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      07-11-2009, 09:01 PM   #97
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Originally Posted by ScotyH View Post
In regards to depreciation, in 5 years the M3 is worth 37% of it's original purchase price. On the GTR, it's around 48%.

I admit, I was kind of astounded.
Personally I'd find that hard to believe.
How many people do you know (including yourself) that would buy a used GT-R in 5 years for nearly 1/2 it's original price (meaning about $40k then)?

There are certain cars I would just not buy used (unless it's less than 1 year and has only a few thousand miles on it) and the GT-R is one of them. Exceptions of course is garage queen cars that might of only been driven once or twice a month for "fun".
5 year old GT-R with say 50k miles on it....no way.
That would be like buying a used EVO. Abused most of it's life for sure.
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