US man who built a fleet of 14 cars is selling 9 of them after finding car collection management to be 'a job in itself'

After building a fleet of 14 cars, this American man decided it was time to sell nine of them, after discovering that managing a substantial car collection was, in fact, a ‘job in itself’.

Arun Coumar, a self-described car guy accountant turned CEO, had spent a lot of time building up his personal fleet.

Now he was downsizing to all but five, in order to regain control over his time, his money, and his ‘mental focus’.

And here’s the question that’s undoubtedly on all of our minds – which cars was he keeping?

The time had come for this fleet of 14 to become a quintet

Having a big car collection sounds like a dream for many of us.

We need only look at the collections of celebrities like Cristiano Ronaldo or Jay Leno to see what kind of opulence is on offer.

But for Coumar, having 14 cars had created some issues.

For a start, being a ‘collection manager’ had become something of a full-time job, as he found himself attending to minor issues like leaks.

There was also the stress of feeling like he had to drive each of the cars.

“I felt guilty with all the cars just sitting for weeks at a time and developed preferences for just a couple,” Coumar told Supercar Blondie.

“The others developed problems from sitting and required continuous fixing.

“When you begin to accumulate cars for the sake of collecting, you think of them as ‘forever cars’ and make investments so they will be perfect for you.

“That was bad for me in particular, because I enjoy the use of cars more than I enjoy the ownership of cars. I am not at a stage of my life where I have lots of time to use the cars all day long.

“When you get up to 14 cars, that’s two trips somewhere and back every day of the week. That just isn’t my life right now.”

Having a big car collection comes with some challenges

Ultimately, Coumar opted to downsize to five cars.

The five cars that would remain included the Lamborghini Murciélago – described as ‘exotic’ – and the BMW E92 M3.

There was also his Autocare work truck and his Ford Explorer, the latter of which was a family vehicle.

The fifth car remaining would be the Tesla Model 3, which was his wife’s car.

Among the cars being sold off were four generations of BMW M3s, a W8 Sedan, a W8 Wagon, a W8 Sedan 6-speed, an E46 330ci track car, and a Honda Civic Si.

“I am most of the way through 7 auctions on [Bring A Trailer] and [Car and Bids], which has been a great experience.

[It] revealed that while I dread selling cars, I am good at representing them on a large platform for the highest bidder, and I can encourage those bids with my listings better than I can offers on Craigslist or Marketplace,” Coumar said.

“So, to that end, my new approach to owning cars is to cycle through a lot of cars that I want to own, quickly.

“I already have a dealer license, so just a matter of utilizing it to buy cars with the intent of improving without losing money.”

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