Between us SWMBO and I have owned 151 cars, minimum 2 and maximum 7 at any one time. The current crop of 5 were all bought for ‘sensible’ reasons. My Q5 tows our caravan and with 4 wheel drive also acts as our ‘bad weather’ transport. SWMBO has a BMW active tourer hybrid that suits her frequent short journeys rather well. My MX5 is just a magnificent machine that is worth so little it’s not worth parting with yet does everything it was designed to do extremely well. The TR7 was a whim because I haven’t had one and wanted to see if the bad press was deserved - it wasn’t. The Morgan - because it’s a Morgan and I wanted one since I was 11. Not including repairs the lot costs around £2500 per year (tax, mot and insurance), I do all the work on my toys myself, the BMW has a service plan and the Audi service costs £3-400 every 2 years
When we were working we also had a ‘skip car’ that did exactly what its name suggested but SWMBO also used when see needed to visit some less glamorous locations for work.
I once bought an MX5 and MGF at the same time because I wanted to see which I thought was best then sell the other.
Best car I ever owned was a BMW 5 series tourer and worst was a Ford C max, I enjoyed my Boxster but found every fool wanted a race. I built a show standard MGB but didn’t enjoy owning it as I didn’t want it getting scratched or dirty. Converted two MGBs to Rover V8 and they were fun. Had a Volvo 240 for a month, truly awful car but massive load carrying capacity. I’ve done alright financially with my toys but lost thousands on day cars.
Few regrets; selling the 5 series, parting with a TR6 for a stag, buying an early X1 and Mini Countryman all 4, not owning a 911 (yet)
Bit of a ramble, sorry
