Dutch, thanks for the outside the box reply 😎
I’m fortunate in that we have a couple of excellent mechanics in our school auto shops who keep my stuff running for the price of parts. I could drop in a salvage motor in the 270,000 mile Corolla for under $2,000 and drive it until retirement and beyond, as it is it still only burns a quart of oil in 3,000 miles.
Because I can bicycle to work I only put in 10 - 15,000 highway miles a year.
I do have a more immediate use for a newer/cooler/funner vehicle tho; my son and especially my little granddaughter. This next purchase would also be the vacation/camping vehicle.
Anyhoo.... as I get older seven years from now is feeling more and more like the present. Passes in a blur.
I still feel like you’ve got car fever and are justifying your a** off... (we luv ya anyway
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Have you checked with someone like Enterprise how cheap a week or months rental on an SUV is?
Did I mention no car payment?
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