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Subject: [Leica] Looking at buying an M8
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:02:33 -0500

Well you better get them out of the street before they get run over!
-- 
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: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:09:58 -0800
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Looking at buying an M8
> 
> Mark- 4 cars in the driveway or on the street! Stasys
> On Dec 20, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
>> 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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