Reading this series reminds me how much fun it is to work on bikes. Way less $$$ at stake than a car or motorcycle 

NP, as long as you’re prepared for head gasket/timing belt/waterpump combo job in the next few years. But that’s only $500 in parts and a weekend or so of cursing your “idiotic decision to buy this POS anyway!” Before and after that it’ll be a great car.

There is a very interesting website by an automotive engineer that gives some answers to this...

Lots of cars you could buy new for 45k will lose 20k in depreciation in the next few years... 3 series, volvo s90, audi s3. I’d rather lose 20k on the jag. NP!

Those photos make me want to quit my job and ride down to Peru.