re: Buying New vs Used: Does new make more sense?

I should have said said...


The only reason you'd HAVE to buy...

In each of my caveats.

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so it will be under warranty for the full 48 months. (48 months or 50,000k miles)
4) it's expensive as hell to maintain (e.g. ~$1400-$1600 for new tires). Can I afford to maintain it without a warranty? Yes, but why would I buy used when the difference could potentially be less than the maintenance costs?

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It's cheaper to maintain a car than to buy a new one. If you can really afford a brand new AMG, you can easily maintain an older car.

Also, if you are only keeping the car for the warranty period, why not just lease it?

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You remind me of a much less successful version of DBF

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well I'm only 28 (I don't know how old he is). But unfortunately I'm not the Gas Station king of Baton Rouge or wherever he's from

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You can get a 2015 Carrera S nicely equipped with around 7,000 miles for around $85k now...original MSRP runs around $135k...

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Yeah, that's something I've considered with different models - the Carrera being one of them. It's the maintenance that always gets me. I've gotten used to not having to worry about maintenance with my current car. I know you're a car guy (and have some nice cars), so you know what simple maintenance can run.

I may end up doing something like that for my next car though if I find something that I really want and it runs too much new (like the AMG GTS or Carrera S)

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Just get a used on that's only about 5 years old

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Who the hell wants a 5 year old vehicle? I drive about 35,000 miles per year. I get a new car every 3-4 years. I'm not spending my time in a 5 year old car. I find with the rebates and deals that you can find on a new car it never makes sense for me to buy used(assuming your trying to buy a low mileage used car that's one or two years old)

They also don't go out to eat or live in big houses

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2) it's kind of a rare car so it's not going to depreciate much unless it has mechanical issues within its first couple of years

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you got it perfectly backwards...the more rare, the more it depreciates...they don't make many for a reason, they can't sell many.

if you want the new car, go for it, but don't pretend it's not bad economics

Don't listen to the OT. If you want new and can afford it, get new.

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It's cheaper to maintain a car than to buy a new one. If you can really afford a brand new AMG, you can easily maintain an older car.

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If I decide to keep it longer than 4 years then I'll end up paying maintenance costs, which I'm fine with. The only real option for buying used is to buy (at most) 1 year used. The difference in price won't be significant, especially considering how particular I am about the options that I want.

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Also, if you are only keeping the car for the warranty period, why not just lease it?

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It's something I've considered. I've never leased before but I get the feeling that it might be smarter considering I won't be putting many miles on it. And if I still want it after the lease period (which is usually 3 years) I can just buy it.

I have no idea if they'll have good lease options. I'll have to look into it.

If you plan on keeping it for only 4 years why not just lease it and make it 3 years