"Coasty" <uscg_ret at comcast dot net> wrote in message
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> "Tim" > wrote in message
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>> My son is off to college where he can't have a car, and I really don't
>> want one sitting in my driveway for a year or two; so I want to sell one.
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>> I have a Dodge Grand Caravan 2001 AWD 82,000 miles, and a Ford Explorer
>> 1999 AWD 100,000 miles. The Dodge has a private deal value of $8,000 and
>> the Ford $5,000. The various engine ailments the Ford is subject to have
>> been fixed. Both are in good shape AFAIK. My wife will drive either;
>> either will serve her needs equally well.
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>> Which should I keep? Why? I am tempted to just put them both up for
>> sale and keep whatever doesn't sell, but would like to be more rational
>> than that.
>>
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> Sell them both and reinvest the capitol is something good but used.
> Coasty
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The plan was to give him back the one we don't sell next summer, and buy her
a new small SUV.