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How many is too many?
« on: November 30, 2013, 22:59:19 »
Hi All.

I had some fun yesterday posing with my cars for a photo shoot. My 300TD is not included because it is up in the Puget Sound area.

Needless to say,  my spouse is having some difficulty understanding with this - -

Larry in CA

 
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Re: How many is to many?
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2013, 00:16:54 »
No worries Larry, I know someone that has three houses (2 in Canada and one in SCal) he has 7 cars and believe it or not a garage spot for each of them :)

As for me once I had 3 for a while it created a traffic jam in my drive way LOL … now I'm down to 2 something new and something old :)
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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2013, 07:11:58 »
That is a danger - there are so many cars that I'd like to have. So what you do see with some who have the means is that they amass large collections: 50-100 or more cars. People like Jay Leno, Ralph Lauren, etc. Although it's rare to see a collector stick to one marque, there is a Dutch collector who has something like 50 Mercedes.
I'm nothing special but also find myself having 4 motorcycles and 4 cars (two for daily transport and 2 classic). The problem with having many cars is driving each one enough.
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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2013, 14:27:18 »
Cees,

The topic of too many cars for driving them enough also came as a topic we discussed with friends here. This is especially true in the climates like ours where the season is always too short for our liking.

There is the thrilling period of restoration, which - if successful - is creative and rewarding, despite draining our wallets. Then the naked truth appears: no sufficient time to enjoy the fruit of our efforts.

Nevertheless, such a select collection as the one rassambled by Larry looks fantastic. Congratulations :)
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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2013, 21:58:13 »
My wife asked me recently why would I need another one, having recently acquiring a 380sl along with my Pagoda Hmm.   Why not,  Not everybody gets it  but if I had a shed and the $  I'd have plenty more variety!

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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2013, 00:02:51 »
You got that right Bob, besides "Last shirt has no pockets & there are no country roads where we all end up eventually so let us enjoy it while we are here" after all we worked for it … it's my story and I'll stick by it :)
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Re: How many is to many?
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2013, 06:05:06 »
As you can see from this quotation, wives should be prudent in asking why we need another one.... I mean another car  ;D


As for me once I had 3 for a while it created a traffic jam in my drive way LOL … now I'm down to 2 something new and something old :)
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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2013, 10:45:59 »
yep, better another car than another women I say! they should be happy for that!
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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2013, 10:52:20 »
Pagoda likes good company though

Never too many.  Many on my dream list, not enough storage or $  which slows you down

rob
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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2013, 12:18:54 »
both couples are awesome  :)
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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2013, 14:27:38 »
There were a couple articles by (I think) Peter Egan where the discussion of what is the "right" number and I think it was something like 7 motorcycles and / or 5 car/trucks.  Depending on the type / content / specialization of a small driving collection, the vehicles seemed to find themselves into the following broad categories.   2 everyday drivers, 1 project, 1 weekend driver/show and shine toy and 1 utility hack. 

Trailer queens are not included as they don't get driven.  You can have as many of those as space and $$ permits and they don't count towards the "magic 5". 

PS  I subscribe to the modified 7 motorcycle rule and it seems to work - my wife doesn't get it either..
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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2013, 15:14:56 »
Speaking of another woman … I find now that I am retired my wife is indeed another woman … some of you out there know what I mean … the younger ones among you will find that out once you are retired and together 24/7 :)

So take good care of your Pagoda … one day if not now you need it more then you think as a escape code  ;D

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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2013, 18:48:39 »
Our house has

Pagoda
964
Hairdressers Range Rover
Smartie
and the old C class

and 2 vespas
and an assortment of bikes

Speaking of which, the velominati have some up with a formula of the number bikes one should own

N+1 <= S-1
where N is the current number of bikes owned and S is the number of bikes at which point the spouse gets seriously irate

(anyone want to buy a 1995 C280)
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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2013, 19:12:42 »
I have a modern daily car, a 230 sl, a BMW 1200 GS motorbike, 2 mountainbikes (that is really great !!!) and a racing Colango bicycle.

I feel I still miss: a Jaguar E- type coupe, a Toyota HiLux and a Vespa.

I will try to solve that next year.


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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2013, 20:51:53 »
I had , note had a
 
MB 230SL
MB 280SL
MB A200
Jaguar E Type
VW Kombi
VW Toureg
Ford Falcon Ute

plus a tractor

I know about the JamesL formula, but in my case it was S - 2 so last year I sold the E Type and the 280SL.

Now you all thought I was going to say the Tractor and the spouse didn't you :D :D :D :D :D

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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2013, 03:03:00 »
Did you mean too many Pagodas?  ;) 

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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #16 on: December 05, 2013, 02:51:43 »
Spread among two homes and three garages Lucy and I have:

1937 MG TA
1951 MD TD
1954 MG TF
1956 Dodge Deluxe V-8 Long Bed Pickup
1966 MGB-GT
1966 Mercedes-Benz 230SL
1967 MGB
1986 Mercedes-Benz 300D (w124)
1987 Jaguar XJ-6 Van Den Plas
1989 Merkur XR4Ti
1995 Isuzu 4X4 Pickup
2013 Ford F-150 Lariat Crew-cab Pickup

We also have five bicycles between us including mountain bikes up at the cabin and road bikes for here in town. I still have my 45 year old Raleigh Grand Prix that my mom bought to replace a Katakura Silk that was stolen when I was in high school, but I don't ride it too much any more because it still has its original tires!
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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #17 on: December 05, 2013, 12:09:11 »
That's a very nice collection there mike!

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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #18 on: December 05, 2013, 15:43:47 »
Love the old MG's and that Sierra (what we Europeans call it) XR4TI must be rare as hen's teeth now...
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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #19 on: December 05, 2013, 21:02:43 »
Peter, there is a nice Green one for sale in Texas only 26,700 Euros … enjoy the pictures, looks like a very clean car. Amazing what was build way back then :)

-----> http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/mg/ta/1605937.html
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Re: How many is too many?
« Reply #20 on: December 09, 2013, 17:39:43 »
Two Mercedes here 1967 250SL and the E500, my problem extends to having multiple motorcycles and fishing boats.  In Florida you pay for the registration taxes on your birthday.  Every birthday reminds me I have too many "toys" when I go through all of the registrations (truck, 2 cars, 2 motos, 2 boats 2 trailers they even get me for a canoe because I have an engine on it).

All I really need is my work truck, Street legal dirt-bike, my 250SL and multiple surfboards to keep me happy...boats, better to have a friend with a boat than to own one!  The E500 is nice when I need more than two seats.

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