Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]1973 911 2.7RS 1992 964 RS 1995 993 Turbo 2010 997 GT3 RS 3.8 2011 997 GT3 RS 4.0 2011 E82 1M The key is to avoid mass market stuff you can buy easily. Limited production/difficult to buy usually do well in terms of depreciation. For example, while there are tens of thousands of Toyota Corolla roaming our streets, our market has been allocated only ten GT3 RS 4.0 and twelve 1M. Desirability + rarity = either no depreciation or notable appreciation Joseph On 20/12/11 1:00 AM, "Stasys Petravicius" <stasys1 at cox.net> wrote: > Joseph- What are you driving? Stasys > On Dec 19, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Joseph Yao wrote: > >> Vick, >> >> If you bought the right car it would appreciate in time. Most of my cars >> have appreciated over the past decade. >> >> Joseph >> >> >> On 19/12/11 11:44 PM, "Vick Ko" <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >>> Also, the deal with Leica gear was that I could pretty much sell it for >>> what I bought it for. >>> >>> And more often than not, I could sell it for more than what I bought it >>> for. >>> >>> But not so with digital Leica stuff. >>> >>> I didn't lose much on my M8 (I saw it as a really low rental fee). >>> >>> My M9 ? Well, it is a luxurious consumable. I wonder if its >>> devaluation rate exceeds that of a car. >>> >>> Vick