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G-Benz · #6 04-29-2005, 09:23 AM

With few exceptions, cars are a depreciating investment, so you never can come out on top!

Even if you bought a brand new one, paid cash, and just trailered it into a garage and did nothing, initial depreciation once driven off the lot puts you behind!

Bottom line is, you can't justify whether or not to spend money on a particular maintenance item simply by the car's worth.

It's what drives the economy, and it's why the majority of folks wind up replacing one or more vehicles every three to four years.

The threshold is generally, how problematic can a vehicle become before you just get fed up and decide to opt for something with fewer to no problems.

A sensible approach is weighing the cost of the repair versus the cost of replacement (i.e. a new or used vehicle).

But for some of us afficiandos, the love of a marque or particular model throws all sensibility out the window. So we pour all we have into keeping that love alive.

My VW in my sig has about six times it's worth invested over the years, and it doesn't even run! It would take another $5-8K to get it back to its former glory!