I drive a 2015 Chevy Malibu, with about 100k miles (mostly highway miles). Usually, my family rents a car to “save miles” and “protect our car”. I’m leaning towards driving my own car to save money. Is there any reason why I shouldn’t do this, as in it would greatly decrease the longevity of my car?
Can anyone give me a summary of what I should get done to my car before taking the trip? I don’t really do much beyond routine oil changes and getting my tires changed every few years. Winter weather is a concern. Thanks!
It’s a math exercise, does the cost of the rental exceed your depreciation + maintenance on your current car, if so, take your current car. If the cost is less, rent one. Recently took 3000 mile trip, would have impacted my vehicle to the tune of 1200 bucks, i instead rented a Tahoe for 800.
Drive your own car. I’m not up to date on Malibus, but you are getting close to needing some routine maintenance. Water pump, timing belt, transmission fluid change. Stuff like that although maybe not exactly that. Talk to your mechanic about stuff like that. I want to be clear this is stuff that is going to need to be done soon if you take the trip in your car or not. Go ahead and get that kind of stuff taken care of then drive your car.