09 V rumour thread...get ur 09 rumours here...yeah baby

[Koooop]

Then throw the $5,000 back of sticker, $3,000 from your GM card and back in the high $50k range, wait for someone to drive it 2,500 miles, there's another $10,000 or more off the price and PRESTO, I'm in an 09!

[thebigjimsho]

Originally Posted by Koooop

Then throw the $5,000 back of sticker, $3,000 from your GM card and back in the high $50k range, wait for someone to drive it 2,500 miles, there's another $10,000 or more off the price and PRESTO, I'm in an 09!

[Jon]

Originally Posted by Koooop

Then throw the $5,000 back of sticker, $3,000 from your GM card and back in the high $50k range, wait for someone to drive it 2,500 miles, there's another $10,000 or more off the price and PRESTO, I'm in an 09!

I was planning to do that. Wait for a chescrown '09 V. But I can't do that without selling my '04 and lately I've kinda decided I'd rather slowly build my '04 up. Plus my dad's going to get a C6 for a summer car so it'd be fun to go C6 vs '04 V at the track

[Koooop]

We gotta face the reality, our current V isn't going to be worth Jack after the new one comes out. At least the base model '08 doesn't have = or better performance to our old V's, that'd be the kiss 'o death for value.

BMW does that, put up a new car that isn't an M with similar performance to the old M, just CRUSHING the value of the old model. The recovery from BMW ownership is long and hard (read what you want into that, my ass still hurts, I still need to vent).

My current V + 35 large will set me up just fine . To bad I'm in Real Estate and the extra $35 Large won't be forthcoming

Good thing I like my car.

[Jon]

Originally Posted by Koooop

We gotta face the reality, our current V isn't going to be worth Jack after the new one comes out. At least the base model '08 doesn't have = or better performance to our old V's, that'd be the kiss 'o death for value.

BMW does that, put up a new car that isn't an M with similar performance to the old M, just CRUSHING the value of the old model. The recovery from BMW ownership is long and hard (read what you want into that, my ass still hurts, I still need to vent).

My current V + 35 large will set me up just fine . To bad I'm in Real Estate and the extra $35 Large won't be forthcoming

Good thing I like my car.

Another reason for me to keep my car. If it's not worth much, no way am I getting rid of it.

[lunarx]

Originally Posted by Koooop

We gotta face the reality, our current V isn't going to be worth Jack after the new one comes out ...........

I would not worry about that.
09 V's will be very rare, due to their high cost.

Therefore, I see them more as pulling our values back up.
Our V's offer the better performance value and and will be harder to come by, once the big run of early-V lease returns ends.

I think we are doing better on depreciation than 09 V owners will.

[v84life]

I'm loving the possibilities of how great the new V will be. I'm thinking Z06 sedan. Current Z06 that is. WOW Then I remeber my run in with a M6 a day ago. NO I didn't kill him but fun none the less. What I'm getting at is this current car is killer. Still in love. Longest I've owned a car. So if the bank account isn't ready by 09 then I will happily wait another year in my current V.NO problem

PS. Lets see 08cts loaded 49k + 15k in performance upgrades. My vote on price under 65k. Fingers crossed

[lawfive]

I've got better power in my '05 V now than what they're shooting for in the '09 V. I just wish I had a dependable differential.

[Cadillac Tony]

At this point, who knows if the '09s will either?

[ylwjacket]

'04's and '05's doing better on depreciation than '09's?

Soon after I bought my '05 V (in summer '04), I saw brand new ones being sold off dealer lots for 5-8k less than I paid. And, used ones, barely a year old with low miles, were selling for something like 30k.

I don't know who has done well on resale with this car. By next summer, I'll have had it for 4 years, and will own it outright. At that time, I view it as a downpayment on the '09, however much that may be. I don't expect it to be much, since '05's sell in the 20's now.

The only people who have done well on resale are people who bought used, at a ridiculous resale value.

On the other hand, I bought it to drive it, not as an investment. So, I drive it alot.

[Cadillac Tony]

It's entirely possible that if the 2009 gets rave reviews and sells well without discounts or incentives that our resale values could go back up. It's happened before with Z06s, RX-7s and several other performance cars. I suppose the logic goes "People see rave review and can't afford new one, but will pay well for a used one from the previous generation."

Keep in mind that I said "Possible", not "Probable."

[ylwjacket]

that did happen, for a short time, with the M5. While they skipped a model year, waiting for the new one to come out, the resale was strong on used ones in the hiatus year. Once the new one came out, the resale market went back to what it was.

I guess it's better to expect nothing and get something, which is what I am trying to do.

And, I'll be sure to remind my dealer that resale values are trending upwards as he's evaluating my trade on the '09.

[JimmyH]

If you want to sell your low mileage V, I am sure now is the time. I considered it briefly, but I love it too much and havent had it that long.

[thebigjimsho]

Originally Posted by Koooop

We gotta face the reality, our current V isn't going to be worth Jack after the new one comes out. At least the base model '08 doesn't have = or better performance to our old V's, that'd be the kiss 'o death for value.

BMW does that, put up a new car that isn't an M with similar performance to the old M, just CRUSHING the value of the old model. The recovery from BMW ownership is long and hard (read what you want into that, my ass still hurts, I still need to vent).

My current V + 35 large will set me up just fine . To bad I'm in Real Estate and the extra $35 Large won't be forthcoming

Good thing I like my car.

What is all this trading in and getting rid of the old V? I couldn't care less about that. I don't care what it's worth since I'm keeping my '04 forever.

As for new cars crushing the old models' resale, that's short term. Have you priced out a first gen M3 or M5 in good shape? Egads expensive! Same for every model M3 and M5 since then. Sure, as you move from one gen to the next, the resale may go down. But the cars are good enough to always be in demand. Hopefully, Cadillac will have the same results...

[lawfive]

Originally Posted by Cadillac Tony

At this point, who knows if the '09s will either?

cheery