- Nov 18, 2003
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Guys,
just my 2 cents....
I would say you're a much richer person to buy a Brand new AUDI A4, even lowest spec, as compared to buying a R34, 350Z, or even a 2003 360 Modena if you can afford the installments. Why?
See, for most of us, having a performance car is not to own it forever, except for mr yong who had his R33 for "almost" forever.
This also means we are renting the car i.e. baring the depreciation when reselling the car, with interest from the bank, exclude modification and other costs.
A GTR33, GTR34, 350Z, Evo 7-9...are amongst cars that has deprecisted to a market value which we can safely rent them for 2-3 years, without hurting the selling price later on. A 2003 Modena 360 will roughly costs you 700k if you're a serious buyer now. Depending how much you can get from the bank so you can afford one, i reckon you ownt have to even lose RM100k in reselling it 12~18 months later. 355 still costs 350k, a M3 will still costs 400k, even a SLK is sitll at 250k....how low can the Modena go in the next 2 years??
Same goes to GTR34. A decent R33 will easily fetch 100-120k, a R32..you know la. Even the Z now are stuck at 100-120K, newer ones at 150-170k. Getting a GTR34 now with 180k, have fun with her and probably be reselling her off within the next 3 years...i dont think you'll lose that much!!
go for it bro, own it while you can afford one. Getting a brand new 5 Series and AUDI from their showroom??....you know what happened once the number plate is on the car..30k off at least??
just my 2 cents....
I would say you're a much richer person to buy a Brand new AUDI A4, even lowest spec, as compared to buying a R34, 350Z, or even a 2003 360 Modena if you can afford the installments. Why?
See, for most of us, having a performance car is not to own it forever, except for mr yong who had his R33 for "almost" forever.
This also means we are renting the car i.e. baring the depreciation when reselling the car, with interest from the bank, exclude modification and other costs.
A GTR33, GTR34, 350Z, Evo 7-9...are amongst cars that has deprecisted to a market value which we can safely rent them for 2-3 years, without hurting the selling price later on. A 2003 Modena 360 will roughly costs you 700k if you're a serious buyer now. Depending how much you can get from the bank so you can afford one, i reckon you ownt have to even lose RM100k in reselling it 12~18 months later. 355 still costs 350k, a M3 will still costs 400k, even a SLK is sitll at 250k....how low can the Modena go in the next 2 years??
Same goes to GTR34. A decent R33 will easily fetch 100-120k, a R32..you know la. Even the Z now are stuck at 100-120K, newer ones at 150-170k. Getting a GTR34 now with 180k, have fun with her and probably be reselling her off within the next 3 years...i dont think you'll lose that much!!
go for it bro, own it while you can afford one. Getting a brand new 5 Series and AUDI from their showroom??....you know what happened once the number plate is on the car..30k off at least??