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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
I owned an Insight and before I sold it at 62k miles. It had $7000 in warranty work performed at the dealership with no charge to me, more warranty work than every car I have ever owned combined that had a warranty over the last 45 years.
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Well, that's you. Bought mine used with 50K miles (now at about 180K). Total repairs (other than normal maintenance items like brake pads) have been an EGR valve, O2 sensor, and a rear wheel bearing/hub. Maybe $400 over 10 years. And original batteries are still doing fine, with rebalancing every year or two.
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I did the math on my truck as it sat there doing nothing and the depreciation on the Fiesta. Not sure how James would keep his truck registered, tagged and insured for $150 a year. My annual cost was pretty low but easily twice that not inculding any maintenance or repairs.
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Different states :-) As it happens, I need to renew the registration on mine in a couple of weeks, so I have the card sitting here. Registration is $55. Insurance is a bit of a guess, but it's about $500/yr for both, and was about $350-400 when I had just the Insight. I forgot about smog check, which is about $25, but on the other hand registering a trailer would cost something - $12 or $24 depending on weight, possibly an extra tax based on original sale price.
Then, of course, my truck doesn't just sit there except when it's needed for hauling. There are a lot of places I go where you'd have to be nuts to take a low-clearance vehicle. It's another of those different conditions: if your life is such that you never leave pavement or smooth dirt, then the utility of a truck goes way down. (But OTOH your boredom quotient goes way up :-))