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Originally Posted by profchaos911
What it sounds like is you guys are saying that any used car will cost about $2k a year in maintenance cost, did I get that right?
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Any used German sports car. Sports car parts from Germany are fragile/lightweight.
Some are reliable, some are not but very few are durable.
On the other hand I don't think a VW Jetta would cost you $2k to maintain. But that's not a sports car.
Generally speaking, German Sports cars are engineered to drive at a high level of maintenance. If you don't maintain that level they drive like crap, if at all.
You have to look at this way. Any Porsche you buy costs at least $20K. You can buy it for $7K but if you intend to really rack up miles, you'll be paying for the other $13k one way or another. If you only take the car out once a week for a short drive maybe you can get away with not putting money into it. But that just destroys the engine as moisture turns the oil acidic and the build up creates oxidation. It has to run long enough to get real hot and burn off all that stuff.