$4.00.......$5.00 a gallon???? When I bought my truck gas was
$2.00/gal.....everything was fine I enjoyed the truck end of story.
Fast forward to today roughly 2.5 yrs later gas/food/everything has
gone up. $3.22/gal so now I'm paying $80 to fill my tank each week.
I drive the truck about 300 miles per week. I could drive my Mustang but
its supercharged as gets about the same mileage as the truck. So I think
I am going to trade down for less truck i.e. regular cab 2wd 4.6 or something
of that nature. Maybe a used supercab 4.6. Something with a much lower
payment....that will help offset the gas. Thing that sucks is that I am almost
halfway through paying for this truck and I really like it and don't want to trade. btw truck is a supercrew 4x4 lariat

 

I hear ya jwell. The problem is you will almost always take a loss when selling and buying a vehicle. So you have to take that into consideration. I am so upside down that I can't do a thing. If I sold my truck I would still owe $10k! I will be driving this truck for a long time unless I run into an butt load of cash.

 

I bought this truck to replace the mazda b4000 that I wore out. I'm a bricklayer for a commercial co. during the week, and do my own side jobs on weekends, like chimney rebuilds. I don't need a truck at all during the week cause I just drive to work and don't haul anything, but when I'm working for myself I need something fairly heavy duty as I wore the **** out of the little mazda in 2 years. I should have a small econo box during the week and an f-2, or 350 for weekend jobs. Insurance and cost of owning both vehicles would cost me a lot more than the cost to fill my f-150's tank, so that's the route I went.

So, in conclusion, as gas prices rise, so do the cost of chimney rebuilds...and anything else we pay money for.

 

Before I would ever trade in my truck & take a financial beating, I am seriously thinking of Re-Financing my Truck Loan by putting down an extra 5-6 grand & lowering my monthly payment. That would make paying for fuel much easier. I might be retiring from my present job this June, & with my severance package money, I plan to re-finance my loan & buy a Harley Davidson Fat Boy cash. Both those moves would save me gas $$$$......

 

i myself always live within my means,meaning be able to handle worst case scenarios-if gas is $5 a gallon i will be fine-even though i mdon't agree with the rediculous prices

 

I won't get rid of the truck. gas prices are high, but unless they reach ridiculous prices I'm holding tight

 

Cost of fuel doesn't matter to me. I NEED my truck for work, so I would not be able to work without it, therefore cost of fuel is irrelevant. If I didn't need a truck for work I wouldn't be driving one.

 

dont forget if you go down to a 4.6 you will probably get worse MPG.

 

That's a good question. I would have to say when I run out of resources to continue offsetting these ridiculous prices. However, without starting a big todoo here, we always seem to find a way whether it be gas, milk, cigs, or whatever. We continue to pay.

Now I'm getting p.o. thinking about this

 

I'd most likely be driving a wrx if I didn't need the truck for work. I'm more of a high performance kinda guy, than a truck guy. I've had a sport bike for last 5 years, but I'm probably selling it this year to untie some cash that I could use for more important things right now. I don't know how I feel about not having a machine to blast around a race track on... I may go insane

 

I would also get a second job, or work OT before parting with my rig!....

 

that's something i didn't think of...I could just refinance what I owe on the truck and that would free up some money. I won't trade it if I am upside down. I'll just suck it up and deal with it. the gas is going to keep going up
though and at some point I have to have a plan.

 

you would be much better off buying a beater for $1000 and keep the truck.

 

Gas prices don't matter. There is nothing more economical that will tow my camper. I'll just ride my motorcycles more.

 

I'm in the same boat. But there is a lot of days that I just drive around looking at jobs that I dont need this tank. Hell, I use a 1/4 tank a day on average .

I can't sell it because I need it. I am going to get a small beater and try to only drive the truck when I am in need of it. A ranger with a 2.3L and a 5 speed should help my gas bills a lot.