A New Car

I want a new car. Not a new-new car, but a new-to-me car. Kyle got his car last year, but it's been a few years for me and I feel the itch. Actually each time I take the Prius into the mountains, where it's done OK, I wish I had a bit more space and a truck that would get me up there in comfort.

Not very energy efficient, huh?

What would be great is if there were a way to easily rent a car for a day to go up there. Actually I could rent one for a day, but it costs me $70 a day, plus tax, plus insurance or something, so it would be $100. I do that 10 times a year and I'm at $1000 a year, which isn't a lot better than it might be for a used car.

Like a Trooper :)

I was looking around the other day, killing a few minutes, and I found a used Trooper for $3000. It had 200,000k miles on it, but still!!

I don't know what insurance would be on an old car, how reliable it would be (I wouldn't drive it much), and if it would be worth it, but it is tempting.

Or maybe I should cut a deal with a friend that has one. He gets the Prius for a day and I get his SUV :)