Originally Posted by g-50Cab
Tony's car has been down for 2 1/2 years - but he's more likely to recover much of his car costs by having a car that is worth something in the long run. I've invested a ton of money in POS cars that still were not worth anything - my time is valuable - so if I'm going to spend the time and effort - I would rather spend it on the P-car where I know there is at least a return - and in 4 years isn't going to be worth $4.22. like some of my previous brands of cars...
There is that school of thought, but unless you are talking about extremely rere atuomobiles, there are much better investments than cars. The trouble with cars is in order to protect your investment you must constantly be worried about what the next owner will want. That sort of takes the fun out of it for me. I see no point in having a car than you can't drive where you want, when you want and how you want because it will devalue it for the next guy. Buy real estate instead.