Hey, Jack, I'm in a similar boat, with having too many cars, although they are mostly operable. Here's the sitch:
1. 2005 Lincoln Town Car Signature Limited -- This is one surprisingly problematic Panther. Weak brakes, broken blend doors and even ejected spark plugs, we can deal with, and have. But there's a really annoying (and smelly) water ingress issue that has nothing to do with the windshield cowl getting plugged up, and potentially everything to do with shoddy bodywork somewhere in its 18-year-old tenure. The air compressor for the rear air suspension starts up loudly, even when it seems not to be necessary, and we've taken it to enough mechanics and fired the parts cannon at it enough. It's also had the airbag light on for a couple of years now, due to one of the seatbelt pretensioners. But I guess the bulb/light for that went out, so now the car chimes incessantly when you first start it up and then periodically every 2 minutes afterward...to let you know that the bulb is out. Fixing this, per the esteemed Mr. Mehta, will likely require removing the cluster and sending it off to have it refurbished. Oh, and on Monday, my partner was using it as his cigar chamber (it's his car, he can do whatever the F he wants), went back in the house for something, got distracted, and left it on and running all night. The next day, the battery was dead. I replaced the battery, and it fired right up, but hesitantly. Turns out, it was also out of gas, so it's sitting dead in the driveway. I'm supposed to be running to the store with the gas can, so that I can limp it to the gas station sometime today.
2. 2006 Jaguar XJ Vanden Plas -- I acquired this one in May of last year, as a project. It is not my first X350-generation XJ, and it was pretty rough. I--and my Jaguar mechanic--have put a lot of work into it, but I still think the suspension is irritatingly crashy (even with high-end aftermarket air struts at all four corners), and it still needs some body work, paint and leather refurbishment.
3. 2011 Lexus LS 460L AWD -- I bought this one last week. More on that later. It's in pretty good shape and I got a great deal on it, but the bottom of the front bumper fascia is a bit torn up, such that I'll end up replacing it just because of my OCD. However, it also has a vibration that comes through whenever the car is in gear (not park or neutral), which suggests to me that it needs new motor mounts or transmission mounts. It is at the Lexus dealership being inspected right now, and so they gave me a 2021 RX 350 to drive home as a loaner.
4. 2022 Subaru Outback Touring XT -- We bought this one last summer. It's great. No complaints. Except that I wanted the green, and there was none to be had in that trim. So it's white, instead. My partner drives this one most days, to see his clients.
5. 2022 BMW X5 xDrive45e -- I like this one, too. I got to order it with all of the options I wanted (well, all of the options that were available, since BMW has been steadily deleting features off their cars due to the shortage) and took delivery of it in November. It's nice not to use gas most days, since it has a genuine 30 miles of electric range. But good golly, was it an expensive car.
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We already have the Outback--replete with towing hitch--to do SUV stuff, so the expensive X5 can go. With the $7,500 tax credit I'll take on it, I should either break even on selling it or even net a slight profit, and not making that monthly payment would free up some investment cash, or money to put back into the house. The Lincoln has been pissing us off for a while, and we have no love for it or its cheap interior (besides, I prefer the early 90s square-body Town Cars). So we'd like to sell it, ideally as-is. The Jaguar, I think, will never be what I wanted it to be, which is a creampuff example of that car. I think that if I bought another X350-generation XJ--and I will--it needs to be an immaculate 2008/2009 Super V8 Portfolio, and should cost every bit of $30K. That's the only way I'm going to get the true essence of that car.
So...the plan was for the Lexus to replace the Jaguar, the Lincoln and the BMW. I would drive the Lexus; my partner would drive the Subaru. However, my partner is going to be using the Lincoln as a cigar-smoking chamber until we get our cigar room all built out (early spring, most likely). The Jaguar is up for sale, but I drove it the other day, and kinda fell back in love with it. With its aluminum body and lively engine, it's a lot lighter on its feet than anything else in my stable, and the burble of that British V8 is nice. And the X5...well...the state hasn't sent the title to it yet, so I can't sell it.
I also worry that clearing three cars from my driveway would just make me want to buy more cars. I've never had a pickup before, and thought about buying a cheap Avalanche (since it has the midgate) for doing really dirty home improvement stuff that I don't want to use the Subaru for. And the thought crossed my mind that I might like to order a new Mustang GT Convertible 6MT, since I've never had that sort of car before.
