jimbo1111

Funny for sure but people take back ex wives as well. Don't see the logic but it happens often.

pitt911

i have bought over 50 cars the past 6 years . It seems i am keeping cars for shorter and shorter time.
my record is 11 days. Bought an S2000 last year in June. Drove the car to Atlanta on vacation. Just for fun I test drove a boxter S. I did love the car. Ended up trading S 2000 and driving back the boxter S back home. 3 months later I sold the Boxter S and ordered a spyder. It arrived mid April. I still have it

PJ Cayenne

So happy that I found this thread and I'm not suffering with this addiction alone. Mid 50's in age and am working on car #35. I can barely lease a car because I get bored with it way before the lease is up. The fleet is up to 5 cars now, all with less than 25k miles. Let me know where the meetings are held...

maxpowers

I'm in my mid 30's so hopefully I'm not considered an older driver yet. I'm very disappointed with the new NSX as the original was one my dream cars and the new one just seems too clinical. I'm not planning on a career as a professional race car driver with my car, so I'll take enjoyment over number generation any day. They need to bring fun, excitement, and quality into the new cars instead of focusing so much on numbers

96redLT4

I am delighted to see how many appear to have the auto addiction worse than me. My ability to get decent cars started after graduating from med school in '91.
I like to think I am slowly moving up the auto food chain.

'93 or 4 Camaro Z28 (lasted about 3-4 yrs)
'96 Corvette LT4 (5 yrs)
'01 Corvette (5yrs)
'99 Lexus GS400 (daily driver 14-15 yrs)
'05 997.1 C2S (10 yrs and the best so far)
'15 M4 (current)
"16 991 GTS (current)

Jim

KenTO

Hi Jim, I'm similar to you, '95 Med Grad:

'95 Acura Integra
'00 Merc SLK
'01 BMW 530i MT
'04 BMW 545i
'06 M5
'08 Maserati GranTurismo S
'09 WRX daily driver
'10 997 C4 Cab
'08 Ferrari 430 Spyder
'12 Merc CLS 63
'13 Ferrari 458
Now waiting for my Targa to arrive next month.

These are just my personal cars, not including my wife's or our family movers.

96redLT4

I always used to think Porsche was a stepping stone to my ultimate sports car, a Ferrari, which I doubt I will ever be able to get new. It is interesting to see you are going back eg 430 to 458 to 991.2?
Jim

LonnieR

I had a 2004 GT3. Gave it up for a 2004 Ferrari Stradale .The F-1 tranny was boring so I gave that up for another 2004 GT3. You don't move up to Ferrari, sometimes you move away and up to Porsche.

KenTO

I am not planning on getting rid of the Ferrari, the Targa will be my daily driver, F car for special occasions.

96redLT4

I have to sell my wife on a 'practical' choice like this.Ferrari has always seemed like kind of a 4th car, if you have the garage space. Hard to imagine parking it at work, taking it to the supermarket etc. Have your Ferraris been as reliable as P cars to own over time?
Jim

dflowerz

Thankfully so far I do not have the car buying addiction. Have been through a ton of motorcycles, but the cost for that is at least 10x less than P cars. At age 59 my 911.2 is my first non boring car. I have owned a lot of insanely fast motorcycles though, which made having a Buick for 10 years somewhat bearable

KenTO

I think the first "reliable" Ferrari has been the 458, it has few major problems to date. The Ferrari is the 4th car in our household. My wife is not into cars, so she drives a Subaru. I have 3 kids, and we have a Toyota Sienna for family duty, which is more practical than the Audi Q7 we had before. Once we had the 3rd child, no SUV could compare to the minivan for comfort and convenience.

96redLT4

I wish I could talk my wife into a minivan. She racks up miles like a taxicab driver taking the kids around. She is interested in cars and thinks SHE would like a Cayenne for her next car
Jim

dd356

Interesting that most of the "high volume" buyers/sellors are not into the classics. That must be an entire different sector. I typically have a a couple newer sports cars, but classics are another story, usually 5 or 6. Big difference in the $ dynamics, although buying i much harder than it was at one time. Many of the oldies i've come out ahead on.

MJBird993

The thing that's great about "oldies" versus new iron, is that the former often appreciate and the latter almost always depreciate, and rapidly.

For me, I like to drive my cars. I don't just look at them in the garage and take them outside once every six months to wipe them down and charge the battery. That's fine if you simply own it as an investment, or run a museum, but to me, cars are tools that are meant to be driven. Sometimes the tool is a DD, sometimes it is a fun weekend car, or even a "special occasion" car, but at least it should be used and enjoyed as more than a fixture that requires housing.

And I've thought about buying an old classic, but you know what? They're old. They drive like old cars. Lousy performance (by today's standards), lousy brakes, typically lousy handling and horrible build quality. And then if you do drive it, you've got to worry about parts availability and repairs. I applaud folks like Jay Leno who keep their cars in running order and actually use them, but Jay has literally a full staff of mechanics to keep those things going.