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      09-07-2006, 09:53 PM   #77
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Drives: ['02 e46] '06 e90
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Originally Posted by BKsBimmer
What you haven't factored in is tags and tax (which you will have paid twice)
Uh...Tags transfer [$25 fee] and you only pay tax on the difference between sales price and trade-in/cash payment [$46K-$40K x .06 = a whopping $350]

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interest over time on your "small loan"
Interest over four years on $4K or $5K @ 5.95% [minus 2% that I will make by keeping that $4K in the market and taking out a loan] will amount to about $400 +/-

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and the fact that next year you're still going to have to spring for that same $1200 for new tires
Nope, as I said I am about 10 months away from needing new tires now so it would be two years from now for new tires on a 335i.

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I guess in the end it really does come down to personal priorities and preferences
Yup...
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