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**STROKD** · 02-04-2014, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by G-Mann

I had a nice work from home gig which allowed me to minimize the miles on my stang but now I got to drive in every damn day, 40 miles each way so I just picked up a daily driver which was a 2013 civic lx, base model but it is very well equipped, best in its class, and I got a great deal on it since the 2014's are out.

Started doing the math and the civic pays for itself in gas savings with the miles I now have to daily drive. In the 5.0 I would be filling up every 3 days, that is roughly 1.5 tanks more a week than what I put in my civic, that is roughly $65 a week, that is $260 a month, that is $40 more than I pay for the civic a month. You will have to factor in Insurance costs but I shopped mine over to Farmers and as a result my insurance only went up $300 a year which is $25 a month so I still come out ahead by roughly $15 a month and the beauty of buying vs leasing is that after a few years I will own the the car and have a nice paid off DD and then can go out and get that shelby, C7 or C63amg and not worry about it having to be a DD and racking the miles up on it.

On the back end of buying this DD civic, I keep the BS miles off the stang that lower its value, I estimate I will save $1500 on trade value by keeping the BS miles off the 5.0.

The more miles you drive, the more a DD makes sense, lets not even factor in tires, maintenance, wear and tear etc...

Hello Intelligence... this is the exact reasoning i base having a separate car for running to the mall or to work etc. Very well said. Having an extra car gets even more attractive when you factor in service and tire replacement costs... you hit the highlights though.

**Grandpa** · 02-04-2014, 04:37 PM

Seems to me then you have not one, but then two depreciating assets. These Mustangs or any other mass production late model cars are not investments. What you guys are attempting to do is put a Band-Aid on AIDS. It just doesn't work or make sense.

I get what you are doing wanting to keep your toys as nice as possible. I get it, but justifying it through financing another car for better mileage doesn't add up in my opinion. Just say you want to do it because....well because that's what you want to do. lol

**5Freddy0** · 02-04-2014, 05:00 PM

A 2003 f150 fx4 lifted supercrew is my dd. Gets about 10 highway miles a gallon with the 35" tires and 3.73 gears. Lol. Need to get me a small car rather then drive the truck or my stang

**STROKD** · 02-04-2014, 05:06 PM

If we were reasonable people we wouldnt have hot rods or mod said hot rods...

If you drive a lot, the gas savings alone pays for the car. For me it isnt so much worrying about my car depreciation since its old, its actually going up in value. For me it is not having wear and tear on my motor, maintenance costs, having to adjust the valves every 1000 miles or more which would be every 3 to 4 weeks, changing oil every month or two, wearing out rear tires every 3 to 4 months, 15 mpg and race gas expenses, etc f'in etc... in the actual long run I will likely save a few grand a year. Also when the Stang breaks I can go to work without fear, or if it rains, snows, hails, etc.

The best thing would be to get a job a mile from my house and walk to work, but that isnt happening since I live no where near industry.

**Bacadiesel** · 02-04-2014, 06:17 PM

I need my work truck or else I would destroy the interior of my mustang

**zsommer79** · 02-04-2014, 06:50 PM

I like having a POS for a DD in theory. But then you have to drive it when you would rather be driving something else. So at the end of the day you have figure out what your driving enjoyment is worth.

**Slow Five-O** · 02-04-2014, 07:16 PM

03 ford explorer 4.6. 185k miles and going strong.

**Slow Five-O** · 02-04-2014, 07:17 PM

And bought the woman a 05 v6 mustang a couple years ago. 155k miles and doing ok.

**JDMLOL** · 02-04-2014, 07:38 PM

1986 volvo 740 with ~300k ftw.

**Dan12GT** · 02-06-2014, 11:20 PM

As soon as I can get some other debts paid off I plan on getting another car to toot around town with. I plan on something like a Focus. I want pretty new and 4 doors for my kiddo. The Mustang will then become the toy car I take out every once and a while.