Question: Marsha Jones has bought a used Mercedes horse transporter for her Connecticut estate. It cost $47,000. The object is to save on horse transporter rentals.
Marsha had been renting a transporter every other week for $212 per day plus $1.60 per mile. Most of the trips are 90 miles in total. Marsha usually gives the driver a $50 tip. With the new transporter she will only have to pay for diesel fuel and maintenance, at about $0.57 per mile. Insurance costs for Marsha's transporter are $1,800 per year.
The transporter will probably be worth $27,000 (in real terms) after eight years, when Marsha's horse Nike will be ready to retire. Assume a nominal discount rate of 9% and a 3% forecasted inflation rate. Marsha's transporter is a personal outlay, not a business or financial investment, so taxes can be ignored.
Hint: All numbers given in the question are in real term.
Calculate the NPV of the investment. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)