Just do it...
It sounds like you're in a good place and it won't make a negative financial impact.
So what's the problem? None that I can see.
You're right on so many levels. People who buy new cars today accept depreciation as a fact of life but when you think about it... It's nuts.
Buy an $80,000 Merc, BMW, 4x4 or whatever now and it's worth less than $40,000 in 3 years time???
Who sold us on that idea? And why did we buy into it????
My cousin is a hard working guy with his own business but he's not very bright. He recently leased an AUDI A5.
Nice car but the first thing he said to me is... "You can't tell it's a front wheel drive from behind the wheel!"... Why didn't he just buy a rear wheel drive car?
Before the AUDI he had a Mazda RX8. Again leased on his business.
IMO The guys got rocks in his head. When it's all said an done these two cars would have cost him well over $100,000! And what's he got to show for it?
Oh and it's not like he's rolling in money. He got married about 3 months before buying the AUDI and has just had his first child.