Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

By comparison, here's how much it costs to run a used supercar.
(no arguments please. It had a 6 litre V12, did 190mph, had useless rear seats, terrible luggage space, was hand-made from aluminium, and cost its first owner £120292,91 in 2009)

I bought my Aston Martin DB9 in April 2017 for £59,950 with 14261 Miles on the clock.
I sold it in September 2020 for £40,000 with 27411 miles on it.

So that's 13150 miles over 1239 days.

In that time I spent 11823.22 on servicing, maintenance and presents for it

Presents were 714.44 for new glass and spare keys, £399 for a private plate, £60 to have plates made, and £80 to transfer it when I sold it, and £2295 to have Carplay and front-rear cameras installed)

Extras over regular servicing were new brake pads, I had the wheels refurbished more than once, and I had to spring for £2758.80 to have the front strut/spring assemblies replaced.

Add to that 2172.14 for Aston's legendary bumper to bumper 12 month warranty when I first bought it. Never needed it.

So excluding fuel and insurance, we have
19950 depreciation
11823.22 maintenance
2172.14 warranty for the 1st year
Total: 33945.36

That works out at £27.40 a day, £191.78 a week, or £2301.38 a year.
£2.58 a mile.

Insurance was about £1000 a year, but so was almost every car I owned in London.

I never totalled the cost of fuel, as why would you do that to yourself, but it drank it in huge quantities.
Driving from London down to my in-laws in Cahors it would require at least 2 complete refills at 100€ a time. Usual range was 300-350 miles. Best MPG was actually over 30 but I once used half its 80 litre tank driving from London to Guildford and back, and getting caught in two traffic jams. Result: 4mpg.

God, I fucking loved that car.