Originally posted by ST1100
i did a balllpark figure with my car-owning fren and came to about $13k - including installments, parking, servicing, petrol, insurance, tax, accesories, repairs, etc; ie total cost of ownership.
$13k is enough to buy a 1Ds for me - and i still get back about half (? guesswork) when a sell it, say, 5 years down the road. A car owner would be (5x13) ~$65k poorer - and it's almost unrecoverable money, except maybe some scrap value.
Originally posted by kthan
well, u buy a property and 5 years down the road, you MAY even get capital appreciation when u sell it.
it's an unfair comparision, apples to oranges.
Originally posted by SniperD
if only I have the money...... but then again....... a WRX STI would be my choice...
:bsmilie: :devil:
ANd yes, I was taken aback with the sale of a BMW 318 here.. (ehh.. how come it's not tiptronic but steptronic - though for the 318 series 2 doors version would be already revert to the tiptronic technology for better gear control and performance?)