How many cars in your family?

United States
April 4, 2007 12:34pm CST
We have one pick up truck. That's it. My husband takes it to work, so I am stuck at home. How many cars or trucks do you own? What country do you live in?
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@Gemmygirl1 (2867)
• Australia
6 Apr 07
We have 3 cars, my partner has a dual cab hilux Ute which i think is called a pick up over there or something like that. I have a Nissan Pulsar (it has a different name there - Sentra i think) as the family sedan & then i have a 3 door sports car - so we're lucky to have the extras! I'm in Australia - most families here have more than 1 vehicle! Hubby is selling the Ute coz we don't really need it any more & he will have my little sports car for work & i'll always have the sedan if i need to go somewhere with my daughter! Have you considered buying yourself a little, older car just as a back up - in case you need to go somewhere urgently? Cheap little run arounds are always good to have!
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@japboy (572)
• Malaysia
6 Apr 07
i'm live in malaysia and my family got 5 cars, 4cars are from locally(PROTON & PERODUA) and 1 van from japan,(honda. The van is for when all of my family going back to our hometown. I don't have any, i just have motorcycle but sometime i'll ride a car when the weather is heavy rain and so on. Our local car are cheap that's why most malaysian ride a Proton or Perodua car compared to other car like Toyota, Hyundai, and so on.
@sutan74 (1112)
• Philippines
5 Apr 07
We have one SUV a nissan Xtrail given by my in-laws. But you know here in my country we often live close to our parents house. My in-laws has 3 cars in all.... one family car a Nissan sentra, another SUV for my father in law and a BMW for his collection. We just borrow from them if my hubby is out, and the family car is usually the transportation of my kids to school... we are lucky enough that my kids are the first grandchildren in the family. LOL
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@14missy (3183)
• Australia
5 Apr 07
We are lucky enough to have two vehicles in our family. One is my 'baby' a black 2006 KIA Cerato which is the first ever brand new car I have had! The other is an old 1982 Mazda 323! My husband takes that one to work. I would be lost if I didn't have a car!
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@linda345 (2661)
• Canada
6 Apr 07
We only have one car in our family. I am also stuck at home unless I want to take the bus. I take care of my granddaughter until we can get her in daycare, so I wouldn't want the stress of riding a bus with her. I live in Canada.
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• India
5 Apr 07
I live in india. We r having six cars in my house and i like Merceddez benz...
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@caramello (4377)
• Australia
5 Apr 07
I live in Australia and we have 2 cars in our family as the "children" have left home and taken theirs with them! We live out in rural land so I only head into town about twice a week which breaks the daily routine of sitting at home! lol And hubby works over the other side of town so has to drive each day!
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
4 Apr 07
I only have my one car that I drive and own. I live by myself so there are no other cars but this week I have a new roommate moving in so that will be one more car to my household. If I was wealthy, I would love to have two cars for emergencies or for other occasions. If I win the lottery, I will help you out with another vehicle my dear friend. :-)
@sandie61 (2359)
• United States
5 Apr 07
we live in New jersey and have 2 cars. one car is paid off and one is not.
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@GardenGerty (157648)
• United States
4 Apr 07
We keep one a piece, and a spare. Our spare has not worked well since we bought it. We are looking at another small car for me, so that I can leave our one ton van at home, as it guzzles gas. Then we would sell the spare, a Mercedes. They are expensive to work on. This one was a junker when we got it. We need the van to haul trailers, but for work commute, we need something small. We buy old, used cars. I am from Kansas in the United States. Our third car we got at a yard sale. It is a 1991 Mercury Capri that gets more than 30 miles per gallon. Hubby drives about 30 miles to work.
5 Apr 07
We live in Scotland. My husband has one car and a BMW motorcycle. He lso drives a company van for work. I get to look at our car sitting peacefully in the front yard waiting for someone to take it out for a spin. I don't have a UK license so I can't drive it. It gets to me sometimes, but they drive crazy over here. I miss driving in the States!
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• United States
5 Apr 07
Technically right now I have two cars for one person. I have a Kia Sephia and we have an old Oldsmobile Delta 88 that is technically my husband's car, but he's in Australia right now, so I have two cars for just me to drive. I usuaklly drive just the Kia as it gets way bette gas mileage, but I have to take the Delta 88 out once every couple weeks just to keep it running and keep the neighborhood strays from moving into it. I don't want it to become a bunny or kitty habitat.
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@karvin87 (1033)
• India
5 Apr 07
i got just on car...maruti, it is usually riven by my bro or me, who ever needs it more urgently gets the car and i often dont require it!! hehe...i stay in india and here atleast one car is a neccessity and more then one becomes luxury...so v r at the verge of goin to luxury coz v might buy another car next month or so...
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• India
5 Apr 07
i do not have any cars at hoem i live in a country where we dont need cars to commute.its only a luxury here. I have a 2 wheeler. We use that to commmute. For te office, we travel by bus. If we have to go out, we rent cabs or we use the 2 wheeler.
• United States
4 Apr 07
I live in the US. We only have one car - a Ford Focus. My fiance travels so we really don't need two car payments.
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• Ireland
4 Apr 07
I am living in Ireland and cars are very expensive here. We have six cars in our family but three of them belong to my children who have moved out. I have my own car and my husband also has one. He also has a company car as he travels a lot doesn't like clocking up the miles on his own private car.
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• Hong Kong
4 Apr 07
none for me. you know car is very expensive in China. and I think I can afford it only when I have worked for 1-2 years. Also the first thing I need to do is to buy a house after my graduation, and it is also very expensive, and not easy to afford it. really bothering. wish I can earn more, also hope I can win a lottery!^_^! have a great day!!
@AskAlly (3625)
• Canada
4 Apr 07
We don't have any cars, just pickups. We need them to work the ranch and haul cattle, horses etc. Pickups are all you really see in our part of Alberta Canada. They are just the most practical even though they guzzle. Time for Biodiesel.
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@1983tyler (507)
• United States
4 Apr 07
We also have one vehicle. And my husband takes it to work. I live in a small town without a busline or taxi service. There's really no place to go in this town, anyway. I live in Montana, USA.
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
4 Apr 07
My husband has 2 vans for his business,we have a 4X4 pickup,my taurus,The BMW Z3,and my daughter's blazer..we also have 5 porsches..1 is in perfect running order and the others are projects.all 5 are old collectable cars.My husband is forever finding these great deals so we have lots of cars most of the time. And as you know I live in USA.
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