The problem is that in my part of the world, the "slightly used" SLRs are selling for more than they cost new. But, if I can cut through the camouflage on the pictures above correctly, one might consider that car to be more of an investment than a "daily driver car" , though it could be used as one.
In the US, the stock market is falling every day, as is the value of the US dollar against the Euro. Traditional "stocks and bonds" investments just aren't doing well. Yet, I recently discovered that an electric train set I got when I was 2 years old is worth about five to ten thousand dollars today. It cost $25 in 1945. It makes one wonder if the true long term investments available to us in this country might be in personal property that will increase in value. Were I to buy an SLR, I would put it in my garage and keep it there awaiting a value increase, to invest for my old age. But wait -- I'm almost 65 years old. I'm already in my "old age".
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The SLK -- What the SL was supposed to be. |