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Would you sell a car you do not really like or trade for another if possible?
Car is a manual with only 22700 miles that is worth $11875. Or trade for a truck worth $13200 with 140k miles. The car is in Excellent condition, and the truck in great condition with lots of extras.
The car is depreciating rather quickly and will be worth far less than the truck in the next couple years. On the other hand it gets nearly 2.5 times the gas mileage.
Live in Alaska with large critters and other large vehicles. We are buying a house next year, and we feel it would be nice to have a truck. However, we're unsure how we feel about this.
Does it make sense to trade? Probably break even money wise for the next couple years, but any more time after that the car will begin to depreciate even further while the truck carries a premium in my state.
Thoughts?