Dear Abby,

Dear Abby,

I have been seriously toying with selling my Taco...personally, I'd prefer to keep it and have a "quick" toy too. However, Sergeant Sweetheart (aka wife) isn't keen on us being a 3 car household with only 2 drivers. But, since leaving my last position as a GSM of a car dealership I lost the fringe benefits of having sports cars to my disposal too. In the past, I have always had a truck or an SUV, mainly for the utility and practicality a truck has around the house. The wife has a Grand Cherokee so the SUV box is checked for what that is worth. Sooooo I have been considering an new-ish Audi S6 or S7. Still, practical with a 5-year-old climbing in and out, AWD and are quick enough to scratch that itch but, damn I'd sure miss smashing around in the Taco. I might be kidding myself about how often I use a truck bed...maybe more than I think.
Not sure what to do I guess, 1st world problems I feel blessed to have...
Maybe a newer Taco is in order...still no 0-60 love there though.
I'd trade in the wife but then I wouldn't be able to afford a bus ticket...

 

Wut

 

Indeed

 

Whos abby?

 

Ditch the grand Cherokee, get the Audi, keep the taco.

Give the wife a bus pass for Christmas

 

Might be dating myself a little here.
Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights to the pen name.

 

THIS guy GETS IT!

 

I’d kick her to the curb. And drink a cold beer with my truck.

 

Buy the audi don't tell the wife, drive the taco to the storage facility you keep the audi at. Boom you get to drive both. everyone's happy.

 

The answer is obvious...supercharge the Tacoma

 

Lower your level of newness across the board, and 3 can cost less than 2.

For years we had an '04 Highlander, '98 Sonoma and a '96 Miata. Newish people hauler/road tripper, local utility duty, SCCA fun, daily driver and occasional mountain road screamer.

Even insurance for all 3 was less than many folks with 2 higher end newbies.

 

Yup I love that column.

Maybe buy her the Audi..

 

"You are what you are, but you ain't what you ain't.. siiiigned ...unhappy..."
John Prine...

 

There's only one choice here:

Keep the Tacoma.

 

Keep your taco and donate your extra money to charity

 

Keep the taco, trade the Grand Cherokee for the SRT8 version.

 

European cars are fun to drive - steering/suspension right up there, but many are cash pits. I've never owned an Audi, but on a euro forum I drop in on from time to time, I hear enough to make me glad I don't own one.

Since it's obvious you have economical issues to deal with - I would avoid the cash pit.

Buy a Toyota or Honda in lieu of the cash pit.

 

I bought a Porsche Cayman S. Mentioned it to my wife didn’t get a hard no, maybe she thought I was just thinking about it. She came home and it was in the driveway. She was pissed off for probably 8 months but has gotten over it because she sees that I won’t budge. It’s a 2007 that I got for $23k. I drove my truck through flood water a few months back and insurance totaled it, gave me $30k for a 2014 4x4 short bed. I bought it back for $9k and once dried out it’s fine. I got her a 2016 TRD Trail 4 runner. We both win.

 

I'm going to be a smart-ass here. Did you lose your job as a GSM because you couldn't close enough deals? You need to sell your idea to the wife.