David Pitlyuk

I’ve modified my original “Progression of Vehicles” post to be one that I will update as I add or change any vehicles in my fleet. Last week I purchased my 9th vehicle (in my 8 years of driving). I would have blogged about it sooner, but I didn’t have a chance to wash it up until this past weekend.

It’s nothing special, but there’s a purpose to getting it. I bought a 99′ Honda Accord 4-cylinder coupe with 114k miles:

So you might be thinking…Dave, you’ve got a Viper and a G35 Coupe, in your garage, what’s with this? Well, I consider it a beater car for the fleet! In reality, it’s more of an interim car. My G35 has about 55k miles on it, and the warranty lasts through 60k miles. The Viper has been for sale (Although I haven’t really tried to sell it too hard yet).

Getting the Accord allows me to sell both the G35 and Viper at the same time, while having a reliable, fairly cheap car I can drive interim. I think I got a pretty good deal on the Accord utilizing my “Drive a Viper for free” methodology.

So I’m trying to figure out what I’ll be doing about car stuff, and I have a few options:

1. Keep the Viper, and sell the Infiniti.  Not sure what I would get to replace the Infiniti though…maybe rock the Accord for a while.
2. Sell both the Viper and Infiniti, buy a 2005 black C6 Corvette, and keep the Accord as a beater car.  I love the new C6 Vette body style, and it would allow me to retain all the power I have in the Viper, but be a lot more practical.  I would essentially try and daily drive the Vette, but I’d have the Accord for rainy days and what not.  This way I almost always have my sports car fix :)  I would get it in black, completely black it out, and get a loud exhaust…it would be pretty mean looking.  The main concern with this option is property tax will be really high, I think it would work out to be about $1,200/year for just the Vette.
3. I could sell both the Viper and Infiniti and buy one overall nice car.  I was thinking something like an BMW M3, BMW 5-Series, or maybe even the new G37 Coupe.  Property tax on this option will likely be pretty hefty, so something I have to put into consideration (Damn VA!!!).

I think those are my current options, I’m still unsure of what I should or want to do.  If you have any car suggestions, I’m all ears…just post your comment!  In the meantime my current fleet is the following:

1. 1994 Dodge Viper RT/10
2. 2004 Infiniti G35 Coupe
3. 1999 Honda Accord Coupe V4
4. 1998 Honda CBR600 F3 (Might also be changing this one up shortly)