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Don't neglect to look at the total costs of switching to a higher gas mileage vehicle. Maintenance, insurance, taxes, etc. Those things can really eat up the money you save on gas.


Fox,

You make some excellent points. There are so many hidden "costs of ownership" that one doesn't consider.

When I started looking at an extra vehicle I did some spreadsheet work and determined that whatever vehicle I bought had to be at most $1000 and had to average 35 mpg or more.

Honda Civics are great in that parts are cheap and maintenance is light. New rotors are $13 each.

Other factors went into this decision... like wanting to keep the miles from accumulating on the truck so fast. I've certainly managed to do that.

Joel

1998 Toyota T100 SR5 ExtraCab 4WD