[HudsonValleyTitan]

Originally Posted by Steamguy

Another data point... Monday I picked up a new Sentra for less than a Smart would cost in our area. ($15,050 out the door, you can't even look at a Smart for less than $17,000) The Sentra is safe and stable on the highway plus fun and safe to drive on our country roads (where the F-150 drivers don't pay attention to the fact that there's a center line). And it should see a fairly consistent 33+MPG, or about 2.4 times the mileage the Titan gets.

With gas nearly $4/gallon here today, that means the Sentra all but pays for itself on my daily and weekend driving. My spreadsheet says that it will cost us about $50/month to own at $3.50/gallon gas.

The Titan is now parked and we'll save it for trailer-towing and 'country-type' work like fixing the fences. My wife will borrow the Sentra when she needs to go driving around all day. So the benefits also include getting longer life out of the Pathfinder plus the Titan.

At $15,050, you'll be driving it for many years before you even break even on gas. When I bought my Bug, it was more because I hated throwing money at the big oil compaines. Otherwise I could have just used the 7 or so grand I paid for it on gas for the truck.