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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 09:50 PM
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You're right, Nocturnal_A62.7, Italian cars can/are expensive to maintain, and I forgot Porsche.
Generally speaking, Audi re-sale prices are high compared to domestic cars, but a little lower than BMW and Benz.
The more the car costs new, the more you'll spend on maintenance and repairs.
Maybe there is no definitive answer to this question, but.... why are BMW and Benz higher? What, really, determines resale value of any brand of car. The desirability of that brand?
 
Old Jan 14, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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Yeah, that's a factor. Audi build-quality is as good as Benz/BMW, if not better, and they have a better re-sale value in Europe/Asia. They still have a bad rap here in N.America from the '80s when Audis had an "un-documented feature ", it was ahead of it's time with un-scheduled acceleration, no foot on the gas needed !
Audi hasn't fully recovered in N.A to this day.
 
Old Jan 14, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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Wolfs, you left the Italians out. A friend of mine has a boss who owns a Ferrari F-40, and he drove only 3000 miles in 7 months, but paid more than $27k for maintenance. No, it was not used, but a brand new.
Yes, but parts for a car like a F-40 are going to be higer (and wear much faster) than say a F360 or 430, but never the less even they still so very expensive to maintain. Although even non-exotic Italian car's in gerneral really are not reliable at all or for that matter well engineered vehicles; but the exotics are truly some of the most beautiful cars in the world. The new Lamborghinis are of couse the exception when considering reliability, their owned by VW/Audi group. One could drive a Gallardo to work every day, and Porsche would be the original exotic that could be used as a daily driver and actually hold up. (and now the R8 too)
 
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