I need input and suggestions.... I drive 120 miles a day for work.. 15 days a month or at most 20 days but more like 4 days considering I carpool with 3 other guys and we take turn driving.. I currently have an f150 that gets 18 mpg and a Honda civic that gets 30mpg. The truck mostly sits as I use it for pulling my camper and hunting... Both have full coverage the truck is a 2014 and car a 2002. I figure by having both I spend 20$ more a month then if I was to only have the truck. So by keeping the car I save miles on the truck but spend an extra 20$ the car has 160k miles truck has 7k miles.. My question would you keep the car and truck or just keep the truck.. PS car sale would be a down payment for a vehicle for my wife so reduce the payment... Another note: I put on 20-30k miles on a vehicle a year...at most... If I sell her jeep and the civic it should save 150$ a month on payment for a newer ford SUV...what would you do?

 

I would keep the Honda. A Honda with a 160K is not going to yield you much money for a down payment. I do the same thing. My truck is used just like yours and I drive a Lincoln MKX daily.

 

a honda is also going to last forever too

 

Driving 120 miles a day for work, a compact car is the obvious choice.
Figure the overall costs of driving both.....

#1. Honda, worth next to nothing.
#2. F150, worth $35,000+

#1. Honda - 80 gallons of fuel a month
#2. F150, - 133 gallons of fuel a month (~$150 more to use)

#1. Honda - Cost of depreciation from massive miles put on it = negligible.
#2. F150 - Cost of depreciation from massive miles put on it = HUUUUUGE

#1. Honda - Insurance add on to existing F150 policy - probably barely noticeable
#2. F150 - Insurance higher with the high mileage of a much higher costing vehicle.
Reduce your mileage from a Daily Driver vehicle to under 7500 annually you get a big discount.

If you maintain Honda/Toyota/Acura/Lexus at required maintenance intervals PROPERLY with legitimate Toyota/Honda dealer parts, they will run forever ESPECIALLY if it's a manual transmission. If you put aftermarket parts on them typically they will not endure as long as they are not quite made to the same quality standards. Just the specs they get from the dealers but they're never as high quality.

I'm specifically talking about the timing belt changes and parts associated. Your brakes and all that, you can get from Rock auto or local parts stores, without issues.

Keep in mind there were bad Honda's from the 1997-2004 years that had automatic transmissions made of glass........in other words, junk. It affected both the Accord, and Civic. This is when Manual transmissions were highly desired.

http://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/Civic/