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Originally Posted by Pilot2519j
When anyone buys this car you can expect a big hit as soon as you leave the parking lot and that's the reality. Not to use the car because it depreciates is wrong since the car will depreciate normally whether it has one mile or a thousand miles. Granted at different rates but like gravity it goes down. Hence the reason to have the car is to enjoy it daily rain, sleet or snow. I drive it 20 miles a day making the drive to work immersed in melodious engine music. No matter how bad the day was there is always the drive home listening to the Porsche symphony.
With that I agree to disagree with the rest. No changing this old dog, time is running short so I choose to enjoy it as much as possible  |
I'm not talking about depreciation, I'm talking about loss of value or loss of property due to mechanical decay or damage, it's a very different thing. You can abuse a car and replace them often, and I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that, or you can hold onto the car that you enjoy for many years (I've owned my Rx-7 for over 20 years because I can't find a car that I like better) but you have to be more careful with it. In the years that I've owned sports cars, I've become convinced that car's aren't getting better or more fun, they're getting heavier and safer with each successive year.
It's up to the owner, no one's right, just different. You won't be able to convince me to drive my cars in winter and I won't be able to convince you of the opposite and there's nothing wrong with that. But I can confidently say that my Boxster will last longer than yours in the long run.