I average ~40,000 miles per year and my preferred (only) vehicle is a 2006 Tundra with the 4.7L V8 averaging 22mpg.
I need a pickup in a lot of my ranch activities and can't see owning two vehicles to get it done.
Ed
Let me rephrase that: the car gets 40,000 miles per year. The three pickups, the two ton and the semi get another hundred thousand combined.
If you need the truck for no more than 10 or 15,000 miles per year, having a sipper to drive around will save you a LOT of money, especially if you have low registration fees and multiple car discounts on insurance. On my car, the depreciation and maintenance is running at $0.09 per mile. Insurance: $580 per year. $60 in registration. Plus, most of the time, the car gets me there quite a bit faster, because I don't hesitate to put the cruise on 83 and fly low all the way.
