Originally Posted By: fdcg27
Only an ignorant fool would consider an Accord or Forester to be a penalty box, or maybe someone of great pretention.
There is a reason that buyers pay a premium for certain brands as used cars.
Used Benzes can be bought for pennies on the dollar.
You already know this and that's also the reason that we've had four of them. They were very good and durable cars that were cheap to buy and cheap to own.
The reason that Hondas, Subies and Toyotas have high resale is either that they really are that good or that everyone who buys one is delusional.
Since the latter seems unlikely, I'd guess we have to go with the former.
The guy who spent 20K maintaining a flat six Outback either got hosed real bad or just made up a number.
Anyone with any Subaru experience knows this to be a laughable amount of money to have spent on a bunch of minor niggles, which is why I posted that it would have cost less to maintain a Ferrari in that thread.
We've had as many Subarus as we have Mercedes, so I know of where I speak.
We obviously differ on what makes sense in buying and using a car, which is fine.
I've owned Mercedes cars as I wrote above.
Do you have any experience with Subaru or Honda cars?
If not, you really can't comment on either.
Sorry if you feel that some people think a Honda or Subaru is a penalty box. As the saying goes, one man's luxury ride is another man's penalty box. I've driven Subaru's before and Honda, wasn't impressed with them. Sorry if I should have been. The reason people pay more for certain brands is based on supply and demand. Perception is reality. People feel they're worth more, so they're willing to pay more. If the demand isn't there, they have to lower the price til it sells. Simple as that. There' isn't just two options. They sold a lot of Slick 50 before it was finally banned. By your logic, it was really great. Things sell because people buy them, it doesn't have to mean whether they're good or not. There's a huge run up in Bitcoin. Does that mean it's really worth that much? In the end, everyone has to do their own analysis.
Only an ignorant fool would consider an Accord or Forester to be a penalty box, or maybe someone of great pretention.
There is a reason that buyers pay a premium for certain brands as used cars.
Used Benzes can be bought for pennies on the dollar.
You already know this and that's also the reason that we've had four of them. They were very good and durable cars that were cheap to buy and cheap to own.
The reason that Hondas, Subies and Toyotas have high resale is either that they really are that good or that everyone who buys one is delusional.
Since the latter seems unlikely, I'd guess we have to go with the former.
The guy who spent 20K maintaining a flat six Outback either got hosed real bad or just made up a number.
Anyone with any Subaru experience knows this to be a laughable amount of money to have spent on a bunch of minor niggles, which is why I posted that it would have cost less to maintain a Ferrari in that thread.
We've had as many Subarus as we have Mercedes, so I know of where I speak.
We obviously differ on what makes sense in buying and using a car, which is fine.
I've owned Mercedes cars as I wrote above.
Do you have any experience with Subaru or Honda cars?
If not, you really can't comment on either.
Sorry if you feel that some people think a Honda or Subaru is a penalty box. As the saying goes, one man's luxury ride is another man's penalty box. I've driven Subaru's before and Honda, wasn't impressed with them. Sorry if I should have been. The reason people pay more for certain brands is based on supply and demand. Perception is reality. People feel they're worth more, so they're willing to pay more. If the demand isn't there, they have to lower the price til it sells. Simple as that. There' isn't just two options. They sold a lot of Slick 50 before it was finally banned. By your logic, it was really great. Things sell because people buy them, it doesn't have to mean whether they're good or not. There's a huge run up in Bitcoin. Does that mean it's really worth that much? In the end, everyone has to do their own analysis.
