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My $8500/year mod budget is buying a new car every year. Can your modded car keep up with my new car? How long until my constantly new car just flat out becomes “better” *overall* than your well loved, washed, waxed, babied, modded vehicle that you buy with plans of owning 10 years? I...

Talk to myself? I have too much time for that. :)

Well...I was here to ask if the Gladiator would actually hold its value that well. I believe some vehicles would. This says a Wrangler drops 30% in 5 years: https://www.iseecars.com/cars-that-hold-their-value-study If this is right, 30% of $40k would be $12,000 over 5 years. So how much...

The first one. I write a check for say $50,000. Drive the car a year and sell it. Hopefully I come out losing less than $8500 for the year. The $8500 includes all taxes/fees but doesn’t include insurance as I would buy that anyway. If it works and I could average $8500/year, I’d be out...

You’re right. Who wants to do it? I don’t off road...she’ll be a low mileage mall crawler. I’ll even let you drive her a weekend every month. At the end of my 1 year “lease” you agree to purchase her at a prearranged price. Let’s say $6500-7500 less than my out the door price.

I believe the companies that handle the rental process provide insurance. One of them I glanced at takes something like a 15% cut for insurance...$150 = $127.50

$8,500 is a nice number because the great cars in the $50-60k range can hit this. Allowing for a bigger depreciation budget is great and all but the return on investment (time/work/money ratios) seems to slip a bit once you start going much above $60k or so. That amount of money can buy a hell...

I’m kinda thinking the other way...how about someone here sells me their loaded Rubicon for about $5k less than I’d currently pay brand new. Maybe a Sport S for $35k or so.

I did it but I didn’t make anywhere near that. It was a goal since probably 15 years old.

Here’s my math.. $55k purchase + $1500 in misc fees/taxes = $56,500 Insurance is something I’d pay on any vehicle. To lose no more than say $8500 I’d need to fetch $48k for the vehicle. That would likely be tough as you said. To throw a huge wrench into things, there’s also the...

BTW - I can’t find many used Gladiators within 300 miles for less than $40k...Sport models. Don’t those go for around $40k new?

I can’t find any 1 year leases...Google says they would be way expensive. I like the idea of owning even if it costs me $200 extra per month. I figure most leases would run me $500 month which is $6,000/year pissed away. Maybe I can piss away $8500/year and own?

I would be driving the vehicle less than 8500 miles per year which may be something people aren’t considering. That’s much less than the typical ~15,000 miles per year which should = higher resale value.

Well, I’ve done well and I’m retired in my 30s. I’ve driven a Prius for the last 11 years. I want to drive a different new/cool vehicle every year for the rest of my life! My budget is $8500/year. So in essence I’m willing to throw away $8500/year if it allows me to drive a...