Does anybody ever...

Mr Benevolent

...see a brand new luxury/high perfomance car and think 'Oooh, I'll get one of those secondhand in about 7 years when they're worth maybe 20-30% of their original price'?

I love people who buy new cars - it's subsidised motoring for the rest of us

(And no, I'm not being sarcastic - I really do appreciate them buying new so I don't have to)

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1001766

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1250081

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1254957

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1358120

EPM

Just been eying up a lovely 04 530i in the car park at work thinking that'd do nicely!

Sean Quagmire

Yep, do the same..except in another 7 years they'l have even better one's and we'l still be thinking I'l be driving one of them eventually..

Tipsy Mac

Yeah my love at the moment is the Lexus LS 430, theres nice examples going now for a touch under €10k, im waiting til they drop nearer 5k, even with the killer tax and low mpg you would have absolute luxury and comfort on the cheap.

Sean Quagmire

some of the top end executive Lexus and BMW around my work are kept in an awful state, filthy inside and out..these cars are worth 70+ grand and they dont appreciate them :rolleyes:

some day i'l get one on the cheap, even if the annual tax is the price of a normal car!

bladespin

Yup Just bought one.

firefly08

Does anybody ever...
...see a brand new luxury/high perfomance car and think 'Oooh, I'll get one of those secondhand in about 7 years when they're worth maybe 20-30% of their original price'?

Yeah, I think this all the time too. Not just luxury cars either - it amazes me that people buy brand new ordinary cars. I just don't understand what value they're getting. But like you I definitely appreciate what they've done for me and the economy!

It seems to me some people don't pay for the luxury of the car - they pay for the luxury of having it before everyone else - and fair play to them!

Mr Benevolent

Yup Just bought one.

What did you get?

Owen

A friend of mine recently bought a 00 328i SE, with 90k miles, steel blue, satnav, harman/kardon, grey leather, sunroof, climate, pdc, MFSW, front fogs, electrically adjustable seats with memory, auto dimming rear view mirror, heated front windscreen, rear electric sunblind, heated seats ... all for 3k.

I'll do the same in time (10 years - as that's where it'll need to be for depreciation), but my object of masturbation is a DB9.

run_Forrest_run

The OP makes a very valid point. I'm thinking of changing the family car soon and was looking at an Avensis 2006 but the feckin price of them is mad. I'm nearly tempted to go for an older car but probably better built and more roomy and comfortable...that Jag S-type would fit the bill perfectly!

Mr Benevolent

Keep in mind as well that the new motor tax will make any high power diesel car (5 years old in July 2013, say) a cheaper prospect in terms of yearly costs.

bladespin

Confab wrote: »

What did you get?

Not quite an S class but I got a 05 Alfa 1.9JTDM with 35k miles and in perfect order (I made sure I had it checked) from a main dealer with warranty for €7500 that's less than 20% of it's list.

shaywest

those A8's are starting to get a grip on me at that money

Matt Simis

ned78 wrote: »

I'll do the same in time (10 years - as that's where it'll need to be for depreciation), but my object of masturbation is a DB9.

Ah the DB9. Crossed my mind too, but was slightly dismayed at the price of current "old" AMs, so I wasnt too hopeful it will ever become a good buy (cheap enough to offset servicing costs on a 250k car). What do you hope it will be in 10years?

Padraig Mor

Petrol powered 7 series seem to have plunged in price recently.

2004 745i €20k asking
http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/7-Series/SALOON/200840190244624/advert

2005 730i €23500
http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/7-Series/730i/200915192406241/advert

2003 745i €18k
http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/7-Series/745-Nav-/200916192493105/advert

2005 750i €35k
http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/7-Series/750i/200915192405660/advert

ShadowHearth

+1 to all this thread.

I actually allways went this way, if i have 10k eu ill buy older car, but luxury car. Then newer car but pure basic crap.

Mine next buy is opel astra opc. Brand new 37k, and now you can pick up 06/07 with with milles for 17k.


cant wait for next year

DanGerMus

YEah i know what you mean :pac: i see a lovely S6 for sale cheap taxed an all.

http://www.cbg.ie/Car_Detail.aspx?ID=2982739

price negotiable too apparently

i'm shameless i know

lancerwall

Would like to get an 05/06 bmw x5 in a year or two they has really dropped in value

MarkN

There is something nice about having such a car out of the box though, nobody else has picked their nose and touched your steering wheel, nobody else has farted in your seat, nobody else has put it through a bloody brush wash, maybe not cared for it the way you'd like, run it in the way it should be, whacked a wheel off a kerb, let someone learn how to drive in it, used a poxy dashboard shine spray on it, eaten their dinner off the passenger seat etc etc...

Guy:Incognito

Couple of years too early yet , but,

ftw:

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1311054

MarkN wrote: »

There is something nice about having such a car out of the box though, nobody else has picked their nose and touched your steering wheel, nobody else has farted in your seat, nobody else has put it through a bloody brush wash, maybe not cared for it the way you'd like, run it in the way it should be, whacked a wheel off a kerb, let someone learn how to drive in it, used a poxy dashboard shine spray on it, eaten their dinner off the passenger seat etc etc...

Nothing beats buying a new car. If I could afford too I'd never buy 2nd hand (except for somethign thats no longer made maybe)

Delta Kilo

Stekelly wrote: »

Couple of years too early yet , but,

ftw:

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1311054

I'd expect that service light to be on plenty in another few years aswell though!

Guy:Incognito

Delta Kilo wrote: »

I'd expect that service light to be on plenty in another few years aswell though!

Why?Its not a VW.

Delta Kilo

I know a guy that has had three citroens, all three back and forth to the garage like yo-yos, usually on a tow-truck. Everything from clutch, exhaust leaking some sort of fluid, ECU issues, cruise control gave up... you name it it's given some sort of trouble!

Voodoomelon

MarkN wrote: »

There is something nice about having such a car out of the box though, nobody else has picked their nose and touched your steering wheel, nobody else has farted in your seat, nobody else has put it through a bloody brush wash, maybe not cared for it the way you'd like, run it in the way it should be, whacked a wheel off a kerb, let someone learn how to drive in it, used a poxy dashboard shine spray on it, eaten their dinner off the passenger seat etc etc...

I see your point, but I think a €100 valet is worth knocking €50,000 off a new high end price.

I have my eyes firmly set on a Quattroporte as a replacement to the E38, still some 18+ months off though.



http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=Car&carID=1351586&message=You%20searched%20for%3A%20Maserati%20Quattroporte%2C%20Year%3A%202006%2E%20Your%20search%20returned%20one%20vehicle%2C%20which%20is%20shown%20below%2E&CFID=115804155&CFTOKEN=97787180

VolvoMan

Stekelly wrote: »

Couple of years too early yet , but,

ftw:

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1311054

It's amazing how wrong people can be. I remember when they were launched the general consensus was that they were going to drop like a stone in value.