salsaguy Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 great article in an online quality mag i read. if you like data and analysis, an engineer type, or just want to save some money this is some great info. it can be applied to other topics as well: http://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/quality-insider-column/how-residuals-can-save-thousands-dollars-on-car-purchase.html viajero 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viajero Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Ah, Minitab. I remember it from college statistics class. Another interesting result of that analysis, besides which car to buy, is the variation in price due to mileage and age. This gives you some idea how much it costs in depreciation to run your car a given distance, or how much to keep it in the garage for a year when you're not driving it. A less sophisticated but simpler thing I've done in the past is just get the estimated blue book value for my car, and one identical except for 10,000 more miles, and one identical except for one year older. Not a lot of data out for C-Max yet but this is of special interest to me because with the Energi and yearly fee charge card my incremental fuel cost is zero, but it obviously isn't free to put miles on my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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