[spazzyfry123]

As said, cars aren't an "investment" until you get into the next level money stuff.

For me, the "investment" is which cool car can I get into and have a good time for as close to free as possible. When I go to sell a vehicle, a good investment is seen when I realize I got to drive a vehicle for X time for Y cost and came out thinking, "yeah, I definitely had at least Y worth of fun."

I think of my E90 M3 (of which I never intended to get rid of) that was totaled by someone else. The insurance check was about $3k less than I bought it for two years and ~20k miles prior. Getting to own and drive that car with the experiences I had and the people I met was worth a lot more than $3k for me. Good investment.

Of course, insert insurance, gas, maintenance, blah blah disclaimer. It's a necessity regardless if I drove an appliance.