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Originally Posted by cowmeat
Somebody else has already paid the depreciation on any car that you buy used whether or not it's a hybrid, what point are you trying to make? If you buy a new car thinking it will pay for itself, good luck to you!
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It's true that all cars depreciate, for a car to make sense, it has to make sense from start to finish. It's no good cherry picking a point in it's life after which it starts to make sense.
What's a Gen 1 worth over there anyway? As cars get more complex, more and more people will buy new over used, taking a gamble on a used car isn't what it used to be. After $25K worth of bills on a used VW (~30,000miles, FSH etc), I doubt I'll ever buy used again. As more people get stung for repairs on ever more complex cars, I foresee a lot of cars consigned to scrap yards at much lower miles than ever before (my VW was worth more as scrap at 30k!). It only takes a very minor issue to take $1000 to repair on a new car, so the $1000 cars will soon be a thing of the past.