(31-12-2012, 10:02 AM)vlj Wrote: Nothing retains its value, depreciation is ridiculous - drive a car off the forecourt and you lose a few k.
At least with the 306 you can fix it cheaply, and keep a relatively decent car going.
Hmm...I've lost money on every 306 I've owned.........I only lost ~£100 on the Golf...and still have stuff to sell. Not bad for a non runner!
Everything does depreciate, but Mk4s havent really lost any value in the last few years (annoyingly! Seeing as I'd never pay £3k for one, its still a 10 year old car at the end of the day) but 306 resale has died more recently, they're just not worth anything now, theres still the same high priced ones on ebay that were there months ago when I was driving the diablo!
New cars depreciate badly I agree, and all cars will depreciate, but some more than others (I mean 12 years ago some poor bugger had to pay £13k for a 1.4 306 meridian!
) but look at things like Audi diesels, especially the diesel estate Audi A4s hold their value so well even now. Or BMW diesel estates (you can see a trend here....) the cars that have better spec, better engines and lower running costs all hold thier value too well. Hence GTi6s/XSis/1.8ts/V6s all being ridiculously cheap these days.(31-12-2012, 10:31 AM)cwspellowe Wrote: Re: the exhaust, £3 tin of gun gum, slap it all over the place. Will hold for ages and one less thing to moan about...
Whats the point? Something else will just break anyway!
