Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack
by ryanmarsh on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @05:05PM
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It's my wife's car, she's attached to it, and I paid it off rather quickly. The car did not hold its value and therefore the equity wasn't worth selling it and going into debt on a new car. I've kept a running total of how much the car cost to fix and over time it's still been cheaper than buying a nice new luxury auto, albeit not much cheaper.
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack
by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @05:17PM
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Its hard to add up the entire cost of the car. There's the cost of time spent; time without a car; lost opportunity due to car issues. And in the end, you're driving an old, worn car which isn't as 'valuable' as driving a new, unworn one.
Depending on how all this is weighted and added up, it can be the right thing to replace a car sooner than later.