This is why Vortex Sucks

[pilotlars at yahoo.com (Lars Bruchmann)]

you are absolutely correct!!  that happens to me all
the time, i used to think i would get an amount of
money that was more than what i paid for the car, plus
some of what i put into it.. no joy.  i usually get
less than what i paid for it.  quite an investment..
one that loses money consistently!!  
--- C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:

> 
> 
> > --- Erik <pats16v@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I need to do a little ranting here.  Vortex
> really
> >> pisses me off.   Some
> >> where along the way everyone decided that their
> VW's
> >> were worth a mint.
> 
> Well, here's the deal. You buy a car, it's a bit
> rough. So you sink a
> bunch of money into it, because you feel like it,
> and you're attached to
> the car. And you get it appraised for X dollars.
> You're a bit ticked cause
> you put 1.5X dollars into it, or more. So you decide
> you want to do a
> different project, and sell the car. You know it's
> appraised at X, but
> you've put 1.5X in, so you list it at $1.2X. In
> reality, you'd be lucky to
> get &.75 X, and will probably only hope to get .50X.
> 
> 
> My nephew is a case in point. He has a decent enough
> A3GTI, which he sort
> of likes. He has it all apart, and is spending a
> shitload on it to restore
> it to new stock condition, including a full engine
> rebuild with new parts.
> In the end, it'll be really  nice, but he'll never
> come close to getting
> his money out of it, and I'm sure his attention span
> is only good for
> another year or so, and he'll want something else.
> And he'll have huge
> expectations of what the car is worth, and have to
> settle for what he'll
> view as "getting ripped off".
> I'm a lifer on my cars, so I'll get my investment
> back out, if you ever
> can. Have you ever actually added up what you have
> in your cars? It'll
> scare the shit out of you, just list the mods, and
> what they cost. Don;t
> forget to add in all the gaskets and bolts. If
> you're modding with the
> intent of making money out of it, forget it, you'll
> never do it. If you're
> pure of spirit, and doing it for YOUR personal
> goals, and the good of the
> VW species, it will be worth every dime. At least
> when the ungrateful
> thing runs.
> So 'tex or no, you see what you can get, and settle
> for less in most
> cases. May as well ask high, you never know.
> 
> Cathy
> 
> 



		
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