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As far as the trade in loss it falls into one of two categories:
1) You have been invested in the market, NVDA, TSLA or you make $500K or more. If so who cares about the trade in loss.
2) You jump from car payment to car payment. The loss is brutal..
X7 and 911 4S in same garage is a good combo. Light years difference between them, Both are great for what they are built to do and my wife won't drive either one. She doesn't want to be the first to get a ding on the 911 and is totally confused by the X7 iDrive controls. I gave her the 400 page manual to study.
Are not only horrible in maitenance, but the value drops like a blonds bikini after tequila shots. I will never understand why anyone buys a german or italian SUV. My so 22' grand cherokee 2 row altitude has a very luxurious interior, was 46k out the door including taxes. It will be 10 years before any maitenance other than oil changes or tires are required. It is a powerful motor and when pinned launches. America sucks at cars but makes a pretty fantastic truck with near zero operating cost. Why would you subject yourself to german or italian reliability in a truck for 2x the price initially, 3x the dealer maitenance cost and a noseblead depreciation line ?
Gee I have a 2011 Cayenne S which I have owned for 9 years. It has 175K miles on it and I bought it 3 years old with 48K on it. Paid less than $50 out the door and that included a 125K miles extended warranty. Best car I ever owned and even with a 911.2 GTS now I still love it and it fills the need for cargo, beach and AWD in bad weather. Also I have owned two BMWs. A Dinan 7 series and and the last of the BMW 840CI. I will say in the last 25 years I have owned those two BMWs, a MBZ ML 320 and a C300 AMG coupe, my Cayenne S and my Carerra and with out a doubt, while I liked my BMWs, of all the German cars on my list the BMW have to poorest build quality of any. Horrible radiator/expansion tanks, horrible window regulators.
but I've seen it somewhere else...trying to remember where.
Always weird to me the pride some people take in something that they buy that anyone else with a bit of $ can buy. It does feel a lot like some sort of insecurity, maybe lack of other meaningful accomplishments or contribution to society, or perhaps just classic validation seeking behavior. We’re likely all guilty to some degree.
18853616[/url]]Always weird to me the pride some people take in something that they buy that anyone else with a bit of $ can buy. It does feel a lot like some sort of insecurity, maybe lack of other meaningful accomplishments or contribution to society, or perhaps just classic validation seeking behavior. We’re likely all guilty to some degree.
Well many people work hard, may have wanted a particular vehicle or item, and finally were able to acquire such. Others may have more money than sense and could always afford whatever they wish. Either way, there's nothing wrong with having pride in something we own, as we obviously chose it over something else for a reason.
Being a snob about owning something anyone else can buy is another story.
06-12-2023, 09:03 AM
