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mrbmwx5 01-16-2010 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by dkl (Post 702049)
Resale value on these cars are sh!tty to begin with. What's the point of buying a depreciating asset and not use it because you're worried about it's depreciated value ??? :dunno: It will depreciate no matter what in normal usage. After 10 years, it will only be worth about $1k to $2k difference in price whether it's got 100k, or 200k miles on it. I don't know about you, but for that $2k difference in depreciation, I would rather get that extra 100k miles of usage out of my vehicle (best bang for the buck, IMHO).

It's a car, drive it when you need to drive it and forget about resale value on these things!
:iagree: A lot of ppl think x5's is like one of the exotic cars... To me it's my daily pick up truck :rofl:
BTW congrats DOC on your 200k miles ... I'm at 160k.

m5james 01-16-2010 09:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by dkl (Post 702049)
Resale value on these cars are sh!tty to begin with. What's the point of buying a depreciating asset and not use it because you're worried about it's depreciated value ??? :dunno: It will depreciate no matter what in normal usage. After 10 years, it will only be worth about $1k to $2k difference in price whether it's got 100k, or 200k miles on it. I don't know about you, but for that $2k difference in depreciation, I would rather get that extra 100k miles of usage out of my vehicle (best bang for the buck, IMHO).

It's a car, drive it when you need to drive it and forget about resale value on these things!
:iagree: In the beginning I wanted to keep the miles off to, now it's a point of pride to see how long of a life I can get before she completely dies.

wallyx5 01-17-2010 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by m5james (Post 702116)
:iagree: In the beginning I wanted to keep the miles off to, now it's a point of pride to see how long of a life I can get before she completely dies.
:iagree: I am just waiting for her to die, but it's fun to see how long she can go.

motordavid 01-17-2010 09:26 PM
I'm with dkl, et al...it's a cool car, but a rapidly depreciating thing, and while our
'01 only has ~76k miles, I don't plan on replacing it anytime soon.

If it starts to cost me a $G or so a year, (which it has not, other than new tires
last fall), I will probably still run it for awhile. New Xs are off of my chart, and the
CEO is next in line for a new car, anyway.

Drive the sumbitch, enjoy it, and do what is best for ya'll.
Congrats again to DocKewl, mrbmwx5, and especially Wally, for his
seriousazz mileage!
GL, mD


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