What car would Sup Forums buy as an investment...

What car would Sup Forums buy as an investment? Currently contemplating an e46 M3 and hoping values go up in the next two years

Car values don't go up faggot. Even if you buy something from the 50s you're going to lose money on it. You're certainly not making money on some bullshit like that. Keep being a dreamer though.

That's just not true. Won't argue, you can look at the facts yourself, so long as you buy at the right time money can be made

agreed, cars are really not a good way to invest money. you might get lucky, but probably not. i bought a BMW 2002 this year, because i wanted one, and it might go up in value which would be fun, but it's definitely not an investment.

values on those E46s are already going up, which means you've probably missed the boat, which is generally what happens. and they may not go up much more.

open an IRA, buy some mutual funds or something.

tl;dr: cars are for driving, not for making money.

The return on an IRA or a CD or anything of that sort is so shit right now you may as well keep your money in a drawer. But as far as missing the boat that's what I'm worried about, although where I am you can find a good example of an m3 for about 15k

>mutual funds
Sup granpa

Seriously, drop 10k on top 10 cryptos and wait a couple of years.
You can then buy a ford gt, that is probably the only car going up in value.

This. It's a nice car. I'd have fun driving it. But it's not an investment. If you ever convince some faggot to pay more than what you paid for it, it's just dumb luck. You're better off at a sleezy casino. You'll still lose money but at least you can hook up with some gilf.

The want for crypto is real too, I just can't commit

>What car would Sup Forums buy as an investment?

Troll or idiot? Can't tell anymore...

Buy now before the hurricane hits Florida. Used car prices are going to skyrocket after Harvey and Irma/Jose. Houston lost $1.8 million in used inventory, and you'll see that affect the market come October. Irma will add to that.

Source: Salesperson. Our used car manager is buying up cars left and right before the values increase. Gonna be a good Q1 friendo.

Yeah tell that to air cooled Porsche and E30 M3 owners.

I highly doubt you will ever see a single cent of true realized profit from an E46 M3, at best you will match inflation.

Unless you're storing the car in a garage, you will eat away at the value from miles driven, and eat any possible profit paying registration, insurance and maintenance.

Kinda my line of thinking there, 2 states home to some of the nicest cars.

>What car would Sup Forums buy as an investment?

Dumb idea. What you ought to do is buy parts for vehicles and wait 25 years. NOS, new old stock.

>car
>appreciates in value
you fuckin retard

My point

> The return on an IRA

An IRA doesn't have a return, an IRA is just where you park money which you then can invest into things which do have returns.

There's plenty of mutual funds that are up 10% this year alone.

>car
>investment
Top giggle

An E46 M3 is not an E30 M3. BMW made tons of E46 M3s, and the E46 does not even approach the racing heritage of the E30.

The E30 M3 is unique, plus it's value was held back for a number of years by the 2007/2008 market crashes. Once the economy recovered, E30 values went up, but they haven't been skyrocketing since the recovery.

10% is good? Lol

bought a E46 330ci 5pd thing is fun as fuck got it for a good price too but dont get that faggot SMG transmission on the E46 M3's

If your going to store it in a garage and not drive it you might make a little profit, maybe a couple grand. If your going to drive it your an idiot and will lose money on it

10% year to date is very good in the investing world, it's not even Q4 yet.

Nah fuck that the car would be worthless with that trans

I'm sure it's a great number as far as investing is concerned but for me that profit is way too minuscule to consider. I'm a car guy through and through and I have made a nice profit over the years buying selling and trading cars, starting from my first car in highschool till now 6 years later where I own 2 motorcycles and a daily driver car. To me part of the investment in the car is the pride of ownership, a trophy, but I always end up selling the vehicle for some profit because nothing is better than cash. So even if I only made $3000 on the car after a year of ownership it would be a lot more fun than making the same by putting it in a CD or something

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Terrible idea.
>Buying ice parts to sell in 20 years when all cars are electric and self driving.

>10%
Made 400% in just 3 months on ethereum alone, and that wasn't the big pump coin.

Rx7 Is gonna be going wayy up soon.

You think?

Yup. If I remember correctly, old cars are getting strictly forbidden to drive in major cities in such countries as Germany or France, unless you live in the country side+ americans and other lunatics loves to make drift missiles out of them, which is why the parts and cars themselves are getting (sort of) more expensive.

You sir are an idiot that has no idea what he is talking about. Classic sports cars only ever increase in value, after enough time has passed. look up the value of a mark 2 escort, a ford capri or early 80s corolla twin cam. Those cars could have been bought for £1000-1500 about 15-20 years ago, now they would be £10-15000 minimum and special editions can go for any price.
OP, I would buy a Subaru Impreza from 95-97 or possibly a Mitsubishi Lancer from the same era. I recently saw an Impreza 22b for sale for £97,000.

Lucky for me I am an American and can score a clean 93 rx7 for around 15-17k, Ty for the lead on that, I've had all the other generations besides the FD I might get that instead

invest in this car its gonna be worth alot if u buy it now

Yeah man, low mile rx7's that are clean are gonna sky rocket, they're getting more and more rare and there are a huge amount of die hard rotary fans.

>old cars are getting strictly forbidden
Nope. If it is considered an old timer, there are no restrictions. If not, then soon it will need to meet euro 6 requirements.

No problem.

I personally wish I could get GT86/BRZ or Lancer Evo IX with stock look but modified engine, electronics, and suspension. Any ideas how expensive they are in EU?

Buy it, but an e46 will not be an investment I reckon I own one and values have been going down. I see an m3 e36 or even an e30 more as an investment if you want to make some money in the future. But buy it for the fun, it's not the fastest car, but it sure is fucking fun to drive

Personally I'd go for a Nissan Silva S15. They're getting more and more popular, and there's less and less clean ones out there. Other than that, probably an early gen Evo or an old Civic.

This. Imprezas from 95 or 96, associated with McCrae's world rally championship win will skyrocket in value over the next couple of decades.

Cars are money pits. The only BMW'S I know of appreciating is an e30 M3, e28 M5 and e24 M6. All from the late 80's.

Haha this nigger doesn't know shit about cars

You're either a very stupid person or a very poor troll.

I once saw on CL a 1988 BMW M6 with 4600 original miles, was garaged from day 1, never got rained on once. It was mint condition. They guy wanted like $50k for it. He probably got it.

Just buy and sell classics. Quick flips. Don't keep cars as investments unless you get a good deal and want to keep the car to enjoy it.. knowing it will increase in the future or you know the profit from when you buy the car will increase or stay the same. You make your money when you buy a car, not sell it.

Any ideas how expensive Lancer Evo 8 or 9 will get by next 5 years?

>literal nigger car
No way that rebadged vw is going up lmao