About a month ago, I realized that I could no longer keep track of the fleet's oil change intervals in my head. I was also craving a little more garage space. For the first time in my life, I wanted to own fewer cars, not more.
Today, I sold my WRX. I owned it for almost eight years and loved it to death, but it was time.
I am surprisingly happy.
an irresistible deal will fall into your lap in 3..2..1....
I'm going to look at it for the third time on Monday.
Gearheadotaku wrote:two irresistible deals will fall into your lap in 3..2..1....
fixed.
Congrats on the sale, I recently went down from 4 vehicles to 3 and haven't regretted it.
less is more, more is less, to be or not to be, that is the question...
My appetite for owning cars is only limited by the number of friends i can get to hang out with me while i work on them. Right now i only have 2 friends who like to hang out while working on cars.. And since i cant expect them to show up more than once or twice a week, there are several days out of the week noone will keep me company. Those are the times i feel like i have too many car projects going on.
My appetite for cars is completely dependent on the types of driving that I do on at least a semi-regular basis. I just want the car to perfectly match the drive, whether that's a freeway cruiser, a windy mountain road commute, or just picking up groceries.
Right now, I live close enough to work that I don't have to commute, and it's put a serious damper on my car cravings. All I really need is my long-haul cruiser and my AX car. And, if I wasn't so emotionally attached to the latter, I'd be perfectly happy rolling those two into one.
I just sold my 1996 cobra a few days ago which I owned since it had 15k miles and was bone-stock.
I miss is dearly, but wow it's great to only have one car; have maintenance costs for only one car, and most impotently not seeing the second car sitting outside under a cover unused 99% of the time etc...
if your so happy selling a WRX, i have to ask what car(s) did you keep?
oh, you are so rich, I have not had any car.
platinum canoe
I sort of crave less cars myself, but sadly, I have a hard time getting rid of them, considering the deals I got on some, and the time/money I have into the rest. The MINI is the only one i'd be comfortable losing, but we're better off totalling that pig.
Woody wrote:About a month ago, I realized that I could no longer keep track of the fleet's oil change intervals in my head.
I write the date, and mileage on the oil filter every time I change the oil in one of my cars/trucks. There's no way I can remember all the numbers. The bikes on the other hand....
At least most of them are 2 strokes, and see only ocassional action.
I recently went from 5 cars down to 3. It's sort of a nice feeling.
Now I only have 3 cars that need small fixes & maintenance.
Change the oil at 13,xxx, 16xxx, 19xxx, 23,xxx, and so on. Every car, everytime, easy-peasy.
Well actually the Subaru gets high-quality synthetic at 15,xxx, 20,xxx etc.
Zomby woof wrote:Woody wrote:About a month ago, I realized that I could no longer keep track of the fleet's oil change intervals in my head.
I write the date, and mileage on the oil filter every time I change the oil in one of my cars/trucks. There's no way I can remember all the numbers. The bikes on the other hand....
At least most of them are 2 strokes, and see only ocassional action.
A white board in the garage helps me on this.
I use Google Docs: a maintenance spreadsheet for each car.
That said, I too have been reducing my car count (and getting slightly nicer cars as a result). It feels right.
