No inflated repair bills just the cost of parts. I bought a 03 Acura TL 3 years ago for a thousand dollars with 182,000 for a winter car because it had zero rust being that it was from Texas and Oregon.
As I have my own lift at home I went thru the suspension new struts,end links,wheel hubs and bearings along with new timing belt and pulleys for maybe an additional 1200.00 dollars.
At this point the car has 222,975 miles. two weeks ago I had to make a trip to Chicago and set the cruise at 75 mph and averaged 30.75 miles per gallon and burned zero oil, I don’t see me getting rid of my cheap winter car that’s turned into a daily driver going anywhere soon.
You didn’t completely understand my post.
I said that those who like the status symbol represented by the luxury, are not going to keep those status symbols for long. They want the status symbol, but with a brand new sticker every few short years. An older luxury car does not convey ‘status’.
Even so, I bought a Lexus (3 years old at that time), and the few repairs bills ended costing me about 3 times what a standard vehicle would have cost me to repair. To me it was, NEVER again for a ‘luxury’ vehicle.