czirrfb3

Does anyone suffer from mileage anxiety? Meaning you are scared to drive your car to keep the miles low or avoid something breaking? I mostly don't wanna drive because I'd like to resell it and still make a decent return on what I spent. But it's hard because I wanna drive it every day.

B serious

No

Hfreak

Wait, what? Unless you have a sub 10000 mile car just drive the damn thing!

Birdybog

B serious

Without sounding too hateful...

Only poor people do what you're describing. Who TF cares how much value you retain?

You're still bleeding money out of every orifice.

TsukubaCody

I bought a car with 130k intentionally so I wouldn't be tempted to keep the miles low.

czirrfb3

Sucks we cant hide the mileage like you can on an 8th gen civic. Out of sight, out of mind.

darcyw

if you have a sub 10K mile s2000, sell it for $40K, then buy one with 60K miles.

otherwise, a car is a terrible investment- at best you'll break even. I drove my 2003 s2000 for 35K miles and sold it for $2000 more than I paid for it 7 years prior- all the while spending nearly $10K on insurance, tires, entry fees, and maintenance.

I understand your hesitation, but I favour the driving experience over all else meaning miles add to my enjoyment of life.

darcy

Hertz Donut

Heh, I thought I'd logged back into the Leaf forums for a second. An S2000 is depreciation-resistant, and may even go up at some point, but I'd rather lose a few thousand and have fun than make a 1-2,000 and rob myself of the joy.

Chibo

You're worried about residual value on a car worth somewhere around $10-15k? what.