Originally Posted by ThePuckster

I must admit that I find this site amusing. When did the allure of a specialty car become so intertwined with its resale value. I purchased a Crossfire for my daughter to commute from UCLA to our home in central California and am of the opinion that it is just wonderful. It replaced a 122,000 mile BMW 318ti which was purchased new for $24,000 and sold for $4,000.00. Its market value during our term of ownership had never entered my mind. The BMW was remarkably trouble free and worth every penny. I was just uncomfortable with my daughter driving a 122,000 mile car. The Crossfire is a Mercedes Benz SLK with a cute body and is a lot of car for the money. The reality is that cars depreciate and no original purchaser of any of the collectible cars mentioned in this thread ever had resale in mind when they bought them. They bought them because they were fast or went around corners well or just looked great. They drove them for awhile until something faster, or cooler came along and then dumped them for the latest and greatest. All present Crossfire owners have a pretty nice specialty car which they may or may not have been able to afford without the deep discounts. My unsolicited advice is to revel in this good fortune and enjoy an inexpensive entry into the elite arena of exotic vehicle ownership. The opportunity may not come again.