Discuss adding a 2nd vehicle to your expenses.

[pgfpro]

Originally Posted by Project84

PS: pgfpro - keep the Corolla around man! It's paid for, gets excellent mileage, and is stock/reliable. Worst case scenario, take the insurance off it and park it for a few months and see if you really don't need it ever of if times come up that it'd be nice to have it road-ready.

I think we will. Its just very hard to justify letting a perfectly good car go that is out right paid for. For what we could sell the 1995 Toyota Corolla wouldn't amount to anything.

The Del Sol and Talon are just more experiment subjects for me. During the winter months she will drive the Talon when the roads get bad, and during the summer months the Del Sol will be our test freeway vehicle.

Like you said it sure is nice to have a backup car ready to go that's 100% paid for.

[Project84]

For the heck of it I'll explain my vehicle list too.

'96 Saturn SL2 - daily driver. A/C works now that I charged it and w/ the aftermarket head unit w/ mp3 player, power windows and a sunroof, it's hard to sell it and switch to the '01 SL1.... here's why.

'01 Saturn SL1 - will replace the '96 when the day comes but I'm not as stoked as I once was about this. A/C doesn't work, needs compressor bearings BUT you can't buy them seperate, you gotta replace the whole compressor at $250. I'd roll it w/o A/C but it doesn't have PW and I hate wind noise and it would be annoying to always be reaching way back and rolling down the rear windows to alleviate the noise. No mp3 capabilities yet either.

'94 Camaro Z28 - this was my "race car" for local SCCA stuff. Made a small name for myself in it. Currently requires some TLC in form of buff/polish, replace driver's door hinges due to sagging, and replace posi-unit or entire rear end (easier) which I can't seem to find the correct gear ratio of 3.42 to keep my speedo correct. At the end of the day, 6-speeds and 350+ ft. lbs. of torque just do magical things to me.

'96 Mazda Miata - turbo project that stalled out due to buying the house. Need to invest about $400 to finish it and some time/effort which is lacking the most. Will either "flip" the car for $1k profit or begin SCCA again in this thing... which was the original purpose. Also it's a convertible which I've never driven, so I'm looking forward to experiencing that.

'90 Plymouth Laser - bought to become the hypermiler, plain and simple. Aero mods planned. Will most likely be the "long-trips only" car once decided upon if it'll become the g/f's or not and even if it does she takes most long trips with me so we'll still use it for that purpose.

'04 Ninja 250 - bought to learn how to ride... bored w/ it so I'm now abusing it to death and loving every second of 13k RPM and 60mpg. Will sell next spring and upgrade or give to a friend so someone can ride w/ me or teach the g/f how to ride on it.