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Old 07-02-2004, 03:18 PM   #17 (permalink)
sjlee
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Originally Posted by Adempha
Since the purchase price of the two bikes is only like $2000 difference, get the bigger bike. After only one year, I owed more on the bike than it was worth and lost about $2k going bigger.
That's because you bought both bikes brand new. There's nothing wrong with doing that, but if you buy a brand new vehicle (whether it's a car, boat or motorcycle) and then trade it in after a year for another new vehicle, you'll always lose money thanks to the big depreciation hit as soon as you drive it off the lot.
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