I have had one new car. The depreciation on it was freaking ridiculous...I paid 22k for it new, and got 16k for it ONE year later, with 10k miles on it, and it looked as if I'd just drive it off the floor. Oh, it was a Ford Focus, loaded with EVERYTHING...and gas was almost $4 a gallon here when I traded it. Yeah, I got a gas hog and paid 3.85 a gallon for the first six months of having it. Now it's 3.27. I don't care. I like having a truck. I might be nuts to even WANT a Hemi, but I do.
Never again, unless it's something that's likely to be abused by the previous owner - IE a Hemi Challenger, or a new truck. I'll buy my next pickup new, because people get those 5.7 Hemis and beat the living hell out of them around here. If I can't find some old man who traded it in like the one I have...I'll bite it and buy a new one. I take good care of my vehicles....