# Depreciation beyond 5 years?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/depreciation-beyond-5-years/108171>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** mazda\
**Created:** [September 28, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/depreciation-beyond-5-years/108171 "2017-09-28T18:05:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/depreciation-beyond-5-years/108171/81 "2017-10-19T16:54:12Z")

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> [@Whitey](#):
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> Check again. I never said that.

**There are many reasons someone chooses one car over another, and vehicle quality is often not a factor,**

Splitting hairs aren’t we.

> [@Whitey](#):
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> I was speaking of the news industry, not the auto industry.

I thought this was a car forum

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**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/depreciation-beyond-5-years/108171/82 "2017-10-19T16:56:31Z")

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I’m not splitting hairs. I’m offering a nuanced argument to someone who apparently doesn’t recognize nuance, perhaps deliberately.

Yes, it’s a car forum, and I was discussing a poorly written piece of automotive journalism you posted in order to support your argument.

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