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mosesbotbol

The cars that hold their value in your price range may cost more to maintain, so you have consider total cost of ownership. Cars are going to cost, one way or the other...

LUV2REV

Nope. Alpine Autowerks which is a very prominent independent in my city specializing in German cars. Marc (owner) was a master Porsche tech for over 20 years at the franchised dealer prior to venturing out on his own in the late 90's. You can call and verify if you feel my claim is outlandish. $5072.84 was my total bill. The clutch failure was catastrophic, my throwout bearing was in tiny pieces, clutch fork bent and the flywheel separated. The catastrophic nature of the failure was attributed to the DMF separating which Marc had not seen before. I was not the original owner so who knows how the clutch was treated previously.

Mr.E.G.

Have you considered one of the big American V8 sedans? Like a Pontiac G8, a Chrysler 300, etc.?

yakswak

No, I have two practical cars. I just need my third to be a fun sports car with ability to transport a kid (preferably two kids) if I need to. But since I'm a cheap bastard I also don't want said car to depreciate (too much). I think the timing was right on my M Coupe purchase (bought in 2009 during uncertain economic times). I think my S2000 will hold value well since I traveled to an area where the market for the car is not as strong as in my local area.

Cars I was thinking off the top of my head that may be near the bottom of the depreciation curve are those that are high powered former high dollar cars...like the Lexus ISF, BMW M3 (E90/E92, if I buy a prestine low mile model and keep the miles low), etc. I will need to bump up my budget to $30-$40k, I think, to find something worthwhile.

And yes, I'm looking at total cost of ownership as the most important. Low depreciation, low repairs (but remember I will only drive 2-4k miles on this car per year)... I live in Oregon so no sales tax; makes it easier to swap cars as I go!

QUIKAG

McLaren F1 has 3 seats and will likely NEVER depreciate.

waltk88

How big are your kids? If they can fit in the back, a 911 may be an option. Air cooled 911s are holding value, with some still appreciating.

CosmosMpower

Put some back seats in a GT3.

suprmonky73

2006 gto

waltk88

Putting seats in the back of a GT3 would get the job done practically, but I think there could be some insurance/liability issues.