People with two of the same car ?

[J4CKO]

Some neighbours of ours have two RR Sports, others have two old shape Vectra's and my dads neighbours have two identical silver Toyota Yaris's, my mum and dad now both have MG ZT's !

Anyone on here do that, not saying there is anything wrong with it, just seems a bit strange to have two cars the same, same virtues, same faults, same capabilities, my mum and dads just kind of happened because the second one came up at a good price and the old one needed replacing but it seems really strange to buy two identical Yaris's brand new, and a bit depressing !

[2 Wycked]

Not exactly the same, but there's a gent opposite me that has a Range Rover Td6 and a Range Rover 4.4. Different colours but same year and both bought brand new.

[anonymous-user]

A customer of mine has two...

Hyundai Accents!

[PaulGT3]

Done it twice in the past, only because the other one was broken though!

[Baked_bean]

I think its abit odd buying two of the same car from new. However i kind of see why people own more than one of the same classic car, i don't know why though.

Edit to add: there is a house down the road from me with two 52 plate agilas...........thats odd.

Edited by Baked_bean on Saturday 4th December 12:22

[k-ink]

Having two Range Rovers is probably a good idea. When one goes wrong there is always a spare

[thinfourth2]

Shaid GTB said:

A customer of mine has two...

Hyundai Accents!

A car so dull you forgot you actually owned one

[boomboompow]

There's a family who live on my route to work; 2x 2005 Lexus RXs in the drive, along side 2x 206s, both with pink alloys

[Bricol]

I owned two Lancia integrales at one point. Two Lancia Betas at one point two. Rang the changes and owned a Westfield and a Caterham at the same time. I own 2.5 Dutton Phaetons at the moment too.

Most of the double owning came about from buying one before selling the other - the integrales overlapped by over a year - and ended up delivering the old one to same place I'd bought the replacement from . .

I guess if you like a car, you don't especially want to go somewhere else and be disappointed.

Bri

[Animala]

House a couple of roads down from mine has 3 Golfs. A 5 door standard diesel, a 5 door GTI and a Golf Plus (don't think you can get a Plus that isn't 5 doors) that are all of the same year/body design.

Edited by Animala on Saturday 4th December 12:56

[MX7]

A house near me had 3 MINIs.

[Jasandjules]

J4CKO said:

Anyone on here do that, not saying there is anything wrong with it, just seems a bit strange to have two cars the same, same virtues, same faults, same capabilities

Nope. I don't even buy the same car as my next purchase IYSWIM....

[paintman]

Wife & boys had a string of 1.6 Pug 306's, at one point we had 4, (3 of which were Sigma Blue Spinnakers) on the drive! Ok so one of them was awaiting an insurance payout!
Made it easier for me with routine servicing, fault diagnosis, clutch changes etc

[Urban Sports]

Funny I was just thinking that myself, some people down the road have 2 silver 3 series, one a 320i and one a 318i both 07 cars.

Strange

[R1 Loon]

Agree with the OP, I find it a bit strange too. I've never bought the exact same car in my life twice, or the same colour in a car within three purchases.

It does suggest a lack of imagination, or a total disinterest in cars, which does describe a large proportion of the driving population.

[hotmelt]

It is Ok, why not, especially if that model suits them.

[Ozzie Osmond]

R1 Loon said:

It does suggest a lack of imagination, or a total disinterest in cars, which does describe a large proportion of the driving population.

Two cars the same enable someone who's interested in cars to get twice the bang for their buck with a bit of DIY maintenance.

[R1 Loon]

hotmelt said:

It is Ok, why not, especially if that model suits them.

Fine if you're driving the ultimate car, then why not have two. Most buy two mainstream and not overly exciting cars.

Just my opinion, but even if I could buy two Veyrons, I wouldn't as there'd be something else to have a go with.

[attym3]

There is a Pug 309 Goodwood for sale, so I rang him up to ask some questions about the car and he actually has 3 of them!!

Mark

[NiceCupOfTea]

My brother & Dad & I are always chatting about cars and cross-pollenate with ideas! We often end up with the same makes of cars, although not often the same cars themselves!

At one stage when we were both round the drive contained: 1x Rover 600 turbo, 1x Rover 214 wedge, 1x Rover 216 bubble, and 1x Rover 25 1.6.

Then for a while it was: 1x SAAB 9000 2.3T Anniverary, 1x SAAB gm900 2.3, 1x SAAB c900 T16S, 1x SAAB c900 LPT Convertible. Then the gm900 was replaced with a 9-5 2.3 LPT and the c900 'vert with a new shape 9-3 convertible.

Now my brother has bought an e36 328 Sport Coupe and my dad has replaced the Saab vert with an e36 325 convertible. I nearly bought an M3 cab a few weeks ago too!

Oh, and my dad had a Mk.1 MX-5 - some time after he sold it I bought my Mk.1 Roadster, and then he went out and bought a Mk.2