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    2020 is the first calendar year in which I haven't purchased a car in...

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    • AkioOhtori
      AkioOhtori last edited by AkioOhtori

      Seven years. I haven't not bought at least one car since 2013.

      @davesaddiction post reminded me that I haven't bought a car in 2020. I'd always joked that I buy a car every year but never actually looked at the data.

      Yup. As of 2020 my 10 year rolling average is 1.0 cars per year.

      • 2009 - 1
      • 2010 - 0
      • 2011 - 1
      • 2012 - 1
      • 2013 - 1
      • 2014 - 2
      • 2015 - 1
      • 2016 - 1
      • 2017 - 1
      • 2018 - 1
      • 2019 - 2
      • 2020 - 0?

      The last time I didn't buy a car was in 2013, after I'd sold the Scout but before I bought the Dune Buggy. It was also the last time I was without a project car, but honestly if you knew the story of the Scout that wouldn't come as a surprise.

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      Luckily, a 0 for 2020 isn't going to mess up my average and I'll likely end up with 2 cars in 2021... probably.

      DSC_4246.jpg

      And... yeah I could buy a car this year. Might, even, but between getting the house painted (seriously OMG how was that so expensive), the Alfa needing a top end rebuild, and the garage looking to get a remodel early next year, my budget is stretched to the max as is.

      Discovery II
      c900 Turbo
      Alfa Spider
      C30 Polestar
      Jaguar S-Type R

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      • HoustonRunner
        HoustonRunner @AkioOhtori last edited by

        @akioohtori Honestly, there is still time.

        2015 Suburban 4WD / 1988 Suburban (#squarebody) / Hunting older BMWs

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        • AkioOhtori
          AkioOhtori @HoustonRunner last edited by

          @houstonrunner Time but neither money nor garage space, sadly. Alfa still needs love and I actually need to thin the herd before starting garage work next year. (actually going to update the post to indicate that...)

          Discovery II
          c900 Turbo
          Alfa Spider
          C30 Polestar
          Jaguar S-Type R

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          • SilentbutnotreallyDeadly
            SilentbutnotreallyDeadly @AkioOhtori last edited by

            @akioohtori how can we influence a change in this apparent acquiescence to fate? There's still time to make poor choices!!!

            Approaching hedges arse first...for quite some time

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            • davesaddiction
              davesaddiction @AkioOhtori last edited by davesaddiction

              @akioohtori So, you'll also not buy a car in 2030, I presume?

              manual . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

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              • WhoIsTheLeader
                WhoIsTheLeader last edited by

                Cars too expensive? Two wheels good, so I've heard.

                That figure is very impressive indeed that you kept it up so long.

                Color enthusiast, Citroën fanatic, and Cruze driver

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                • Rusty Vandura
                  Rusty Vandura @AkioOhtori last edited by

                  @akioohtori said in 2020 is the first calendar year in which I haven't purchased a car in...:

                  (seriously OMG how was that so expensive)

                  Because painting takes time and if you won't want it to look like s**t it takes skill and if you want it to last, it takes fifty-dollar-per-gallon paint. And did I mention prep?

                  Master Chief Dingus

                  The entropy of my garage is always increasing.

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                  • AkioOhtori
                    AkioOhtori @WhoIsTheLeader last edited by

                    @whoistheleader Haha that is a fair point. While I bought 0 cars I did buy 3 bicycles...

                    I love the idea of owning a scooter/ motorcycle, but I also love the idea of keeping all of my skin, bones, and organs right where I left them... so it is a pass. Nothing against the bikes, everything against other drivers and US roads.

                    That said a friend of mine recently bought a motorcycle of some ilk and I told him I wanted to take the class with him so... you never know.

                    Discovery II
                    c900 Turbo
                    Alfa Spider
                    C30 Polestar
                    Jaguar S-Type R

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                    • Italia
                      Italia last edited by

                      How am I clicking on a scout but there is no scout pic in here?

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                      • WhoIsTheLeader
                        WhoIsTheLeader @AkioOhtori last edited by

                        @akioohtori Same thing here really. I don't trust other drivers around here not to run me over on a bike. I like the idea however.

                        Color enthusiast, Citroën fanatic, and Cruze driver

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                        • AkioOhtori
                          AkioOhtori @Italia last edited by

                          @italia Clickbait! I know what you people want! Err by that I mean I tend to be sort of coy about my Scout ownership because of how terrible everything about owning it was. So yes.... I owned a Scout once.

                          ONCE.

                          Discovery II
                          c900 Turbo
                          Alfa Spider
                          C30 Polestar
                          Jaguar S-Type R

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                          • Italia
                            Italia last edited by

                            I think my name is on a 64' scout title but it is my wife's

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                            • jminer
                              jminer last edited by

                              @AkioOhtori I don't know the story of your scout, but having owned a Scout II project I understand why it left and you needed a break...

                              Former hoarder of motorcycles, recent CA transplant, nerd.

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                              • AkioOhtori
                                AkioOhtori @jminer last edited by

                                @jminer Funny enough I was planning on doing a "So this is my Scout story" on Oppo for the last day before lockdown/deletion. This, obviously, didn't happen. tl;dr it wasn't really the Scout's fault, though it was a terrible first project car, it was the drugged out crazy PO who though he still owned the car.

                                Discovery II
                                c900 Turbo
                                Alfa Spider
                                C30 Polestar
                                Jaguar S-Type R

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                                • LimitedTimeOnly
                                  LimitedTimeOnly @Italia last edited by

                                  @italia Because @AkioOhtori used it for the thumbnail photo on the topics list but didn't insert the photo into the post. One has to do both on this platform.

                                  And yes, the post could benefit from the Scout picture, but the picture of the fleet is impressive.

                                  2016 VW GTI and 2020 Subaru Outback XT

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                                  • Italia
                                    Italia last edited by

                                    Thanks for the explanation and also answering my question of why I don't have thumbnails on my posts. @LimitedTimeOnly

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                                    • WhoIsTheLeader
                                      WhoIsTheLeader @AkioOhtori last edited by

                                      @akioohtori said in 2020 is the first calendar year in which I haven't purchased a car in...:

                                      drugged out crazy PO who though he still owned the car

                                      Hold up, now I really want to know what your Scout Story is.

                                      Color enthusiast, Citroën fanatic, and Cruze driver

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                                      • Huzer
                                        Huzer last edited by

                                        So far, I'm at 20 cars since 2000. I currently don't have any plans to buy anything next year, but I don't think I ever really plan when it comes to cars. It just kind of happens.

                                        1968 Mustang - 2022 Bronco Badlands ManSquatch, 2 dr

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                                        • LimitedTimeOnly
                                          LimitedTimeOnly @Italia last edited by

                                          @italia Yes, it's a bit confusing at first because the "Picture" icon is for the thumbnail, but then the "Upload Image" icon is for photos in the post itself.

                                          2016 VW GTI and 2020 Subaru Outback XT

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                                          • Just Jeepin'
                                            Just Jeepin' last edited by

                                            By decade (using the canonical definition, of course, so 2020 is the end of the current decade, not the beginning):

                                            1991-2000: bought 2 cars, del Sol and old Lincoln I didn't keep very long
                                            2001-2010: bought 0 cars (del Sol just kept chugging away for 14 years)
                                            2011-2020: bought 3 cars (Civic Si, Jeep, Jeep)

                                            So, I should be good for another 10 years or more.

                                            On walkabout. Back soonish.

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                                            • pip bip
                                              pip bip @AkioOhtori last edited by

                                              @akioohtori 2020 is the first time I bought a car in 17 years

                                              2014 Chery J3 - (18/7/20) meh.
                                              2011 Geely MK 1.5L (1/7/21)
                                              🇺🇦

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