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Originally Posted by PsychDoc
As a percentage of purchase price your best return on equity is for the base car. Any and all options add very little (if anything) to the residual value of the car three or five years down the road. The only reason to add options to a car is for your own ownership experience and pleasure.
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Yeah, I understand what you are saying. However, it's for my own enjoyment, since it's something I will likely end up regretting if I don't get it, and then wish I did ( I thought I could download it later if I wanted to try it or use for a trip).
In the event I decide I want to sell my car in the future, I am more likely to get a better price for a fully optioned car, than for one which may lack certain highly valued options that cannot be added later at a dealer. Especially if I were to sell to an individual and not a trade-in. Dealers ALWAYS lowball the trade, then mark it up when they sell it.
Someone mentioned before that the DAPP is the way of the future. More and more people are going to want it as the current generation of "Drivers" fades out. It will also keep my car relevant for longer, as I feel like more cars are going to start equipping their higher and mid range models with it as "Standard" along with ACC. Especially as the technology matures, and more roads are set up properly to allow it.
Lol, I read that MOST people in the US right now don't know how to drive a manual transmission, or change a tire. (Probably why they made the Mobility Kit standard instead of a spare tire.) We get people coming to Spain all the time looking desperately for Automatic cars to buy because they feel it would be too hard to learn to drive a manual. Most cars in the EU are Manual. Rental car companies charge a hefty premium for an Automatic.