<prompt> Human: Hello, Love to linger here and see all the wonderful people and all their answers! My favorite Reddit forum!Anyways, This is non-US.I have about 1200 of savings for each salary for a car. Which I will not increase as my salary increases.Work already pays my pension and have full health insurance. Slowly building my emergency fund. Live with my parents; and walk 7 minutes to work, unless weather is gloomy. 22 years old. No credit card. No debts. Thank god, this is a privilege indeed. We are a household that keeps our cars until they fall apart 14 years.I already have a car, well whatever is left of a 140,000Miles of a thirsty 2006 Dodge Durango handed down from my parents. Costs a fortune to insure because of the V8! I use it usually in weekends for short trips around my city max 30 mins no traffic. But being very old it will be time to change in a few years. My question is, especially to the PF folks who have luxurynon-value cars, when is it good to buy a Luxury car that will be kept for a long time? I have thought about Honda Civics and whatever, I really like them but why not shortcut to my dream car? One that I will keep for 10 years?Save for 4 years and get a brand new E-class 55,000? It will have full maintenance for a few years, then maintain in second hand garages. Or save for 3 years and get a slightly used 40,000 E-class, but being on my own to fix and maintain in second hand garages?What makes more sense?  <response>: German luxury cars tend to get extremely expensive to care for as they age. This is what you trade off for the fun factor. Most people seem to lease them, or buy new and sell at the end of the warranty period. People do buy older German luxury cars, but theyre buying a hobby project for their garage and mechanical skills as much as theyre buying a luxury car. I would not advise getting a used E-Class if you arent prepared to work on it yourself.If youre interested in luxury car to hold for 10 years and dont want it to cost you a fortune to maintain, take a look at Lexus. 