Recently moved from the "nice" neighborhood to Funkytown. Our '05 Tacome Xtracab TRD Offroad 4x4 was totaled with only 105k miles on it. We had planned on driving that truck until it or we died. That was technically my wife's car and she decided she wanted 4 seats and a trunk, so instead of replacing the truck, we got her a 2016 Mazda6 (don't get too excited, it's an ex-rental with 44k on it). Really good car, top-rated mid-size car according to the magazines, and it drives well, lots of nice features, etc.
After that, feeling the need to have something with, at least some carrying ability, but unable to find an affordable Tacoma, I picked up an '04 Honda Element, very clean for having 143k miles on it. Stick and AWD. And to pay for this beauty, I'm selling my '06 BMW 330i. It looks and drives like new, but I just realized I can't afford a major repair, so even though I've already taken care of everything that's needed at 140k miles, it must go.
And so I go from my dream truck and car, to some nice consolation prizes. I grew up poor, so I'm no stranger to "making do" and am fully aware that I still have it really good, so please give me the benefit of the doubt, and consider this mourning for greatness past, and not the whining it's starting to sound like to me ; ) It was really nice while it lasted!
On a side note: notice that we got enough for the '05 truck to more than pay for a 2016 Mazda6, but I won't get enough out of the '06 BMW to even cover the $7k I paid for the '04 Element! Pretty interesting considering that when they were new the BMW cost twice as much as the Toyota!