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Expensive Cars Don't Need To Be Reliable?
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<blockquote data-quote="GT Premi" data-source="post: 15875166" data-attributes="member: 121775"><p>That's the thing, though. I <em>wouldn't</em> want to buy it at the end. I'd just swap it out for something new. I do realize that leasing is basically buying the depreciation of the car. If you have no intentions of keeping it long term, though, what's really the harm? I can't imagine still owning my 2008 BMW 550i Sport. It was a nice car, but I think I'd be plenty sick of it by now. I was starting to get sick of it by the time I got rid of it. It just never really tickled my fancy. I don't think any high end car would hold my interest for an extended amount of time. They evolve too much to keep around long term. For instance, buying a 10 year old S-class doesn't really make a whole lot of sense today when, for example, a 2018 Hyundai Azera or Toyota Avalon outclasses it in nearly every way, save for a V8/V12 engine and RWD. At that point, what are you really buying, the car or the badge?</p><p></p><p>Maybe I'm just getting to the point where I don't really see the value in "high end" luxury brands anymore. Nowadays, the "little" guys are putting up some compelling arguments against paying all that extra money. There are a LOT of nice mid-range cars out now. If only they weren't FWD...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT Premi, post: 15875166, member: 121775"] That's the thing, though. I [i]wouldn't[/i] want to buy it at the end. I'd just swap it out for something new. I do realize that leasing is basically buying the depreciation of the car. If you have no intentions of keeping it long term, though, what's really the harm? I can't imagine still owning my 2008 BMW 550i Sport. It was a nice car, but I think I'd be plenty sick of it by now. I was starting to get sick of it by the time I got rid of it. It just never really tickled my fancy. I don't think any high end car would hold my interest for an extended amount of time. They evolve too much to keep around long term. For instance, buying a 10 year old S-class doesn't really make a whole lot of sense today when, for example, a 2018 Hyundai Azera or Toyota Avalon outclasses it in nearly every way, save for a V8/V12 engine and RWD. At that point, what are you really buying, the car or the badge? Maybe I'm just getting to the point where I don't really see the value in "high end" luxury brands anymore. Nowadays, the "little" guys are putting up some compelling arguments against paying all that extra money. There are a LOT of nice mid-range cars out now. If only they weren't FWD... [/QUOTE]
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