In America, Multi-Car Owners Rule

By Jen

Editor

Okay, so maybe we don’t exactly "rule," but we could form a pretty burly voting bloc if we had anything in common besides our overflowing garages. A new Experian study found that, of car-owning households, 35% had three or more vehicles, making 3+ owners "the single biggest group among American car owners." Among the study’s other findings:

Washington DC had the highest percentage of single-car households, whereas South Dakota had the highest percentage of homes with five or more cars. I can vouch for that.
In households with two vehicles, the most popular pairing is a pickup truck with a general-purpose sedan.
Two-vehicle households are most likely to stick to strictly domestics. As owners get up into three or four rides, you’re more likely to see a mix of domestics and imports.
The national average of 2.28 vehicles per household easily tops the number of children per household (2.1 per woman, but only around 0.6 per household). Car-collecting is more popular than childbearing!

In light of all this, I wonder why it’s so hard to find small, affordable house with a 4-car garage. How many cars in your household? And where do you keep them all?

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Comments

amandajesica
Apr 17, 2008 at 11:39 pm

Hello,

I saw your item posted on the craigslist that you have this porduct available for sale and this is to let you know that I am interested in immediate purcharsed of this item, please could you tell me the final price you wish to offer it for sale last so that we can start the transaction as well as buy it now from you the arranging to send the money through diplomatic means to Washington dc USA so that you can meet up with the person and take it from him when he arrive.

KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR CONTACT PHONE NUMBER AND YOUR NAME FOR CONVERSATION PORPOSE,AND THE FINAL PRICES FOR EACH CAR CUZ I WANT TO BUY MANY CAR’S

Hope to hear from you now regarding this issue..
Regards…
KATIE

Paul S
Feb 15, 2008 at 8:52 pm

Yes, I fall into this category.. My household has:

1999 Saab 9-3 Convertible
2007 Saab 9-3 Sport Combi (that multi-purpose sedan-like car)
2007 Chevy Tahoe Z71 4×4
1966 Ford Mustang Coupe
2000 Ford Mustang GT Conv (my twin sisters car)

Would like to add a B or E-body mopar. And, an exotic like a 70′s Maserati Khamsin or Merak or a Lotus

Brad
Feb 15, 2008 at 1:38 am

Those that run:
2000 Chevy Monte Carlo SS (Mine)
2000 Buick Century (Dads)
1997 Buick LeSabre (Moms)
1995 Dodge Grand Caravan (Sisters)
Those that don’t run:
1955 Chevy 3100 Stepside Pickup
1958 Chevy Corvette
6 total

Justin
Feb 14, 2008 at 3:23 pm

4 cars:
2003 Chrysler Sebring (Moms)
1997 Dodge Dakota Sport (Dads)
1992 Dodge Daytona Iroc (Mine)
1970 Dodge Challenger (Dads)

Ritch...Lawdog1911
Feb 14, 2008 at 6:38 am

I have my “Shop” that is 50ftx80ft where I keep the 4 wheelers, the wave runners, and the Ranger bass boat. My ’07 TrailBlazer SS is in there getting a new rearend put on and the ’98 Bravada is in there getting the finishing touches done to the motor. The ’01 Cavalier ( wifes first car) is at our church where we let them use it cause their car broke, and the ’07 Honda CRV ( My Daily) , the ’07 Equinox Sport ( Wifes new car) are in the driveway. When the Pontiac Ute comes out, I am putting it in the Shop and moving the Bravada out.

That’s 5 for now, 6 when I get my Ute.

nigel
Feb 13, 2008 at 9:44 pm

im in a culde sack and we dont have any cars in our our garage we park 4 in our drive way 1 ford freestar 1 bronco 2 1 dodge dakota and a aerostar we usually have just the 3 but the bronco broke so we needed another car and they had to buyanother ford wich also broke down those peices of shit.

cknarf
Feb 13, 2008 at 9:39 pm

1975 pontiac firebird
1972 beetle
1996 merc wagon (mama’s)
1997 S-10 (step-dad’s)

ALAKRANERA
Feb 13, 2008 at 7:51 pm

WELL WE HAVE MY 01″ DODGE RAM MY DAD “99 DODE RAM MY MOMS “02 TAHOE AND A “88 FORD BRONCO WITCH IS IN THE BACK YARD THE OTHERS ARE IN THE “DRIVEWAY” I LIVE ON DIRT ROAD AND THE “03 NALI IS AT MY UNCLES HOUSE IN HIS GARAGE….=/ BUT WE ARE GETTING A 2 CAR GARAGE HOPEFULLY!!

Heidi
Feb 13, 2008 at 7:09 pm

I am 24, my husband is 25. We have 4 cars between us: ’02 Sentra SE-R spec V, ’04 Sentra SE-R Spec V, ’05 Sentra SE-R, and a ’04 BMW 325xi. Two of them are in garages (the Spec Vs – luckily our apt complex allowed us to get two garages) and the other two are in the parking lot

Stewart
Feb 13, 2008 at 6:57 pm

I have five.
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The RoadMonster, only goes out on nice days for drives, shows,etc. Garaged.
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’99 Miata. My daily driver. Garaged.
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’00 Denali. Wife’s ride. Parks on the street.
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’02 Century. Daughter’s car. Parks on the street.
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’99 Riviera. Supercharged! Parks in driveway.
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I have two other teenagers who will soon be driving.
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My son wants a 1994-96 Impala SS, so it’ll probably park on the street too.
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Travis wants an interesting and uncommon import, and he’ll have to park on the street too.
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Wish I had a 7 car garage!!!

Bradley
Feb 13, 2008 at 5:00 pm

We have 7. Three Dodge Caravans, one for dad, one for mom, and one for sale, and 4 Honda Civics, one for each of the kids. The vans go in the driveway and the cars usually get parked on the… “unpaved extension” (read: yard).

Casey
Feb 13, 2008 at 3:43 pm

9 for me Keep 6 at my apartment, Garage driveway and on the street(neighbors love me) and have 2 more, one at my dads, the other at my step dads/brothers place.

Highspeedhijinks
Feb 13, 2008 at 3:05 pm

I have two personally and my grand father has 4, and when I work on my cars at his house yeah… well its a lot of cars for one place.

Austin
Feb 13, 2008 at 2:45 pm

OH OH PICK ME!! currently I own one 1986 Ford Escort GT, one 1986 Ford EXP, one 1989 Jeep Cherokeee, one 1973 VW Beetle and two 1974 Mazda RX-4s. I am also about to seal the deal on a Merkur XR4Ti and another Jeep(though this Jeep is for parts). I have sold the Mazdas, but I am awaiting payment on them, so I can still count them.