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    From SH@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 6 20:57:09 2022
    On 06/11/2022 20:34, Tim+ wrote:
    I was chatting with my mum the other day about cars they’d owned over the years. Somehow the list grew to 22.

    Seems like a lot to me but maybe that is pretty typical for folk born in
    the 1920’s?

    Think I’m on to my 14th car at age 66.

    I presume there is an “average” figure. Are these more/less than average?

    Tim




    I'm 51 now... and I can even remember the reg marks of *every* single
    car I have owned & driven.

    my first car at 19 was a Fiat Panda 4x4 C571 UNP

    followed by a Citroen AX diesel L837 AWD

    Then a Peugeot 106 diesel N974 DFY

    Then a Peugeot 206 diesel CU51 RJE

    Then a Golf Mk4 golf estate diesel AG02 AUR

    Then a Golf Mk7 golf estate diesel (reg mark not disclosed as it is my
    current car)

    So thats 6 cars in 32 years so average period of ownership is 5 1/3 years

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  • From Abandoned_Trolley@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 6 21:02:06 2022
    On 06/11/2022 20:57, SH wrote:
    On 06/11/2022 20:34, Tim+ wrote:
    I was chatting with my mum the other day about cars they’d owned over the >> years.  Somehow the list grew to 22.

    Seems like a lot to me but maybe that is pretty typical for folk born in
    the 1920’s?

    Think I’m on to my 14th car at age 66.

    I presume there is an “average” figure. Are these more/less than average?

    Tim




    I'm 51 now... and I can even remember the reg marks of *every* single
    car I have owned & driven.

    my first car at 19 was a Fiat Panda 4x4 C571 UNP

    followed by a Citroen AX diesel L837 AWD

    Then a Peugeot 106 diesel N974 DFY

    Then a Peugeot 206 diesel CU51 RJE

    Then a Golf Mk4 golf estate diesel AG02 AUR

    Then a Golf Mk7 golf estate diesel (reg mark not disclosed as it is my current car)

    So thats 6 cars in 32 years so average period of ownership is 5 1/3 years




    however ... there ought to be a different set of rules for those of us
    who own (or are the registered keepers of) more than one car at a time

    I currently have 4 "on the books"

    As a general rule, I would say that the cars which we don't drive are
    probably more interesting than the ones we do drive



    ...


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  • From Roger Mills@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 6 22:09:59 2022
    On 06/11/2022 20:34, Tim+ wrote:
    I was chatting with my mum the other day about cars they’d owned over the years. Somehow the list grew to 22.

    Seems like a lot to me but maybe that is pretty typical for folk born in
    the 1920’s?

    Think I’m on to my 14th car at age 66.

    I presume there is an “average” figure. Are these more/less than average?

    Tim


    I've been driving for about 62 years during which time I have owned 8
    cars and been provided with 11 company cars (which I didn't own).

    SWMBO has also owned a few cars, but only 3 or 4.
    --
    Cheers,
    Roger

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  • From alan_m@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 7 06:32:20 2022
    On 06/11/2022 20:57, SH wrote:

    So thats 6 cars in 32 years so average period of ownership is 5 1/3 years


    I've had 6 in around 40 years but I had one for 15 years and another for
    around 10 years.


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  • From Ramsman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 10 17:05:45 2022
    On 06/11/2022 20:34, Tim+ wrote:
    I was chatting with my mum the other day about cars they’d owned over the years. Somehow the list grew to 22.

    Seems like a lot to me but maybe that is pretty typical for folk born in
    the 1920’s?

    Think I’m on to my 14th car at age 66.

    I presume there is an “average” figure. Are these more/less than average?

    Tim


    Since 1967 I've owned eight cars, the current one for 12 years. I've
    also had seven company cars allocated, with occasional use of seven or
    so more. SWMBO has had three cars of her own in the same period.
    --
    Peter

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