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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valhalla360 wrote:
It's all about miles driven.
We've been lucky of late that the commute is zero miles in the winter and 10 miles roundtrip in the summer, so we would be losing money buying a seperate car.
Of course if we are going purely for the financial benefit, buy a 5yr old car for $10k. Assuming you don't abuse it, you should be able to get 10yrs out of it with it being reliable and your lease payment would have it paid off in around 7yrs. Your insurance will likely be a bit cheaper as it's worth less.
Unless you are talking crazy high miles, I wouldn't put much emphasis on wear and tear for the truck. Regular use is actually good for mechanical devices, so modest use likely will result in a longer lifespan than sitting for a month or more at a time between hard use towing.
I agree that the tow vehicle still needs to be driven regularly and mine gets used every weekend for home depot runs or going fishing and things like that, it just made financial sense for me to get a separate car to commute.
The nice thing about leasing is you always have a new car that is always under warranty.
I was just curious how many people daily drive their tow rigs and how many have trucks dedicated to towing/hauling. I daily drove trucks for 15 years before this.
