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Originally Posted by Alfisti
Depreciation kills you.
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That's the short of it, in another thread I posted the difference in cost between upgrading my current car (via finance) then repeating over the next eight years vs. owning the one I have now for eight years. There's a 43K difference..
I could have literally bought a few second hand 340i's just to use in case mine broke down. It's crazy when you really look into it..
Although it's far from news to me and sometimes leasing is a fun way to try multiple different cars. I understand, sometimes you get bored, sometimes circumstance change, sometimes you don't like your car and finance is a great way to get into cars you couldn't normally afford to buy cash.
Ultimately though chopping and changing will never help in terms of fiscals. Although for many years I really didn't care, just happy to try as much as I can. It's probably one of the reason I find cars a little dull nowadays, once you've tried a metric ton of them the appeal diminishes.