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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Oh no doubt it 30 years there will be infrastructure in place to meet the needs. Yes the cars can and will be fitted with something that can keep them on the road but they will not be the way they are now. The point being that as they are built now hoping to gain value no matter how long is a losing proposition.
A retrofitted electric, hydrogen, or unicorn dust powered 86 is just going to be a car that is not an 86 any more than a Tesla powered Chevelle SS is a Chevelle SS. You just have cars that look like what they were.
Waxing a bit philosophical here I know
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Cars as an investment just aren't a smart choice. There are cases where they actually appreciate in value but those are fairly rare, and usually for cars in original condition (either maintained or restored).
The GR86/BRZ is made in too large of numbers to be rare, but is inexpensive enough that irresponsibility is more likely. If someone drops a quarter-million on a car it's safe to say they get the oil changed and drive it like it matters if they stay rubber-side down. Not all of them, of course, but a much higher percent. Our cars get driven hard, often by people who shouldn't and in places they shouldn't. In 30 years a pristine '22 could be rare.
And of course that alone doesn't make it valuable. On a global scale my toenail clippings are incredibly rare, but no one's lining up to buy them.
Factor in the cost of keeping a car in good condition or restoring it to that condition, inflation, etc... realistically the best you can really hope for is to break even. Cars just aren't good investments if the goal is to make money.
As far as the rest goes - yes, no one has solve the problem of perfect, affordable, reliable hydrogen conversion. That's kind of the point of what I'm saying - it's future stuff. If it were already solved it wouldn't be.
I think it's highly unlikely that there won't be at LEAST one option that keeps ICE cars on the road with minimal-to-no modification to run on something else. (The green-gas made by using solar power to build gasoline out of CO2 and water is pretty cool.)