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Too many cars, get rid of a few. 7 43.75%
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Old 02-28-2015, 08:51 PM   #1
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Cool Poll: Does your Wife or Significant other tell you you have too many cars?

While my wife has her 318ti and her 540it, she every once in awhile reminds me we have too many cars, particularly BMWs. She does like tho that she has her pick of any of them...

I may have maybe one or two too many, but I wonder what you all may hear in your house.
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It is always an interesting banter regarding the vehicles at my house. I keep threatening her that I found another TI on CL and I'm trying to buy it and she keeps threatening me that she will kill me if I get it.

...Not sure who is serious. Haven't tested it, yet. She has the upper hand for now, always brings up the imperfections with my current TI.
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Old 03-01-2015, 03:18 AM   #3
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My wife loves our 3 BMW's. She has brought up the topic of my need for a new work vehicle. She thinks I need an e46 wagon or X1. So, I am a lucky guy I suppose. I never get my balls broken on this subject.
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I'm not married... so... I win. heh heh
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Well considering that we currently have 5 (2 Ti's, 2 Miatas, and a work truck) between the 2 of us, I could bring home a Z3 or first gen 4runner and be good...
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Thinks, I should concentrate on collectibles and send a few down the road and get a nice new Suburban or Silverado as a nice vehicle for all of us.
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Old 03-02-2015, 01:28 PM   #7
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We have 7 cars for 4 drivers, needless to say she thinks we have way too many. She loves her X5 and driving the 1600 in the summer. However she cant understand why I keep the 318 in the garage all winter and park my daily driver (325Ci) outside in the cold and snow. (She doesn't like the fact that is our autocross car and it has the California Roof and I treat it like a baby all winter long!) In my opinion, You can NEVER have enough!
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i've had two cars for as long as i can remember. Always one for work and one for the weekends to cruise around in. Currently i daily a 96 5-speed 2dr RAV which i bought for the clearance for winters here in NYC. It was too good of a deal to pass up and perfect for my needs. Then i drive a 91 Miata on the weekends when the weather is decent/nice.

hopefully in two weeks i'll be bringing home a lovely 318ti from hotmilk400. Of course my lady didn't even want to hear it because to her by me getting a third car means i don't have my priorities straight and so we argued and bickered but it was nothing a night of wining and dining couldn't fix.

I convinced her i don't want to daily the RAV everyday during the spring and summer because i only bought it for the snow/winter. So in January i began scouring the interwebs for a second daily to divide the driving up during the week which brings me here! Does a second daily makes sense to you guys and why? It certainly does to me.


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Well considering that we currently have 5 (2 Ti's, 2 Miatas, and a work truck) between the 2 of us, I could bring home a Z3 or first gen 4runner and be good...
i read this and it immediately caught my attention like a dog wagging it's tail. What year are both your Miatas? Mileage? Mods? Usage? Are you on Clubroadster? I'm on there almost everyday same username as here.
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Default too many for sure

I'll be the first to admit I have too many cars, everytime i realize its been weeks since I have driven one of them. But I can't seem to get rid of any of them either. They are all interesting projects that I'd like to see further along (or dare i say, finished).
97 ti, 98 Z3, toyota tacoma dd, and my wifes subaru crosstrek. (Not to mention the 3 ducati's, in various stages of "apart" in the garage).

If all goes well, by spring, I could literally drive a different vehicle every day of the week. I am sure it is some mild, non-problematic version of hoarding.
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Ya, I claim we have 2 cars per person, (Wife, son and I) but I have to note that the Van and the Convertible are Dogmobiles and belong by use to my Rottweiler and Chow/Husky to get away with that claim.



It has gotten better since my wife got her TI which she loves over a 540it, but every once in awhile the conversation comes up.
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i read this and it immediately caught my attention like a dog wagging it's tail. What year are both your Miatas? Mileage? Mods? Usage? Are you on Clubroadster? I'm on there almost everyday same username as here.
The Miatas are technically my other half's as I don't fit in them very well (too tall, 6'3")... I read clubroadster and miata.net for info, but I'm not active there.

The first one is a '99 NB with no mods, and only has 70k miles. It's the around town car.

The 2nd one is a '92 NA that's a former SCCA race car (stock class) that came from the factory with no power options, ac delete, and has a custom roll bar and hard top. I bought it so we could do track days together, which has only happened once so far...
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Ya, I claim we have 2 cars per person, (Wife, son and I) but I have to note that the Van and the Convertible are Dogmobiles and belong by use to my Rottweiler and Chow/Husky to get away with that claim.



It has gotten better since my wife got her TI which she loves over a 540it, but every once in awhile the conversation comes up.
I can vouch for this, having met the dogs and seen their cars...
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The Miatas are technically my other half's as I don't fit in them very well (too tall, 6'3")... I read clubroadster and miata.net for info, but I'm not active there.

The first one is a '99 NB with no mods, and only has 70k miles. It's the around town car.

The 2nd one is a '92 NA that's a former SCCA race car (stock class) that came from the factory with no power options, ac delete, and has a custom roll bar and hard top. I bought it so we could do track days together, which has only happened once so far...
HAHA that's too funny. I've had mine for 2 years now and all my Miata buddies are telling me to autox at least once. I'm like.... nah. If i cared to do so i would've done it bone stock and then after all the mods buuuuut maybe one day.

6'3" huh? Hmmm my buddy is 6'4" and fits in his smurf blue Miata just fine. Then again he did some foamectomy to his seat.

P.S. i just realized your name is James too? Sheesh.
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Funny thing is we are looking at new house and mentioned selling one of the E30 M3's and she gave a flat NO. Sell the E36 M3 first. Had a good chuckle...Had planned on selling this spring anyway as we hardly ever use it anymore.
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Default Poll: Does your Wife or Significant other tell you you have too many cars?

Ha! If you think about selling a E30 M3 let me know. That would be a good cross country pick up trip.

O shoot. How do I explain this to Wifie? 😎


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