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Orangecurry said:
LukeyLikey said:
My criteria are:
-Should not depreciate more than about £3k pa, appreciation is even better
-Should not depreciate more than about £3k pa, appreciation is even better
LukeyLikey said:
Yes, I know, good point. In my defence, if I keep it 25 years, appreciation no question! Also, it's all relative - a 4 year old GTS is a veritable investment in comparison to a 12C...
, loving your man maths taking centre stage at so many turns hehe! Great choice, enjoy the car - sounds like you've got a fab stable indeed. Any piccies?
Paul O said:
, loving your man maths taking centre stage at so many turns hehe! Great choice, enjoy the car - sounds like you've got a fab stable indeed. Any piccies?
Yes, the man maths - all car nuts need to be good at that!
Here's my man maths logic; I always buy a car with a view to keeping it a long time. Usually fail at that. However, I sold the C4S I had to buy an Aston and only got £24k for it - great car, brilliant spec, low mileage, in 2008. It's worth that now and I regretted selling it - certainly would have been a cheap car to own over the last five years. So, if I keep the GTS around four years I am likely to feel,"what the heck, keep it". If I keep it, then better having a GTS over a C2S or C4S.
Alternatively, if I kept the GTS for four years, it would be as old as an 06 C2S I saw, with 25k miles, really nice spec, at around £32k. In four years, a GTS would retail at £32k plus inflation, plus a bit extra for the extra specialness of a GTS. Meaning I would drop about £15k plus dealer margin over four years. About £5k per year.
My original budget was £3k per year, but for two of those years I have a full OPC warranty, which could easily represent the extra £2k. So, on average £1k per year, or about £85 per month to drive a four year newer GTS compared with a gen 1 C2S.
Man maths see?
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