Originally Posted by
rage2
For the cars that I buy (~$100k new), I've calculated the TCO sweet spot as 2.5 year old CPO cars with full extended warranty (7 year total), 48 month financing and sell before the warranty is done. The depreciation is roughly the same between the first 2.5 years and the next 4 years at roughly 30% of the MSRP. Even with high bank financing, you're way ahead of the game.
Of course, I like new shit, and stupid enough to keep wasting money every 2 or so years on a new car lol.