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How many cars have you owned so far.
« on: 17 December 2017, 16:36:41 »

Grandson asked me how many cars I've had grand total of 46 to date, anyone had more or maybe less ?
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #1 on: 17 December 2017, 16:51:02 »

16!

I thought it would have been more, but then I'm only young whippersnapper!  :y
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #2 on: 17 December 2017, 16:54:20 »

21 I think.  :-\
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #3 on: 17 December 2017, 17:11:22 »

No idea.
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #4 on: 17 December 2017, 17:13:16 »

23 cars + one road coach ;)
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #5 on: 17 December 2017, 17:58:44 »

60 i can remember probably more :o
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #6 on: 17 December 2017, 18:10:35 »

34 that come to mind,but like b4ndit there's probably more that came and went without too much notice.
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #7 on: 17 December 2017, 18:20:29 »

Clearly I’m younger than you lol, 1 Peugeot 309, an Astra b hatchback, 1 corsa 1.2, 2 Corsa 1.8s 2 Vectra C SRi an Astra VXR, Saab 93 aero estate and my much loved Omega to date soon to be joined by a new every day car😊
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #8 on: 17 December 2017, 18:27:53 »

Haven't a clue

I had had around 8 or nine cars ( end of life jobs typical MOT failures) before I could legally drive

I broke a seemingly endless supply of Cooper S's in my twenties

Now I am here, you seem to be stuck with your car for ever.
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #9 on: 17 December 2017, 18:55:03 »

Probably only a dozen or so that were actually mine (ie, I paid for and had logbook in my name), excluding bikes.

I tend to spend a lot of time researching the next one, and keep cars forever, and went for a couple of stints with no cars due to company and leased cars.
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #10 on: 17 December 2017, 19:25:05 »

I lost count years ago which is a shame,but 30 years in the motortrade means lots of wheeling and dealing has occurred,I currently have four and a tin tent but next week  who knows ::) :y
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #11 on: 17 December 2017, 20:22:53 »

36 if I include my daughter-in-law's Rover Streetwise and my sister's Vx Meriva, all of which I maintained and serviced, but not my sister's Mokka, which is less than a year old, has no spare wheel, and has already had one puncture.
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #12 on: 17 December 2017, 20:25:59 »

I started off with an Austin 1100 in 1972 and how the hell I would count all of them for the last 45 years is beyond me.
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #13 on: 17 December 2017, 21:01:16 »

Started with a Reliant Regal convertable (681 KPU) in 1963. Only had about 18 so far, tend to keep my cars till they die. ;D
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #14 on: 17 December 2017, 21:09:12 »

10, I passed my test in Nov 2001, so seem to keep them an average of 1.8yrs. That said I still have the first car I bought.  :y
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #15 on: 17 December 2017, 22:17:19 »

27 off the top of my head  :o
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #16 on: 17 December 2017, 22:39:59 »

12 in 29 years of driving, I think I tend to keep them more than most.
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #17 on: 17 December 2017, 22:49:59 »

over thirty, which averages one a year ;D  And a third of them were Capris.
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #18 on: 24 December 2017, 14:52:35 »

25 since 1969
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #19 on: 29 December 2017, 22:04:19 »

8 since 1987 when I passed my test. 4 of which are Omegas - one I never actually drove on the road (was bought to repair but got used for spares). And then there is triggers new broom  ::)
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #20 on: 29 December 2017, 23:40:52 »

was only trying to work this out earlier in the year with my son in law as he said in the 16 years I have know him he remembers me having 27 cars, then trying very hard with pen and paper over the next few days worked out since 1963 those that I added up came out as 79 and must be some I had not remembered, then it makes you think all of that dosh we spend on cars.....wish I had not worked the list out now  :y :y
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« Reply #21 on: 30 December 2017, 00:06:48 »

Only 10 here...  :y
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #22 on: 31 December 2017, 09:35:21 »

 Just topping over the 50 mark now

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« Reply #23 on: 02 January 2018, 07:38:45 »

15, I think.. 18 if you included company cars and my first car (which was never actually in my name)

More than I thought it would be, but as I was adding them up I kept realising I'd forgotten one or two - like the utterly forgettable Peugeot estate that preceded the 2.5TD Omega estate, or the XJ40 that became a pile of donor parts  ;D
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #24 on: 02 January 2018, 11:10:24 »

15, I think.. 18 if you included company cars and my first car (which was never actually in my name)

More than I thought it would be, but as I was adding them up I kept realising I'd forgotten one or two - like the utterly forgettable Peugeot estate that preceded the 2.5TD Omega estate, or the XJ40 that became a pile of donor parts  ;D

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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #25 on: 02 January 2018, 11:29:41 »

5. Tend to buy at about a year old and keep until major components are failing, it has got too unreliable, or tin worm is winning.

I expect the Omega's demise will be due to unreliability. :(
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #26 on: 02 January 2018, 11:31:36 »

5. Tend to buy at about a year old and keep until major components are failing, it has got too unreliable, or tin worm is winning.

I expect the Omega's demise will be due to unreliability. :(

Yep, me too, although one of those is the Westfield, which I'll be keeping.
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« Reply #27 on: 02 January 2018, 12:52:50 »

5. Tend to buy at about a year old and keep until major components are failing, it has got too unreliable, or tin worm is winning.

I expect the Omega's demise will be due to unreliability. :(

Yep, me too, although one of those is the Westfield, which I'll be keeping.

The great thing about a simple kit car like the Westfield is that it's easy to replace the bits that drop off (or get knocked off)  ;D
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« Reply #28 on: 02 January 2018, 13:32:02 »


The great thing about a simple kit car like the Westfield is that it's easy to replace the bits that drop off (or get knocked off)  ;D

Yes, and when you get bored of it, it can be re-born as something more interesting. :y
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #29 on: 02 January 2018, 16:25:03 »

5. Tend to buy at about a year old and keep until major components are failing, it has got too unreliable, or tin worm is winning.
Aye, me too. The "I'll buy a cheap large cruiser for my France 2004 holiday" car lasted another 13yrs more than I intended it to.
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« Reply #30 on: 02 January 2018, 16:26:43 »

5. Tend to buy at about a year old and keep until major components are failing, it has got too unreliable, or tin worm is winning.

I expect the Omega's demise will be due to unreliability. :(

Yep, me too, although one of those is the Westfield, which I'll be keeping.
But it is Triggers Broom ;D

Is it still the original chassis? I know the first time it was sent off to be straightened, can't remember if it was damaged 2nd time, or if that was just bits bolted onto it that got disturbed...
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Re: How many cars have you owned so far.
« Reply #31 on: 02 January 2018, 16:28:15 »

Which presents a question, if the chassis (as the car actually has a defined chassis) is replaced, does it get a new registration plate?

I know that's not really a question for most cars, as the chassis is too integral to be replaced.
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« Reply #32 on: 02 January 2018, 16:36:41 »

Which presents a question, if the chassis (as the car actually has a defined chassis) is replaced, does it get a new registration plate?

I know that's not really a question for most cars, as the chassis is too integral to be replaced.

No it doesn't cos you wouldn't tell anyone  ;) Youre allowed to replace major parts of cars but different bits get differing points ...... https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration/radically-altered-vehicles
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« Reply #33 on: 02 January 2018, 16:55:38 »

But it is Triggers Broom ;D

Is it still the original chassis? I know the first time it was sent off to be straightened, can't remember if it was damaged 2nd time, or if that was just bits bolted onto it that got disturbed...

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Mostly. Front section of chassis has been "freshened" a little. ::)

Which presents a question, if the chassis (as the car actually has a defined chassis) is replaced, does it get a new registration plate?

I know that's not really a question for most cars, as the chassis is too integral to be replaced.

If you surrender your damaged chassis Westfield will sell you a new one bearing the same identity so no, you don't have to go through the whole IVA and registration ballache again. Which is good, because the DVLA and VOSA are each in isolation about as much use as a chocolate fireguard, but, when you have to get them to co-operate... >:(
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« Reply #34 on: 02 January 2018, 16:57:02 »

Which presents a question, if the chassis (as the car actually has a defined chassis) is replaced, does it get a new registration plate?

I know that's not really a question for most cars, as the chassis is too integral to be replaced.

No it doesn't cos you wouldn't tell anyone  ;) Youre allowed to replace major parts of cars but different bits get differing points ...... https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration/radically-altered-vehicles
Link says to keep original reg, must be original chassis.  However, KW's Westfield is already Q plated I believe, so the rules look to change. Clear as mud though.
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« Reply #35 on: 02 January 2018, 17:08:06 »


Link says to keep original reg, must be original chassis.  However, KW's Westfield is already Q plated I believe, so the rules look to change. Clear as mud though.

.. but you can have a "new and unmodified" chassis / bodyshell. In any case, that's for RAVs which would be things like hearse conversions.

With a kit you can keep the old registration if you have 8 or more points from the original vehicle (i.e. most of it bolted to a kit car chassis), you can have a new registration if the major components are new or "refurbished to an as-new standard" or you get a Q plate by default or if the parts are of indeterminate age. I was offered a new plate by the DVLA bloke because he reckoned I'd refurbed everything to an as-new standard but I declined because I'd have to suffer tedious things like emissions tests then. ;)

But, in all of the above cases you'd need an IVA to re-register it. Replacing the chassis with new and NOT changing the VIN means it "never happened", so you don't. ;)
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« Reply #36 on: 02 January 2018, 17:11:47 »

Perfect clarification :y

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« Reply #37 on: 02 January 2018, 22:16:25 »

Perfect clarification :y

Obviously, yours has never had any "action", so nothing to see here, move along ;D

Exactly. :-X
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