LOL, I find it funny (but not suprised) that this turned into a, sell it if you can't afford it thread.

I can afford it at $10 per gallon. I'm no tree hugger, my Ram gets the best mpg of the 2 vehicles I own. I was stoked to get a better mpg vehicle to drive everyday. My Wrangler only get 10mpg on the road. The truck is to pull the Jeep to the 4wheelin(tree huggers dis like this recreation spots and my daily driver.

I was just currious at what point does one look at what you are spending on gas and make a change. Not sell the truck, thats not an option. Just mabey buy a small compact to comute in as I commute 50 every day, and they are not highway miles, mostly bumper to bumper grind.

So before you jump on the "You bought a big f'n truck and now want to wrap yourself in soft green grass and make your bed out of leaves to hump a tree and save the forest".......save it.

 

I still don't see how it is justifiable (or cheaper) to spend money on another vehicle, insurance for that vehicle, gas for that vehicle as it will still need some, plus continue to pay for the truck. Rather then just drive the truck and pay a bit more for gas.

I may be wrong, but the math does make sense to me.

 

A few years back we did this very thing, parked the truck and had a great little car for the commute. What we discovered was that we used the truck more than we thought. The car was great for mileage but we couldn't haul the entire family, or use it to haul anything. It worked out that 3 out 5 work days a week we had to take the truck to do other errands and run the kids around so the car was really a waste of time. Now we have two trucks and don't have to switch vehicles when necessity arises. The wife and I drive trucks because they fit our life style, with owning a truck comes lower gas mileage but we accept that as part of truck ownership. So to answer the question, I would never consider getting rid of the truck due to the price of fuel. Now if my life style changes and I don't require a truck well then I wouldn't own one.