I did caveat the location and the required reliability. Highway miles in a place Seattle would probably require a better car. Other places, like Santa Cruz or

I did caveat the location and the required reliability. Highway miles in a place Seattle would probably require a better car. Other places, like Santa Cruz or Monterey, CA can have a pretty dumpy car. I guess, if you have two cars, you may not need two $30K cars. But, I did put on 348K miles on my Madza B2000 truck and I think that cost me $5600 when I purchased it. But, it did get to a point of not being safe to drive.