Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joseph- you have picked the right cars. My collection is: 1980 928 Porsche 1985 928s Porsche 1986 911 Porsche Cabriolet Convertible 1991 560 SEC MB 1993 400 E MB 2002 CL 500 MB None are rare- but I like them. 'My wife would like me to get rid of 3 cars. Used cars like those are not selling quickly here in Calif. Best, Stasys On Dec 19, 2011, at 9:19 AM, Joseph Yao wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information