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Subject: [Leica] Looking at buying an M8
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:01:41 -0500

Are we talking about a "collection" of cars here? You have a six car
garage?!?!?!?
-- 
Mark R.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/onthisAutumnday/


> From: Stasys Petravicius <stasys1 at cox.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:25:14 -0800
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Looking at buying an M8
> 
> Joseph- you have picked the right cars.
> 
> My collection is:
> 
> 1980 928 Porsche
> 1985 928s Porsche
> 1986 911 Porsche Cabriolet Convertible
> 1991 560 SEC MB
> 1993 400 E MB
> 2002 CL 500 MB
> 
> None are rare- but I like them. 'My wife would like me to get rid of 3 
> cars.
> Used cars like those are not selling quickly here in Calif.
> Best, Stasys
> 
> On Dec 19, 2011, at 9:19 AM, Joseph Yao wrote:
> 
>> 1973  911 2.7RS
>> 1992  964 RS
>> 1995  993 Turbo
>> 2010  997 GT3 RS 3.8
>> 2011  997 GT3 RS 4.0
>> 2011  E82 1M
>> 
>> The key is to avoid mass market stuff you can buy easily.  Limited
>> production/difficult to buy usually do well in terms of depreciation.
>> 
>> For example, while there are tens of thousands of Toyota Corolla roaming 
>> our
>> streets, our market has been allocated only ten GT3 RS 4.0 and twelve 1M.
>> 
>> Desirability + rarity = either no depreciation or notable appreciation
>> 
>> Joseph
>> 
>> 
>> On 20/12/11 1:00 AM, "Stasys Petravicius" <stasys1 at cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Joseph- What are you driving? Stasys
>>> On Dec 19, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Joseph Yao wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Vick,
>>>> 
>>>> If you bought the right car it would appreciate in time.  Most of my 
>>>> cars
>>>> have appreciated over the past decade.
>>>> 
>>>> Joseph
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 19/12/11 11:44 PM, "Vick Ko" <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Also, the deal with Leica gear was that I could pretty much sell it for
>>>>> what I bought it for.
>>>>> 
>>>>> And more often than not, I could sell it for more than what I bought it
>>>>> for.
>>>>> 
>>>>> But not so with digital Leica stuff.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I didn't lose much on my M8 (I saw it as a really low rental fee).
>>>>> 
>>>>> My M9 ?  Well, it is a luxurious consumable.  I wonder if its
>>>>> devaluation rate exceeds that of a car.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Vick
>> 
>> 
>> 
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