Cars We Drive!

[GreenFrog]

The closest one is around an hour away. I'm lazy.

 

[HRoi]

I have one data point for you - I sold them my 2001 330ci this year for $4000. I can't make sense of this ******* KBB mobile site, but it looks like the retail value for it was $5k.

 

[Dashaansafin]



depreciation (2 newer models after yours), plus Carmax has to make a re-sale profit on it later. Doesn't seem too bad. Sell it to a person, not a company trying to re-sell it.

I agree, still. Bought the car all in last year for ~$40k, depreciation must be insane for it to be worth only $26k a year later.

Going private party, dealers are selling this car for ~35k-36k on autotrader. If a year ago I could have gotten a '12 A4 w/ 20k miles for $26k I would have done so in a heartbeat, 26k is ridiculous.

 

[hookem12387]



I agree, still. Bought the car all in last year for ~$40k, depreciation must be insane for it to be worth only $26k a year later.

Going private party, dealers are selling this car for ~35k-36k on autotrader. If a year ago I could have gotten a '12 A4 w/ 20k miles for $26k I would have done so in a heartbeat, 26k is ridiculous.

The $26k seems off. I've looked for something like that for my wife, and I haven't seen anything close to that deal. Given, I haven't looked very hard and I'd be on the buyer's side.

 

[GreenFrog]

$26 for your car is way way off. I'd expect low-to-mid 30s for your car, depending on mileage, at the very least.

 

[gomestar]

don't Audis have a history of tanking in value though?

 

[Find Finn]

Depends on the model, the fast ones loose value like Alfa's, but the diesel estates hold value well.

 

[venividivicibj]

I agree, still. Bought the car all in last year for ~$40k, depreciation must be insane for it to be worth only $26k a year later.

Going private party, dealers are selling this car for ~35k-36k on autotrader. If a year ago I could have gotten a '12 A4 w/ 20k miles for $26k I would have done so in a heartbeat, 26k is ridiculous.

It is only one calendar year later, but two Model years old. So that also depreciates it further.

Just do private party.

 

[poena]



nice. how has maintenance been?

my e39 m5 hasn't been bad at all.
I had to replace the fuel pump which I did myself and so far a couple suspension bushings. Other than that just regular oil changes. I've been shopping for another car but having trouble finding something to replace this car.

 

[bawlin]

Babysitting the F10 for a few days. I know a couple of pages back someone mentioned how "blah" BMW interiors are. This particular one doesn't have extended leather, and it's remarkable how much plastic BMW managed to stuff inside the interior of a $100k car like the M5.

 

[Piobaire]

The word I used was "wretched."

 

[Cell247]

I, for one, really like the Panamera. Low, wide... can't go wrong with that.

That said, this is the car they should have made and I can't for the life of me figure out why they didn't.

Some how I still can't get used to any 4 door Porsches. But that actually looks really nice.

 

[Sir Humphrey Appleby]

Bought a 350Z last week, it was written off a couple of years ago so I got it at the bargain basement price of £5k (certified by my mechanic as being in good condition).
One of the first of the updated ones from late 2006 with built in sat nav, cruise control, car phone and a new and very expensive exhaust.

If I were a multimillionaire its not the car I would have gone for, but its probably the best car I could afford within my current conditions.

 

[Piobaire]

Congrats on the car. Drive it in good health.

 

[otc]

My Lyft driver this morning seems like a perfect female companion for GF.

Recent grad looking for a new consulting gig (but not at one of the major firms) after quitting her previous consulting-ish job where she thought she was having to wade through too much mind numbing bureaucracy and wasn't getting paid enough for such demeaning work.

Also, she couldn't figure out how to get to my office's fairly major intersection...even after I gave her the opening directions. Her GPS app didn't want to accept an intersection instead of an address, and I think the meter was running the whole time she sat there diddling with her phone despite the route being "Get on the major road that is a block away, take it downtown to the exit for one of the major roads that my office is on, and then take that road until you get to the other major road (which is also the most famous street in the city)"