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That’s why I moved over to leasing for our family fleet as this way I can run several cars in the short term for peanuts. We have one on an annual cycle, one on a 2 yr cycle and one on a 3 yr cycle.
It means we’re effectively always looking and sorting what we want next. I find it works well but will not do a 3yr lease again and stick to 18-24mths max.
That’s why I moved over to leasing for our family fleet as this way I can run several cars in the short term for peanuts. We have one on an annual cycle, one on a 2 yr cycle and one on a 3 yr cycle.
It means we’re effectively always looking and sorting what we want next. I find it works well but will not do a 3yr lease again and stick to 18-24mths max.
donkmeister said:
I think I'm a serial car monogamist... I love cars but usually end up falling in love with what I buy and keep it for ages.
I’m the same. I agonise over any purchase and make sure I’m buying something I really want in the first place and hang on to it.Trouble is you can end up with a lot of cars that way.
swisstoni said:
donkmeister said:
I think I'm a serial car monogamist... I love cars but usually end up falling in love with what I buy and keep it for ages.
I’m the same. I agonise over any purchase and make sure I’m buying something I really want in the first place and hang on to it.Trouble is you can end up with a lot of cars that way.
My first two cars I kept for less than a year, then I kept a MK1 MR2 for seven years (loved that car).
So it depends.....
Higgs boson said:
I've only had 4 cars in the last 26 years!
I've had 5 since last March. Just got #5 and agonised over the purchase as I do with most of them, but I've scratched the itch now and want it gone for something else.Anybody fancy a Landcruiser, or want to sell me an R129 SL or 1976 Eldorado convertible...?
I’m a mixture with my daily it takes about 6 months before I start picking holes in the car I have and looking for something that in my mind will be better.
Although I think this might be that I have never got the car I really want as a daily yet. Always compromised. For example got a Range Rover sport I like it a lot but annoys me that it’s the hybrid would have preferred the TDV8 but company car so CO2 matters.
For special cars I’m the opposite buy and never bloody sell. So the fleet just gets bigger. Every time I go to buy another I tell myself I will trade sell something else, but then I get there and doesn’t happen.
I think it is familiarity makes you start to see issues with small stuff in a car that doesn’t happen if you only use a car every now and the .
Although I think this might be that I have never got the car I really want as a daily yet. Always compromised. For example got a Range Rover sport I like it a lot but annoys me that it’s the hybrid would have preferred the TDV8 but company car so CO2 matters.
For special cars I’m the opposite buy and never bloody sell. So the fleet just gets bigger. Every time I go to buy another I tell myself I will trade sell something else, but then I get there and doesn’t happen.
I think it is familiarity makes you start to see issues with small stuff in a car that doesn’t happen if you only use a car every now and the .
I have spent over 40 years buying cars and looking for the next one as soon as I'd got the current one!
But in my later years I seem to have plateaued - the only change I might want to make now (when budget allows) is for a BMW 130i to replace my 330i.
I suspect getting a BMW Z4M Coupe to replace my 3.0Si Coupe last month may have been a major factor in this as it had no real replacement in the BMW line-up. (Twin-turbo Z4 E89s don't count)!
But in my later years I seem to have plateaued - the only change I might want to make now (when budget allows) is for a BMW 130i to replace my 330i.
I suspect getting a BMW Z4M Coupe to replace my 3.0Si Coupe last month may have been a major factor in this as it had no real replacement in the BMW line-up. (Twin-turbo Z4 E89s don't count)!
Shappers24 said:
I love the thrill of the chase. Scouring autotrader and eBay for possible replacements. Sometimes days after buying a new car.
It’s an expensive vice.
I was the same last year, went from an X Trail to an X5 via a 3 series in 2 months It’s an expensive vice.
but it's the depreciation if a car is on finance, sometimes you can feel like West Ham United trying to buy a decent player in the transfer window 
for now, I'm giving the credit cards a rest is it's too much drama for the Mrs 
Kind of, I spent a long time awaiting the arrival of my M140i which if I’m honest I’m really pleased with and it balances a lot of stuff well (I.e. it’s plenty quick enough but doesn’t cost the earth to run). I can’t help and day dream and look at M2/3 Comps for sale.
That won’t happen for ages though because I’ll take a proper financial bath if I change too early.
That won’t happen for ages though because I’ll take a proper financial bath if I change too early.
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