re: Considering trading in my truck

when gas was bumping on $4 per gallon, a few of my friends with long commutes actually bought small cars in addition to their trucks...believe it or not, the cars paid for themselves in fuel savings...they actually ended up better off having two vehicles than they were with a single truck...

fwiw, my philosophy is that if you own a house, you need a truck unless you pay someone to do pretty much everything outside (i.e. mowing the lawn, etc.)....