Oh, like I said, it's a rural Nebraska thing. Dealerships100+ miles away will bring the car to your house, tell you to keep it and for how long, and then either pick it up or let you drive it back to the dealership.
The "test drives" I take cars on when I'm MSing are a joke. You can't really tell anything about a car in 10 minutes of city driving, LOL!
His insurance has me covered.
Agreed about Honda/Toyota.
And I do not drive, ever, for "fun".
Hung up on MPG and premium gas? Because they immediately impact the cost of MSing.
If it costs me $11 in gas to get to a shop and home, that's what I use to figure if the shop is worth it. The same shop will cost me $36 in gas in this car. Three hours of drive time plus $36 means most of my "mini-routes" are no longer profitable.
Because there's no cushion in my budget -- I have to have the gas money TODAY to do the shop today, as well as whatever cash is required to complete the shop. Unlike the vast majority, I have no credit cards.
And the neighbor? Agreed to pay for the gas for the trip, $10 in cash before we left, and another $10 after we returned. Sixty miles from home, he said he needed an additional $20 in cash, right there -- or he'd leave me there to get back home on my own.
Major jerk.
To add insult to injury, he still wanted the additional $10 after we got back, he feels I still owe him $10! Nope. Because of his insisting on the $20, I had to do without wine for ten days, as I didn't then have enough cash to buy wine for myself.
And a glass of wine nightly is something I truly look forward to and enjoy.
That's how tight money is for me.