trigun7469 wrote: I feel very limited by the space or lack there of, those who have 5 or more, do you live in the country? or do you use storage?
One of the requirements when we bought a house was that it be in a place that allowed dead cars in the yard.
Hmmm. Let's see, in order of age:
66 Chevy II hardtop--not running
76 Kawasaki KZ-400--unknown mpg, maybe 60
85 Chevy C-30 Dooley--9 mpg
88 RX-7 turbo II--unknown mpg, afraid to check, probably worse than Chevy truck
05 Mazda MPV--21 mpg
wife drive a new Honda Accord V6, which gets over 30 mpg.
Needless to say, I am happy that gas prices are down. Hope they continue to fall!
Lets see.. current fleet includes.
Total Fleet Average - 27mpg. Not too shabby.
trigun7469 wrote: I feel very limited by the space or lack there of, those who have 5 or more, do you live in the country? or do you use storage?
House came with 2-car attached garage, which we actually use to park our DD's in, and a nice 3.5-car detached garage. Only the Chevy truck is parked outside.
I only own one right now 
20 years old and 30+mpg
Just one
10yo mazda 6 110k ~22mpg
Oldest to newest. Fuel consumption numbers are educated guesses.
1962 Austin Healey Sprite MkII - 9k after total restoration - 20 something combined.
1979 Yamaha RD400 Daytona Special - 20k - no idea. I dump in gas and oil at 32:1 as needed.
'89 production date Miata - 134k - upper mid-20s combined.
'98 e36 M3 coupe track car w/ a tag - 89k - upper 20s highway, about 9 on track.
'99 Radical Prosport P2 race car - 2-1/2 SCCA logbooks of events - about 8 mpg (6.5 gallon cell and it's done a 25 lap race at Summit Point, ie. 2 mi. laps)
'01 525iT manual- 103k - 20.4 average by the OBC.
'01 Audi A4 2.8Q manual - 90k - about 14 mpg. My wife commutes in the city and is a leadfoot.
'05 Toyota 4Runner v8 sport - 108k - average about 15.
'08 KTM 690SMC - 2k - no idea.
trigun7469 wrote: I feel very limited by the space or lack there of, those who have 5 or more, do you live in the country? or do you use storage?
I live on an acre and a half in the sticks with a second garage in the basement.
Just 1 truck right now.
2001 F250 with ~50K miles. This feels very weird to me.
trigun7469 wrote: I feel very limited by the space or lack there of, those who have 5 or more, do you live in the country? or do you use storage?
No I live in town. I do have a storage unit that I keep a lot of parts at though.
The Spitfire and Scirroco are in the garage. Our fence has a drive thru gate so the F150 lives back there and the other three sit in the driveway.
54 yo Cadillac not running
53 yo El Camino 54k probably about 12 mpg
47 yo Lotus Europa not running
Another 47 yo Lotus Europa not running
40 yo Lotus Elite not running
30 yo VW GTI 170k 25 mpg
28 yo 323 GTX 170k 22 mpg
23 yo Turbo Miata racer 150k mpg ??
22 yo Spirit RT not running
20 yo Subaru Justy 170k 40 mpg if it was running
19 yo Subaru Impreza 200k 20 mpg
17 yo GMC Savana cutaway van 129k 8 mpg
17 yo Honda Odyssey 225k 26 mpg
16 yo Honda Odyssey 290k 26 mpg
15 yo Isuzu Oasis 300k 27 mpg
15 yo F-250 470k daily driver 18 mpg
11 yo MINI Cooper S 190k 25 mpg
10 yo Camry 70k 30 mpg
7 yo Mazda MPV 140k 20 mpg
1 yo Elantra 20k 40 mpg
1 yo Nissan Leaf 5k 110 Empg
5 additional junk cars that will never run again.
I realize nobody reads these lists, but there are some very interesting things in that one above.
SVreX wrote: 40 yo Lotus Elite not running
I saw this. And thought for a second you meant one of these.
Then realized you meant one of these
One year old Leaf, ∞ mpg
Three year old Dodge Caravan, ~24 mpg
42 year old GMC truck, 0 mpg
I don't know what happens with you average infinity and 0.
2003 Subaru OBS - 145k - 25mpg
1999 suburban 2500 - 183k - 14mpg - hauler
1999 Kawasaki KLX300r - ?? - 50mpg - my daily (started on the 3rd kick this morning at 29 degrees!)
1995 Honda Odyssey- 187k - 26mpg - wife's daily
Newest is 10 y/o, ~40 mpg (Sportster) Oldest is 41 y/o, 0 mpg (at the moment, but probably 10-12 when running) Duster
In between, a 16 y/o, ~28 mpg BMW; A 20 y/o non-running Miata; and an 18 y/o, 18 mpg Chevy Truck.
14 years, 198k miles. (2000 Cherokee)
19 years, 148k miles. (1995 Miata, though this has 20k on the motor)
21 years, 286k miles. (1993 Escort)
21 years, 121k miles. (1993 Miata)
25 years, 222k miles. (1990 MX6 GT, august 1989 sell date)
SVreX wrote: I realize nobody reads these lists, but there are some very interesting things in that one above.
I agree! The last model year for the US market Mazda MPV was 2005. How do you have one that is only 7 years old? 
Let's see, four cars. The newest is a 1986 and I bought it as a rolling chassis. Infinite MPG!
Second newest is same make, same model, and a VIN maybe 200-300 numbers higher. 23-27 MPG depending on what mood it is in. It doesn't always hit on all cylinders, it's kinda cantankerous.
Third newest is the RX-7. It can get 25-27mpg but with the short tires and towing a trailer it got me a whopping 16mpg on the last road trip. I was pissed.
Oldest is the GTI. Still doesn't run. I've put 10 gallons of fuel through it, so infinitely bad MPG.
Wife has a 9 year old Camry with about 160K on the clock. Four banger so it gets pretty decent mileage, but I haven't kept up with just what.
My DD is a 17 year old BMW that has just passed 241K miles. It gets around 25 mpg.
Then there's a 42 year old pickup, no idea how accurate the 81K on the odometer is. It was getting around 10 mpg with a Chevy 350 and TH350 trans. Currently apart for getting a 4L60E swap. We'll see if that combined with a 4.8 V8 gets somewhat reasonable mileage.
And a 48 year old Dodge Dart. I think it's got 197K miles on it - the odometer has to have gone around at least once. Currently apart for a turbo upgrade.
2 year old Mazda5, 28.5 mpg 95,000 miles
7 year old dodge GC, 24mpg 83,000 miles
14 year old w150, 11 mpg odometer broken since '99 at 144,000
29 year old z28, never driven it 125,000 miles
30 year old 190e, never driven it 287,000 miles
44 year old 2000, never driven it 74,000 miles
19 year old Dodge pickup, 247k, I'm gonna guess and say 15mpg when it's running right and on the road. Before, probably 3mpg.
If we are including the lists of dead cars, let me ad in
31 yo ram, 31 yo M/C, 20 yo f150
novaderrik wrote:mad_machine wrote: newest is my Landrover.. 2004 with 82,000 miles.. get's about 14mpg next is an 1987 Saab 900 Turbo.. needs me to finish putting it back together before it gets any mileage and then a 1977 Fiat 124 spider that will get sold once the saab is running as I can't get to it as it sits behind the saab and is covered in Swedish parts then comes my 1963 sailboat...but how many years old are they?
fine fine.
Land Rover Discovery II - 10 years old and 82,000 miles. Gets about 14mpg in mixed driving
Saab 900 Turbo - 27 years old.. 93,000 miles and gets zilch for MPG as the engine is out for a trans R&R
Fiat 124 Sport Spider - 37 years old.. 70ish thousand miles.. gets zilch as it is covered in Swedish car debris
Sea Sprite Sailboat - 51 years old unknown mileage gets Zilch because sailboat and electric outboard
SVreX wrote: I realize nobody reads these lists, but there are some very interesting things in that one above.
I noticed you had 3 minivans. Was curious.
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