Help making a decision on truck purchase.
I am thinking of buying a new truck to pull our winnebago micro Minnie 5th wheel. We currently have a 2006 gmc 2500 . I’d like to go with a smaller truck for gas mileage and was thinking of a Toyota ...
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But to mkirsch’s point, cost of running an old rig vs new is variable and things like luck, skill, ability and intuition all affect that cost benefit ratio.
If everyone was an ASE certified mechanic and took care of their vehicles there would be more old vehicles on the road. But many treat vehicles like a much simpler more reliable tool like a hammer. And just use it and use it and leave it out in the rain and miss judge what they’re hitting until the hammer handle just breaks in half.
Except your car costs as much as 1000 or 3000 hammers. But that doesn’t mean you can treat it 1000x worse and expect any good to come of it.
Not directed at mkirsch, but y’all know who you are or see it every day….
For those in this scenario, the cost of a new hammer rather than replacing the handle on the old one is probably the least obtrusive scenario.
If everyone was an ASE certified mechanic and took care of their vehicles there would be more old vehicles on the road. But many treat vehicles like a much simpler more reliable tool like a hammer. And just use it and use it and leave it out in the rain and miss judge what they’re hitting until the hammer handle just breaks in half.
Except your car costs as much as 1000 or 3000 hammers. But that doesn’t mean you can treat it 1000x worse and expect any good to come of it.
Not directed at mkirsch, but y’all know who you are or see it every day….
For those in this scenario, the cost of a new hammer rather than replacing the handle on the old one is probably the least obtrusive scenario.
