I feel for everyone thats in a bad position on residual value as I have been there before, my first car when i came to the US I gfot screwed, but I learned to shop and search and never buy a car in the first year of production.

However from the other side of the spectrum I am one of those folks that managed to pick up a 2004 for 22k (i was the second owner but 6 months ago 22k was a bargain). So from my point of view had the car not been priced at that level I would not be an owner now. i can justify sepending 30K plus on an SUV for the family but not a 2 seater for myself. Again, i feel for all you folks that have lost thousands, I guess if you are going to keep the car for more than 5 years then you should be ok as the biggest loss has already happend.