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Shadowmage, that's really a personal choice to make but for what it's worth, here's my 2 cents.
First thing to consider is what the truck is worth. Don't really know too much about trucks so I can't say but you can always get a decent estimate from the Kelley Blue Book value, NADA and Emunds. If you're thinking of getting rid of it to help finance the bB, unless the dealer knocks off extra from the price of the bB, trading into a dealership is usually the worst(lowest) value option since the dealer won't give you fair value as they want to be able to make a profit selling it. They just offer the service for people who can't be bothered to take the time to sell the vehicle themselves.
As I've mentioned, the main concerns here are your personal finances. How much is selling the truck going to help with financing the bB? How much longer would you have to wait if you didn't sell it. How much will the insurance be for both vehicles? (bearing in mind that there is a discount for insuring multiple vehicles) The simplest way to make the decision is to consider if it's worth it to sell the truck, OR if you can really afford at this time to own 2 vehicles. Unless you're rolling in money (in which case you probably wouldn't even have posed this question), you're going to have to sacrifice something.
As for me, I've certainly found advantages to having 2 cars. Insurance is pretty high but I managed to work out an interesting deal, seeing how my agent is AAA. The more you insure with them the cheaper the rates get, so I've got both my cars insured and I got renter's insurance as well which works out to be free. Actually adding the renter's insurance reduced the total sum to less than I would have paid just for insurance for the 2 cars.
The advantage to 2 cars is obviously the fact that I can still drive one around while I'm rebuilding/working on/modifying the other. Also, living in Michigan, although the VR-4 is AWD, it has very little ground clearance, so although it can be driven in snow, it can't be driven in very much of it, so I have the Golf to drive around in when there's a significant amount of snow. (Would prefer to have a J-spec Evo) Of course, being single I have less bills to pay and my job sees me through all right.
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