Is this a dumb idea (3rd vehicle)?

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Originally Posted by equ

Or take both cars and take turns switching around.

Exactly what I'm thinking, too. We already plan to break the trip up into smaller [than normal] chunks, and take 4 or even 5 days to get there. Then I can pretend that it's a vacation (yippie! ). If we switch off once each day, that should make it completely manageable.

Originally Posted by FC

I have my limits of what I'm willing to tolerate. I don't want a rusty, 10+ y.o. truck with 180K miles.

Ditto. It has to be something in decent condition. And it has to be reliable enough that I won't be worrying about which stoplight it's going to stall at.