Originally posted by 88SVT:
You know, you can look at some of the profiles on some of the posters on this site with phrases like 'I drive it like I stole it' and all the rest and so can you honestly say that you'd expect a better resale value on cars that have obviously been, and I'll stop short of saying abused and just say, driven spiritedly? Not saying that everyone abuses, er, drives spiritedly but people tend to know which cars are performers and which ones are grocery getters.
Karl



That's a load of bunk.

Resale values for cars are based on supply and demand. There's a tonne of Contours (thank to fleet purchasers and low domestic pricing) and not a whole lot of demand for them. CSVT's are not known commonly so they are not sought after, thus lessening demand. You have a glut of cars that are cheap, rightly associated with being unreliable, a headache, and a domestic or Ford.

Corolla's are beat on on a daily basis by people who don't give a [censored] about those cars. Women drivers run them without checking or changing the oil for 25,000+ km's, they dont' change the tires, they smoke in those cars, they mash the accelerators and mash the brakes with dead pads, and the toyota's still have the best resale values around ? Why ? Cause people want them.

That's why they're so cheap, face it, nobody wants these cars. I dont' even want mine anymore. I'm so [censored] fed up with it. When I bought the CSVT, I didn't expect to get the money back, but I didn't expect to start selling it so [censored] soon, and I definately didn't expect to have to put up with this much [censored] from a domestic. It's imports or GM for me from now on. Ford can suck a cock for all I care.