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Originally Posted by ClawSS
In my not so humble opinion and a pet peeve.....Still confused, OP.
You have a v-6 Camaro and a Tahoe and you live in Illinois. You don't mention the Tahoe year, but probably newer than 1998. I had a '98. So I assume 15ish mpg. Next you say "drive it into the ground". I don't know what that means. Are you saving it for resale, if so why did you buy it...to see how much resale you could get? Do you have trouble maintaining it with oil changes, washings, etc? Do you believe that it isn't worthy of being seen once it hits 60k or 100k miles?
I am wondering if your question is more, "What car can I spend money on that I can abuse but trust to get me to my job that is my livelyhood that will be cheap up front and cheaper to sell when I "run it into the ground" with neglect?"
If you want out of a payment, maybe on the Tahoe, then that might be something. You will be hard pressed to find the utilitarian vehicle of the 4x4 Tahoe in a gas miser. Maybe a Suby. But I'd trust a Tahoe in Illinois winters with snow berms, pot holes, other a-holes on the roads.
I ran the numbers on my SRT or L99 at 20mpg for gas only. I only run 93 in either @ $3.57 in Kentucky. @ 20 it cost me a little over $5000 a yr. If I bump up to 30mpg, @ 89oct. @ $3.29...$3000. That's a $2000 delta / yr savings to pay for something & cover costs of the extra engine to maintain/ins. license, tires/oil...I don't run things into the ground. Not worth it to have a dream car just sit....then have some thought of "I don't drive it, might as well sell it". Read some of the For Sale posts. A bunch of them use that as an excuse.
People always say buy a beater...I never understood it...I am 43 and worked at this job for 17 yrs. with 10 of it at this long distance. Do y'all not buy cars to drive?
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I have no idea what you are talking about. In an earlier response I said I don't want to drive my Camaro into the ground, which driving 500 miles a week will do, if you reread my post you will clearly see that is what I said. Secondly, by choice I am not driving my Camaro in the winter. I know some people here do and that is there choice, my car will never see a Illinois winter as long as I own it. Currently, I drive my 05 Tahoe that has 155k on it, during the winter, if it were not maintained it would have not lasted as long as it has. Prior to the Camaro the Tahoe was a year round DD.
You don't have to wonder about anything, please reread the original post it's very clear, but to help you out here goes, I potentially may start to travel 500 miles a week for work and I am looking for a fuel efficient car to drive year round and I am going to get rid of my Tahoe because I don't need 5 cars. I don't no how to make it any clearer than that.