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Originally Posted by Veloist
My BRZ is not my daily driver but I've had tons of fun in it, and the FR-S/86/BRZ in general is a very meaningful car to me. I've driven it about 7000 miles and just got it appraised since I'll be selling it very soon since I'll be getting the tS.
Anyways, the dealership (different from the one I work for) offered me 77% of MSRP. If I take into account the purchase price of my car, my depreciation for the 7,000 miles and 2.5 years of ownership is 16%. In other words it's still worth 83% of the price I bought it for.
When I was testing waters back in August, I got 3 offers for $700 below what I bought the car for (not including tax).
Point I'm trying to make, is low-mileage, clean examples will hold their value better and I can see this going on for a long time. Back in 2013 my dad sold our 1-Year Old FR-S for $200 below its MSRP which was what he bought it for. (It did have only 500 miles)
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That's still quite a loss when you add it all up, no? Taxes paid were lost too. What was the total loss after selling including taxes paid?
I agree a clean car will hold value better, but most new cars will depreciate fairly quickly.