How Many Cars Have You Owned?

[comfortablynumb]

Well over 100, if you include cars bought for parts alone
At least 20 of those were/are cortinas, but I used to be able to get them with an mot for around £100 ***sigh***

[FOAD]

I think around 150 since passing my test in 2009.

[joem83]

28, has been at that for over a year now (dispite changing cars). Will be 29 as soon as I figure out what my next daily is.

My dad owned 6 or 7 cars in 50 years, I had 7 in 1 year lol.

[sweetmk1dub]

Between 35 and 40 In 20 years of driving, minimal compared to some folks here but over 20 of those were mk1 golfs so I'm sure I can be excused

[strikey]

I think I'm at 15 in 34 years driving but that is owned/regd/run properly , not quick turns , scrapper or racers which would more than double that figure.

Edit that...16....found another finger.

[Paul]

Okay, here goes...from memory (a few of these have threads on here but due to the great Photobucket purge there's not a lot to see:

1993 Rover 414SLi - crashed that
2004 1.2 8v Fiat Punto - all my insurance could cover after above crash
2003 Seat Ibiza 1.9 TDi PD130 - chopped in for...
2004 Seat Leon Cupra R which had water leaks & blew coil packs, leading to
2003 Porsche Boxster S - then in a fit of economy I picked up a
2006 Seat Leon Ecomotive - all plastic, giffer specs'd, 60mpg

It's about now that the 'interesting' car hobby help kicked in and dates become hazy...

Perodua Nippa (purchased from this here parish)
1974 VW Beetle 1303
1973 Campervan
1971 1200 Beetle - bought as a project and never completed
Mk1 Golf Karmann GTi - bronze, bought as a non-runner and also sold as such on here in 2008
Mk1 Golf Karmann GTi - blown HG, so thought I'd take it out and put an ABF in from
Mk3 16v ABF GTi - bought as a breaker
Mk1 Golf with a slush box - bought from here with short MOT (2 days), given the biggest fail sheet I've ever seen and immediately scrapped.
Mk2 Golf 1.8 Driver - with more more desirable weber carb (ooh)
1989 Audi Coupe 2.2E (http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/50676/1989-audi-coupe-2)
1987 Mk2 Golf GTi 8v
1991 Mk2 Golf GTi with ABF engine conversion
1991 Mk2 Golf GTi bought from a local old guy, failed MOT, sold on for far too little
1995 VR6 Corrado which never ran right (http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/157393/1995-corrado-vr6-ralph) - bought a Mk3 2.8 VR6 as an engine donor but that never happened.
Mini project - never completed
Polo Breadvan - never completed
A hateful, hateful 2005 RX8 that never ran right
Honda Acty pickup truck, drove 'til the MOT ran out and then sold on - it was recently sold on for a massive profit but still hasn't been MOT'd in about 4 years.
1998 1.3 (more power baybee) K11 Micra - bought, did some silly things to, failed MOT, scrapped
2000 W210 E55 AMG - wrote that off almost exactly 5 years ago. Short-term replaced with a
2002 1.0 3 cylinder Corsa C that still lives on within the family
Renault Twingo purchased from this here parish - drove until the MOT ran out, now dry stored and awaiting time for me to get her back on the road.
1998 Ford Puma 1.7 - which really really was a hoot to drive, and a still kind of miss
1999 Honda Legend - choice of motor for the Weekender last year,, stupidly low and sold on for - deep breath - a wee bit of a profit
1993 Eunos Roadster 1.8 S Special - sold through this here parish
Moderns at the same time included a new new Beetle in Bronze, followed by a 2014 Diesel Golf

The current stable includes:
2017 VW Tiguan for family duties
2009 BMW 123d twin turbo with a remap that does the commute
2002 225 Audi TT - that's my current hobby car with the wheels, downpipes, exhaust, remap, coilovers, brakes etc. etc. but maybe a little modern for here
2003 3.0 BMW Z4 that barely does a few hundred miles a year - but those miles are great fun :-)
2002 Renault Trafic van that's inching its way toward a camper conversion but very, very slowly.

I make that 38 so far :-)

EDIT:
39) X308 XJ8 Jag
40) 2004 Porsche 911 996 3.6S

Had to make 40 a good one ;-)

EDIT 2:
Z4, TT and Jag have gone, but

41) Renault Scenic 1.6 16v added as a potential engine donor for the Twongi

EDIT 3:

Scenic has gone to the great banger ring in the sky (change of plans) which made way for

42) 1996 Toyota Paseo 1.5 5EFE, which was soon sold on and replaced by
43) 2005 TX2 LTI London Taxi...for the bants
45) 2020 Volkswagen Golf 1.5 (for the wife 😁)
44) 1994 2.4l Volvo 850 for lugging duties

EDIT 4:

They keep on coming...
46) 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ 4.0 inline 6
47) 1987 Ford CROWN Victoria 5.0 V8
48) 2004 1.3 VW Polo (saved from my sister and imminent scrappage)
49) 1996 Daihatsu Hijet 1.0 CB42
50) 2003 Mini Cooper S R53
51) 2001 Dodge Dakota 3.9 V6 pickup
52) 1973 7.5l Buick Lesabre
53) 2001 Suzuki Wagon R+ 1.3l
54) 2023 Volkswagen Golf (daily for the missus to replace the last one)
55) 2002 Mercedes SLK 200
56) 1999 Audi A2 (to replace the BMW E87, a victim of the ULEZ)
57) 1997 Citroen AX 1.0
58) 2010 Alfa Romeo 2.0 JTDm Sportwagon (daily derv duties)

[ontheedge]

60 ish

[Deleted]

6 Austin Metros
1 Capri 2.0 Lazer (3 way ownership)
1 MG Midget ( donated/loaned from a friends dad and handed back when I moved away)
1 Lada Niva
1 VW Polo (only car bought new)
1 Fiat Bravo Trofeo
3 Alfa 147s
1 Alfa 156
1 Rover P4 that never made it out of the boxes it arrived in (brief ownership)
5 unremarkable Ford family wagons
2 Suzuki Swifts
1 Bedford CF2
1 Humber Super Snipe
1 Reliant Scimitar
1 Chevy El Camino

27 between 1987 and 2019. I've probably forgotten one or two so I'm going to tally up to 30 and declare and average of 1 per year, more or less.

[crockpot]

I lost count at 100+, that was 20 years ago!

[Woofwoof]

A good thread this.

I've owned around 40 and when I reflect back now, God I really owned some rubbish! I'm sure there's one or two I've forgotten about, if so they're worth forgetting about.

Ford Escort Mk1 x 2
Vauxhall Viva
Mini
Ford Escort Van
Alfa Sud x 2
Alfa 75
Toyota Corona
Austin Allegro (Yes, really!)
Ford Cortina Estate
Datsun Sunny Van
VW Golf Gti
VW Corrado
Toyota Carina E
BMW E21
BMW 2002 x 2
BMW E34 x 2
BMW E30 x 2
BMW E32
BMW E46
Lexus LS400
Nissan Primera 
Honda Accord x 3
Honda Civic
Toyota Carina II
Nissan Sunny
Suzuki Swift x 2
Merc 190E 2.6
Merc 190E 2.5-16
Merc C-Class x 2
Merc E-Class x 2
Mazda Xedos 6
Mazda 323
Ford Mondeo
Suzuki Ignis Sport
Mazda MX5

Current:
Merc C-Class
Suzuki Swift

[Laters]

Ive been driving for 35 years & have owned 28 cars.

Out of the 28 cars 17 have been my daily drivers.
4 of the 28 were weekend/fun/spare cars.
The rest were bought to use as donor cars for one of the kit cars or to use as parts for mods.

Out of the list I still own 3.

[fer4l]

Dec 29, 2019 12:43:24 GMT crockpot said:

I lost count at 100+, that was 20 years ago!

Same!

[mattfletcher]

At present I have 9, the last time I counted 7 years ago I’d owned 250+. 5 years ago I owned -
Merc clk
Audi TT roadster
BMW 728
Ford puma
Range Rover p38.
Got tired of taxing one every month so sold everything and bought a Cayenne now I’m back up to 9. -
Cayenne
Astra GTE
Nova
Audi coupe
A4 convertible
BMW e90
Fiesta
Fiat Ducati
Qashqai
But I know I’ve at least had 3 cars pass through my hands this year. I just can’t stop, even though I’ve not got anymore room and I actually need to spend time looking after the ones I’ve got I still find myself looking through the classifieds

[neilsdavies]

I think I'm at 26 in 25 years. One BMW E30 touring, one Audi A6 Avant, one Skoda Fabia and all the rest have been VWs, mainly Beetles from 1951 onwards. Think there's a list on here somewhere.
Yep, 15 Beetles from 1951, 1961, 1966 (x2), 1968, 1970 (x4 including one breaker and one with a 1974 bodyshell), 1971 (x2 including the school project), 1972 (rolling floorpan only, ended up with one of the 1970 bodies on it), 1973 (Karmann cab floorpan), 1974 (x2, one for breaking, the other just a floorpan). Then there's the 1971 Karmann Ghia, the 1970 and 1981 campers, the two 1993 mk3 Golfs, the 1992 and 1994 Passat estates and the 1986 Scirocco that I've never driven.
I'm not including part shares in cars or the ones I've bought as donors for my wife's projects either, even if I did register them in my name! 

[lmr]

Ive been driving 31 years and I think I have bought one a year - pretty pathetic to most of you on here.

Every year my resolution is to not buy another vehicle. In 2019 I didn't get out of January before making another purchase......

[astranaut]

Think I'm at around 35, 11 years driving and had a couple before I passed my test. Although I still have one from the year i passed my test.

[mrbounce]

Amazingly I have only had 11 - generally because a) I have nowhere to keep a fleet of projects but also b) I tend to have a daily driver and keep them until they're going to become too expensive...

[pOG]

Absolutely no idea. 50+ I would say, and almost all of them absolutely terrible.

Even 'Er Indoors has managed 15 or so in 23 years.

Compare / contrast my grandfather who had 5 cars in a 50 year period...

[bmcnut]

19 I think. Mini, Mini, Metro, Maestro, Maxi, Maxi, Escort, Lada, Maxi, Pug 405, Granada, Chevette, Maxi, Micra, Maxi, Maxi, Micra, Cube. 18 if that list is right. There is still far too much alcohol hanging around this place to garruntee its correct, or that I can spell.

[disasterbus]

I've currently got 5 cars and one motorbike.

I've got a spreadsheet and photos of almost all my previous cars - 154 owned and registered to me since 1 was 17, plus about 20 motorbikes (didn't keep as accurate a record of them for some reason).