[s-cars] My butt momentarily in a BMW

[Eric Phillips]

We have a winner!

Yes, abysmal resale is the reason I first got into both Alfas and
Audis.  That original 4kq I bought set me back a king's ransomely sum
of $2000.  And it was in perfect working condition (no, not "for an
Audi" - everything actually worked correctly.)

My first Alfa was a rusty '79 Spider.  Which was fine mechanically,
but hitting the downslope on the body.  Oh, and the electrics were a
little weird until I replaced some ground wires and fittings.  :)

But seriously - in 11 years, are these $60-75k cars going to be the
$11k creampuffs that our S-cars are?  Well, $8-10k now, but when you
bought them...

I doubt it.  For whatever reason, Audi resale STILL sucks.  But I
don't buy cars as investments.  I buy them to DRIVE them.

Dave - there's only one worse automotive "investment" - a Chrysler
Corp. minivan.  The resale on those beasts after a couple of years is
absolutely awful.  Wretched.  Terrible.

Eric

> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:08:03 -0500
> From: David Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] My butt momentarily in a BMW
>
> That's one of the reasons I love Audi's.  I don't know if was a worse
> investment in the '90's than buying a new Audi.
>
> David Kase