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Re:EVs are depreciating much faster than gas-powered cars by Spooky23 on Friday October 17, 2025 @12:55PM (#45618988)
I think it’s hard to draw any conclusions about the auto market. The cost escalations of cars and the bizarro economy have changed the market fundamentally.

The weird gaps of supply in model years because of the pandemic and prices are just nuts. The value of my 2016 SUV has gone up $4000 since last year. EVs are super volatile β€” my brother has netted profit from trading them. My girlfriend sold her 14 month old Subaru for $1000 under her cost - the pretax value appreciated.

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Re:EVs are depreciating much faster than gas-powered cars by jdeibele on Friday October 17, 2025 @01:15PM (#45619232)
Hard agree. A drunk driver hit our parked 2015 Mazda CX-5. We paid about $27,000 for it in 2016. The car was totaled and we received about $17,000. That figured out to just about $1100 in depreciation per year for 9 years.
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