u/Fit-Relationship4851

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Hey all,

Just curious of any suggestions or advice. I currently own a 24 civic SI bought last year. I commute a lot. It has 22k miles already. My wife commutes too, about 140 miles a day 3 days a week but sometimes we carpool in her car. I owe about 30,400 on the civic and a dealer would pay that off for me. Looking to get a used commuter/hybrid to save on gas, like the Camry or accord hybrid. My wife doesn’t know how to drive manual so that is the main inconvenience. We’re looking at a max 22k budget to free up some cash and save on gas. Does it make sense to get rid of the manual civic now and get into a used hybrid? Or just suck it up and teach her to drive manual. The civic gets decent gas mileage around 37 combined for my commute. We also have a growing family, baby 2 on the way so the hybrid would just be more convenient, a little roomier. We’re on track for coast fi in a couple years so don’t want to derail anything. Thanks!

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u/Fit-Relationship4851 — 8 days ago

Hey all,

Just curious of any suggestions or advice. I currently own a 24 civic SI bought last year. I commute a lot. As well as my wife, about 140 miles a day 3 days a week. I owe about 30,400 on the civic and a dealer would pay that off for me. Looking to get a used commuter/hybrid to save on gas, like the Camry or accord hybrid. My wife doesn’t know how to drive manual so that is the main inconvenience. We’re looking at a max 22k budget to free up some cash and save on gas. Does this make sense. Or just suck it up and teach her to drive manual. The civic gets decent gas mileage around 37 combined for my commute. We also have a growing family, baby 2 on the way so the hybrid would just be more convenient, a little roomier. There’s a lease special for the new 26 Camrys and it’d be about 400 a month and we would just buy at lease end, but this doesn’t sound like the best decision. Appreciate any advice.

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u/Fit-Relationship4851 — 8 days ago

Hey all,

Just curious of any suggestions or advice. I currently own a 24 civic SI bought last year. I commute a lot. As well as my wife, about 140 miles a day 3 days a week. I owe about 30,400 on the civic and a dealer would pay that off for me. Looking to get a used commuter/hybrid to save on gas, like the Camry or accord hybrid. My wife doesn’t know how to drive manual so that is the main inconvenience. We’re looking at a max 22k budget to free up some cash and save on gas. Does this make sense. Or just suck it up and teach her to drive manual. The civic gets decent gas mileage around 37 combined for my commute. We also have a growing family, baby 2 on the way. So the hybrid should just be more convenient. I also saw the new 26 Camry hybrid has a lease special about 400 a month including taxes and down payment and we would just buy it at lease end, but this doesn’t sound financially smart. Appreciate the advice.

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u/Fit-Relationship4851 — 8 days ago

Hey all,

Just curious of any suggestions or advice. I currently own a 24 civic SI bought last year. I commute a lot. As well as my wife, about 140 miles a day 3 days a week. I owe about 30,400 on the civic and a dealer would pay that off for me. Looking to get a used commuter/hybrid to save on gas, like the Camry or accord hybrid. My wife doesn’t know how to drive manual so that is the main inconvenience. We’re looking at a max 22k budget to free up some cash and save on gas. Does this make sense. Or just suck it up and teach her to drive manual. The civic gets decent gas mileage around 37 combined for my commute. Thanks

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u/Fit-Relationship4851 — 8 days ago