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Originally Posted by rice_classic
I know a lot of people don't care but the people who do care will be the determining factor of the market resale value. That's the point I'm making. There are often things that have no tangible value other than what's perceived that affect resale value. Good, bad or indifferent. Like I said, how many "badge swaps" have you seen on FRS's vs BRZs? Exactly.
Same thing applies to houses. I hate big yards, yard work and Koi ponds or water features but guess what... They increase property value even though I hate them. And why is this, because the value isn't determined by me, it's determined by others in the market that value these things.
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I think only time can tell what happens but I agree with what you're saying. HIDs, nicer seats, better badge. Well some might think Toyota>Subaru but I see what you mean. Like I said it's just IMO both will both resale value similarly. If anything I have a feeling the FRS will do better since the main thing right now is the FRS will probably be the lowest "base" model while more optioned/performance models like STI or TRD will come out, not to mention some minor model changes will occur. Then again all we're doing is speculating. Another point is who knows what reputation Subaru or Toyota will have in 10-20 years from now, maybe one of both will go out of business for all we know
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Very good point! I like this!
The other thing I'm looking forward to are the ricers... yes I said it... Ricers. I'm looking forward to the folks who put all kinds of stupid stuff in or on their cars to be unique or cool when in reality they've made it worse or ugly. This is great because it kills the resale value and when I'm in the market for a cheap FRS that I want to cage and turn into a race car that's what I'm looking for! Better yet, a riced out FRS with a salvage title... ooooohhhhh yeah. Also, for those of us who don't modify our cars, when we go to sell ours it will command a higher price because it's unmodified.
Oh god I wish I could get my hands on some of the Hurricane Sandy water damaged Toyobarus for cheap that'd be terrific!
but I digress... now back to your program.
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It's like what OrbitalEllipses just said. I wanted a 2nd clean and cheap S2000 but it's getting hard finding one. Yeah for someone in your position I would hope some people will do stupid rice to kill resale value. I have noticed more FRS users are doing extreme or rice things more compared to BRZ users
