Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?

I guess the difference with us is that we buy our cars with cash. We don't lease them, and we don't finance them. We also look to keep them long term if possible, which is why reliability and fewer repairs is important. We are very much in favor of buying used and letting someone else take the depreciation hit.

It's amazing to me what one can buy today. $38k for a 2004 Mercedes SL500 that originally sold for $95k...but what will the repair costs be?

$40k for a new Honda is ridiculous.

09-04-02: Macrojack
My wife says I'm the only guy in America who paid more for his refigerator than he did for his car. I drive a 1987 Toyota Camry sedan that just turned over 200K miles and there's a Sub Zero in the kitchen.
She drives a 1987 Camry wagon.
Financially speaking cars are a loser so we don't allocate funds to them unnecessarily.
Dream car would be free to own and operate.
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I still have both of these cars. I spend maybe $500/year per car for repairs and maintenance. The Camry sedan now has 275,000 miles on it and it doesn't burn any oil. I haven't made a car payment in 20 years. Of course, these cars aren't exciting, don't turn heads, and fall short on modern features, but they allow me to work part-time and buy other things that matter more to me. Still have that refrigerator too.
I'm probably not typical.

I owned a 1995 Camry. It was a great car. Boring as hell. I'd consider owning another, but the present design is too fugly, IMO.

The Camry still required warranty work, and cost my sister-in-law, who purchased it from us, a few thousand dollars in repairs until she gave it up because it was going to cost her a few thousand more.

I read accounts of people all the time who own brands of cars I own or have owned over the years, who tell stories of hundreds of thousands of care-free miles on their cars. I keep hoping that one day I will own one of those cars, but it hasn't happened yet.

02' Maxima. Before that, an '89.

I have a 1995 ford bronco--great truck --don't have to drive alot which is good because the gas mileage sucks----never been a car person -find it strange that my new ic's are worth more than my car ! :):)--rich