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seamus2154 Enthusiast

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Nah man I couldn't spend 20k a year in a little car like that... Would have to be at least a midsize, mid trim car or cross over, I was considering a Malibu or Equinox LT (22k ish) I see your point but, my days of driving small cars are over...

 

Ever drive the Equinox? My dealer gave it to me for 4 days as a loaner while fixing my truck. Brand new. What a piece of crap. Under powered cheap, and just junk. I would buy an old used car before a new equinox! Impala is a nice ride if your staying with GM, otherwise the honda accord was a bit bigger and very comfortable much to my surprise. Good luck

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I've been thinking about this a lot as well. I recently bought a house in the northern tip of southern NH and commute to Boston four days a week. Certainly not the most comfortable vehicle to commute 100 miles a day in but does the job. I was concerned about MPG (lifted, 35" tires) for the commute but not enough to not lift. My main concern now is the wear and tear on the vehicle. I'm only a few years into my career life and I'd like to have this truck 20 years or so if I can. Went through the time when I was first starting out of getting new or like new vehicles and bouncing around a lot but now I care less for that.

 

Probably going to get some Toyota/Honda/Chevy daily and just commute with that. The big challenge is trying to weigh the cost of insuring a new vehicle and maintaining that plus your truck vs just the one. Plus you then have a car, truck, vehicle for the misses, harley and ride on mower and my garage is ready to burst. haha.

truckguy82 Senior Enthusiast

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As long as you keep up on your regular services and follow the owners manual on what to do and when I think you should be fine. My 14 Silverado High Country 6.2 has 121,000 on it and runs and drives like new.

I agree with you about not wanting to get a car. I also prefer driving a pickup over a car.

Some rough figures in 100k miles at .20 a mile is $20,000, and 4 years at $475 is 22,800, total of 42,800 in four years. almost pays for your pickup in 4 years.

Don't forget $17k in fuel, and a bunch of other expenses.

 

Also you likely have one of the highest mileage 6.2's in the country. I wish you would post more on here about your experiences. It's likely more valuable than you think.

 

I'm almost tempted to start a gofundme on the truck forums, corvette forums, and camaro forums, to pay for you to get a top end cleaning and include extensive pictures of the carbon buildup or lack there of.

Donstar Senior Enthusiast

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The biggest disadvantage I found for using my trucks as commuter vehicles was fuel costs. I did find it advantageous to have a commuter car for a period of time. With the fuel efficiency of post '14 GM's I would not need to consider a commuter vehicle. (Now that I am retired, I appreciate the savings even more!)

tnchevy Senior Enthusiast

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This is a little different but I take my company truck home and put about 25k miles a year on it. Half those miles are interstate, a fourth is county roads, and the other fourth or so is taking it places most would not take a vehicle. I've been doing this for over 20 years and we usually get about 4 or 5 years out of one till the little things start tearing up and at that point we get rid of them. Usually the engines are still in great shape and most of the time the trans are fine but as I said the little things are what goes and my company would rather buy me a new one than for me to be spending time getting my truck fixed because that means I am not out there making them money.

My current truck is a 2012 F150 with 115k miles and is starting to reach that point. Just got it out of the shop because the electronic rear locker quite working and the radiator had developed a leak but still runs great.

Imcrazy Senior Enthusiast

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Ever drive the Equinox? My dealer gave it to me for 4 days as a loaner while fixing my truck. Brand new. What a piece of crap. Under powered cheap, and just junk. I would buy an old used car before a new equinox! Impala is a nice ride if your staying with GM, otherwise the honda accord was a bit bigger and very comfortable much to my surprise. Good luck

My Dad had a Terrain it was OK, I would want one of the 2018 and newer ones, my wife has a 16 malibu and it's pretty nice, equinox looks like a malibu wagon to me...

Brianskeet Enthusiast

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A slightly different take. If I was driving that many miles I would be even more focused on driving something I like to drive. I could get by on a different vehicle, but I just plain enjoy driving a truck. I haven't been without a truck for nearly 30 yrs now. I don't rack up the miles like I used to, but the miles I do drive are enjoyed. Don't under rate the value of your personal satisfaction.

Doug71360 Enthusiast

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I'm in real estate, so I average 20-25k a year. Love the truck for hauling signs and comfort. For me this is more important than mpgs.

Imcrazy Senior Enthusiast

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A slightly different take. If I was driving that many miles I would be even more focused on driving something I like to drive. I could get by on a different vehicle, but I just plain enjoy driving a truck. I haven't been without a truck for nearly 30 yrs now. I don't rack up the miles like I used to, but the miles I do drive are enjoyed. Don't under rate the value of your personal satisfaction.

 

 

I'm in real estate, so I average 20-25k a year. Love the truck for hauling signs and comfort. For me this is more important than mpgs.

I'm with you guys, it's not worth it to save the bucks plus buying another vehicle is gonna cost me more in the long run than the gas it will save me... Additionally I would need to rent a skid steer or back hoe and dig out and buy gravel for another parking sport for my work car

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I prefer the truck, if you ever get into an accident the momentum equation is in your favor that way. A small car always losses that battle.

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Wow I'm in the same boat, ha minus the allowance. 110 miles per day just to get to work. 55.5 miles from my driveway to my work parking lot. Plus whatever I will do personally. Two months of ownership, 68XX miles now lol. This is going to be interesting.

Imcrazy Senior Enthusiast

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Wow I'm in the same boat, ha minus the allowance. 110 miles per day just to get to work. 55.5 miles from my driveway to my work parking lot. Plus whatever I will do personally. Two of ownership, 68XX miles now lol. This is going to be interesting.

Dang dude that's a lot of miles. I won't be paid for the days I drive to the office, just any trips I make to visit customers, be it originating from the office or probably most days I'll just leave from home and make my route visiting clients. The office is only about 15 miles from home. It's tough to save $$ on fuel though, you need to get something with at least 10 mpg better in my opinion to stat saving any significant amount on gas per mile to make it worth while and there aren't really any legit SUV's that will do better than 25 mpg.... I was considering a Jeep Grand Cherokee or Colorado 3.6L because they get 25 mpg hwy vs my 22mpg but, I'd only save $300ish bucks a year...

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Dang dude that's a lot of miles. I won't be paid for the days I drive to the office, just any trips I make to visit customers, be it originating from the office or probably most days I'll just leave from home and make my route visiting clients. The office is only about 15 miles from home. It's tough to save $$ on fuel though, you need to get something with at least 10 mpg better in my opinion to stat saving any significant amount on gas per mile to make it worth while and there aren't really any legit SUV's that will do better than 25 mpg.... I was considering a Jeep Grand Cherokee or Colorado 3.6L because they get 25 mpg hwy vs my 22mpg but, I'd only save $300ish bucks a year...

 

I'm not really worried about the gas. I traded a 2017 Subaru WRX for this truck. The car got great gas mileage. I've got a motorcycle too, but I only ride that to work 2 days a week max. The goal is find a job closer to where I live lol.

aaronarf Enthusiast

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OP, I am in a similar position and I decided to drive my brand new truck everyday, 120 miles. I do not get a fuel allowance, mileage or anything. What it boils down to is why have a 'beater' car that you don't even enjoy driving? I spend too much time in my vehicle to not drive something I want to drive. Sure it costs me more money but I'm a car guy so its worth it to me. I've had a brand new 370z I only drove for 10k miles because I drove a 1996 Civic as my daily...for what?! Sold it for the same price damn near if it had 30k on it. Then I had a built Tacoma that sat in my driveway because I had my daily driver 2016 Civic, sure it was nice, even had heated rear seats but I just didn't enjoy driving a car every day. Sold everything and I'm down to one vehicle to maintain, wash and insure.

 

 

26k on my 2017 since late December, expect to have ~35k by my one year mark.

rjpoog1989 Enthusiast

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You guys just need to get a more fun DD. I DD my Camaro during the summer and the truck Nov-March. I put over 10k per year on each vehicle. I enjoy both vehicles for their intended purposes. I plan on keeping the Camaro for the next 30 years or so as long as it stays out of the salt.

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