Originally Posted by latinasojourn

i love all the pix of the guys with their fancy expensive cars sitting in driveways of modest houses, in areas of multi family dwellings.

to get an estate you should put your money into appreciating assests.

and then (after some time) you can put the beemer in the driveway of the big house.

but if you piss your $ away in your formative working years and do not buy property you will miss out bigtime later in life.

that said, the only vehicles i buy new are sportbikes. and i like high end cars about 4-5 years old, priced about 50% of msrp with 98% of the prestige, utility, and reliablility.

pick a body style that is still current in 2006-7 so the neighbors don't know and keep your mouth shut.

clue: S series MB 2001, etc.

Originally Posted by latinasojourn

i love all the pix of the guys with their fancy expensive cars sitting in driveways of modest houses, in areas of multi family dwellings.

to get an estate you should put your money into appreciating assests.

and then (after some time) you can put the beemer in the driveway of the big house.

but if you piss your $ away in your formative working years and do not buy property you will miss out bigtime later in life.

that said, the only vehicles i buy new are sportbikes. and i like high end cars about 4-5 years old, priced about 50% of msrp with 98% of the prestige, utility, and reliablility.

pick a body style that is still current in 2006-7 so the neighbors don't know and keep your mouth shut.

clue: S series MB 2001, etc.

Originally Posted by Dollarmansteve

It's simple, when you own a car you own everything, including the depreciation and the future maintenance costs.

When you lease a car you own nothing and only pay for the capital you consume.

Why anyone would want to have ownership of an asset that produces so much negavtive cashflow as it depreciates to $0 is beyond me.

Of course I am not speaking about High-end luxo/sport mobiles or $500 civics, Im talking about the $50,000 BMW or the $35,000 accord.

Originally Posted by woj

True, but someone has to pay for the deprecation and the maintenance costs, and in both cases it's you... When you lease, you just pay for these costs monthly... when you buy, you pay for it upfront.. in the end you end up paying about the same...

Originally Posted by latinasojourn

i love all the pix of the guys with their fancy expensive cars sitting in driveways of modest houses, in areas of multi family dwellings.

to get an estate you should put your money into appreciating assests.

and then (after some time) you can put the beemer in the driveway of the big house.

but if you piss your $ away in your formative working years and do not buy property you will miss out bigtime later in life.

that said, the only vehicles i buy new are sportbikes. and i like high end cars about 4-5 years old, priced about 50% of msrp with 98% of the prestige, utility, and reliablility.

pick a body style that is still current in 2006-7 so the neighbors don't know and keep your mouth shut.

clue: S series MB 2001, etc.

Originally Posted by dunefield

Why should anyone give you a good reason... It's up to YOU if you want to buy a new car or not...