Anyone else just want to sell all their cars an start over at times?

bigdaddylee82 said:

 

I'm getting depressed.

Gee, thanks MrChaos.

no problem

ok I ran the numbers between a gen 4 prius and my N on my normal non pandemic commute and I would save at minimum of $125/m just in gas.

I own outright everything in the garage now. 
 

If I could actually get a good price for everything yes I would. I would find a nice early aventador or a lp640 spyder. I would pickup a cheap Lexus lease and call it a day. 
 

do I want to do this. Kind of. I am down to four cars now from a lot more and it really is nice.  Down to two means even my wife's car fit in the garage and I could dump my lifts. 
 

knowijg me though they would all sell and I would end up with a crude ton of prewar hotrods and post war customs. 

I'm pretty happy with my Versa Note. 

I have looked out at the driveway and thought, "If I didn't have all these old Boxsters, I could have a really nice car." Then I smile, and go for a drive and smile more.

I would like to hit the 'reset' button on my current fleet, sans the 06 Mustang that I love.

The 1997 BMW M3 track car is a great car but since putting it into the tire wall and giving it wavy body panels I'm sour on it. A reminder of my incompetence every time I walk to that side of the garage.

The 1993 Lightning tow vehicle while reliable has been a constant irritation of fluid leaks and a broken a/c system.

Anyone want a package deal? I'll throw in the car trailer too.

I need to go an test drive both but its between a prius c and a 4th gen prius to replace the N.

I should have gotten something less family friendly, I need a wagon way less now for a DD since my wife's new car serves that purpose better.  I have an old Subaru to unload, because I need an old pickup instead, but old Subaru's are hard to get rid off.  

I have a core of "not gonna sell" stuff but i regularly just make up my mind and off everything else.  Kinda like how a couple weeks ago i sold a q45, wrx, and rx8 and bought 2 q45's all in what seemed like a matter of hours. If my motorcycle wasn't hanging in the corner of the garage i would sell it too, but the fact that i have a motorcycle hanging in the corner of the garage makes things fun when people finally realize there's a motorcycle hanging in the corner

Patrick (Forum Supporter) said:

I have a core of "not gonna sell" stuff but i regularly just make up my mind and off everything else.  Kinda like how a couple weeks ago i sold a q45, wrx, and rx8 and bought 2 q45's all in what seemed like a matter of hours. If my motorcycle wasn't hanging in the corner of the garage i would sell it too, but the fact that i have a motorcycle hanging in the corner of the garage makes things fun when people finally realize there's a motorcycle hanging in the corner

its "art" not junk

Sometimes, yes.  But while I get frustrated with the fleet at times, when the fun cars are working, I really enjoy them.  Besides the minivan DD, the only "meh..." fun car might be the MINI.  If my current situation changes and I have another back-up DD (which is one of the functions of the MINI), then I could see selling the MINI and getting another classic Mini. 

I pretty much do this few years. I either finish something, or tire of it, or find something I would like more and I sell almost all of the lot. 

Thing is, I'm jealous of those of you that keep a few choice cars (or a fleet, ha!) for long periods of time, especially those with the label of "forever car." One of my best friends only operates that way, and watching his few vehicles get better and better every year is inspiring. 

Yes if I could sell everything right now, I'd keep and daily the beige accord and probably buy a running w108 and be happy! 

I frequently think about what kind of Cayman S or 911 I could have if I sold EVERYTHING.  

The issue I run into is I can't afford to track a car that's worth more then like 15K, and all of the cars that I would consider selling the MG and the rest of the fleet fore are more then 15K.  A homebuilt car like the MG offers C5 Z06 track performance for Miata operating costs, for ~$6k all in.  I really can't do better then that.    Also selling the 54 Willy's is problematic as it was inhereted and built by my Dad.  I's sort of useless garage art but I can't really sell it.  Maybe someday I will be able to.

I bought a little Ranger to haul rocks and mulch but I've found myself tinkering with it more and more.  Wife says I'm trying to polish a terd.  Well I seem to be fairly good at it.

I have often thought of how much easier my life would have been if I had gotten into motorcycles before I had gotten into cars. Ever since I started racing bikes all the time, I've been trying to figure out how to hit the "reset" button in a manageable way.

At the beginning of the year I had 7 cars. 944 Turbo, 944 LS1 project, 1998 K1500, 2000 Tahoe Limited, 1985 BMW 325e lemons car, 1987 BMW 325is, and 1991 BMW 318is.

At the end of this year, I will have 4 cars. 944 LS1 project, K1500, Tahoe, and the 318is. The only one left that I need to move as of today is the '87 325is, and it's either a part out or a reshell because it's rusty but mechanically great. So it's a start.

But it would have been soooo much easier, smarter, and cheaper to have just sprinter van and the 318is, and I'd be doing better on the dirt bike race circuit as well because of having more time. Hitting the reset button is hard when you like improving all those little things and end up far too attached to every car that rolls up the driveway. If I was focused mainly on bikes...well, they are cheap to run and race, easy to repair, and take up a lot less space.

The 128i is a keeper, but I'd sell the Cooper S and Boxster S today.

I think about it, but I definitely get attached to my cars.

I have the 1st gen RX7 race car that I (pretty much) need to change out because engine parts are just not to be found any more.  But I'll definitely miss it, and anything I want to replace it with would be much higher running costs, so I just sit tight.

I have my first gen RX7 street car that i got in high school that hasn't run in 15 yrs but I am seriously threatening to dust off and recommission with an engine swap - thanks to my current COVID work from home situation.  That one's a forever car for me.

We have my wife's Miata that we got in 2002 that she loves but no longer drives.  It's now running on a Paco 3" lift and mud tires.  I actually used that 2-3 days per week to commute before COVID.  It's honestly the most fun to drive car we have.

And I have  the z3 M coupe that I really do like, but don't drive much.

So, lots of redundancy on 2 seat fun cars.  If I was smart, I would get the street RX7 back on the road and sell the Z3M and the Miata to get some kind of fun commuter... But I'm not that smart .

I don't think my cars are worth anything, so I'd have to offload them for nothing and end up with nothing in return. That's not good. 

ddavidv said:

I would like to hit the 'reset' button on my current fleet, sans the 06 Mustang that I love.

The 1997 BMW M3 track car is a great car but since putting it into the tire wall and giving it wavy body panels I'm sour on it. A reminder of my incompetence every time I walk to that side of the garage.

The 1993 Lightning tow vehicle while reliable has been a constant irritation of fluid leaks and a broken a/c system.

Anyone want a package deal? I'll throw in the car trailer too.

Package deal you say?

I'm kinda there myself. At the very least, I'm reconsidering my project car. My wife's due in December with our first kid, so I've been kicking around the idea of selling my 95 m3 coupe and trying to find an e36 m3 sedan or something along those lines. At the very least, I'm rethinking how the parts that I'm putting on the car. Idk. 

PSA:  "i'd sell if i could get the $ back i have in it" is toxic thinking that leads to car hoarding.  If you're over it, sell that E36 M3 and get whatever someone will give for it.  Who cares if you paid $1000 15 years ago, it's been sitting deteriorating take that $500 offer and be stoked you have $500 and not a huge immobile object you don't like anymore.  

I've done this before. I ended up with a worse vehicle than the one I replaced.