How To Reduce The Cost Of Depreciation When Financing Your Car
November 15th, 2011 | 
Author: After three or four years, a car is worth 70% of its original price on average. If you paid it in cash without financing, you may have lost 30% of its worth but you may have compensated with amortization. However, if you required financing to buy it, the amount you paid on interests probably increased the amount of money you lost to depreciation. You may wonder thus, what can be done to ease this problem.
Different Cars Depreciate differently
Some cars, being more demanded, depreciate more slowly than others. If you wish to reduce the incidence of depreciation, you should purchase a car that depreciates slowly. You can find this information at specialized magazines, on the internet or by doing your math yourself looking at the prices of used cars advertised on newspapers and on the internet.
Timing is essential when Buying or Selling
A used car with only a year of use can be sold for at least 20% less of its retail worth at dealerships. After 4 or 5 Years, the price can drop up to 50%. As you can see, buying a car at the right time can save you lots of money and selling it on time too. If you plan to sell a car you are buying today, you shouldn’t wait more than 3 or 4 years if it is new. If you want to buy a used car, as long as it’s in good conditions, a car with 4 or 5 years of use starts depreciating more slowly since it already lost half of its worth.
Smart Financing
Financing smartly implies paying lower interest rates. If you are going to pay for the capital to buy an asset that will loose its worth immediately after you buy it, you might as well pay as little as possible for that money. In order to do so, it is better to request a home equity loan or an interest only mortgage rather than a personal car loan. Or at least combine an interest only mortgage with a personal car loan.
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