The small annoyances of running multiple cars

[John F]

I'm sure we're all familiar with many of these.

 

The ones that immediately spring to mind are:

 

- either remembering to transfer sunglasses from one vehicle to the next, or having a set in each vehicle

- if you particularly want / need to drive one of your fleet, that's bound to be the one with next to no fuel in it

- massive bundles of keys, or lots of different sets of keys – some of which may or may not have other keys on them that you need when you get where you're going, but only realise when you get there

- getting somewhere only to realise that the tools, etc. you need are in one of the other cars

- huge bundles of V5s, different MOT dates, etc.

 

Any more to add?

[FakeConcern]

The one you want to go out in is behind the others on the drive

[fordperv]

More things to fix

[HMC]

The hope that MOTs will be spread evenly through the year rather than all 5 expiring in a 6 week run.

[Crusty Sills]

^{No time, money or enthusiasm to do all that needs doing!!!}

[DVee8]

Running out of space for more cars

[lincolndanny]

When people ask "what car have you got then?"

[anonymous user]

You have five cars and two motorbikes, but none of them are suitable or reliable enough for what you actually need as transport

[D Spares & Tyres]

Going to get the car you fancy for the day but it isn`t where you thought it was

 

Finding the once frozen lasagne you lost on the way home a few weeks back...

[scdan4]

child car seat is always in the other car.

 

music I want is always in the other car.

 

sat nav is always in the other car.

 

"Why's there no fuel, i filled up yesterday?" in the other car

 

my personal fave is not using one for a while, actually going somewhere in it, get there, collect box/shopping/100 litres milk*, open boot / back doors and find car filled with someone elses shite. I love that.

[chodweaver]

No, I can't think of any other disadvantages to having lots of cars...

oh, except for the nagging that may be received from a cost conscious spouse.

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[Wilko220]

Ludicrous insurance bills.

[DVee8]

Forgetting which car you used and walking around a car park looking.

[Shep Shepherd]

Trying to unlock The Volvo using The Saab's remote central locking plipper.

[John F]

Ludicrous insurance bills.

 

Classic multicar FTW  

 

Forgetting which car you used and walking around a car park looking.

 

YES YES YES YES YES. Done that loads.

[RayMK]

When moving three cars out of the way to extract the one you want, a neighbour wants to get out of or in to their drive (three houses, shared access).   The look they give you makes you feel embarrassed and consider getting help for the affliction.

[richardmorris]

Realising you left the iPod in the car that's now 200 miles away.

[catsinthewelder]

I sometimes forget which one I'm driving and wonder why something isn't working or can't find the handbrake/indictors/headlight switch.

[RayMK]

.......and the spares get a bit mixed up, so you end up with several oil filters which don't fit anything in the current fleet, sets of 3 brake shoes and billions of used spark plugs which may come in handy.

[PiperCub]

There are none.

 

Multiple vehicle ownership is a right not a privilege.

[2MB]

The one you have no use for, apart from going out for a drive, being in the garage behind all the others, necessitating the removal (and occasional bump starting) of the rest of the fleet as well as the shit that piles up in in front of the garage queen, followed by a wash to get the fucking cat footprints off it, followed by a warm up period, petrol station visit, 11 minutes' actual driving, warm down and HBOL style repeat in reversal.

Wouldn't have it any other way

[RayMK]

........and you know youv'e got to be sensible and sell one or two, but can't decide which ones should go, get depressed and buy another one to make the decision easier.  Still can't decide.

[I_am_Diesel]

Because I keep a couple of cars at work, there's nothing worse than driving 7 miles to swap cars only to realise that I've left the other keys at home.

 

Different piles of spare parts all over the place.

 

Sarcastic comments from neighbours about which pile of chod will be gracing my drive this week. (They are jealous really because they just have a bland Eurobox)

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Reaching to the wrong place to put the window down.

[FakeConcern]

Forgetting this one's auto & almost driving into the car behind when the lights go green

[Wilko220]

Never knowing which side the indicators are on, or which side the handbrake is on.

 

Getting in the modern and taking 10 seconds to realise that the reason you can't find the choke knob is because there isn't one.

[captain_70s]

Having to buy three aux cables.

Having to buy three sets of sunglasses.
Not remembering which car you left your regular glasses in.

Forgetting which car has the toolkit in the boot.

Forgetting which car has a decent spare tyre.

Mixing up when tax/MOT/insurance is due for each car.

Driving most of the way to work in 4th gear because you forget you have 5th in that car.

Repeatedly engaging 5th gear and wondering why the car won't reverse.

Repeatedly engaging reverse at 60mph and remembering you don't have 5th gear.

Accidentally flicking on the indicators instead of the wipers because the stalks are the opposite way around in one car.

Forgetting you have/don't have power steering and almost putting your car in a ditch at the first corner.

Forgetting you have/don't have huge disc brakes and almost putting your car in a ditch at the first corner.

When all the cars break simultaneously in expensive and complicated ways.

Losing track of which car is running what wheels and with which tyres.

Going for an overtake and realising you're in the 58bhp car, not the 91bhp car.

Going for an overtake and realising you're in the 91bhp car, not the 120bhp car.

Going to fill up with petrol and forgetting which side the filler cap is on.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

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- massive bundles of keys, or lots of different sets of keys – some of which may or may not have other keys on them that you need when you get where you're going, but only realise when you get there

 

The solution is the one Ferdinand Piech used. Have one key that you can use in every car you drive, apparently he would drive a different car home every day to keep himself up to date with his vast empire's products, but insisted it be black with a light coloured interior and could be started with his personal key, so Veyron or Fabia, Flying Spur or Polo he could just walk out of his office get in and go.

[martybabes]

Never knowing which side the indicators are on...

 

 

 

...and having to watch the wipers finish their sweep of a dry screen.

[320touring]

[ghostbusters]"There is no annoyance, only MOAR CARZ"[/ghostbusters]