How many cars have you had in your lifetime?
By maximax8
@maximax8 (31053)
United Kingdom
September 23, 2019 10:15am CST
My aunt gave me my first car as she was buying a new car. I was learning how to drive in those days. It gave me plenty of driving practice.When it got old and stopped working I bought a car with five doors. My son was born in 2007 and my daughter was born in 2009. Finally I passed my practical driving test in 2010. Also that year I sold my house as my son went into a wheelchair. I bought a 3 bedroom bungalow.When he was younger I could put his wheelchair in the back of my car. He soon began to grow up so I sold that car and bought a car with a wheelchair space in it.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
23 Sep 19
I've had 3 cars so far. The first was a 3rd hand (meaning I was the 3rd owner) Toyota Hilux which I used for 7 years. The second was a brand new Isuzu Hilander which was still in very good running condition when I sold it 19 years later. Presently, I have an Isuzu MU-X which my daughter bought for me in 2016 which I accepted hesitantly because my Hilander was good enough for me. She insisted that she wanted me to be driving comfortably by buying an automatic transmission time. My first 2 cars had manual transmission.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
25 Sep 19
@sunrisefan I am glad that your second car still looked new when you saw the owner in it. Sorry you didn't have that same experience with your motorcycle. I wonder how that other owner made it look so awful.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
23 Sep 19
@maximax8 Thank you. I was so glad when I met the new owner of our second car last year because it still look new like it was when I sold it to him. You see, I had a very sad experience when I sold my motorcycle (which I used for 17 years) to my niece and her husband. My tears almost fell the next time I saw my motorcycle - it was almost bare and was very much the opposite of its state when it was with me - shiny like new and complete with all the accessories - horns, side mirrors, neat fenders, neat leather seat, etc. BTW, that motorcycle was my first mode of transportation.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
23 Sep 19
I’ve had 3. My fiancé had so many I can’t count 
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@frankie2013 (381)
• Canada
23 Sep 19
Well I never had a car and I cannot drive. I did take driving lessons but my hands were so tight on the wheel that I could barely turn it. Once or twice after the lessons, I saw some bruising on the inside of my knees because I was shaking so much. I am scared shitless of driving and I am even scared of being in a car. My fear comes from my mother I am sure. She was also scared and she must have passed her fright to me while in utero and now I am petrified.... But my legs get me to where I want to go and I feel slightly better on a bus.... So this is my story....
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
25 Sep 19
Too many to count my dear. I have had many cars all through the years. I learned to drive first in England then came back here and had to get used to the other side of the road.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
25 Sep 19
Oshy isn't it funny how the people in England drive on the left side of the road. I am glad that when you returned to the USA you got used to driving on the right side of the road. I notice cars in Armenia are affordable however the drivers seat would be wrong for an English driver.
@birjudanak (14320)
• India
23 Sep 19
So far not buy any car. I can understand reason for change your car and i am sure its much comfortable now.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Sep 19
I think just five in my life.
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@pumpkinjam (8542)
• United Kingdom
24 Sep 19
I had a car for a very short time when I was first learning to drive. I only had the car for a matter of days because it didn't work so I returned it to the seller. It was almost 10 years before I continued lessons and finally passed my test. My ex's father gave me his car but then decided to take it back rather than actually give it to me - I think he only wanted me to have it to make space on his driveway for another car. Apart from those two cars, I have had a Rover, two Peugeots, two Citroens, and a Vauxhall. Counting all of them, I make that eight (although it seemed like more when I was having to buy a new one every year or two because it was cheaper than repairs).
I don't have a car at the moment, and haven't had since the beginning of this year. The main reason I got my first car (I count my Rover as the first) was because my youngest son had so many appointments in all sorts of places. We had a lot of adventures in the car that we wouldn't have been able to have without it.
