Speedy921 wrote:
but the gas mileage is killing me.
The payback on money saved in MPGs versus the cost to sell/buy is probably 10s of thousands of miles. Add to that the $$ to setup the new vehicle to be a toad and your payback gets even longer.
A quick calculation between 20 and 25 MPGs with gas @ $3/gallon shows $300 per 10,000 miles difference. I can't imagine buying/selling and setting up a new vehicle for less than a few thousand dollars (likely much more).
Sorry to answer a question you didn't ask but I've been down this road before and didn't initially realize just how little $$ a few MPGs saves.