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Slowmover wrote:
The weak link is the trailer, not the tow vehicle.
I started from scratch years ago on both TT ad TV. Both needed to have the lowest long-term cost and highest reliability. 200k plus miles for both, even if the TT took twice as long to get that far. Most work for the most miles at the lowest cost with the highest reliability.
Only an all-aluminum, aero TT could fit that bill. Same for the truck (as it had IRS business miles): a turbocharged diesel. And the only one with the rep earned in hard service was Dodge.
Bought both TT and TV for just under $30k together. Rig and numbers in sig.
Were I starting again today and could afford new I'd go with a 27-28' Airstream and a V6, 8-speed Charger.
Cost of operation per mile on the TV, and cost of ownership per night aboard for the TT over any period is the way to cut things. Five years? Ten? My folks kept their Silver Streak 27-years with but two tow vehicles. And weren't driving around in econobox junkers.
Look at the larger context, the big story, to get a handle on $$.
The right TT means a TV better suited to solo duties, not just being safer. The money savings -- as the OP is learning the hard way (sentiment being an impediment to clear thinking) -- is in the combination. They must be well-matched. Design is everything.
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pappcam wrote:mkirsch wrote:
There is no such thing as a "reliable used econobox for $5k."
$5K gets you a 10-year-old car with 100K+ miles around here.
I've got a friend who is reliably getting 22MPG out of his Ecoboost after 15,000 miles. The best that diesel will do is 18MPG if you drive it like an old duffer.
He says the towing power is night and day compared to the 5.3L Chevy he replaced.
I call BS on the ecoboost mileage. It's a truck and there's no way he's getting that mileage unless he's driving well below the speed limit and holding up traffic.
I thought the ecoboost mileage hype was already done with.
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PartyMarty wrote:
In addition to the insurance expense of an extra car I have discovered :
I left my glasses in my other vehicle .
I left my important paperwork in my other vehicle .
I needed my jacket that I left in my other vehicle .
I needed my tool kit that I left in my other vehicle .
I left my cell phone charger in my other vehicle .
I had to wash 2 cars and a truck this weekend because they were all dirty .
The list goes on .....
โOct-17-2013 12:56 PM
Kampfirekid wrote:
Gotta say, the savings isn't so astronomical with a second car that I'm am interested in driving the perverbial beater. I work long hours and have no interest in spending my off time turning wrenches. Most cars here at $5k and under are 140k mile rust buckets with worn out seats. I'm too old for that crap. I will consider a comfortable ride that is in good shape, and would pay extra for lower miles than sit in a pregnant rollerskate with 100k miles.