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Originally Posted by boostalot717
I figured this would come up so...
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When someone is driving a gas-guzzler, it has to come up.
Just to make you think about it
The final call is yours of course.
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Do i really need a truck, well yes but only part time. I need it in the summer to haul my race car back and forth to the track.
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How often is that ?
You're a full-time student, but only part-time racer - yet the (or "a") truck is only necessary for the part time occupation, but you drive it full-time ...
Putting those together, I'd say you don't really need the truck as a daily driver.
Any other options to get to the track ?
Like borrowing, or renting a truck, a van, or even an RV if you stay there for a few days ?
See, it's just the way you look at it - or the way you want to look at it
A new more economical daily driver doesn't need to be new.
I had to transport something (4' by 4') that doesn't fit in my 50+mpg wagon - so I rented a trailer.
Cost 13.5 euro, or the equivalent of only 9.75 L / 2.6 US gallon of diesel.
If I had a 30mpg truck instead , it wouldn't take me very long to burn through those extra 2.6 gal. ...
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Unfortunatley i am a full time student and on a limited budget so keeping the truck and purchasing another car just isnt going to happen.
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Being on a limited student budget, is all the more reason not to burn it on gas
I do some 60 miles per working day, I'm not on a tight budget, but even at 50+ mpg, fuel is still taking some 5% out of my budget.