I would never buy a beater to use as a daily, for this reason--you just spend too much time in it. But I would buy one to use as a beater. Let's say I wind up with the C8 convertible I'm planning for. It would be my daily for the most part, and I'd buy winter tires for the winter. But when the weather is really crappy out, I probably wouldn't want to drive it, and if the snow was deep enough, it'd be impossible. Enter the beater.

 

i've never understood getting a 'beater' car to save the 'good' car from additional miles either, but that's not quite what i'm doing here.

unlike steve, i'm not a realtor just driving people around now and then.

today for example, in my g90 trunk i had a boatload of network gear, cables, tools, tool bags, etc.
between my front/back seats i had my crammed and heavy laptop bag, some more boxes of stuff, papers, more cables and things.

when at clients i'm often taking stuff in and out of the vehicle a bunch. then there's drinks and food. it's quite a bit of wear and tear, even though i'm obviously careful.

so the camry is absolutely intended as a 'work' car, not just a 'save the good car' vehicle.

but hey, it may turn out i can't stand it, we'll see, but this camry is far from a clunker.

another thing, i don't need a "daily" since i don't even leave the house every day.

 

Yeah, but I really don't drive the Sprinters myself, except on a very rare occasion. I think you will absolutely hate the Camry after your G90.

 

Yeah, I work out of my car too and carry stuff around and drink and eat, I still would much rather drive my nice car. I actually very rarely drive people around anymore, 99.9% of the time its just me.

 

My beater :

 

well thanks for raining on my parade guys...

anyway, i haven't even driven it yet, still got to get the title transferred and tag but been too busy.

 

Hahaha, we’re the worst lol

 

Hell has not frozen over, if it has then I'm in a colder place! :-) I bought a 2002 Camry w/ 86k miles, (very well maintained) as my commuting/work car so I would not have to use
my RX350 as the workhorse. I enjoy the Camry!

 

Don't listen to the "haters" lol

Treated it for what it is, a work car, then you'll be fine.

 

Oh he'll be fine. I just ask myself, what % of your actual driving is driving for work? For me like like 90%. So, if I had a work beater car (and I can totally understand that logic wanting to protect my great car from wear) that car would see 90% of my driving. I just wouldn't want 90% of my time driving to be driving a car I don't love.

Being able to drive my car that I thoroughly enjoy to and fro my stressful work appointments has a significant impact on making each day better for me.

 

Don't you know any Notary-Publics in the business you're in? In most states (but I'm not sure about Florida) any Licensed/Certified NP can witness and sign over a title, just like at DMV. My late Mother was a Virginia-Certified NP...she did a number of title-signatures of vehicles we bought or sold privately right there, in our home, at the kitchen table.

 

notaries are everywhere, supermarket, bank, i know a few... not an issue there. and not needed anyway.

in florida you have to do the title change at the dmv i believe, and pay the sales tax, registration, etc. on the transaction.

anyway, all done... now i can suffer in the camry if och et al are right in their predictions. i have a 100 mile client round trip on sunday, so a good test. and in fitting with the camry, it's the most boring roads on earth, most of it rifle straight and mostly completely flat.

will report back.

 

Sounds like the perfect G90 road

 

give it a rest, please? you've made your point. i've stated why i want to do this - i suspect i'm rougher on cars than you (i certainly loathe cleaning cars) and want all this constant in/out of crap i have to do to end on the g90. the camry is obviously much better on gas, easier to park, etc., etc.
i'll let you know how i find it all though. the sound system was much better than i was expecting and i have an audio book to listen to, so i expect the trip to be pleasant enough.

 

I’m just joking around buddy...