Dead Puppy

[josh Wyte]

Well, I don't buy new, new cars!  I buy slightly used
new cars!  :-)

I like to buy cars that are around 4 years old and
have under 40k miles on them.  In the case of Audis
and BMWs, they're returned off of lease and with the
free maintenance programs I know the cars have had all
service done to them.  I bought my '97 A4 in October
of 2000 with 35k miles on it.

Audi Assured adds another 2 years and 50,000 miles to
the bumper to bumper warranty.  There is a $50
deductible, but considering some of the invoices I've
seen, I'm more than happy to pay it!

So I end up with a car that's had the majority of it's
depreciation over with, yet is still under warranty
for most, if not all of the time that I plan on owning
it.

-josh


--- Huw Powell <audi at attbi.com> wrote:
>
> > I fail to see the holes in my financial argument.
> > Whenever I've had car payments, they've always
> been
> > under $250 a month.  For a car that's under
> factory
> > warranty and is on the upside of the depreciation
> > equation.
>
> Um, the first few years of a cars life are the
> *downside* of the
> depreciation equation, at least in cash amounts
> (percentage may be
> similar).
>
> When you drive a new A4 off the lot, you've just
> spent as much (in
> depreciation) as my 90Q has cost me to put on the
> road and spiff up.
> And you still have to make a payment next month...
>
> > to replace.  For example, the clutch on my A4 is a
> 10
> > hour job
>
> All right, this one is bit beyond me... how do you
> buy an A4 such that
> it will be under warranty the whole time you're only
> paying $250/month
> for it?
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/
>
> http://www.humanthoughts.org/


=====
Josh Wyte
Momentum Motorsports
508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST

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