Limits are good... I know to many guys with 15-20 cars & none are finished... I like having stuff that isn't perfect, but I don't understand wanting twenty pieces of junk... Sell fifteen & focus on five... Better yet sell eighteen & focus on two... Or keep them all but get them indoors so they don't continue to deteriorate...
None of mine were ever perfect, but I used to drive almost all of my cars. When I lived in Atlanta, I drove several to the Mopar Nats, including my Hemi Charger, three different Barracudas and a Valiant convertible. Since moving to Tallahassee, I have driven several more down to Mopars at Big Daddy's, including my Valiant convertible, which got Garlits' choice in 1995. There were local shows and cruise nights to drive to, club meetings, and one friend who had a shop 25 miles away, and I thought nothing about driving the 50 mile round trip to pay him a visit. But then our local Mopar club died, along with our local street rod club, cruise nights disappeared (replaced by cars and coffee get togethers that start too early in the morning for me), several of my friends passed away, and my wife and I got genuinely old ourselves. I can still work on my cars, but I sure have slowed down, and I also just don't have as much excuse for taking them for a spin. And my wife can no longer physically handle spirited driving. So I've gotten behind, with several cars needing rather minor upkeep, and a couple others that are major projects, that I haven't been able to get around to yet. I still mess around with them - I'm totally rebuillding my 67 Barracuda's front suspension and brakes - but I have come to realize that I need to thin the herd a bit.
Sad to hear, but it sounds eerily familiar...
Yea, that part is expensive to keep up on for sure. I might own stock in Battery tenders, but they do a great job of really extending battery life and keeping everything ready for action. I keep one on bobcat, the plow truck, the lawn mower and the utility golf cart too.
I finally got a couple of them, will see how much of a difference they make. The last battery in my Ventura was bought used from an auto wrecker in 2011 when I got the car and I finally had to replace it in 2024. It was a Delco brand, I never took it out of the car over winter or charged it, always started fine in the spring.
I get my batteries from Wal-Mart, or Rural king. Much cheaper. They last as long as anything else. I also have one of those small jump boxes. Not too much of a hassle to use.
The battery in my quad runner is a Dura-Cell and it's going on 4 years old. Walmart battery lasted 9 months. I bought a Walmart battery once, it was a 5 year battery and it lasted about 2 year's. I'm used to getting long service from my batteries, the one in my john deere mower lasted 10 years, I brought it in before winter ever year. I pay a little more for my batteries but I get good service from them. Even my flash lights have dura cell batteries.
It looks like I'm the only guy with exotic cars in the collection. If your GF doesn't like regular cars, I recommend dragging home an exotic car or two. Then she'll be all over you, telling you to bring home more. Something about exotic cars makes women hot.
