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Originally Posted by Phimosis
If you are driving 50k miles a year, the 370z is not the right car for you.... or not the right daily driver. In 2 years, you would eat $20,000 in depreciation, 5 tire changes at $1,500 per change, 20 oil changes at $100 each for Nissan ester oil and $17,000 in gas (average is 2/3 city, 1/3 highway, then I subtracted 2 mpg from the EPA average for bad throttle behaviour and multiplied that by $3 per gallon for premium gas).
You total cost of operation for 2 years would be higher than $46,500! Also, the 370z is one of the most inexpensive sports cars. Sports cars are just not intended for that kind of high mile use.
Based on your personal situation, I would recommend either 1) buy a 370z for pleasure use and keep the Honda for work/travel or 2) if you can't afford option #1, keep the status quo with the civic and drive it for another 100k miles because the first 100k depreciation is a lot higher cost than the next hundred and the Honda will likely be able to take the punishment.
-Phim
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I totally agree with you except I do plan on altering my driving habits for my next car. Most of my miles came from the fact that I used to go to college in south florida, and coming from there to maryland really racked up the mileage on my car (maybe 10 trips back and forth so far). Work is only 2 miles away from me, but I just love driving, I always drive my friends when we decide to go somewhere, however in the 370 with only 2 seats, that would change
