How often do you use your multiple vehicles?
How often do you use your multiple vehicles?
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anonymous-user

Original Poster:

85 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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I have a fairly quick car, a fairly quick bike and a slow, practical (yet extremely comfortable) Land Rover. Really happy with all 3 but I find myself jumping in the Landie far too often. How often do you make use of your different chariots?

fjord

2,143 posts

168 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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I had an St220 and a Vectra. The vectra was a bit knackered and more of a project but it got flogged soon after i bought it.

Running two cars was a financial nightmare.

Pablo68

910 posts

166 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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wormus said:
I have a fairly quick car, a fairly quick bike and a slow, practical (yet extremely comfortable) Land Rover. Really happy with all 3 but I find myself jumping in the Landie far too often. How often do you make use of your different chariots?
Daily driver, most weekdays or when going away with wife/dogs.
Motor Bicycle, Spring/Summer/Autumn when it's nice (very definitely a fair weather rider)
The the little Z when I am on my own going somewhere with little requirement for luggage space.

billzeebub

3,913 posts

230 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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I try to drive all of them equally, but as I don't drive to work sometimes a car can be a month unused. The M3 Vert hadn't seen a road for around 3 months before yesterday!..the RR doesn't get used much either, because the Forester is so capable! RR is pretty much Chaps Weekend Away Car, that is all I ever use it for!..The Corrado is still my 'GoTo' car, never ever tire of the thing

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

85 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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I have no problem with this but find the cost of road tax on all 3 almost outweighs the cost to insure them, especially as the Monaro is £490. Getting to the point where I can only afford to keep it on the road 6m of the year.

Matt UK

18,084 posts

231 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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New job / new house / new daily drivers means that I've not woken the Caterham from it's winter hibernation yet.. It was put under a dust cover last Sept...

pad58

12,549 posts

212 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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Got three vehicles to use ,two are mine the other a brother from another mother.

Edited by pad58 on Sunday 7th April 17:36

Boshly

2,776 posts

267 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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Not as often as I'd like irked

928, RS, 16M and Aero 8 haven't turned a wheel (on the road) since September yikes

PaulGT3

377 posts

203 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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406 Diesel, daily.

205 gti-6, when the weathers nice! Only financially viable because of classic insurance at £165 for the year smile

MR2, never as can't afford to insure a third car! Really need to get round to selling it

scotty_d

6,795 posts

225 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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At 3 just now

Mini cooper S gets used daily by The GF and me to run round town. so 7-8k a year

Range rover is old dirty and does 3-4k a year

TVR Cerbera Summer toy only does 4-5k a year

Looking to add a tuscan soon so it will share miles with the cerb so 2k a year going to view one shortly i hope smile

Slow

6,973 posts

168 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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PaulGT3 said:
406 Diesel, daily.

205 gti-6, when the weathers nice! Only financially viable because of classic insurance at £165 for the year smile

MR2, never as can't afford to insure a third car! Really need to get round to selling it
Couldnt a mr2 go on a classic policy as well?

Anything over 15 years is classic i thought?

lestershaw

1,591 posts

189 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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5 cars ;-(

smart car 30 miles each way to work 5 days a week (65 to the gallon)
tvr chimaera as soon as its sunny, roof comes off and im in it
blue xjr white interior for day times and taking me mum out
black xjr black interior for night times and taking the girlfriend out
grand cherokee when weather is bad

i hope to turn the xjrs and grand cherokee into a supercharged range rover or turbo Cayenne in the near future

Dave 500

7,889 posts

273 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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I've just got the chimaera out the garage yesterday hehe

I put it in there in September whistle

I forget I have it sometimes.....

CraigJ

660 posts

236 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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2012 Transporter weekdays for work.

911 for the weekend and a GSXR 750 for the summer.

crashley

1,574 posts

211 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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Sold my Aston for this reason. It was just an utter waste of cash. Replaced it with a Cayenne Turbo as it was practical for the dogs (and the Mini is too small). Now find myself looking for another "proper" sports car as the truck isn't that fun once the novelty wears off. The bikes are mostly for trackdays and larking around on, so not fussed by their cost, especially as they're cheap to insure, tax etc.

AlexRS2782

8,538 posts

244 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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Haven't used my MK1 Focus RS since the end of October '10 frown Just been stored on SORN the last 2 & 1/2 years frown Looking very unlikely that it will be put back on the road any time soon tbh frown

Got far too used to hacking around in my shed of a Saxo VTS, mainly because it's not much of a worry if someone dings it in a car park, etc, etc.

Saying that the 205 GTI is now off SORN as well so hoping to get more use out of that in the coming months / when the weather improves (if it ever does rolleyes )

ARobinson

173 posts

180 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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Berlingo van - daily

M5 - most weekends and odd weekday evening

M3 - used to use it once or twice a month but I haven't motd it since October. Ill get back to using it regularly once it's back on the road!

_Al_

5,618 posts

289 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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Yaris, most days and for any trip involving time on motorways.

MR2, when my wife has the Yaris, for fun stuff or when it snows.

Biker's Nemesis

41,486 posts

239 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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Just over 1000 miles in my Focus RS last year, 200 on my Fizzy, 3000 on my road R1 and 600 track miles on my track R1.

8000 miles in my Diesel Focus.

V8RX7

28,982 posts

294 months

Sunday 7th April 2013
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Last year I was building a house and my usage (shown by MOTs)

3k in my van
2k in my pick up
2k in my MX5
1k in my RX7