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Originally Posted by dwinters7613
Sure do. My new job is a heck of a commute so something with double or triple the MPG is now needed. My previous job was only 5 miles from home which was perfect. I am very sad to see it go. I've only owned it for 7 months now. 4,500 miles on the odometer so just got her broken in. But one day I will buy another one when circumstances allow. Whoever gets this thing is going to be EXTREMELY happy!  |
The good news is these vehicles hold their value so you may get out of it with a lot less pain than most vehicles with 7 months of ownership.
But regardless, why not just hang onto it with gas relatively low right now? Maybe your commute is truly ghastly (like 100 miles round trip a day), but let's assume it's 60 miles round trip. ~14400 miles a year of commuting.
As an example with gas at $3 a gallon, you're talking about $2880 in gas commuting a year with the 4Runner. If you double your MPG, you're right around $1440.
Is $120 a month worth potentially getting creamed on value lost in the vehicle, sales tax losses, fees, etc.?
Sorry to bring this up, I just have never understood folks bailing out of vehicles strictly over MPG as the financials just are not that big a deal. Especially given a 4Runner will run bullet proof to 200K miles or more (great vehicles to run high mileage on actually).
Why not do something like pick up a 2nd hand first generation Nissan Leaf as a commuter vehicle if you can make it with a single day of charge? Can probably find one used for less than $15K that'll run for awhile and then you save mileage on your 4Runner on top of it while still getting to keep it.
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