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draper
04-05-10, 02:04 PM
as above really. I've had 4 cars in the last 15months and the vectra is starting to bore me now lol

i might start liking it again when ive swapped the ARB bushes and ball joints i suppose

craig green
04-05-10, 02:13 PM
when the last owners MOT runs out.

Mike
04-05-10, 02:14 PM
when the last owners MOT runs out.

Pretty much what i do, or when its about to run out of tax

draper
04-05-10, 02:18 PM
i used to change them everytime id crashed them/blew them up to be fair

maybe getting a nova actually built will stop me checking the classifieds lol

muzzy
04-05-10, 02:18 PM
Every few months

Prey
04-05-10, 02:21 PM
You should be checking the classifieds - but not for cars for you - cars for charity......

draper
04-05-10, 02:22 PM
You should be checking the classifieds - but not for cars for you - cars for charity......


good point, well put sir

Hobbit
04-05-10, 02:36 PM
I keep my cars for years, till they either die or I crash them.

Only sold a couple of my cars. I've owned loads.

Shaun
04-05-10, 02:49 PM
every month or 2.

get bored easily and change it.

got a mondeo tddi at the moment, soo comfy to drive but only 35 mpg from a denzel :s

dj_wudgey
04-05-10, 02:55 PM
i dont change me lol

MK999
04-05-10, 02:59 PM
may 08 to sept 09 for the 1.2i that became a 1.6, then got an SR shell, a peugeot diesel in nov and a nova td just recently, parents love it really lol Least I got rid of the pugrot now

CammedRedtop
04-05-10, 02:59 PM
I passed in january and ive had a zetec s , polo and a saxo and have just purchased a redtop nova so boredem is really the time to change lol

Stuart
04-05-10, 03:00 PM
I've sold 3 cars lol

the first nova I had that for 5 years, the omega for about 2 years and then the vx for nearly 4 years (had a 205 TD inbetween the omega and vx but that was 6 months and it got scrapped)
Oh and the astra in parallel to the vx for the same time.

draper
04-05-10, 03:00 PM
i keep looking at saxos, maybe its just temp insanity/sobriety

Nebbz
04-05-10, 03:22 PM
usually its three/four a year as i get bored, but longest i had a car was two years twas a 07 fiesta zetec-s.......was a pile of crap so got them to come pick it up! did nothing but break down!

i lie actually lol! i had an orion for 4 years, and my escort for 3 years and that thing is going no where!

draper
04-05-10, 03:41 PM
usually its three/four a year as i get bored, but longest i had a car was two years twas a 07 fiesta zetec-s.......was a pile of crap so got them to come pick it up! did nothing but break down!

i lie actually lol! i had an orion for 4 years, and my escort for 3 years and that thing is going no where!

broke down like most escrotes :p

Southie
04-05-10, 03:49 PM
I'm on my 7th car now and been driving 16 years so that's an average of every 2.3 years :d

mowgli
04-05-10, 03:50 PM
between me & the missus, longest is 12 years, shortest is 18 minutes, but we average about 4 years on 'family' cars, cos thats how long it usually takes to pay it off

Mieran
04-05-10, 03:58 PM
I had a vectra that I sold last September (owned it for 2 years), big mistake because I've never been happy with the cars I bought after it.

Since then I've had 6 cars.

88ESR
04-05-10, 04:05 PM
When I was younger 18, 19 I was impatient and would be looking elsewhere the minute I picked something up (usually Mk2 Escorts)..

Now it's about once a year for my kickabout and every 2 or 3 years for the family job..

The Nova im looking for will be a keeper though!

dj_wudgey
04-05-10, 04:28 PM
ive only ever sold one car in my life lol and that was the gte this year so no i dont change often lol

General Baxter
04-05-10, 04:31 PM
I passed in january and ive had a zetec s , polo and a saxo and have just purchased a redtop nova so boredem is really the time to change lol

good luck insuring that unless your 25+ lol

Benn
04-05-10, 05:07 PM
Erm.. Had mine 6years now.. So not often.

Nick J
04-05-10, 05:31 PM
I've always been pretty terrible to be honest...... The older I got and the more funds I had readily available just made me even worse! The red nova however did keep me entertained for a fair few years and Im hoping the yellow one does the same. :)

Nick.

pikey1986
04-05-10, 05:34 PM
ive had 7 cars in 4years

the nova ive had for over a year but its only spent 6 months on the road lol

Rysee
04-05-10, 05:37 PM
Taxing mine for the 6 months usually means i've had it too long

markc20xe
04-05-10, 05:58 PM
normally keep a car bout a yr or more really

brainsnova
04-05-10, 06:12 PM
every 3 years for me but with my transit im selling soon before the monster eats it

paddy138
04-05-10, 06:29 PM
every few months usually i do usually have to cars maybe a runabout for work then a nice sunday cruiser or somthing, the woman does be going mad when i do be changing them i just tell her i either change my cars regularly or my woman regularly, but she just excepts it now, the car i have the longest is my nova was my first car and still have her

Jack
04-05-10, 06:39 PM
I buy cars I like/want, so stick with them for ages

Rysee
04-05-10, 07:12 PM
I just get the 6 month itch. I look on ebay and pistonheads and then my savings daily

burgo
04-05-10, 08:35 PM
i used to change them all the time but ive had the light blue one for just over 3 years now and the estate errr since december 2007 :s

Dar
04-05-10, 09:07 PM
I last changed my car in 2000. I don't intend to change it yet either, I still enjoy driving the thing too much.

bazil
05-05-10, 12:30 AM
hmmmmmmmmmmm
nova gte bought in 1997 still have it
nova gsi bought in 1999 still have it
audi s3 bought in 2003 still in use everyday

i think i might be a clepto lol

Connor
05-05-10, 02:57 AM
I am doing it wrong..
1 and a quarter years driving
and 3 novas :d

Bubba
05-05-10, 07:25 AM
mk3 astra, kept a year
mk3 cav hatch, kept a year
mk3 cav loon 4x4 kept almost 2 years
mk1 nova 1.2 kept 2 months
mk1 nova 1.3 still "own" lol after 18 months

Lee H
05-05-10, 07:26 AM
I have had the Nova Gsi for 9 years now. Like to change my daily every year though as I get bored, had the Corsa 10 months now.

Gaz1300SR
05-05-10, 08:50 AM
I've been driving just over 11 years and have had 27 cars i can remember, sure i'm missing a couple though..... 8 Nova's in that lot.

Jon_nova1
05-05-10, 09:21 AM
I used to change about once a year, but since i got a 200BHP mazda familia as a runaround i haven't changed for about 2 years lol

Hayley
05-05-10, 11:47 AM
Ive had my licence for 7 years and am on my 6th car... so I reckon im about due a change. :)
I think I just get bored easily

Stuart
05-05-10, 11:54 AM
Would love to see Rexy and mandyracers list lmao

AlexW
05-05-10, 12:03 PM
Usually change every 6months to a year, depends on the car.