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Posted: 6/22/2016 8:57:50 PM EST

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.

Posted: 6/22/2016 8:59:46 PM EST

[#1]

31 yrs driving, about 40 vehicles.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:00:06 PM EST

[#2]

Over 16 years of driving.

4 cars.

I've had my latest car 8 years.

Hard to believe its been that long.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:01:11 PM EST

[#3]

In 17 years of driving, I have owned 8 cars.

Longest time in one car was from 2005-2010.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:03:46 PM EST

[#4]

Thirty years of driving and have owned 4 vehicles.

1970 VW Bug
1980 BMW 320
1992 Toyota Truck
2004 Toyota Tacoma

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:06:07 PM EST

[#5]

60/8

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:07:36 PM EST

[#6]

Been driving 38 years. Not including the ex-wife's vehicles, I've owned and driven 12 different trucks and one Jeep. There are at least 4-5 other vehicles that I owned while I was married but never drove daily. I also am the legal owner of one truck, one Jeep and one car that my my kids currently drive. I gave the car to my daughter as a gift, I share the Jeep ('88 YJ playtoy) with my son, and am the cosigner/title holder on the truck he currently drives. He has it nearly paid off, but I technically own it.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:08:40 PM EST

[#7]

Throwing away my 1000th post on this...

5 trucks/1 motorcycle
15 years of driving

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:10:31 PM EST

[#8]

42 years/ 24 vehicles IIRC. Only counting the vehicles I kept and drove as personal vehicles, had several more that I bought, restored, and sold.

ETA: I didn't count motorcycles, I think there have been about 12 of them through the years, still have 2.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:11:49 PM EST

[#9]

12 years driving, 8 cars

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:12:19 PM EST

[#10]

40+ years,

4 motorcycles and well over 100 cars.

Down to only owning 6 right now, high-water mark at any one time was 13.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:12:42 PM EST

[#11]

17 years, 2 vehicles

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:12:57 PM EST

[#12]

36 years... 8 vehicles (not counting motorcycles which were used as primary vehicles. Counting motorcycles... eight additional)

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:13:17 PM EST

[#13]

24 years driving, 11 vehicles, still have latter 2.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:13:21 PM EST

[#14]

9 years on the road, 1 vehicle.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:13:29 PM EST

[#15]

I've been driving for 12 years and have had 12 cars.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:13:44 PM EST

[#16]

15 years, 6 cars.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:13:57 PM EST

[#17]

20 in 24 years.

64 Riviera
65 El Camino
1984 Mazda B2000
4 Ford Rangers
96 Z28
2 F150's
08 GTI
06 Rubicon
07 Malibu
10 Malibu
12 Fusion
14 Camry
2000 Avalon
13 Rubicon
92 Mustang
15 Mustang

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:14:41 PM EST

[#18]

11 vehicles/15 years of driving.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:14:44 PM EST

[#19]

25 years of driving, and have / had 8 different cars.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:14:59 PM EST

[#20]

3 vehicles, 14 years

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:15:57 PM EST

[#21]

22 years, 3 vehicles.

Well, also a motorcycle I had for a little while, but it wasn't a primary driver or anything.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:16:27 PM EST

[#22]

12 years of driving-

1993 Isuzu Trooper- totalled at 16
1996 Jeep Cherokee - totalled while off-roading
1999 Jeep Cherokee - sold
1997 Honda accord - sold
1992 Ford Ranger - sold
1989 Subaru wagon - sold
1997 F-350 (drove this the longest at 4 years) - dad still drives it
2008 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited - traded for F150
2013 F130 (just got last weekend)

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:16:28 PM EST

[#23]

26 years
Over 100 cars last time I sat down to think about it

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:17:13 PM EST

[#24]

3 vehicles 16 years

Still have the first and the last i got 11 years ago yesterday.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:20:02 PM EST

[#25]

44+ years

Not necessarily in order:

'68 Chevy PU. Traded in for a....
'73 Vega. Traded in for an Aries
'77 Corolla. Gave to nephew.
'70 Fury III. Gave away.
1980 Dodge Aries. Sold.
'79 VW Minibus. Sold.
'88 F150. Biz vehicle
'68 Galaxy 500. Gave away.
'94 Plymouth Grand Voyager. 300000 miles. Sold for 150.
'60 Studebaker Lark. Gave to museum.
'60 Studebaker Champ PU. Lost in divorce.
'99 Mazda Miata. 219000miles. Sold.
2000 Sebring Convertible. My daily driver.
'94 Subaru Wagon. Biz vehicle.
2000 Chevy/Toyota Prism. Totaled.
'94 Merc Sable. Gave away.
'12 Chevy Cruze. Wifey's daily driver.

Probably a half dozen more. Drove a lot as a salesman.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:20:02 PM EST

[#26]

78 Ford Thunderbird bondo special deluxe
80ish Chevy Chevette complete with dollop of bondo on hood for an ornament
Mazda B2200
First year Taco
01 Suburban
04 Suburban
15 Wrangler

29 years

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:20:03 PM EST

[#27]

37 years
72 Ford F150
79 Ford Granada
87 Dodge D50
87 Ford Mustang
89 Dodge Dakota
92 Ford Mustang
96 Ford Ranger
98 Ford Explorer
01 Chevy Monte Carlo
95 Ford Ranger
03 Chevy 1500
05 Subaru Outback
06 Ford Ranger
14 Toyota 4 Runner

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:21:37 PM EST

[#28]

Driving for 44 years.

4 cars (Ford, Olds, Ford, Pontiac)

1 SUV (GMC)

2 pickups (Chevy, Ford)

5 motorcycles (Honda, Honda, Suzuki, Honda, Honda)

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:21:58 PM EST

[#29]

Been licensed for 38 years and have owned 8 vehicles (2 were my wife's) of which I still have 3. My oldest is my 2000 F350, my newest is my 2009 Accord.

I keep vehicles for the long haul.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:22:53 PM EST

[#30]

26 years driving

1985 Honda CRX 1990-1991
1987 Honda Accord LX 1991-1994
1990 Honda Prelude Si 1994-1999 (Should've kept this car longer and skipped the Mitsubishi)
1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS 1999-2002
2002 Honda Accord EX Coupe 2002-2009 (February)
2008 Toyota 4Runner SR5 February 2009-current (hope it gets me 20 more years)

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:23:17 PM EST

[#31]

15 years of driving

4 vehicles

88 maxima
98 ranger
03 tiburon
11 F150

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:23:54 PM EST

[#32]

26 year of driving. I have owned 3 cars.
1990 Diahatsu Charade
1998 Ford Ranger
2006 Toyota Tacoma

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:25:16 PM EST

[#33]

26 years of driving.

More vehicles than I can count.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:25:36 PM EST

[#34]

Been driving for 30 years.
I've had no less than 25 cars, trucks or motorcycles registered in my name. That does not include any dirt bikes or quads that were not street legal.
Many of the cars were purchases made with the intent of repairing them and reselling them.
I currently have three cars/trucks registered in my name.
The longest I have had any single car registered to me was 22 years, before I gifted it to my daughter. We brought her home from the hospital in it, taught her to drive in it and watched her leave home in it.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:26:41 PM EST

[#35]

21 years - 27 vehicles

Motorcycles:
1985 Honda elite 150
1986 Yamaha 650 special II
1982 Honda cb900c
2008 HD XL883
2009 HD FXDB
2013 HD FLD *
1985 HD FXR *

Cars/trucks:
1980 Toyota Celica ST
1995 Mitsubishi Mirage SE
1987 Mercury Topaz
1979 Chrysler Newport
1986 Mazda 686dx
1987 Cadillac El Dorado
1996 Ford Thunderbird
1998 Chevy Blazer
1991 Chevy s10
1993 GMC Sonoma
1991 Chevy Blazer
1974 Dodge dart swinger
1972 Ford Torino
1970 Cadillac Hearse
1973 GMC Cheyenne super *
2003 Ford mustang GT
2005 Nissan Maxima
2001 Chrysler Sebring
1998 Ford F150xlt *
2000 Mazda Miata *

* = currently own

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:27:28 PM EST

[#36]

18 years
20-25 cars

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:28:51 PM EST

[#37]

I've owned 5 in 34 years of driving

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:28:58 PM EST

[#38]

40 years = 5 trucks

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:29:05 PM EST

[#39]

10 years

05 Scion tC
07 civic si
07 BMW Z4 m coupe
12 mustang gt
91 mustang coupe 5.0
95 Miata M edition
13 fj cruiser
04 srt4
05 cbr600rr
15 tundra crewmax
96 Altima
16 4 runner (wife's but in my name)

Looking to put a C6 z06 in there soon.

I think that's it.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:30:10 PM EST

[#40]

49 years
17 vehicles

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:31:05 PM EST

[#41]

30 years.
11 vehicles.

Mostly because I drove POS's and had some cars just for fun.

1981 chevette. $1300. Drove 1 yr. Sold $650
1981 Buick skylark. $1200. Drove 1 yr. Sold $850
1982 Toyota tercel. $1900. Drove 1 yr. Sold $1100
1982 Honda Accord. $2500. Sold $500. Drove 7 years.
1977 MGB. $1300. Drove 9 years. Sold $1500
1988 Honda Accord. $2700. Drove 4 years. Sold $1600
1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee. $17250. Drove 9 yrs. Sold $2500
1989 Jeep Wrangler. $500. Drove 6 years. Sold $3850
1999 Dodge Ram. $7000. Drove 9 years. Sold $3000
2003 Mazda Miata. $11000. Drove 5 years. Sold $8000
2007 Ford F150 (current). $16000. 2 years so far.

Paid cash for each one except the Cherokee.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:31:19 PM EST

[#42]

52 years
19 cars & 1 pickup
12 motorcycles

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:32:22 PM EST

[#43]

23 years and I think around 40-45 cars

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:32:30 PM EST

[#44]

Been licensed 36 years and have had twenty different pickups and five different Camaros. I've also had street legal buggies Monte carlos mini vans motorcycles and Jeeps.
Currently we own
2009 Chevorlet 2500 duramax
2004 Jeep Wrangler LJ
2004 Jeep Grand cherokee
1999 Jeep Cherokee
1968 Camaro

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:34:01 PM EST

[#45]

15 years with a license.
1 car in my name.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:34:32 PM EST

[#46]

14 years, around 20 that I have put tags on

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:39:53 PM EST

[#47]

50 years of driving. More vehicles, especially trucks and Jeeps than I can remember. Can't drive anymore due to health problems and that hurts more than I can describe. Miss my last new truck a lot.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:41:03 PM EST

[#48]

20 years, 4 cars.

Haven't paid over $1200 for any of them, and paid for them in cash.

I take all that money that could have went to payments, and stick it in my retirement....

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:41:30 PM EST

[#49]

18 years licensed.

As far as how many vehicles... right now I have five, so likely 15+ including toys. Not sure.

Posted: 6/22/2016 9:43:10 PM EST

[#50]

Licensed and have driven for more than 40 years.
I have owned only three four-wheeled motor vehicles, four if you count one that I bought for parts.

My present one has about 225K miles on it.

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