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Originally Posted by cfguy2000
How about comparing versus a used vehicle? It seems like wishful thinking to believe that you could save enough gas to get a new car but you can get a 1997 Corolla that gets 30+ mpg for about $2000. Just a thought.
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Trouble is, then I get into the murky land of "But I like this car." Since I have a little old car that gets about 30mpg for everyday use, the comparison was basically to figure out if I could sell the little car and the highway cruiser and get the characteristics of both in a single vehicle. The answer turned out to be "not really", at least not for a price that seems reasonable to me.
The big car has all kinds of neat stuff I like (towing ability, luxury features, etc.), some of which the new car would have, but keeping the two older cars is cheaper than replacing them with a single new car with these abilities, so I kind of feel like I'm getting more for less by keeping the two rigs.