020 Tesla Model 3 SR+ (bought new)

Breaks my heart to pay €710 to tax the BMW for a year and it barely did 500km in the last year…… but we’ll keep it on the road for a few more years at least…. Despite moving on to a Tesla, the e90 is still an utterly brilliant car to drive. 307,000km on it but it’s still bulletproof.

passatman86

Isambard wrote: »

well I can provide photos of all but about 5 of my 90+

there's a good few of them in this album....if youi're on fb https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155801685457161&type=3

Had a look at all the pictures - great collection

toushea

13 Cars in 13 years more or less , managed to hold on to 4 of them so far.

2004 VW Polo 1.2i
2006 VW Passat 2.0TDI
2003 BMW Z4 2.5i
1967 VW Karmann Ghia (Still Own) 1500cc
2010 Audi A4 2.0 TDIE
2005 Hyundai Coupe 1.6i
2006 Saab 93 Convertible 1.9TDI
2012 BMW Z4 2.0i
2016 BMW 520d 2.0 TDI
1997 BMW Z3 (Still Own) 1.9 16v
2020 VW eGolf
2001 BMW 320ci Cabriolet (Still Own) 2.2i
2017 BMW 330e (Still Own) 2.0i PHEV

appledrop

The amount of cars some people have had!

I've only had 4 cars in 15 years.

Currently in Seat Ateca which I adore.

My first car was a Opel Corsa and it was an absolute pile of junk.

Even thinking about it brings me out in sweats. It gave me nothing but trouble and had to dump it when head gasset went! Very bad value for money and didn't even have it for long.

Thankfully my auld Ford Focus was great value. Did a huge amount of mileage in it and never let me down.

Now I did look after it very well, had to spend good few hundred every year replacing brakes pads, tyres etc but that was all down to mileage.

Owed me nothing for last few years and enabled me to save and buy brand new car.

appledrop

Meant to say Corsa wasn't an auld banger when I bought it, only 4 years old when I got if from SIMI garage!

Larbre34

appledrop wrote: »

Meant to say Corsa wasn't an auld banger when I bought it, only 4 years old when I got if from SIMI garage!

Painful Opel ownership will come as no surprise to anyone here.

In fact, the older, the better.

micah537

Isambard wrote: »

well I can provide photos of all but about 5 of my 90+

there's a good few of them in this album....if youi're on fb https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155801685457161&type=3

I love the white 73 Ford coupe. Was that a Cortina?
Ford are so bland compared to back then.

Bass Reeves

micah537 wrote: »

I love the white 73 Ford coupe. Was that a Cortina?
Ford are so bland compared to back then.

I say it's a Ford Capri. The fact it's two door suggests that. It may be the Mk3 Cortina as I taught the Capri's all had double headlight set in the front grill

Actually I am going with the MK3 Cortina

Casati

Bass Reeves wrote: »

I say it's a Ford Capri. The fact it's two door suggests that. It may be the Mk3 Cortina as I taught the Capri's all had double headlight set in the front grill

Actually I am going with the MK3 Cortina

The 73 C reg? That’s a Granada Coupe isn’t it?

Strumms

3 cars in 11 years of driving...

1 Toyota Corolla - reliable, great build quality, nice to drive but in terms of comfort, average, I was no fan of the seat..

2 Nissan Qashqais - as reliable as the Corolla but light years away in ahead of it every other way, comfort, great on the motorway, overall handling, very responsive.

Vittu

1989 opel kadet 1.3 p
1990 subaru legacy 1.8 p
1991 Mitsubishi Lancer 1.5 p
1997 Toyota Corolla 1.3 p
1994 Toyota celica 2.0 p
2000 Daweoo lanos 1.4 p
2009 BMW 3 series 3.0 d
2012 MB c220 2.1 d

Bass Reeves

Casati wrote: »

The 73 C reg? That’s a Granada Coupe isn’t it?

I do not think so there is a raised center on the bonnet the Granada Coupe had a flat bonnet in the middle

Filmer Paradise

First car in 1993

'81 Golf 1.1 Crashed it
'82 Escort 1.3 Held together with Isopon
'84 Capri 1.6 Loved it. Wish I had it now.
'90 BMW 318i Deadly unreliable. Cured my fascination with BMWs permanently.
'94 626 1.8 Bought as a stopgap. Wound up driving it 11 years!
'01 206 1.4 Austerity era runabout. Did a good job for us.
'08 V50 2.0D Ultimate Old-Fartmoblie. A Volvo estate.

ofcork

First car in 98 punto sx new
02 punto sporting new
bought a 01 laguna in 05
traded that for a 04 avensis in 07
changed that in 2014 for a 12 avensis still have it.

RandomViewer

Casati wrote: »

The 73 C reg? That’s a Granada Coupe isn’t it?

Mk3 Cortina, Granada coupe were scarce,

RandomViewer

Bass Reeves wrote: »

I say it's a Ford Capri. The fact it's two door suggests that. It may be the Mk3 Cortina as I taught the Capri's all had double headlight set in the front grill

Actually I am going with the MK3 Cortina

Capri mk3 1978 up has double round lights, Some bigger engined Mk1 had them but most are rectangular,Mk2 all rectangular

passatman86

ofcork wrote: »

First car in 98 punto sx new
02 punto sporting new
bought a 01 laguna in 05
traded that for a 04 avensis in 07
changed that in 2014 for a 12 avensis still have it.

What do you think of the avensis

Isambard

micah537 wrote: »

I love the white 73 Ford coupe. Was that a Cortina?
Ford are so bland compared to back then.

you're close. it's a Taunus TC1 Coupe, same underpinnings as Mk3 Cortina, different panels lights etc. the TC2 and 3 were identical to Cortina mk4 and 5. French car, I had it for ages and couldn't sell it, no one interested, and it ended up going to Romania

ofcork

passatman86 wrote: »

What do you think of the avensis

Kept the first one over 7 years still have the 2012 only had to replace 1 suspension arm in nearly 7 years,great relability even if people find them dull never let me down unlike the 2 fiats and the renault.

passatman86

ofcork wrote: »

Kept the first one over 7 years still have the 2012 only had to replace 1 suspension arm in nearly 7 years,great relability even if people find them dull never let me down unlike the 2 fiats and the renault.

Thats lucky of you. Nice one
Ive replaced the battery, alternator, 4 injectors
Next is to fix drivers window as wont come down
Ive had mine nearly 6 years and consider it fairly reliable. When i change in the future i think ill also keep the avensis

E36Ross

Iv had errr a few.......

Used to buy cheap BMW for a few hundred, Should have kept a few!

I'll list the interesting ones.

BMW E32 735iL Literal barn find for €400! Wish I kept it going by current prices.

BMW E36 x 11 Everything from a 316i to 323i, Still have a 318is hidden away

BMW Z3 2.8 Very nice car, Half wish I kept it.

BMW E46 X 7 Mostly just 318ci that I stripped for parts, Had a few 320D aswel.

VW Golf Mk4 x2 Passed my driving test in the second one.

Sierra Cosworth, Always wanted one, bought a few weeks before I turned 21 and shoved into storage as I knew prices would go bonkers! Should be on the road next year!

Fiesta Xr2i, Great car but now sold.

Fiesta Zetec-S, This was my sensible car that's now turned into a restoration.

Mercedes S320, Always wanted one.. Bought it with tax and test. Ran it for a few months and broke even when selling.

Mitsubishi Pajero 2800, Again always wanted one and now my daily.

Loads more random boring stuff aswel, Mainly Ford and a random Corsa B.

Bigdig69

1971 fiat 128 owned from 78 to 80
1980 corolla 80 to 82 sold it to see the world at 24
1980 Renault 4 1985 to 87 - crashed by sister
Lived without cars for a while
82 corolla owned 89 to 98 kiddy number 3 arrived
97 Fiat bravo only kept for 1 year. A short period of being a two car family.
98 Renault scenic owned from 98 to 2004
03 nissan tino owned 2004 to 2013
2010 Renault grand scenic owned 2013 to 2018
2015 Renault grand scenic owned 2018 to 2019:- back ended by bus written off
2016 Renault scenic 2019 current car

So just 10 cars in almost 43 years

Blue850

Since 1993 daily drivers
1978 Fiat 127 903cc
1985 Fiat Uno 1.1
1980 Opel Kadett 1.3
1987 Opel Kadett 1.2
1987 Fiat Uno 1.3
1981 Fiat 127 Sport, insurance broker couldn't fathom why I was changing from a 9 year old Uno back to a 15 year old 127😄
1980 Fiat 127 Sport
1987 Fiat Uno Turbo
1989 Fiat Uno Turbo , the fastest car I've ever driven
1990 Opel Vectra 1.7D, the slowest...
1992 Lancia Dedra 1.8
1994 Opel Vectra 1.7TD
(1971 Fiat 850,1969 Triumph 2000,1973 Mercedes 230 on classic insurance)
2004 Skoda Octavia 1.9Tdi
2011 Toyota Avensis D4D