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Author: Subject: Years:Cars ratio
DarrenW

posted on 11/2/09 at 10:17 AM Reply With Quote
Years:Cars ratio

Ok, Bit of fun. Add up all of the cars that you have held log books for and have been driven for a week or more on the road (so you cant count your partners car or a donor that you drove home once).

Add up the number of years you have been passed your driving test. Dont deduct any years that you may have been banned for!

years divided by cars. 2 decimal places.

Mine is,
18 cars
19 years

Ratio 1.05:1






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cd.thomson

posted on 11/2/09 at 10:34 AM Reply With Quote
4 : 1

4 years
1 car







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tomgregory2000

posted on 11/2/09 at 10:36 AM Reply With Quote
5 years
6 cars and 2 motorbikes

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coozer

posted on 11/2/09 at 10:53 AM Reply With Quote
18 cars
27 years

Ratio = 1.5

If I include the bikes in the gaps between cars

32 bikes,
18 cars
27 years

Ratio = 0.54

What does the ratio mean??





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mcerd1

posted on 11/2/09 at 10:56 AM Reply With Quote
3 cars (and I only just got the last one)
10 years

= 3.33

but I've actually had twice as many scrap cars (that I've never driven on the road) in the same time

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nick205

posted on 11/2/09 at 11:06 AM Reply With Quote
17 years / 11 cars = 1.55






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02GF74

posted on 11/2/09 at 11:17 AM Reply With Quote
2.875 (not inc motorbikes)






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02GF74

posted on 11/2/09 at 11:19 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by coozer

What does the ratio mean??


how quickly you change/crash cars?






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YQUSTA

posted on 11/2/09 at 11:23 AM Reply With Quote
12 years of driving
log books for 3 cars
but including company cars 7

1.7

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chris_smith

posted on 11/2/09 at 11:24 AM Reply With Quote
1.07:1

15YRS
14 CARS ( ITHINK)







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iank

posted on 11/2/09 at 11:29 AM Reply With Quote
20 years, 10 cars

2.0





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nick205

posted on 11/2/09 at 11:38 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by coozer

What does the ratio mean??


how quickly you change/crash cars?



yup, the lower the number the worse your driving I guess






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mcerd1

posted on 11/2/09 at 11:39 AM Reply With Quote
^^ or you can't make your mind up

so which do you think is better - a high or low ratio ?



I'm quite happy with my high ratio
more so considering how cheap the cars have been

[Edited on 11/2/09 by mcerd1]

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jollygreengiant

posted on 11/2/09 at 11:49 AM Reply With Quote
33 years
13 cars

2.54





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tegwin

posted on 11/2/09 at 12:03 PM Reply With Quote
1.33 ..... in 4 years LOL!





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DarrenW

posted on 11/2/09 at 12:05 PM Reply With Quote
I was wondering how long it would be before someone asked what the ratio meant. TBH it doesnt mean anything really. Just curious how long people have been passed test and how many cars they have had.

low ratio could mean several cars owned at once.

Company cars and track cars should be counted as well i guess if they have been 'owned' by you as in are your car for a duration.

Burgger, i forgot about bikes. Lets do cars only.






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Mr Whippy

posted on 11/2/09 at 12:20 PM Reply With Quote
haven't the faintest idea how many I've had over the years, usually had 4 in the garage and 6 outside that continually changed. My insurance company hated me for the number of times I changed my polices





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coozer

posted on 11/2/09 at 12:22 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by coozer

What does the ratio mean??


how quickly you change/crash cars?


My car changes are based on how bangerish the motors are, they all bangers in some peoples eyes (people with new cars).

I'm not one for wasting money changing motors when the one I've got is perfectly OK (apart from kits that is)

Example, purchased in 2000 an 8 year old salvage Rover 214. 55K, stolen recovered, class C. £140, £25 to fix. Sold 2007 with 101K £250.

Still see it riding around now





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omega 24 v6

posted on 11/2/09 at 12:38 PM Reply With Quote
6 cars
29 years.

ratio. 4.83

Wow I must be either tight or an ECO WARRIOR.





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mookaloid

posted on 11/2/09 at 12:38 PM Reply With Quote
We did a list all the cars you have owned thread a while back but I can't seem to find it.

I would know my ratio better if I could see my list again.

Anyone remember what the thread was called?

Cheers

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mcerd1

posted on 11/2/09 at 12:39 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
My car changes are based on how bangerish the motors are, they all bangers in some peoples eyes (people with new cars).

I'm not one for wasting money changing motors when the one I've got is perfectly OK (apart from kits that is)


that sounds almost exactly like me

in 2001 first car was 21 years old and cost my -£20 (ie free, and I got given £20 to put some fuel in it )
sold it 4 years later for £300 as a classic (aparently is just come off the road now for restoration)

Last year I got what I think is an expencive new car (7 year old focus 80k for a little over £2k) and certain people still ask me when I'm going to get a new car !

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JoelP

posted on 11/2/09 at 12:45 PM Reply With Quote
60 cars in 10 years

i have a list with reg number of them all before anyone says im exagerating!

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DarrenW

posted on 11/2/09 at 12:52 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
60 cars in 10 years

i have a list with reg number of them all before anyone says im exagerating!


Is that 60 cars all owned by you and driven on roads? my word that is a rather lot.






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JoelP

posted on 11/2/09 at 12:55 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by DarrenW
quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
60 cars in 10 years

i have a list with reg number of them all before anyone says im exagerating!


Is that 60 cars all owned by you and driven on roads? my word that is a rather lot.


Yes, every one. I excluded the multiple sierras i broke, except the one i drove a while. For a while i changed car every month, though in the last 3 years ive only had about 5 new motors (the car me and the wife share, 2 vans, 2 road legal kits etc).

It does admittedly include about 5 cars i owned before i had a license

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Danozeman

posted on 11/2/09 at 12:58 PM Reply With Quote
9 years driving 11 cars. 12 including the locost. Actually 13 cos iv now got another to fix and sell.

16-17 years old. 3 motorbikes. 2 50's and 1 100cc.

hell knows what the ratio is. To asleep and dim to work it out.





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