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   feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 08:10:31 JST feld
   Are there people that sit around thinking about the resale value of their cars though? Is this a thing people do and plan their lives around?
   
   Isn't the way to maximize the value of your investment to drive it until it is so far beyond repair that you can only scrap it?
   
   RT: https://kolektiva.social/users/antifaintl/statuses/114122768702729771
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     dilbert 1 (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 08:15:47 JST dilbert 1

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 08:20:42 JST feld

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     @sun sorry about your 2025 Toyota Camry, but they're coming out with 2026s in a few months so you better sell quick before the price drops
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     Dumb Idiot Retard (idiot@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 08:31:48 JST Dumb Idiot Retard

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     @feld No you don't understand, we can't hold on to things until they break, the only way to save the heckin environmenterino is to buy a new car every two years to maximize shareholder value. I mean resale value. Same thing if you really think about it.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 08:31:48 JST feld

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     @idiot I've known plenty of people who lease their cars and get a new one like very other year or whatever, it's so dumb
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     Living Space Studios :verified: (livingspacestudios@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 08:43:33 JST Living Space Studios :verified:

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     @sun @feld >Tells you to sell your Tesla because Elon Musk is a nazi.
     >Tells you to buy buy a Ford.
     
     LMAO.
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     Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 09:34:12 JST Pete Zaitcev

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     @feld Maximizing the value is not the same as minimizing the expenditure of the fiat money.
     
     In this example, if someone does not want to drive a rusty jalopy that is in a shop 60 days a year, then they may care about the resale value.
     
     The longest I tend to keep cars is 9 years, and with modern cars I usually don't have to deal with any significant repairs. This is long enough that I don't care about the resale value. But one time I sold a Jeep that retained 30% of value (nominal). That was a pleasant surprise, but I don't want to make decisions based on looking that far forward.
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