Thread: edumacate me on the ute thing guys

If you do start looking at new think about servicing costs and depreciaiton if you'll move it on every few years. Our story is we have a 2005 Subaru Outback 3.0 210,000kms and now worth $5k. Were looking to spend $20k on proper 4wd for towing safety but didn't want to spend $20k on something same age as Outback and double the kms. Then looked at $30-40k. Again shit value for years and kms. Decided to finance new with master plan to move it on in 3-5yrs when hybrid towing capable utes become available. Was tempted by Nissan and Mitzi as sticker price good but depreciation and servicing bad. Ended up spending a little more and getting Toyota to get superb resale value and fixed price servicing. Ford and Isuzu too spendy for us.