Daily Driving Tow Vehicles
How many people daily drive their tow vehicle? I sat down and did the math and the lease payment + fuel + insurance for a basic Chevy Cruze to commute to work in was cheaper than just fuel to com...
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brulaz wrote:
There's also the convenience of having that second car. We too have a Cruze (Eco, 40mpg) that we use exclusively for grocery-getting and local travel at home. And it's available for children/relatives when they fly in to visit.
Also the truck is just more painful to maneuver and park in the city. If that's all we had, I'm sure I'd be driving my wife around to all her affairs.
But when we're in Florida over-winter, and elsewhere camping, we gotta use the truck for getting around. Ends up only about half our truck's mileage is towing. Total mileage about 13K miles per year.
The gas costs in Canada are much higher than in the States, so it makes even more sense here to have a second vehicle, but still I don't think that we're saving any money if we consider the initial cost of the second vehicle. For high mileage commuters though, it sounds like a good financial idea.
That's the thing, I don't even consider my commute high mileage. I travel 17 miles each way.
