Up until an hour ago I had four cars and a motorcycle. Just sold my buick and am hot to buy some new project.
I like having at least one automatic, and at least one stick shift. Have not had a hard time finding stick shifts... even though I understand only a couple percent of new cars have them. I like having the automatic in case wife or I break an ankle/foot/kneecap and have to get around with one leg.
Challenging is I like having a kid mover, road trip car, manure hauler, and MPG all in one. Closest thing was an olds silhouette minivan. I should just get a trailer and ball hitch; most cars can haul 1000 lbs. The trailer will last a lifetime.
I have two driveways. I did pave paradise and put in a parking lot.
The first came with the house and we figured we'd leave it as the heating oil truck needs to back in to deliver. The other driveway leads to the garage which I built: nice house missing that important feature. Wife's DD gets to park here. In winter the MC rides the back wall of the garage and I can actually stuff two cars in as well.
Ironically, at times, wife gets home from work in her saturn and I hop in, as the motor is warm, and drive it to work myself! I keep my own saturn around as I love it and like having the radio presets and mirrors! With gas prices how they are I'm not dumping those two, no way.
Third vehicle is a pickup, now, but may trade out of that for a minivan. Am shopping for a fourth car, which gets to be "cool". Considered a 1983 delta 88 but it was in, gasp, poor condition.
All my cars are low value beaters, albeit well maintained. Liability only insurance. My rip off state charges excise tax like a car is five years old even if it's fifteen. Standing fees (insurance, inspection, plates) to stay legal are only a couple hundred a year per car.
Now with the irony of having sold my buick, I have to drive my saturn, to pick up a tranny oil seal for my truck, which noone has in stock, and the truck is in pieces. Whew! Dodging a bullet!