Hey fellas, after some real world, honest feedback on if I should look into a second car or not.

My patrol is a 2006 4.2 wagon. I paid 21k for it two years ago (a steal, I know), it’s insured for 35k and I think I’d get about 30k for it.

I bought it at 220000k and I’m at 270000 now, so that’s 50000 in two years.

I’m back in melb full time now and using it as my daily, initially when I was living in the NT I had a work car.

I love the car but it’s a pain driving it and parking down here and hate putting Ks on it.
I don’t plan on ever selling it, but I’m not sure if it’s worth spending money on a second car.

If I did buy a second car, it’d probably be a falcon for no more than $3k. But then there’s rego and insurance on top. It would mean that the patrol would only be doing maybe 5000ks a year though.
Fuel isn’t an issue as I have a fuel card.
Iv just bought my first house so money is on my mind but the job site I’m on at the moment is a 90k return trip each day and it does hurt putting ks on the old girl.

What are your thoughts? How much depreciation will I put on the patrol if I keep driving it? Not that il ever sell it but yeah still a crappy feeling.


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