I know what you guys are saying. i've had some cars in the past that never saw the rain or snow. Cars that I kept in immaculate shape and then some fool ran into me and all that care was immediately worthless. But as I've aged I have come to the realization that most vehicles (like Bflinn stated) only depreciate and they do it rather quickly. Hell, I just bought a $47,000 car 2 years old with 11,000 miles on it for $18,000. Unless you plan to buy a car like this and put it in storage for 20 years and just stare at it you could never consider it a finaincial investment. For me...I'm not getting any younger and I plan to enjoy the car every chance I get. I have a Jeep Liberty and a Jeep Cherokee so if it's really rotten out I won't drive it but most days I'm just going to enjoy it.