you dont get his point

do you know why expensive cars depreciate alot more ? especially the one with high CC and expensive roadtax?

because high likely people who can afford these kind of cars at brand new price woudlt have problem to pay for maintenance ,fuel consumption,repairs , roadtax etc

but in second hand market its totally different

thats why 2nd hand e200k are more expensive than e280 and 730 are more expensive than 745 same goes to auto car are more expensive than manual cars in the 2nd hand market , because 1 manual cars are rarer, 2nd its cheaper to maintain and as for aging gearbox they can be costly to fix ( on the contrary for brand new cars manual are cheaper )

at the range of 100k+ , 200k+ or even 50k etc people "normally" have budget and concern about those hidden costs

as for those who can afford 500k-1mil+ car onwards they normally dont really concern about the hidden costs

thats why most people just get brand new car which has warranty and brand new normally no problem

people who can afford 500k recond or 900k new porsche(example) wouldt even care about fuel consumption,maintenance,road tax but for those who are eyeing on older and higher mileage boxster which cost around 170k-300k (depending on year condition and spec) most likely will be concern of this , thats is why brand new entry level 3 series and c class are doing so well people with the budget of 250k-300k because people normally are still concern about those hidden costs at this level

This post has been edited by LiLFreaK: Aug 29 2010, 01:02 AM

yup and i think most people can afford 200k-300k brand new with low maintenance

not as many can afford a 160k porsche with porsche "maintenance"

think about it

e250 has extra 2 seats , and bigger boot space with lower fuel consumption , cheaper roadtax , more service centers around

porsche boxster s only has 2 seats, and has soft top ( many dislike soft top )

and besides the price are more of positioning by the authorized dealer , normally these kind of cars are mark up heavily even after the high tax in malaysia , because these cars dont sell in number

even in overseas u can see the porsche boxster is just slightly more expensive than audi tt , but in malaysia audi tt is like 375k and porsche boxster s almost double its price...

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Added on August 29, 2010, 6:25 pmthats what happen when you have a car forum in a forum filled with puberty age kids who doesnt know anything about cars but want to act all knowing

This post has been edited by LiLFreaK: Aug 29 2010, 06:25 PM