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That's not it at all... Modding a car for no reason at all will kill resale. Worrying about resale as in an investment is speculative at best but mostly silly. Short of a Mura or 250GT - no cars have a chance at outperforming the market. Then take into account servicing the car, taxes, insurance, etc and it's just silly. Besides, high dollar collectable cars in this segment will need to have no miles. Like <3K miles to warrant some sort of high return. Also the reply was to a post that stated interest in modifying but not wanting to out of resale and preservation. Even if you are going to do modifications that seem dumb to everyone else - if you like them.... go for it. Enjoy your car the way you want to. Many people would enjoy their car more if they just did what they want and didn't care about the approval of strangers over the internet.
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Yeah, man... I don’t doubt that we’re more alike than we are different.
It’s just, I’m not motivated by what anyone else says or thinks. It’s about something else for me, and each car is different. Also, I don’t think the way I experience this car is any better than how anyone else does. Just different.
It can’t, however, be disputed that modified, low mileage cars, ARE the ones pulling all the money. Is mine one? No... but, still I debate heavily modifying the car.
It’s just, I’m not motivated by what anyone else says or thinks. It’s about something else for me, and each car is different. Also, I don’t think the way I experience this car is any better than how anyone else does. Just different.
It can’t, however, be disputed that modified, low mileage cars, ARE the ones pulling all the money. Is mine one? No... but, still I debate heavily modifying the car.
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I can't see how cars, ANY cars can be an investment. Let's just say that the car does not lose any value, but what about the operating costs of driving the thing?
On average, insurance for a car will probably you $1,000/year
Gas, and let's say you don't drive it much, on average you'll fill up once a month. ~$40 x 12 = $480/year at minimum
Oil change services for said car at minimum = $100/year
Tires every 2 - 3 years, let's just say 3 years = $900/3year = $300/year
Sure, your Honda S2000 isn't losing value, but you're looking at ~$2,000 of normal operating costs for the car. And you're not getting that money back in the re-sale.
Yes yes, go ahead, call it out, this was a captain obvious post.
On average, insurance for a car will probably you $1,000/year
Gas, and let's say you don't drive it much, on average you'll fill up once a month. ~$40 x 12 = $480/year at minimum
Oil change services for said car at minimum = $100/year
Tires every 2 - 3 years, let's just say 3 years = $900/3year = $300/year
Sure, your Honda S2000 isn't losing value, but you're looking at ~$2,000 of normal operating costs for the car. And you're not getting that money back in the re-sale.
Yes yes, go ahead, call it out, this was a captain obvious post.
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I can't see how cars, ANY cars can be an investment. Let's just say that the car does not lose any value, but what about the operating costs of driving the thing?
On average, insurance for a car will probably you $1,000/year
Gas, and let's say you don't drive it much, on average you'll fill up once a month. ~$40 x 12 = $480/year at minimum
Oil change services for said car at minimum = $100/year
Tires every 2 - 3 years, let's just say 3 years = $900/3year = $300/year
Sure, your Honda S2000 isn't losing value, but you're looking at ~$2,000 of normal operating costs for the car. And you're not getting that money back in the re-sale.
Yes yes, go ahead, call it out, this was a captain obvious post.
On average, insurance for a car will probably you $1,000/year
Gas, and let's say you don't drive it much, on average you'll fill up once a month. ~$40 x 12 = $480/year at minimum
Oil change services for said car at minimum = $100/year
Tires every 2 - 3 years, let's just say 3 years = $900/3year = $300/year
Sure, your Honda S2000 isn't losing value, but you're looking at ~$2,000 of normal operating costs for the car. And you're not getting that money back in the re-sale.
Yes yes, go ahead, call it out, this was a captain obvious post.