The Fleet of Depreciation

"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7) 07/07/2018 at 19:56 • Filed to: California, Northern California, Alfa Romeo, Jaguar XJ, Jaguar, 4c

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Was cleaning the cars (merely cleaning, not quite Svending), so I took a quick chance to take a pic of them together before neighbours could get around to complaining.

Alternate names:

The Fleet of Questionable Reliability

The Street Gang that Nobody Recognises

The Uncle with Weird Cars

One for the Road, One for the Shop

Bonus  Shitpost: Skirt-and-Heels Test (SHT) score: 4/10, -1 for the high CF sill, +1 for the coupe door length providing cover. Final score 4/10.

Nauraushaun > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/07/2018 at 20:04

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FWIW I think the 4Cs will go nowhere but up

SHARPSPEED > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/07/2018 at 20:06

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Why would the neighbors get on your case for having your cars out? Is the Jag blocking their garage there or something?

Anyway, something something joke about needing two cars because one of them’s always gonna be in the shop or whatever.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > SHARPSPEED 07/07/2018 at 20:08

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The street is narrow (only enough for two cars to pass each other) , and I’m pretty sure many of my neighbours have figured out that both of those cars are mine.  And yep, I’m blocking a neighbour’s garage but I think they were out.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Nauraushaun 07/07/2018 at 20:10

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Hope so; would be a nice bonus for holding on to an oddball car.

DipodomysDeserti > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/07/2018 at 20:11

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Do your neighbors not like Italians?

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/07/2018 at 20:11

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Considering they axed the coupes, you may be in luck. 

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > DipodomysDeserti 07/07/2018 at 20:16

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An Italian-American with a Noo Yawk accent, what’s the car equivalent?  A Jeep Renegade?

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 07/07/2018 at 20:21

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The entire 4C product line won’t last much longer. 5-figure price tag on a CF chassis does not make good business.  That would be my ticket!

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > SHARPSPEED 07/07/2018 at 20:30

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And thanks, updated the list of names. One to go to work, one to work on.

Nauraushaun > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/07/2018 at 20:37

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Especially when that car is as much fun as this one!

DipodomysDeserti > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/07/2018 at 21:25

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I’m gonna have to go with a third gen Camaro, but I like where your head is at.

E92M3 > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/07/2018 at 22:48

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I can smell the money burning from here.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > E92M3 07/08/2018 at 00:41

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AestheticsInMotion > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/13/2018 at 12:41

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I’m always pleasantly surprised by how  affordable these are, but then I remember that they don’t really depreciate a whole lot. I was really hoping they would take a massive hit a la every other FCA vehicle so I could one up for 30k

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > AestheticsInMotion 07/13/2018 at 14:20

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They may hit 30k if the economy tanks, but they’re not Camrys and will never depreciate to junk value. Given the abysmal sales numbers and the unusual construction, these should be safe to hold onto in the longer term.

That said, that’s not why I chose the 4C.