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Your Cars Resale Value - Best and Worse.
Gear Patrol and Auto Blog | 11/07/2023

Posted on 11/07/2023 2:37:13 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

These 10 Cars Have the Best Resale Value After 5 Years

Because you definitely needed one more argument to buy a Porsche 911 or Toyota Tacoma.

 

Cars with the worst resale value after five years

These 10 cars hold their value the worst and depreciate the most



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: automotive; carresalevalue; ewsalevalue; list; vehicleresalevalue
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Sell it for MORE than I paid for it.”

Had a work friend that did that. Seems like he always had a new Jeep Wrangler. Now I understand why. :)


21 posted on 11/07/2023 2:56:44 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: dhs12345

I have to laugh, decades ago the Audi was ridiculed for being the quintessential “lose half it’s value when leaving the lot car.

Still a POS it appears.

BNW does not surprise, see newer one being flat-bedded to the local dealer all the time.


22 posted on 11/07/2023 2:58:00 PM PST by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I build classics for a living. I only build vehicles that are before 1973. Every thing I sell goes for almost twice what it was bought for new.


23 posted on 11/07/2023 2:58:26 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: joshua c

Right.

But which one bleeds you dry the most in maintenance and upkeep?


24 posted on 11/07/2023 2:58:43 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’m a car guy, and I had one as a rental down in Tampa, and I was shocked at how bad it was. The CVT transmission made passing “interesting”. The best way I can describe it is it’s like bad turbo lag. You press the gas, and it eventually gets around to giving you the power to pass.

Also, it was uncomfortable, and felt cheap. A trend I saw in the 4Runner I got in Idaho, and the Camry I got in Phoenix. Great cars, most likely will run forever, but what happened to the interiors?


25 posted on 11/07/2023 2:59:59 PM PST by FrankRizzo890
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To: Responsibility2nd

One of my buds bought a top of the line 911 Turbo S last year, and has driven it for a year. The dealership has contacted him and is offering to buy it back for $10K more than he paid for it.

Evidently the days of stupid money are still happening for some models.


26 posted on 11/07/2023 3:01:44 PM PST by FrankRizzo890
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To: ought-six

I’ve had 2 Ford Rangers.

1997 Ranger. Reg. Cab. 4 cyl. Automatic.

1999 Mazda B4000. Ext. Cab. Auto.

I loved them both. The B4000 probably more since it was nicer.


27 posted on 11/07/2023 3:02:13 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Best: Race cars.

Worst: anything else.


28 posted on 11/07/2023 3:02:57 PM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: isthisnickcool

“I know an owner of a Ford dealership who says that the deal with UAW is insane and will skyrocket the price of union made automobiles.”

That kind of analysis is right in a car dealer’s wheelhouse so there’s a good chance the opinion is worth something.


29 posted on 11/07/2023 3:04:39 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Successful People Have a Sense of Gratitude. Unsuccessful People Have a Sense of Entitlement)
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To: FrankRizzo890

I’d buy a Prius if I could sleep in it. Doable? Slide the passenger seat forward?


30 posted on 11/07/2023 3:04:48 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: doorgunner69

I worked at a Porshe, BMW, Audi shop 40 years ago.
We said, back then, that BMW meant Bum-Wobbly.


31 posted on 11/07/2023 3:05:12 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

My 2013 Honda CRV is going strong and since I’m retired it’s not getting driven as much. I just replaced the battery in the key fob for the first time - it, the car and me, all good for another ten years!


32 posted on 11/07/2023 3:08:45 PM PST by Moonmad27
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To: outofsalt

Who used to put out that annual book with reliability ratings on all the used cars? We used to look up the BMWs to laugh because they had 5 or 6 black circles, the worst rating possible for reliability and repair costs. That was decades ago.


33 posted on 11/07/2023 3:11:06 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Successful People Have a Sense of Gratitude. Unsuccessful People Have a Sense of Entitlement)
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To: doorgunner69

Ya. I guess I am a practical consumer. Reliability and quality have always been my priority. Status symbol not so much.


34 posted on 11/07/2023 3:12:41 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: Responsibility2nd

2016 Tacoma owner here. I’ll probably drive this until it’s dead or I am. I love it.


35 posted on 11/07/2023 3:19:01 PM PST by BozoTexino (RIP GOP)
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To: Openurmind

That sounds like an excellent value to me. If I had another garage stall I’d have a classic.


36 posted on 11/07/2023 3:20:16 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Successful People Have a Sense of Gratitude. Unsuccessful People Have a Sense of Entitlement)
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To: NWFree

I have a 1967 Camaro I bought in 1978 for $250 out of a junk yard. What is its resale value now (with new engine and tranny)?


37 posted on 11/07/2023 3:22:36 PM PST by DaxtonBrown (away.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

“That sounds like an excellent value to me. If I had another garage stall I’d have a classic.”

It is fun. and here is the deal. Classics were built to be dependable and last sometimes three generations. If one was to dump 20k into a classic they would have a real car made out of real metal that will last the rest of their lives.

A 1966 is ten times the vehicle they make now. And it is EMP proof. Only one problem, most had manual crank up windows. Now days most are so lazy this would be a deal breaker... lol


38 posted on 11/07/2023 3:27:06 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: dhs12345

No, you are correct.

The life cycle goes from someone happy to part with lots of money, then realizing they have a car that is extremely difficult to get fixed and needs intensive maintenance, finding the dealership network is very limited, then selling at a loss.

Then someone snaps up a cool European car at bargain rates, then realizes the same thing as did the first owner.

Finally some young guy buys the car for a song thinking he’ll fix it up and have a cool ride. He sets it under a tarp until he can earn the gobs of money needed to get it running right.

Then it either sits and rusts or goes to the scrapyard.

The ONLY European vehicle maker that has a good dealer network doesn’t sell cars. They make motorcycles and their name is KTM.


39 posted on 11/07/2023 3:28:26 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: Responsibility2nd

Just picked up a 2003 s10. How’d I do?


40 posted on 11/07/2023 3:29:05 PM PST by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them. )
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