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Okay, we're projected to spend the equivalent of a new car monthly payment on service for our two cars this year. Granted, this is two cars we're talking about here as opposed to one new one, but we rarely have need of two cars.
This led me to start wondering if we should try to combine into one new car instead of two rapidly aging cars (a 2000 Toyota Camry and a 1996 Subaru Outback that was in a major accident in 1998).
The "cash for clunkers" program won't work because both our cars get an estimated MPG above the 18 MPG or less your car has to have to qualify for the program. So that lets that out.
We're definitely going to have to start paying attention to cars and prices and mileage and what our options are, because we're likely going to have to replace at least one of our cars soon.
This led me to start wondering if we should try to combine into one new car instead of two rapidly aging cars (a 2000 Toyota Camry and a 1996 Subaru Outback that was in a major accident in 1998).
The "cash for clunkers" program won't work because both our cars get an estimated MPG above the 18 MPG or less your car has to have to qualify for the program. So that lets that out.
We're definitely going to have to start paying attention to cars and prices and mileage and what our options are, because we're likely going to have to replace at least one of our cars soon.