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10-27-2021, 09:59 AM | #43 |
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+1 on this
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10-28-2021, 01:29 AM | #44 |
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I feel you OP. Sometimes it's best to be pragmatic and cut your losses. Even if you put the car back to stock it sounds there will be a bad taste in your mouth.
Life is too short, sell it and get something else. Even if it is another twin.
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@Lakitu : Hope to make a good decision on your next steps. Admitting your mistakes is a sign of more knowledge and self-awareness. Unfortunately, tuning market can have pitfalls and most people will defend after their choices, will not admit their mistakes or will act even as vendor sponsors. Forums and the internet in general can make things even worse, since anyone can hide by a random account and in fact promote his "products" as a casual user or happy customer ...
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10-28-2021, 10:51 PM | #46 |
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I agree with OP's point of view. It's one of the philosophies that I have with my current 86 - if the mod presents no downsides I look for one, even mods with a high benefit / low detriment ratio would take me days to consider its use cases. At times it's just easier to play devil's advocate.
When judging people's opinions on forums they typically downplay the negatives of it. After all, no one wants to be that person spending a good amount of money and effort to end up less than he/she had with. If he/she says there's a whine coming after that poly bushing installation - it's probably far worse than it sounds (and feels). Over here where I live it is rare to find any stock 86/BRZ. Parts are plenty from Japan, 2nd hand parts are snapped up in seconds and the entire community advocates modifying. Not that I am opposed to mods in general but it sometimes comes off as if there wasn't much consideration put into it compared to the laments we hear and costs paid after. But I do think at the end of the day, none of us would be entirely happy with the mods we have, it's human nature after all - but if you are generally happy with the car and how it drives, you're on the right track. |
10-29-2021, 12:00 AM | #47 |
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nothing can ever be everything to everyone. every decision is a compromise.
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10-30-2021, 10:13 AM | #48 |
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Meh by the time you held onto them long enough to make any real money you could have made more by investing it. Investing in cars or parts to try and make money is a massive gamble no matter what they are.
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Breaking news: Speculative investments are risky. I do agree that cars outside the rarified markets of crazy money (e.g. Pebble Beach et al - where the cars are treated more like fine art than vehicles) are by and large depreciating assets. Any investment for the the purpose of making money is a gamble - its all a matter of how much risk.
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My simple point is that it is very very difficult to PLAN to make money on cars parts.
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Oh absolutely! But you did ask specifically about car parts
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Ahhh but I asked because the comment that in this particular case the statement was made that he could make a profit selling his used pats.
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My simple point is that ANY investment made for the purpose of attaining a growth in value has risk. If there were any investments guaranteed to increase in value, so much money would be invested that the only possible outcome would be inflation. BTW - I absolutely agree with your simple point.
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I invested in gold TRD parts.
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