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Posted: 6/23/2016 9:37:01 AM EDT

[#1]

10 years and 3 vehicles
-1995 Chevy Z71
-2002 Chevy 2500HD
-2016 Jeep JKU
ETA still have all three

Posted: 6/23/2016 9:39:17 AM EDT

[#2]

35 years. 4 vehicles.

'78 CJ 7

1991 dodge 250 cummins - 275k

2001 dodge 2500 cummins - 300k

2006 ram 2500 cummins - 175k - current daily driver

Posted: 6/23/2016 9:53:40 AM EDT

[#3]

Driving for 47 years.

I think it is 12 cars. Plus 3 company provided cars over the last 9 years or so before I retired.

1964 Chevy Biscayne
1972 Maverick 4 door
1974 AMC Hornet Hatchback*
1980 Malibu*
1984 S-10 Long bed pickup*
1989 Escort Pony - Bare bones version. Not even a radio.*
1989 Ford Aerostar*
1999 Ford Escort
1993 Grand Am*
2000 Grand Prix
2000 Jeep Cherokee Limited
2009 Ford Edge

* Purchased new.

Company cars were all Fords. A 2006 Taurus, then a 2009 Fusion and then a 2014 Escape.

Posted: 6/23/2016 9:55:52 AM EDT

[#4]

30 years driving, 5 cars not counting my wife's 7 cars.

83 Escort (purchased used in 88)
90 Plymouth Laser (purchased used in 90)
95 Plymouth Neon (transferred from wife in 99)
01 Chrysler 300M (purchased used in 05)
07 Chrysler 300 (purchased used in 08 after 300M was totaled)

Wife's cars, purchased by me for the household except for #1:

85 Tempo (purchased used in 90)
95 Neon (purchased used in 95)
96, 99, 03, 07, 13 Dodge Grand Caravan (all purchased at 2 or 3 years old w/ 20k -30k and sold w/ 90+k. It's the family truckster so the Caravan racks up the miles quickly but must be dead reliable.)

Yes, we are good friends with my home town Chrysler dealer.

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:04:40 AM EDT

[#5]

Driver: 37 years
Cars: 12
Bikes: 9

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:07:36 AM EDT

[#6]

37 years driving

These are just mine, kids and various ex-wives vehicles not included
'69 Cutlass
'71 442
'77 Camaro
'83 Cavalier
'65 VW bug
'85 C10
'89 Jeep
'75 Blazer
'72 Vega w-V8
'94 C1500
'96 S10
'67 Camaro RS/SS still own
'99 1500
2000 C1500
2000 Cavalier
2002 C1500
2004 C1500
2006 K1500 still own
'94 C2500 still own
'55 210 post still own

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:08:42 AM EDT

[#7]

Licensed to drive for 20 years.

cars that "were mine." (a.k.a. owned by parents, but driven by me)

1988 Chevy Corsica
1982 Toyota Celica GT
1986 Isuzu Pup

Cars that I owned

1993 F-150 Extended Cab 5.8L towing package
2000 Mustang 3.8L
1997 F-150 Extended Cab 4.6L
1980 Triumph Spitfire 1.5L
2006 Mercury Grand Marquis 4.6L

I still own the 1997 F-150, 1980 Spitfire, and the 2006 Grand Marquis

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:16:57 AM EDT

[#8]

I usually try to get the max out of my cars, I will generally have them 5-7 yrs on average, I have had probably 5 cars.

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:41:11 AM EDT

[#9]

20 years driving. Something like 37 cars in that time. I was my own "cash for clunkers" program for quite awhile. I was a big fan of buying a $50 car and using it as a ghetto cruiser until it died. When it died, I'd drag it to the junkyard and get my 50 bucks back.

Since the kids have been born the cars have become much more safe/reliable.

Some of the highlights include

early 80s Chrysler rampage. Vikings purple. Started with a screw driver. Top speed 50mph(big hill and strong backwind required) Liked to pop out of gear if you gave it too much gas.
79 Volvo station wagon. primer grey. broken front spring.
79 Suburban. two tone brown and rust. every single door was dented. power steering hose liked to pop off if you hit the wheel lock.
82 Pontiac t-1000. Not a terminator, just a Pontiac version of the venerable Chevette, son of the Corvette? No heat. Passenger door permanently closed due to being t-boned. Custom rear wheel well opening due to same t-bone incident(think tin snip+sledge).

Thinking back, I'm pretty lucky I survived all those death traps. lol good times

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:46:31 AM EDT

[#10]

10 vehicles, 30 years.

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:54:31 AM EDT

[#11]

Fifty-four years of driving....
Maybe a dozen vehicles.

Am not a car guy.

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:55:13 AM EDT

[#12]

new car every 2 years

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:57:34 AM EDT

[#13]

About 28 years of driving. Many hundreds of thousands of miles.

In order of ownership

84 Fort Tempo

84 Pontiac 6000

89 Chrysler Lebaron

95 Firebird

97 Firebird TA

99 Dodge Avenger
99 Dodge Dakota

97 Firebird TA WS6

(x wife got it)

2000 Dodge Ram 4x4 Off Road (lease, never do that again...

)
2003 Dodge Durango SXT
94 Geo Metro (gas miser) Totaled by woman who rear-ended it.
2008 Honda CIVIC EX-L (Still own) 175k miles runs like new, clear coat pealing though.
96 Geo Metro (gas miser) Sold at 260k miles
2007 Chevrolet Corvette

(Still own)
2016 Jeep Cherokee Lattitude (Still own)

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:58:27 AM EDT

[#14]

32 years of driving... Lord knows how many vehicles and how many miles. It's just part of life like walking or breathing.

Posted: 6/23/2016 11:05:58 AM EDT

[#15]

42 years driving. 6 Vettes 6 or 7 Camaros, a 27 T bucket 7 or 8 trucks and SUV's oh a Dodge R/T and two Trans AM's

Posted: 6/23/2016 11:13:34 AM EDT

[#16]

Been driving 25 years.

Have had
1950 Willys Jeepster (bought at 15, sold at 17
1985 Jeep CJ-7 (bought at 17, still have)
1993 Honda Accord (bought at 17, sold around 2008)
1983 Jeep CJ-7 (bought in 2008, sold same year (rust bucket))
2001 Toyota 4runner (bought in 2005, sold in 2011)
1985 CJ-7 (bought in 2002, still have)
1994 Honda Accord (got in 2008, still have)\

I also currently have an 83 GMC and an 85 Jeep Scrambler that were Dad's, both bought new.

So I've had 9 vehicles, and still own 5 of them in 25 years of being licenced.

Posted: 6/23/2016 11:20:04 AM EDT

[#17]

24 years

86 Bronco II
75 Chevy ton
85 Escort station wagon (diesel)
87 Wrangler
90 Cutlass Supreme
91 Toyota pickup
00 Blazer
98 Intrigue
04 Camry
04 F250
14 Focus

Posted: 6/23/2016 11:36:51 AM EDT

[#18]

35 years
24 + vehicles
7 at the moment.

Posted: 6/23/2016 11:39:55 AM EDT

[#19]

I was supposed to keep track of that too? WTF

Posted: 6/23/2016 11:48:45 AM EDT

[#20]

26 years, 8 cars and 3 motorcycles.

It would be 6 cars, but we couldn't keep the cars we owned in the UK.

Posted: 6/23/2016 11:50:28 AM EDT

[#21]

25 years, 17 vehicles or so.

Posted: 6/23/2016 12:54:02 PM EDT

[#22]

Quote History

Quoted:
Throwing away my 1000th post on this...

5 trucks/1 motorcycle
15 years of driving

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post whore.

Posted: 6/23/2016 1:10:09 PM EDT

[#23]

4 cars in 18 years. I'm about due for my 5th in the next year or so.

Not counting the 1 car I bought for my wife when we got married a few years back.

Posted: 6/23/2016 1:15:48 PM EDT

[#24]

54 Dodge pickup
79 Bronco
90 F-150
94 F-150
06 F-150

33 years of driving.

Posted: 6/23/2016 3:56:59 PM EDT

[#25]

NJ driving permit in 1973, licensed same year.
'67 Fairlane coupe, '69 Chevelle Malibu, '76 Pinto wagon, '81 EXP, '83 Brat, '87 Fiero, '65 Chevy II, '96 MX-5 which I am currently driving.

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:02:00 PM EDT

[#26]

44 years of driving, 13 vehicles.

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:04:48 PM EDT

[#27]

Been driving for about 10 years and I've had about 13 vehicles.

Posted: 6/23/2016 10:10:34 PM EDT

[#28]

20 years, 6 vehicles

Posted: 6/23/2016 11:22:02 PM EDT

[#29]

10 vehicles, 28 years, still using 4 of them, I didn't get my license in NJ until I was 22, the fine state of public transportation in Camden County having revealed itself to me at that time. This also prompted subsequent thoughts on self defense, which isn't germane to the thread.

Posted: 6/23/2016 11:49:41 PM EDT

[#30]

Holy shit, don't ya'll get bored driving the same old shit every day? I need to post sometime tomorrow the ~80 vehicles I've had.

I can't even imagine only having 5 or 10 vehicles in 20 years like some here....

Posted: 6/24/2016 2:05:21 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
How long have you been licensed to drive and how many cars have you had registered in your name? I know people who change their cars about as often as some people change their underwear. I am the exact opposite. I keep them as long as a can, as difficult as that may be in the rust belt.

I have been licensed to drive for 24 years.
I have had 5 cars in my name.
I still have 4 of those cars.
One car for every 4.8 years of driving.

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lets see, 30 years:

69 chevy c10
76?? b210
69 beetle
fiat x/19
vw 412
IH scout II
68 buick lesabre
78 sunbird
monza
74 caprice
volare
plymouth arrow
dodge sapparo
maverick
70 caprice convertible
70 vw microbus
720 nissan 4x4
240 sx
jeep j-10
78 caprice classic
honda Z coupe
dodge mirada
720 nissan diesel
nissan ??? car
85 vw golf
87 vw golf
80? vw 16v scirocco
geo metro
76 nova
78 malibu
datsun b 210
74 nova
66 mustang
250 C mercedes
audi 5000 quatro
86 VW scirrocco
fiberglass buggy
69 beetle
70 beetle
honda CB 175
kawasaki ke250
honda vf750f
VW sychro vanagon
60? chevy van
80? rabbit vert
78 ford f-150
mercedes 300 TD wagon
mercedes 240 d
chevy celebrity wagon
VW rabbit diesel
ford explorer
80s f-150
vw quantum turbo diesel
88 vw golf
89 vw fox
sand rail
96 s-10 blazer
68 GMC pickup
old ford motorhome
old dodge motorhome
grey suzuki samurai
green suzuki samurai
maroon suzuki samurai
80> mazda 626
2000 toyata camry
89 mustang
84 mustang
71 mustang
86 nissan 720 4x4
85 dodge 1/2 ton
84 dodge 3/4 ton dually van
2000 caddilac sts
1990 sportster
late 80s kaw 750 LTD

So seventy something that I can recall........

Speed

ETA

2 MKII vw jettas
a ford courier
a ford LTD
and a geo tracker

FML

and a 80s skylark......

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