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>>OK, I'll let him know that he should have been richer. Right now he
>>can afford to buy the car but he cannot afford to ruin it and get
>>nothing for it in 4 or 5 years.
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>In five years you still have a five year old car whether it is driven
>and enjoyed or put away and held on to. If he thinks the trim stuff
>is going to make a huge difference in sales price then buy new trim
>and put it on in five years. I realise it is a nice car but its
>nothing really that special that would make it a collectors item in
>five years. It will be just another old used car.
And, in fact, if depreciation were that much a factor, a *new BMW* is probably about the last car (along with its equivalents of course) he needs. Beamers lose the price of a small car when you drive them off the lot.
Jasper