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Detail of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts Detail of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Balance Sheet Accounts [Abstract]  
Detail Of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts
DETAIL OF CERTAIN BALANCE SHEET ACCOUNTS
Accounts and notes receivable consisted of the following: 
 
 
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
 
(unaudited)
 
 
 
 
(In thousands)
Amounts due from manufacturers
 
$
72,841

 
$
78,131

Parts and service receivables
 
33,248

 
31,950

Finance and insurance receivables
 
18,328

 
19,283

Other
 
9,337

 
8,099

Total accounts and notes receivable
 
133,754

 
137,463

Less allowance for doubtful accounts
 
2,260

 
2,405

Accounts and notes receivable, net
 
$
131,494

 
$
135,058


Inventories consisted of the following: 
 
 
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
 
(unaudited)
 
 
 
 
(In thousands)
New vehicles
 
$
1,151,182

 
$
1,165,335

Used vehicles
 
239,177

 
231,960

Rental vehicles
 
89,041

 
88,523

Parts, accessories and other
 
65,083

 
64,156

Total inventories
 
1,544,483

 
1,549,974

Less lower of cost or market reserves
 
7,371

 
7,656

Inventories, net
 
$
1,537,112

 
$
1,542,318


New and used vehicles are valued at the lower of specific cost or market and are removed from inventory using the specific identification method. Parts and accessories are valued at lower of cost or market determined on either a first-in, first-out basis or on an average cost basis.
Property and equipment consisted of the following:
 
 
Estimated
Useful Lives
in Years
 
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
 
(unaudited)
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Land
 
 
$
283,656

 
$
269,778

Buildings
 
30 to 40
 
415,774

 
405,918

Leasehold improvements
 
varies
 
129,811

 
120,531

Machinery and equipment
 
7 to 20
 
81,700

 
79,209

Furniture and fixtures
 
3 to 10
 
74,350

 
70,918

Company vehicles
 
3 to 5
 
8,630

 
8,508

Construction in progress
 
 
20,941

 
19,224

Total
 
 
 
1,014,862

 
974,086

Less accumulated depreciation
 
 
 
187,741

 
177,730

Property and equipment, net
 
 
 
$
827,121

 
$
796,356


During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company incurred $16.2 million of capital expenditures for the construction of new or expanded facilities and the purchase of equipment and other fixed assets in the maintenance of the Company’s dealerships and facilities. In addition, the Company purchased real estate during the three months ended March 31, 2014 associated with existing dealership operations totaling $3.0 million. And, in conjunction with the Company’s 2014 acquisitions, the Company acquired $19.2 million of real estate and other property and equipment.