Re: [MBZ] Ex-E320

2024-05-22 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
W210, 2001. -- Jim > On May 22, 2024, at 10:04 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > What model year? > > On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 12:28 PM Jim Cathey via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> My son's relocating to Baltimore and sold his car. He got $2000 >> for it in a

Re: [MBZ] Ex-E320

2024-05-22 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Yeah that's the trade-off. Buy an older used car and you don't face depreciation but have to deal with neglect and stuff just wearing out. You likely won't recover all that expense in a sale. Buy a new car and get a warranty but lose the depreciation as well as paying the finance costs. I thin

Re: [MBZ] Ex-E320

2024-05-22 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What model year? On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 12:28 PM Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My son's relocating to Baltimore and sold his car. He got $2000 > for it in a quick sale to a coworker. He was into it about $6300, > what with one thing and another. Owned it 10 months.

[MBZ] Ex-E320

2024-05-22 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
My son's relocating to Baltimore and sold his car. He got $2000 for it in a quick sale to a coworker. He was into it about $6300, what with one thing and another. Owned it 10 months. Sucky ROI, unless you think that he could just as easily have bought a new car and lost even more. Had it been