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Detail of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts Detail of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
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, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
 
(unaudited)
 
 
 
 
(In thousands)
Amounts due from manufacturers
 
$
79,044

 
$
86,062

Parts and service receivables
 
33,061

 
35,034

Finance and insurance receivables
 
19,161

 
20,898

Other
 
9,781

 
12,977

Total accounts and notes receivable
 
141,047

 
154,971

Less allowance for doubtful accounts
 
3,674

 
3,641

Accounts and notes receivable, net
 
$
137,373

 
$
151,330


Inventories consisted of the following: 
 
 
March 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
 
(unaudited)
 
 
 
 
(In thousands)
New vehicles
 
$
1,086,597

 
$
1,137,478

Used vehicles
 
287,979

 
254,939

Rental vehicles
 
110,878

 
103,184

Parts, accessories and other
 
67,937

 
67,466

Total inventories
 
1,553,391

 
1,563,067

Less lower of cost or market reserves
 
5,955

 
6,362

Inventories, net
 
$
1,547,436

 
$
1,556,705


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 (determined on either a first-in, first-out or an average cost basis) or market.
Property and equipment consisted of the following:
 
 
Estimated Useful Lives in Years
 
March 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
 
(unaudited)
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Land
 
 
$
330,494

 
$
328,474

Buildings
 
30 to 40
 
481,340

 
482,496

Leasehold improvements
 
varies
 
133,968

 
134,658

Machinery and equipment
 
7 to 20
 
89,672

 
87,728

Furniture and fixtures
 
3 to 10
 
78,525

 
77,581

Company vehicles
 
3 to 5
 
10,961

 
10,706

Construction in progress
 
 
32,384

 
32,115

Total
 
 
 
1,157,344

 
1,153,758

Less accumulated depreciation
 
 
 
212,859

 
203,370

Property and equipment, net
 
 
 
$
944,485

 
$
950,388


During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company incurred $8.4 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 (including land and buildings) during the three months ended March 31, 2015 associated with existing dealership operations totaling $3.6 million.
As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company determined that certain real estate qualified as held-for-sale. As a result, the Company classified the carrying value of the real estate, totaling $4.0 million, in prepaid and other current assets in its Consolidated Balance Sheet.