Back to answering the question of the original thread......
I have done cash and I have done finance over different cars.
With the Strad, I did not want to stick GBP117,000 into a depreciating asset 4 years ago especially as we were gearing up to completley re-do our 600 year old house (aka the 347K cash money pit) so I took Maserati finance and I am really pleased to say that this month is my final payment and then I owe nothing on the car....
It’s actually a nice feeling to have kept the car from new and gone through the monthly pain barrier all the way to the end...
Now my stupid brain is going,,,, “if I don’t owe anything on the car, it’s now an asset and it’s therefore now a deposit on something new as we also don’t have to pay out for the money pit any more,,, how much are those FF’s?”...... STOP IT!, please just stop it, stupid car-buying brain....... Just be grateful for what you have got...
Merry Christmas!