How many is too many?

[e21Mark]

We were at 7 but decided to thin the herd and are now down to 3. Saved a bit come insurance renewal, although 1 of the 3 seems to account for every spare penny no matter what.

I'm a firm believer in rewarding oneself for hard work, so if you can afford eleventy vehicles without a negative impact on others, then crack on and enjoy!

[GT03ROB]

Too many is when you spend more time taxing, insuring, servicing, cleaning & shuffling them on the drive than you do driving them.

[cat with a hat]

Piersman2 said:

I once had 7 vehicles to worry about, 5 cars and two motorbikes. It all became a haze of MOT's, tax's and insurances.

I'm down to 3 cars and a motorbike to worry about now. Life is much simpler.

Sounds like a nightmare, even 3 is a pain in the ass to be honest.

[Plate spinner]

GT03ROB said:

Too many is when you spend more time taxing, insuring, servicing, cleaning & shuffling them on the drive than you do driving them.

Totally agree with this.
When your hobby starts to feel a bit like work, time for a rethink.

[768]

GT03ROB said:

Too many is when you spend more time taxing, insuring, servicing, cleaning & shuffling them on the drive than you do driving them.

I look forward to having enough cars to not care about multicar policies being more expensive, having a garage pick up a car for a service without worrying about whether there will be one left for me, getting someone in to valet them and a barn to keep them all in.

[sunbeam alpine]

I'm currently at 17, of which 15 are on the road, the other 2 are currently being restored. 2 are currently being used by friends due to unforseen circs.

I'm in the fortunate position of having a lot of room to store my cars (massive old agricultural shed), and my job allows me to turn up in whatever car I feel like using. I can take a different car every day.

It sounds like a lot, but I'm sure that there are members on here who own a few cars which will be worth more than my whole collection!

[ChilliWhizz]

Ahbefive said:

I find that 4 cars is probably 1 too many

Agree with this ^^^

[Don]

I've only got four. Because that's all I have space for. Otherwise there would likely be more...

I have an electric car to make my commute cheap. It will be FREE in one more year.
I have a stty old estate car for lugging crap around, and going on winter/autumn journeys and holidays.
I have two two seater sports cars because my wife and I couldn't agree on just one.

All of them paid for long ago. All of them owe me nothing by now.

Got to replace the stty estate soon, though. Want a 4WD to make winter easier to deal with.

[Oshe]

5.
All on 1 insurance policy. 3 are classic, so zero tax. A good local garage for MOTs. Storage is my main problem, or there would be a whole load more!

[ZX10R NIN]

No that's just fine.

[Krikkit]

I always think it's as many as you can comfortably park without inconveniencing someone else by parking on the road. Currently we have a house of 4 cars (1 in the garage, 3 on the drive) and it works just fine.

[LuS1fer]

My meanness precludes me paying so much VEL when I can only use one car so have two cars and a bike and one car is SORN for 6 months.

[angels95]

I would agree that you should have as many as you want, provided that you can afford to run them and have somewhere to park them. Hence why I only have one car!

[Darryl247W]

As others have said, if you can afford, store and maintain them, as many as you like. As a car enthusiast, if they bring you pleasure in life, fill your boots.

[ruhall]

Johnny 89 said:

Interested to hear, how many cars is too much? My driveway at the mo, two people.. Is it too many?

Is there something else behind the Citroen?

5, that barely scratches the surface; biggest problem nowadays is keeping up with ins/ved/mot(where applicable) renewal dates.
I would have thought more than 30 was possibly too many, as you can't even drive a different one every day of the month

[RDMcG]

I have 6 and have done for years. Two at the winter house in Arizona, four in Canada. Right number is definitely N+1.

[RobDown]

Johnny 89 said:

Interested to hear, how many cars is too much? My driveway at the mo, two people.. Is it too many?

On the basis you don't appear to have an Alfa, at least one more

[Joe5y]

I think it depends on where and how you store them?

A neighbour 6 doors up has 6 cars but only space to store 3 so 1 is parked on the grass (very council like) and the other 2 are parked on the already crowed road.

[NiceCupOfTea]

The more cars I have the fewer are roadworthy at any given time

[milburn7191]

I currently have 4 (Daily, trackday car, classic and old daily that will soon be breaking for parts) plus a trailer; I do not think that this is a problem but my landlord is not impressed.

imo if they are running they are A-OK; if they are all projects and your place looks a mess then it is time to finish some projects before buying any more