thinking of trading her......sniffle

[jdhog]

paying $389 month on this puppy. add insurance and gas and this thing
is costing quite a chunk of my take home income.....

I've been looking a lot on autotrader at corollas or vw rabbit or honda
something a lot cheaper to run and fuel efficient.

I do like the Tacoma, but probably don't use the truck bed enough
that I will miss it. Problem is I 've spent a bunch of money on it on the stereo
and everything. I bet I will hate myself if I do trade. I will not let myself get shafted at the dealer like the last time.

Well....it's been nice, thanks for letting me vent

[lotust]

dont worry you will bounce back one day and get another tacoma.

[steviestyles]

I'm in the same boat. $300/mo for gas is absurd. I'm looking at trading my truck in for either an Altima, Corolla, 07 Accord or Camry. I do love my truck which makes trading it in hard.

[eyedoc]

hang on to her.... or you'll regret it......


maybe trade it for a 5 lug reg cab 4cyl...... still have the truck and better gm

[Trail Gator]

Look for a used Corolla XRS. VVTL-I meaning one thing......


LIFT

[LanNinja]

Dang, sorry to hear about that. I understand with gas prices being so high. Good luck.

[steviestyles]

The market forecast for gas prices isn't looking rosy either. The projection is gas will be almost at $4 a gallon in most places by mid summer, and $5/gallon by winter. My theory is at that time demand for our trucks will greatly diminish, hence dropping resale value. I'm trying to remain optimistic, but gas prices have steadily rose for the past 5 years, and with world demand growing everyday it's not something our govenrment can directly affect. I for one don't want to be caught trying to get rid of a gas whore truck with significantly diminished value and trying to trade into something like a Corolla. Like I mentioned earlier, if i didn't love my truck so much, I would of already pulled the trigger. Trading in for reg cab 5 lug doesn't help my need for cab space for the family, and the access cabs don't provide that great of an increase in mpg...I've already looked into that.

[eyedoc]

[Alexe]

i might trade mine in when the new "ae86" type car comes out. rumored to be rear wheel drive, 1.5L 120hp, 2200lbs and 12.5K USD

[jdhog]

either way when it comes to trade time the dealer is gonna try and cream you regarless and will use gas prices as a way to talk down every bit of
positive equity you built into your loan. I guess my monthly payment is really not that bad these days. Another guy at work is paying roughly the same for a ford escort.

Haven't traded her in yet but I am curious to find out how much they
would offer me on trade in.

For now the truck is doing fine, I'm just really cautious on the gas pedal.

I like the look of the new Corolla S, XRS and been maybe look at the Yaris or Scion Xd I also need four doors and room for a baby seat of course Jetta or go back to a Golf is a possibility. damn I wish I could have a whole driveway full of different rides...and a bathroom I can play baseball in

[steviestyles]

Ain't that the truth. I looked at trading in my truck last month on a holdover 2007 4 cyl accord (4 dr Sedan EX-L). The dealer was going to give me $24K, and sell me the car $5K off of sticker price ($21K); which would of been the same price as an 08 civic. It was a great deal. I balked thinking my truck was worth more. Looking up the value on three different sites, he was giving me top trade in. In that month, the dealer sold the accord, and now I have to look for a used one if I want to go with a Honda. The used ones are going for more than dealer left overs here in NJ . Yes the dealer will always low ball you for a trade in, but when a larger majority of people are trading in or selling SUV's and Trucks due to high gas prices, it will inevitably lower the reslae value of our trucks Toyota or not. Currently Toyota is offering $500 rebates and I've seen them as high as $1K in some places for a brand new Tacoma. I just don't want to be stuck this summer with $4/gallon gas, my truck, and no one to buy it or give me a good trade on it when it becomes more dire for me to have a more economical hoice of vehicle. Just something to think about

[05Moose]

Just invest in some stock in one of the four big oil companies, that should make your payments for you. After all, they've got to be distributing the $100 billing/year net profit to their stockholders! (actually that $100 billing/year was earlier last year, so that may be a lot higher now)

[WilsonTheDog]

I don't have a problem. Those ExxonMobil dividends are nice!

Gas will not reach $5 gallon. Actually, most "experts" are predicting a downturn sometime this summer. Higher prices will result in lower demand (nationally). Stop watching/reading all the doom and gloom stories. Bad news is good news in the news industry and is hyped to the fullest.

I guess what I'm saying is, I don't let gas prices determine what I drive because when prices go down (they always do) you're stuck with something you don't really want to drive. But, that's just MO.

[jdhog]

Yeah man, I'm originally from England so I know all about high gas prices. For me it's just a hard time as my wife is out of work and the bills are still coming......if I can get my loan paymnet, insurance down and have better fuel economy it will give me a better chance of supporting the famdamily and maybe still have some to put in the 401k..... thanks for the opinions folks.

I'm going to the dealer in the morning to see what numbers they come up with. Trust me if they try to shaft me up the wrong one then I'll run for cover, I'll make sure I take some of that amsoil grease along with me to make it easier!

[steviestyles]

Originally Posted by WilsonTheDog

I don't have a problem. Those ExxonMobil dividends are nice!

Gas will not reach $5 gallon. Actually, most "experts" are predicting a downturn sometime this summer. Higher prices will result in lower demand (nationally). Stop watching/reading all the doom and gloom stories. Bad news is good news in the news industry and is hyped to the fullest.

I guess what I'm saying is, I don't let gas prices determine what I drive because when prices go down (they always do) you're stuck with something you don't really want to drive. But, that's just MO.

I guess it all depends on which side of the isle of politics you want to believe. Without getting political, I don't think the dollar is going to rebound in the next 4 months, then again I could be wrong; i'm no expert. The weakening dollar is a small part of why gas is going up in price, demand, and of course the nazi's at opec. I agree the prices will decline when demand goes down, but world demand is going up and production is not. OPEC has realized this and is searching for that breaking point for the prices to fall. I think $5 will break the camels back and be severly detrimental to our economy, but remember the experts were saying it was going to be catastrophic and prices would plunge after prices reached $90/barrell, then it was for $100/barrell. Seriously if Americans are willing to spend $6/cp for Starbucks, we'll pay $4-$5/gallon for gas. Right now there are still a lot of Americans who drive trucks, suv's and gas guzzling v-8 cars. Look at Dodge half their revamped line included either a Magnum v-8 or Hemi in their cars. I'm not trying to be a tree hugger and say go green, but I think if you think the market is coming down in the near future/summer, I'm afraid you might be in for some dissappointment as that's when prices tend to soar because more people tend to drive for vacations. Let's just say I think at this point it's better to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Re-sale value won't be good if people aren't in the market for a 19mpg truck, and car manufacturers adjust their prices for the market. I can't imagine an MSRP $30K Corolla