Originally Posted by PantherFan88
Originally Posted by maxdustington
Selling a 5 year old super fuel efficient car with 5K as a student who commutes presumably more than an hour away, yikes! Stay in school bud.
Is reading comprehension something you struggle with? I commute 25 minutes and was not asking for financial or other advice outside of what a good truck would be for my situation. Thanks for the irrelevant and rude reply!
Ninety-first percentile reading comprehension as tested by professionals in 2014.
I also went to school and was lucky enough to own my own car during my last year: 2000 Golf 2.0 5 speed. I got 40 mpg one night heading south on the QEW, 60 litres would get me like 500km highway (metric, lol). You will start to be more conscious of how far and often you drive with a 4x4 truck, and you might start to resent that front axle after a while.
I've driven my parent's old 4x4s with junk all season tires for years in the winter. You almost never use the 4x4 and only on the worst few days of the year and usually only on hills or residential streets (I'm a Toronto city slicker). It is very nice to park in in 4x4 so you don't get stuck if it snows while your car is parked, but 4x4 is not worth the MPG hit for a DD when you can (and should even if you have a 4x4) run snowies. I am going to be looking for a new vehicle and possibly a truck but no way a 4x4 unless it is to good to pass up.
4x4s are good for not getting stuck, but a FWD car with snowies has far superior grip and the better handling characteristics mean more traction, especially in slush. Lots of MK4 Jetta winter car anecdotes in this thread and I can definitely attest to that. TCS, FWD and snow tires is a match made in heaven for winter driving.
4x4 is better at:
1. not getting stuck
2. driving through deep snow
3. increased engine braking, especially with snow tires. A friend had a 4x4 YJ on snow tires when I was a teen and the drag from engaging the 4x4 and coasting was considerable.
A 2WD truck with a LSD or locker, snowies and maybe some ballast would be a lot more practical IMO. I've been looking at truck MPG and choosing a 2WD makes them a lot more realistic as a DD. In addition to that, they are cheaper than 4x4s. You're not getting a deal on a Yota 4x4 but you might be able to not get ripped off on a 2WD
I'd still run the Yaris with snowies. You can't look a gift horse in the mouth and then turn around and sell it for bad value.