Trading the Expy...

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So the time has come where I can't justify spending the gas to keep this truck on the road. I'm sorry to say that after 6 years with the truck, I'm trading it in for a GMC Terrain.

Just want to say thanks to all the members on this forum. You have been a big help over the years with your stories of experience and advice.

Take it easy!
 

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Is it paid for? Will the Terrain be paid for? Mine is and the way I look at it, I can do a lot of driving for a $350 gas payment vs $350 for a car payment and gas.
 

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A GMC Terrain is something I wouldn't recomend, same with the Chevy Equinox but out of both the Terrain is the better as it sits on a Chevy Colorado frame while the Equinox is a complete unibody, we have a bunch of these at my work (rental cars) and they are shipped to us some what falling apart brand new and so far we have had to fix the brakes on most of them as they didnt work (brake pedale goes strait to the floor vehicle don't stop) and so far we have had 4 where the airbags deployed on the customers while driving dowm the road, and since they are AWD they run in 2WD untill a tire slips then the AWD system kickes in but when it kickes in it's not at the right time and helps make matters worse (we have lots of complaints about this problem) but dont get me wrong as much as a am against these vehicles being on the road they do look good and have plenty of room inside and the pioneer sound system sounds amazing for being stock but GM does sale sale mor of these than Ford does the Edge or Escape and Dodge does the Journy and Nitro.
 

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Is it paid for? Will the Terrain be paid for? Mine is and the way I look at it, I can do a lot of driving for a $350 gas payment vs $350 for a car payment and gas.
I agree.... I've never had a car payment... just can't bring myself to do it.
 

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saw yesterday that it takes yrs for ppl to see savings when buying a new fuel economy car...said it takes 27 yrs before you see savings with a prius...they listed other cars...minimal time to see savings was 8yrs...price of car plus gas...
 

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saw yesterday that it takes yrs for ppl to see savings when buying a new fuel economy car...said it takes 27 yrs before you see savings with a prius...they listed other cars...minimal time to see savings was 8yrs...price of car plus gas...

And the life span of a Prius battery is about 10 years and by that time buying a new replacement battery will cost you more than the car is worth, theres a junk yard selling a prius as a hole thats never been wrecked for 3k becausethe batery is fried and needs replacing.
 

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youre in alaska too...cost of living is higher...milk was $5 when i was there in 00-03...it just hit $5 here in the lower 48 like last year...lol

before baseball...i spent $250-$400...depending how much i ran around on weekends...now its about $300-$500 with baseball
 

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youre in alaska too...cost of living is higher...milk was $5 when i was there in 00-03...it just hit $5 here in the lower 48 like last year...lol

before baseball...i spent $250-$400...depending how much i ran around on weekends...now its about $300-$500 with baseball

Be glad he is not on a travel team or it would go up considerably. We have done tournaments that have been 100 miles away. There was one were we stayed the night at a hotel with the rest of the team. I will say though, that was fun.

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saw yesterday that it takes yrs for ppl to see savings when buying a new fuel economy car...said it takes 27 yrs before you see savings with a prius...they listed other cars...minimal time to see savings was 8yrs...price of car plus gas...

Yup. As the owner of a Civic Hybrid daily driver I can attest to that. My car was about $3000 more expensive than the similarly equipped non-hybrid Civic.
I've done the math and I save about $600 a year in gas (900 mile monthly commute, 42mpg vs 29mpg mileage), so it would take 5 years to make up that $3000 in gas savings. Not so good.
But I was lucky that here in Canada I got about $3500 back in tax rebates for buying a hybrid. So it actually ended up costing me 500 less than the non-hybrid version. I would not have bought it otherwise, even though I'm a geek and I was impressed by all the electric and electronic technology in this car :)
 
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Be glad he is not on a travel team or it would go up considerably. We have done tournaments that have been 100 miles away. There was one were we stayed the night at a hotel with the rest of the team. I will say though, that was fun.

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My ex's little brother was on a travel team and they had a 2003 Suburban. The amount of gas they spent a year was staggering.
 

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i really dont want to spend my summer for traveling team...we have enough going on this summer...hoping he declines
 

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thats why I paid cash for my beater 02 neon as a DD and the expy gets driven on the weekend...........
 

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youre in alaska too...cost of living is higher...milk was $5 when i was there in 00-03...it just hit $5 here in the lower 48 like last year...lol

before baseball...i spent $250-$400...depending how much i ran around on weekends...now its about $300-$500 with baseball

true, but gas aint that much higher then some citys. sitting at 4.27/gal for reg here.
 

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Utah has the 3rd lowest gas prices in the nation :) $3.58 a gallon at the gas station by my house where I fill up, but I did see diesel in the city for $4.20 a gallon which is ridiculous.
 

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true, but gas aint that much higher then some citys. sitting at 4.27/gal for reg here.

yeah...NOW...lol

Utah has the 3rd lowest gas prices in the nation :) $3.58 a gallon at the gas station by my house where I fill up, but I did see diesel in the city for $4.20 a gallon which is ridiculous.

outside of salt lake...who lives there!?!?!?!?!! lol
 
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