If you have $115,000 to…
If you have $115,000 to spend on the ugliest thing ever to hit the road, then $35,000 shouldn't matter. So Einstein, that's $12.50 per mile, not considering charging. We won't include wear at 2800 miles here. I freely admit I drive a 2017 Sentra, but I also bought it new and now I'm 13 months without a car payment and it looks and drives great. Based on it's purchase price of $18,640 and 70,000 miles, I paid 26 cents per mile and counting, but only on the purchase price. But that's not the math here, it's what we're losing. So mine is in the top 1% condition (I'm a detailer), so let's just say $10,000 (to be easy, but worth more) but I'm adding $1000 for service, so I've lost $9,640. That's 13 cents per mile and I own it. It's not going to depreciate anymore, so it's value grows (not price) as I own it and have no plans to part with it. You will have lost the value 2 of my cars completely to $0 by the time you sell that atrocity.