I don’t any more but for 15 years I drove 86 miles each way (172 miles RT). When I first started I had a mini van that got 16-18 mpg. Good van just got old. Come time to replace it I got the mind set I need a car that would not have any issues. So I went and bought a new Ford Contour. A mid sized, 4 door car, that could haul the family and got 28-30 mpg. In 4 years I hit 160,000 miles and was getting to a point I didn’t trust it to not strand me. My daily cost for the life of the car was $21-22 a day depending on the price of gas ($14 excluding fuel). Only repair made other than normal maintenance and tires was a fuel pump and wheel bearing. The next one was a new Ford Taurus (2001). A little bigger car, but the Contour was discontinued in 2000 and I didn’t like the Focus. Mileage on it was 24-26 (not the SHO) and the daily cost rose to $26-28 per day ($16 excluding fuel). One month short of 4 years, and at 159,000 miles the transmission went south. By this time I had been looking in to alternate energy and decided to re think my next purchase. In 2005, I had picked up a kid car (car for the kids to drive). An ugly little Toyota Tercel. When the Taurus died I decided to “make” it a commuter. I dumped a little more than $2,000 into a $500 Toyota. I overhauled the engine and transmission, new drive axels, wheel bearings, brakes, and tires. Inspected just about every part on it and replace or repaired anything that looked suspicious. My SIL still drives that car today. It had 130,000 miles on it when I rebuilt it. I put 180,000 more on it in 5 years. But I averaged 36mpg and my daily cost was $12-14 a day. Most of that was fuel. If you take out the fuel cost it was under $2.50 a day. If I was in that boat again the last thing I would do is buy new, or slightly used. About the only thing I would do different is fix the stinking radio…….
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