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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
I understand the OP's point, but I think I view cars a little differently.
I love my cars, all of them. But, I'm not a car collector. I only own cars I'm going to drive and put miles into them. I can't afford, or at least not willing to afford, cars that are an "investment" so regardless of what I do, I'm losing money.
I also tend to own a car forever. One friend describes me as "The guy who drives his car until they no longer make parts for it". I've never owned a car I put less than 120K miles on, and some were over 250K. My goal is to put at least 300K on the FR-S.
To me, owning one car to "preserve" another is like borrowing money so you don't have to spend what is in your checking account. You're just fooling yourself.
That said, what I would do is exactly what I'm doing. Driving the FR-S daily, enjoy it, and have a reserve fund started now to replace parts as they fail down the road.
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Enjoy the car as it was meant to be enjoyed. Otherwise, what is the point of buying the car in the first place? Put another way... every moment you're in that piece of shit beater car is a moment that you're not driving in your 'real' car. I wouldn't subject myself to that any more than I would, say, ride a pink $100 Huffy to work when I have a $1000 mountain bike that is a real pleasure to ride.
But you know, your life, your choice.