Thread: Gotta lose a car

This is a "first world" problem. I have too many cars and need to get rid of at least one. In my pondering over the past few months, it seems that it will have to be my beloved blue "Hard Rangie" P38. I want your advice if my logic is sound.

I have two P38's - a blue 1999 4.0 that has lots of mods and is an awesome off-road beast, and a 2000 4.6 HSE that my wife drives and is relatively stock other than Gen 3 air springs, Bilstein shocks and EAS Emergency Bypass Kit.

I also have a Toyo Soarer 4.0 V8 (aka Lexus SC400) which I bought a couple of months ago and is great fun to drive for a 20yo car with air suspension, leather, factory touch screen, rear view cam, TC, ABS etc.

I thought that my 2005 Crewman Cross6 ute would be the logical choice to lose due to the GM V6 motor and that I have no emotional attachment to it, however it keeps proving itself to be a handy runabout for moving messy and bulky stuff around.

My better half is now a Range Rover convert and has agreed to give up her 2000 HSE for another black P38, Sport or Evoke. Unfortunately she is not fussed on L322's as they would be the cheaper option over a RRS or Evoke. I could then convert her black 2000 HSE in to the off-road toy that I originally bought it for.

So, my thinking is I want to keep some parts off the blue one for migration to the black one at a later date, while making the blue one a reasonable selling proposition:
- remove the custom rear bar/wheel carrier from the blue P38 and transfer it to the black one, put the wheel carrier in storage while the black P38 still runs standard sized tyres. Move the standard rear bar from the black one to the blue one. Fabricate a way to secure the 33" spare in to the boot space or mount on the roof tray.
- replace the Hard Range Roo Bar with winch on the blue P38 with a standard bumper.
- replace the 33" KM2's on 5-spoke rims with the old 33" Bighorns on 3-spoke rims, and include the spare set of 18" rims with 30.5" Cooper HT tyres for roadworthy.
- leave the 2" lift kit and extended shocks. I can replace those later.
- leave the 4.11 diffs and rear air-locker for off-road use. I can replace those later.
- leave the EAS Emergency Bypass, onboard air and diff breathers. I can replace those later.
- leave the Kenwood 7" touch screen/ GPS/DVD/iPod/Rev Cam.
- leave the twin exhaust... might have to notch out the standard rear bar.
- include a Nanocom Evo or locked FaultMate MSV-2 for diagnostics.
- lose the Hard Range decals on the sides as this is not to everyone's taste.

I love my "Hard Rangie" P38 but the reality is that I don't get off-road much these days and I feel like a bit of a tosser driving it around when it should be used for much more than I do at the moment.

What do you guys reckon, is my logic sound? I have changed my mind on this so many times over the past few months that I am not sure any more.

Sounds like the country property and a big shed for the toys.