Looking for opinions about vehicles

[Farm Fence Solutions]

We just traded my wife's Suburban in on a Subaru Outback. The cost of ownership for the Suburban was really close to $1,200/month over 4 years. The cost of ownership for the Subaru (if depreciation rates stay close to what they are today) should be around $500/month. Those figures are bumper to bumper expenses with resale value deducted, and do not take into account any interest, should you be paying it. I'm pretty confident that this little car (the first car I've ever owned) would go anywhere that a ton truck would go. IF my wife would go on vacation and leave the keys here, I'll be sure to test that theory.

 

[Brute 23]

We just traded my wife's Suburban in on a Subaru Outback. The cost of ownership for the Suburban was really close to $1,200/month over 4 years. The cost of ownership for the Subaru (if depreciation rates stay close to what they are today) should be around $500/month. Those figures are bumper to bumper expenses with resale value deducted, and do not take into account any interest, should you be paying it. I'm pretty confident that this little car (the first car I've ever owned) would go anywhere that a ton truck would go. IF my wife would go on vacation and leave the keys here, I'll be sure to test that theory.

That's different. Yall saved money by downsizing. Not running 2 vehicles.

How many miles per month is that on average?

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

We just traded my wife's Suburban in on a Subaru Outback. The cost of ownership for the Suburban was really close to $1,200/month over 4 years. The cost of ownership for the Subaru (if depreciation rates stay close to what they are today) should be around $500/month. Those figures are bumper to bumper expenses with resale value deducted, and do not take into account any interest, should you be paying it. I'm pretty confident that this little car (the first car I've ever owned) would go anywhere that a ton truck would go. IF my wife would go on vacation and leave the keys here, I'll be sure to test that theory.

That's different. Yall saved money by downsizing. Not running 2 vehicles.

How many miles per month is that on average?

She averages 2,200 miles/month on the grocery getter. She also has a ton truck for farm/fence/delivery work.

 

[Brute 23]

We just traded my wife's Suburban in on a Subaru Outback. The cost of ownership for the Suburban was really close to $1,200/month over 4 years. The cost of ownership for the Subaru (if depreciation rates stay close to what they are today) should be around $500/month. Those figures are bumper to bumper expenses with resale value deducted, and do not take into account any interest, should you be paying it. I'm pretty confident that this little car (the first car I've ever owned) would go anywhere that a ton truck would go. IF my wife would go on vacation and leave the keys here, I'll be sure to test that theory.

That's different. Yall saved money by downsizing. Not running 2 vehicles.

How many miles per month is that on average?

She averages 2,200 miles/month on the grocery getter. She also has a ton truck for farm/fence/delivery work.

$500 is pretty low. I can see the $1200 on 2200 miles because that is right around that .50$ mark but $500 is a hair over .20$ per mile. $3 gas at 20mpg is .15$ already.

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

That's different. Yall saved money by downsizing. Not running 2 vehicles.

How many miles per month is that on average?

She averages 2,200 miles/month on the grocery getter. She also has a ton truck for farm/fence/delivery work.

$500 is pretty low. I can see the $1200 on 2200 miles because that is right around that .50$ mark but $500 is a hair over .20$ per mile. $3 gas at 20mpg is .15$ already.

We burn $2 gas and it gets 33 mpg. :cowboy: I looked back on my notes, and it worked out to $591/month.

 

[True Grit Farms]

It would really stink to not be able to afford to drive a truck. I look at men in a car and think you poor........ I think I'd rather drive a Ford truck than a car.

 

[Craig Miller]

The wcm apparently did not fix my truck because it's sitting at work holding my key hostage right now. It thinks it is in reverse but it is not. It shows reverse on the dash. I can not shift. The is no noise when the key is turned. It will not release my key. Any ideas here?

 

[Brute 23]

I forgot what they call it but there is some thing in the steering column that will act up and it messes with all kinds of stuff. Im guessing maybe since a lot of that stuff looks there to see what the key is doing to know when to come on and what to do. I have had it changed in some of my other trucks and it was fairly cheap.