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    Quote Originally Posted by etlsport View Post
    I agree with you sue for the most part, but in my case I am fairly certain a secondary car is the way to go. But it must be the right car/situation.

    I had an 05 civic that averaged 35-37mpg. If I could get that again at the rate im going I fill up at least 2 times a week.. I would brake even much faster, of course thay kind of gas mileage would require closer to a 5k car

    factor in a vx oil change is about 35 dollars a civic would be 20, thats another 15 dollars a month, tires for the vx are around 800-1000, 400-500 for a civic.. a savings of 400 every 2 years or so.

    Factor in the sadness that I feel every time I cross another MILEstone (hit 112k tonight) for me it makes more sense to get a little car. That said, allison offers me the use of her civic almost every day since she only works a few miles from our house and I haven't taken her up on it yet. I just love driving my vx far too much!
    Yeah, you're right, there are other factors like maintenance etc. Just plug your numbers into my calculations. You'll obviously hit the break even a lot sooner if you're filling up x2/week, but if you have to spend $5k for the car, you're talking a lot later break even point.. Don't forget to add the insurance for the 2nd car.

    But there's an intangible figure here too, that you can't put a dollar figure on. It's exactly what you said, seeing the mileage add up on the VX. So a 2nd car IS worth it in some scenarios and it's not related to fuel costs at all.
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    A proper financial analysis would include depreciation (VX depreciation may be negative or 0), maintenance and insurance. That would likely push the return out significantly.

    Although if you sold your VX you might do pretty well, depending on the replacement.

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    Im still looking for my beater, can find the right one yet, but hopefully this weekend i'll drive to orlando and go to there cheap-o dealers. Trying to buy something around $500-3000. I've had my eyes set on those ugly geo metros. They get 40-55 mpg and are cheap all around. Also on the CRX, but to get a cheap-o one , the HF i think is the gas saver model, not sure right now. also looking at old 3 series BMW's, old VW Rabbits and even the toyota celicas.

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    Also

    you got maintainence on 2 cars. BTW I do my own oild change for $20 and know it is done right.
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