VX Value

[tom4bren]

"will just be "another Japanese used vehicle", and valued accordingly..."

'Cept mine.

I accepted the fact when I bought it. It's not an investment and it will be worth far more to me than the market will ever be able to support.

Maybe I should get 4SALE vanity tags and sharpie a diagonal line across it.

[pbkid]

"will just be "another Japanese used vehicle", and valued accordingly..."

'Cept mine.

I accepted the fact when I bought it. It's not an investment and it will be worth far more to me than the market will ever be able to support.

Maybe I should get 4SALE vanity tags and sharpie a diagonal line across it.

X2!!!
thats exactly how i feel about mine...it really isnt worth crap anymore...my roof rack may be worth more than my entire car with the damages i have on it...so i figure, why not do anything and everything i want with it...theres no way mine will ever re-sell...

[Cobrajet]

This was a six year old car with 110,000 miles. Totally trashed. NOT near-mint, but very close to stock, non-raced, non-rust belt, unmodded. I paid $0.00 for it.

















30 years later at 170,000 miles, is it just "another American used vehicle"?


My VehiCROSS has over 118,000 miles, and is still like new, and has been off-road, and has lived it's whole life in Virginia, near the "rust belt". I'm still holding out hope that it will be in the same condition as my Cobra in 30 years, and be worth more than it's original selling price. No, it was never meant to be an investment car. I tried that with a mint 86 Mustang GT convertible, but the ex-wife decided it was more fun to drive it than cherish it. I will continue to drive (and pamper) my VX as long as I own it. It's value to me is priceless.

[SomeBeach]

What a nice Torino...and you made a good point

[TheGanzman]

Apples vs. Oranges comparison - not a good analogy at all...American Muscle Cars have earned their "iconic" status over many years; they are as much a representation of a "time period" to a huge cross-section of people Worldwide - as such, people buy/restore/mod/covet them for their real and/or imagined "ability" to take the owner back in time, to a younger, more carefree and simpler time in life. I think it's safe to say that the VX will NEVER achieve THAT status - it is ONE vehicle from a very small (and largely "forgettable") time of the World - '99-2001. With the exceptions of "The Turn Of The Century" and 9-11 (neither of which most people want to "revisit"), the VX won't be linked with its time in the World. I say again - the ONLY ones that will achieve any particularly "higher" value vis a vis "all the other ones" will be the ones that are low mileage, largely stock/unmodded, and without rust. If YOUR VX is "priceless" to you, believe me - I UNDERSTAND! And when it comes time to sell, you MIGHT find someone else who happens to see the "added value" in YOUR VX - that'll be the exception rather than the rule, though. I've prolly bought and sold 50 "specialty vehicles" of my own in my life (I never own ANYTHING that isn't "special" or unique in SOME way) - the ones that were the easiest, quickest, greatest return-on-the-dollar sales were the low mileage, stock, garage queens. The ones that I heavily modded took the longest to sell, and rarely did I see a return of even a fraction of my modded $ - those mods were strictly "personal enjoyment ROI"...

Nice Torino though - they should have used THAT era Torino (1970-'71) on the Eastwood movie, IMHO...

[SomeBeach]

Well you never know what a cars value will be. Go price an old VW Beetle, or a 70's Pinto, or even a Vega. My buddy has an old Chevette. They were cheap throw away cars and few are left. But he found one and people offer to buy it all the time. And there's a car hangout spot in Virginia Beach where all the hotrods go on Saturday night. A guy shows up with a Yugo and people are all over it. He said he could have sold it a hundred times. I bought a 76 Torino a couple of years after the Starsky & Hutch movie came out and it was $5000.00. Just a plain brown Torino. My daughter wanted an AMC Pacer a couple of years ago when she graduated. The best price I could find was over $5000.00. So I guess it's supply and demand. So be careful when bumping up these rides.