Did someone tell you this before??, what do you think?? Options

[tengys]

Hi, I own a 94 Celica ST now, and i bought this car for $4,000, then $1,000 for new 17" rims and tires, $300 for intake & exhaust system, $500 for sound system, $350 for bodykits and wing, $300 for interior, and etc........maybe do engine swap for $2,000-$3,000, then new bodywork and paint job for $2,000-$2,500.

[B]so this is what i want to talk about now.....[/B]I have a "Senior" friend (he cares about me so mucn) he own a 93 Nissan 300z TT....he always tell me this..." how much money you spend in your car now?? And how much you gonna spend more?? so plus the price of your car now is almost $6,000-$7,000.....and maybe soon you want to swap and paint, then there is another $4,000-$5,000....total is about $11,000-$12,000, then how much you think you can sell for your car in the future?? $6,000?? $7,000?? or more?? who willing to pay you that much to buy your car?? for real?? i know you always say you can sell your celica in a good price.....but for real...how much you can sell for your car ?? why don't you just spend your $12,000 for a better car like non turbo Supra, 300z TT, 3000GT, or RX7??? More people willing to look at those cars more than your Celica.......talk about fast.....which car your Celica can beat?? you only smell the smoke....." after he told me this....i'm so mad ....anyway...i know he is kind of rude person......and i know something he said is right.........i'm not happy with what he said ...but i can't disagree what he said too.....

so what do you think?? did anyone told you something like that before??I want to hear some ideas from you guys...please...... i'm so confused

This post has been edited by tengys: Mar 18, 2005 - 12:55 AM

[GT4WRC]

Fact of life that 99% of the time you are not going to get back the same amount of money that you have spent on your car. Just one of those things. I'm budgeting over NZ$70k for my tarmac rally car project and tehre is no way that I'd get anywhere near that when (or if) I come to sell it.
In my opinion, at lot of it is down to originality. It's about turning your car into something personal - adding the things that you like and making it into something that you are proud of.
Even if you were to spend your money on an RX7, Supra etc, would you keep that standard? Probably not - you'd do the same thing over again. Until someone says the same thing but starts to mention the words Porsche and Ferrari. Where will it stop?
So long as you accept that you're going to lose money on the mods that you do, don't let it stop you is what I say
Gary