Show her a map of exactly what your projected costs for each vehicle are...
Show her that $200 a month is $2400 a year, plus maintenance, plus the loss of gas mileage compared to the xB.
Show her also that the $2400 a year (plus maintenance) that you're saving, means vacation come summer time! (or a better one than you're already planning) And all because she can sacrifice a few feet of storage room that she's not using anyway!
Sometimes, it helps to make a diagram, showing exactly what you mean.. with my wife, I have to draw things out for her, b/c she doesn't take the time to figure out things she can't physically see.
Maybe you just get the xB and put a diamond necklace around the rearview? The gas mileage increase should pay for the necklace in short order!
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