Originally Posted By: dkryan
After years of buying and maintaining cars, my philosophy on spending lots of $$$ for a nameplate is:
it's primary purpose is transportation and it depreciates as the months and miles roll by.
I was interested in BMWs back when people thought the letters stood for British Motor Works. I've bought a couple new, but the rest were used. I'm never selling the ti, and we plan to keep the X3 another 5-10 years. Both are owned free and clear, so depreciation isn't really an issue for me.
Originally Posted By: dkryan
That doesn't mean I subscribe to the Yugo-level of car buying, but I also won't drop $50K on a ride just because I have the wherewithal to do so.
I bought my Club Sport new in 1995 and I paid just $24,150. The X3 was a CPO car purchased in 2005, and it cost $29,600. Those aren't bargain-basement prices but they aren't especially extravagant either.
Originally Posted By: dkryan
As MCompact said: "different strokes." But regardless of your "stroke," it's transportation and it depreciates.
The thing is, I enjoy driving, and I'll pick an involving and entertaining car over an anodyne appliance every time. Paying a bit extra so that I smile every time I sit behind the wheel -or take it to the track- is more than worth it.
And that goes for my '02, Mazdaspeed, and Wrangler as well.
After years of buying and maintaining cars, my philosophy on spending lots of $$$ for a nameplate is:
it's primary purpose is transportation and it depreciates as the months and miles roll by.
I was interested in BMWs back when people thought the letters stood for British Motor Works. I've bought a couple new, but the rest were used. I'm never selling the ti, and we plan to keep the X3 another 5-10 years. Both are owned free and clear, so depreciation isn't really an issue for me.
Originally Posted By: dkryan
That doesn't mean I subscribe to the Yugo-level of car buying, but I also won't drop $50K on a ride just because I have the wherewithal to do so.
I bought my Club Sport new in 1995 and I paid just $24,150. The X3 was a CPO car purchased in 2005, and it cost $29,600. Those aren't bargain-basement prices but they aren't especially extravagant either.
Originally Posted By: dkryan
As MCompact said: "different strokes." But regardless of your "stroke," it's transportation and it depreciates.
The thing is, I enjoy driving, and I'll pick an involving and entertaining car over an anodyne appliance every time. Paying a bit extra so that I smile every time I sit behind the wheel -or take it to the track- is more than worth it.
And that goes for my '02, Mazdaspeed, and Wrangler as well.