£6K for me is just the wrong amount to spend on a used car except for real classics.
It's enough money that you'd notice the depreciation, and not enough to get something quite right.
I just wouldn't trust someone else's used car/workmanship if they're telling me it's
"been rebuilt".
I've had enough rebuilt engines to know that this can mean anything from a proper rebuild to dropping the sump and sliding in some new crank bearings to kill the rattle for a few thousand miles.
Much rather pay
£3,000 less on an
"average" car, and use the other
£3,000 to do it up to my standards.
I think that's really what people are getting at re: mods, turbo or not
- if you've shelled out
£10K on uprating or modifying your car, you're paying as much for the work being done to your own personal standards and taste as much as an improvement in the car
- the actual increase in value will never match what you've spent
(again, I would choose stock over modded all day long with the exception of Woodsports' V6 transplants, which are well documented).
Even then, if someone wanted to sell me a V6, I'd want it for less than it would cost me to buy my own car and have it converted, because in mine, I'd get to meet Paul, see what was done, know how it was treated afterwards, have a direct line of communication as the customer should there be any issues relating to it.
I don't want the cars to be worth less.
I think used cars are all far too cheap, and as such people don't maintain them, and it's a terrible hit for the environment
- new cars replacing old ones that were perfectly good.
Never mind fuel economy, overall lifespan economy of the car and car use is the real killer.
If you get the same sort of use out of a 10 year old Honda as you would a brand new Honda, why is the 10 year old car worth less than a tenth of the new car? It's not 90% worn out
- but merely replacing consumable items will write off the car financially so people buy new.
Anyway, different rant.
I think the initial car isn't all that, tbh
- if it were stunningly low mileage and all original I'd be more sympathetic
- but I've seen dealers selling 10th anniversary cars with 60K miles and of course, a dealer warranty for less money.
It's a no brainer to choose between them.
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