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So How Many Cars do you Guys Have?

Discussion in 'Ferrari Discussion (not model specific)' started by Shark01, Apr 4, 2012.

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  1. SPEEDCORE

    SPEEDCORE Four Time F1 World Champ

    Jul 11, 2005
    46,182
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    Toe Knee
    Going by that theory kitcars/replicas are exotic too ;)


    Nice collection :eek: :D
     
  2. acuransx20001

    acuransx20001 Karting

    May 19, 2005
    223
    Redwood City
    Full Name:
    Abraham
    Commuter: Scion tC
    Cruiser: XJ8 L
     
  3. wingfeather

    wingfeather F1 Rookie

    Feb 1, 2007
    3,653
    rock bottom
    I try not to own more than two at a time (one toy & one daily). I trade them for something else just about once a year.

    Life is too short to drive the same car over & over, yet I don't have the funds to keep them all (nor the space).
     
  4. Jeff328

    Jeff328 Formula 3
    Silver Subscribed

    Sep 5, 2006
    2,293
    WI
    I have 5.

    modded BMW 335i coupe for summer daily
    BMW 528i for wife
    Ford Ranger for hauling crap and winter daily
    Ferrari 328 for fancy days
    1967 Pontiac GTO for scaring the natives
     
  5. Roadking

    Roadking Karting

    Oct 9, 2005
    128
    Hummer H2 for the messy stuff, Bentley GTC for everyday and "73 Daytona for special occasions.
     
  6. plastique999

    plastique999 F1 Veteran
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Nov 9, 2008
    8,836
    SoCal
    Full Name:
    Edward
    DD: BMW E60 M5
    Wknd: F430
    Racecar: Lotus 211
    Racecar hauler (when I steal it from my wife): LR4
    (soon for sure another Lotus)
     
  7. F456 V12

    F456 V12 F1 Veteran
    Silver Subscribed

    Mar 13, 2004
    5,193
    Coto de Caza
    Full Name:
    Christian
    Nine for me,

    S550 Daily driver (me)
    E350 Daily Driver (wife)
    328is Daily driver (19 year old)
    328is Daily driver (21 year old)
    Chevy Cruse daily driver (same 21 year old, had to have it ??)
    C300 Daily driver (23 year old)
    Honda Fit Daily Driver (27 year old)
    360 Modena (weekend, go fast)
    DB9 Volante (weekend, sunny, go slower, travel further)

    MB
     
  8. mwr4440

    mwr4440 Five Time F1 World Champ
    Rossa Subscribed

    Jun 8, 2007
    57,859
    Bavaria, The 'Other' Germany
    Full Name:
    Mark W.R.
    We have three; two DDs:

    2009 BMW, X3 (Wifey's DD)
    2001 VW Polo (My DD)
    1981 GTSi (Still in the air in my "shop")
     
  9. badkarma308

    badkarma308 Karting

    Aug 5, 2010
    88
    Fairfax, VA
    Full Name:
    Seth
    Three'ish
    88 Ford Ranger (turbocharged, lowered and whatnot)
    02 BMW Z3
    (had both of these for going on a decade now, the BMW is reliable and the Ranger satisfies my tinkering urges)
    85 308QV Euro
    All currently in storage.

    Here in Japan I have an 01 Subaru WRX and an old Honda CB400 motorcycle.

    Sometime I think it's too many, but mostly not enough. I still need something to haul the other ones to the track.
     
  10. rob

    rob F1 Rookie

    May 22, 2002
    4,264
    Vt
    It really depends on where you live like I stated in an earlier post I decided to commute with one of my weekend cars this week, and yesterday after running some errands and putting the car away I noticed a hole in the back bumper, due to the bumpy roads the cover over the tow hook had come loose and fallen off. I spent an hour and a half retracing everywhere I had driven yesterday trying to find it and had no luck. Sure I can buy another part but it is going to drive me nuts not having the car perfect in the meantime. Then this morning I woke up to snow.
     
  11. Michael B

    Michael B F1 Rookie
    Owner

    Apr 28, 2004
    3,761
    US of A
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    Michael
    I have about just short of a dozen to choose from - and I do choose on nearly a daily basis. Rotating them out of necessity according to what I am doing that day. I find that I drive each one of them when I catch them smiling at me out of the corner of my eye.

    Yesterday I started the day in my S-Class, then went for my Hemi pickup, then bolted around in my Stradale, and ended the day at dinner with one of the Boxsters.

    My point is that I think of them all as daily use cars. None of them are stricken for special events only, or weekends only.

    I had that situation not long ago tho' - and changed it. To just let a car sit gnawed at me a little too much.
     
  12. h2oskier

    h2oskier F1 Veteran

    Oct 1, 2006
    5,252
    inside someone hot
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    MJA
    The list of 19-27 year olds reminds me of Shamile :)

    I'm assuming kids? Are they all still at home?


    I have too many cars.
     
  13. Steelton Keith

    Steelton Keith F1 Veteran
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    Aug 19, 2009
    7,689
    Raleigh NC
    Full Name:
    Keith Hall
    Jedi and I are close. Our 328s and E 350s are the same color.
    Me: 87 328 GTS
    Wife: 08 E350
    Dog: 97 Camry
     
  14. raptorduck

    raptorduck Formula 3

    May 18, 2009
    1,166
    San Diego
    Full Name:
    Mr. Raptorduck
    I hope not. I take employees to lunch in those cars all the time and a collegue who parks right next to me also drives a different car every day including that BMW M-X5 (the superfast SUV with 550hp), Ferrari California, and other exotics. Another collegue a few spaces down also has an R8 and collects Porsches and another one drives his Ferrari 550 and also has a stable of Porsches he drives to work.

    As for my clients. Several of them have "much" larger stables of exotics.
     
  15. rob

    rob F1 Rookie

    May 22, 2002
    4,264
    Vt
    It's good to have wealthy clients.
     
  16. raptorduck

    raptorduck Formula 3

    May 18, 2009
    1,166
    San Diego
    Full Name:
    Mr. Raptorduck
    Damn I miss my H2! My wife hated it so I got her a Q7 and she now has a Cadillac Escalade that is the opposite of a hummer.
     
  17. mclaudio

    mclaudio Formula 3

    Dec 13, 2003
    1,271
    Seattle area
    Full Name:
    Claudio

    To answer your inquiry more directly, it sounds like you need a more reliable daily driver. Then having an exotic car as a second vehicle is likely fine in the rare occasions that the daily driver is at the shop for service.

    For me, even though my baseline is three cars (daily driver, topless car, race car), I could see reducing mine to two cars: GT daily driver and a historic Barchetta/Spyder race car. Ironically, this two-car setup is not necessarily less expensive.

    It's all relative, but go for quality not quantity...
     
  18. CodyY

    CodyY Rookie

    Apr 4, 2012
    5
    08 Silverado
    97 E350 van 7.3psd im building into an "Expedition" rig with www.Ujointoffroad.com 4x4 conversion
    02 A6 2.7tt fairly built 400hp big brakes, etc(recently sold)
    04 Escape (wife)
    04 KTM 950adventure
    06 KTM 525, 540 kit, plated
    78 BMW R100/s
    96 Suzuki DR200 (wife)

    Shopping for a new(er) KTM 300 race bike for me, and a KTM 105 for the spousal unit
     
  19. spaghetti

    spaghetti Karting
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    Sep 7, 2010
    211
    SC, FL
    Full Name:
    Rob Satterfield
    Five Vehicles...

    2012 BMW 750xi...DD
    2006 Land Rover LR3...Bulky Items, weather, etc..
    2007 Porsche TT...nice weather
    2005 Ferrari 575 Maranello...nice weather

    My wife has the right idea...use a sporty car as the DD...2011 Maserati GTS.
     
  20. wazie7262

    wazie7262 Formula 3

    Feb 13, 2008
    2,357
    Temecula, CA
    Full Name:
    Scott
    I can hardly wait for Hawkeye on this site to chime in. He'll need two additional pages just for his effing F-cars alone.
     
  21. jbbachman

    jbbachman Karting

    Oct 10, 2009
    189
    Milwaukee, WI
    Full Name:
    Joe B
    4 Cars.

    -Jaguar XF (my favorite daily driver, LOVE it)
    -BMW M3 (thinking about selling, just collecting dust now)
    -Ferrari 360
    -Range Rover (hauling the dogs, boat, snow)-but trading it in for Yukon Denali in 2 months
     
  22. MitchG

    MitchG Karting

    Feb 13, 2011
    68
    Central Illinois USA
    Full Name:
    Mitch Griffin
    MGA
    MGB
    Ford Ranger 4X4
    Land Rover
    Audi S4 Avant
    Mini Cooper S
    BMW 330Cic
    BMW 530xi
    Lotus Esprit
    Lotus Elan
    Delorean
    Citroen 2CV
    Ferrari 355 - 1/2 ownership :)

    Michael B takes care of them!
     
  23. Fan512bbi

    Fan512bbi Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Mar 25, 2004
    20,938
    Wales-UK
    Full Name:
    Steve.
    Seriously?
     
  24. Nurburgringer

    Nurburgringer F1 World Champ

    Jan 3, 2009
    11,170
    Texass
    A 308 doesn't really qualify as an "exotic" round these parts, but at my last job when I drove it to the office it still created quite a stir.

    These days I work from home or am on the road so it's a non-issue.

    The stable, which is maxed out unlesss I get a car-stacker:
    '12 Mazda 5 (wife's DD, our road-trip van)
    '98 528i (doesn't get much use these days, but can't bear to let it go for the <$10k market value)
    '86 CRX Si (~1500mi/year. Stock, cherry. I take more pride in it's appearance and originality than the Ferrari :/ )
    '85 308GTS (~2500miles/year)
    '06 Sachs MadAss 49cc scooter (got a lot more use when we lived downtown)

    Put winter tires on the Mazda and BMW (with a 50# bag of sand in the trunk) and covers on the Honda, Ferrari and MadAss from Nov-March,
     
  25. DaveB

    DaveB Karting

    Apr 12, 2009
    98
    West Virginia
    Full Name:
    Dave B
    9 right now (plus a couple of bikes)

    12 VW R
    12 Mustang Boss 302 LS
    07 SLK350
    06 Lexus GS430
    97 VW GTI VR6
    85 Testarossa
    83 RX7 racecar
    77 Coachman motorhome/tow vehicle
    29 Model A coupe
     

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