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Originally Posted by Brick Sprickly
New 4runners make sense from the perspective that if one ever decided to part with theirs, well kept of course, the resale value would almost be like you never paid for it. Hopefully that never changes.
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That’s very true. The real cost of a vehicle is the depreciation. These things hold their value so well that they are really very inexpensive to own. If you buy a $45,000 BMW and drive it for two years, you’ll get $20K on trade in. If you buy a $50,000 TRD Pro and drive it for two years, you might still get $40k for your trade in. The real cost of that BMW was $25k. The cost of your PRO was only $10K. I’m just rounding off numbers here but you get my point. I’ve owned plenty of German luxury cars and the depreciation is brutal. Look at the suckers that buy those $110,000+ Mercedes S class sedans. Two or three years later they might be worth $50K. Thats some serious depreciation.
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