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    More than the car they drive?

    My Honda CRV with 191,000 miles on it is still worth way more than my Silverangel, but if I were to buy an Ellis, it would be a different matter.
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    My old Honda CRV hasn't quite devalued to the point of my 1929 Martin Style 20 - but it's getting close. Many years ago I drove a dilapidated Chevy Chevette that was most certainly only worth about 1/3 of the Rigel Custom R100 that I was playing at the time. Damn I miss that Rigel!

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    Who enjoys playing their mandolin more than driving their car?
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    Technically,right now I don't even own a car..

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    Although none of my instruments are individually worth more than the car I currently drive, they are collectively worth considerably more. And I am 48 years old and on the 5th car I've ever owned, so I obviously drive them until they are pretty worthless.

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    My old civic was not worth what I paid for my Brentrup, even when I got it years ago. I use my mandolin more than my car so it makes sense to me.
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    I can't be sure, but I imagine a 2000 Tacoma with 360K miles is worth less than a Northfield.

    So far this seems to be more about cheap rides than expensive mandos.
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    Quote Originally Posted by onassis View Post
    I can't be sure, but I imagine a 2000 Tacoma with 360K miles is worth less than a Northfield.

    So far this seems to be more about cheap rides than expensive mandos.
    That may be so, but if you can't afford an $20,000 car then you probably can't afford a $20,000 mandolin either. My car was only a few thousand, but the mandolin was more than the car. Priorities.
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    A single mandolin of mine is probably worth less than any of my cars but all of my mandolins as a collection would be worth considerably more.
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    Yup. To be sure I checked the Kelly Blue Book on a 2007 Subaru Forester with 130,000 miles.
    $5,138 dollars (which is more than i thought...)

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    I have 2 that are worth more than my 2007 Matrix - but the car is not even close to "good" condition these days so that's not saying a whole lot hahaa
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    Quote Originally Posted by onassis View Post
    a 2000 Tacoma with 360K miles
    I, too, like a good value! 1997 Ford Econoline 150 cargo van with "only" 258K on it. I would sell it and upgrade, but it still runs too good! And, if you find a free couch on the side of the road, you can just throw it in the back! Or bicycles, or whatever....

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    You could pick either my 1920 Gibson A-2 or my Weber Bighorn and it would be pretty close (I drive a 2009 Mazda 5 with 98K miles)
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    I do. 😀

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    A car will get you from point A to point B, but with a mandolin, you can travel the universe.

    I ask because I have never obsessed over cars like I do over instruments, and after housing, a car is probably many peoples biggest investment. Also many people's sense of self esteem, poor souls. Me, I'd love to load a Loar over all of you LOL then I for sure would be superior.
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    Don't own a car, so that's easy... had many 1 payment cars...
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    A whole bunch of us drive older cars worth less than $3,000, but play mandolins worth $3,000 or more. Hardly seems surprising, given that this is the MC. And as our cars continue to depreciate in value, our mandolins tend to appreciate. We might even buy and sell mandolins more frequently than we buy and sell our cars.

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    At this point my picks might be worth more than the value of my car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sblock View Post
    A whole bunch of us drive older cars worth less than $3,000, but play mandolins worth $3,000 or more. Hardly seems surprising, given that this is the MC. And as our cars continue to depreciate in value, our mandolins tend to appreciate. We might even buy and sell mandolins more frequently than we buy and sell our cars.
    My mandolin is probably worth more than my car, but the sad thing is that my mandolin isn't worth $3,000.

    I belong to a Song Circle in which people get together and sing mostly folk songs a couple of times a month. I have a 2001 Echo, and it's by no means the oldest car belonging to the singers. I've never seen a brand-new one. Some of the people have plenty of money, but as someone said, "priorities." Many, even without instruments, would rather travel, go to concerts, music camps, festivals, etc. than have a high-status car.and I'm one.

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    A colleague's violin teacher in conservatory told him he could have either a fine violin or a house, and needed to choose. (He chose the house--never owned a big-name fiddle.)

    My 15-year-old car is worth a little more than one mandolin, still, but if I add them up---.
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    Guilty. That's based on the actual new price I paid for my car.

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    How many people spend more of their time in "the musical life", practicing, performing, jamming, tuning, changing strings, recording, repairing, building, drooling over pictures, trying out in stores, reading magazines, chatting on this and other musical forums, totaled all together, than time driving the car?

    If not, why not?
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