The WORST Feeling In The World

when you realize that your vehicle will never be worth as much as you have and have planned to put into it.

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Point of this thread is? You could just write down these little feelings in your journal, diary, blog, etc.

~Crazzzyj

Whew, that was a close one. I thought you where going to say getting with a really hot chick only to find out you have to push her balls to the side.

Back to the subject at hand. Any time you put any kind of work into a car you will never get back what you put into it. Hell thanks to modding a car out you would be lucky to get anywhere near blue book for it. About the only time you can make money in resale on a car thanks to mods is if you can hook up an unboosted car with a stable form of boost. When I say stable I mean something that is going to have a bit of reliability not duct tapping a leaf blower up and calling it boosted.

When I say stable I mean something that is going to have a bit of reliability not duct tapping a leaf blower up and calling it boosted.

GOOD IDEA!!! IM TRYING IT!!!...il let u know how it turns out...:naughty:

Whew, that was a close one. I thought you where going to say getting with a really hot chick only to find out you have to push her balls to the side.

Back to the subject at hand. Any time you put any kind of work into a car you will never get back what you put into it. Hell thanks to modding a car out you would be lucky to get anywhere near blue book for it. About the only time you can make money in resale on a car thanks to mods is if you can hook up an unboosted car with a stable form of boost. When I say stable I mean something that is going to have a bit of reliability not duct tapping a leaf blower up and calling it boosted.omg lmao again!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: damn psycho u with those hilarious comments man. but yeah u will never get as much back that u put into it.

i thought you were gonna' say "when you realise you just bought a cavalier."


j/k.

i thought you were gonna' say "when you realise you just bought a cavalier."


j/k.nows thats not funny man :nono: lol just playing. but for real not as bad as realizing your driving a vw!!!! that must be the worst feeling in the world.

yea right...VW's have a awesome reputation sept for some jetta's have shitty electrical setup

VW's cant be all that bad. After all, the germans do have that great wacky S&M stuff and that odd fetish about chicks crapping in guys mmmmmmm......umm never mind. Damn those germans are some odd cats.

Young Chuck D- Your sig is too big, resize it please.

i know im just messin around about the VW thing. your right they do have a pretty good reputation. one of my first cars was a VW so im sorry my comment was taking the wrong way. i only said it because of what 2.2 straight six said. so no worries.:grinyes:

Young Chuck D- Your sig is too big, resize it please.

only because i see you in alot of threads, i'll respect your wish

but if it wasn't you i'd go the bad ass "bite me" route..

only because i see you in alot of threads, i'll respect your wish

but if it wasn't you i'd go the bad ass "bite me" route..umm yeah i wouldnt go that route with kustom if i were you. cuz he is kinda in charge.

hes not really in charge...but he is...hes a modorator for a different forum but he keeps track of us to...hes like the 1st grade teacher thats substituting for the kindergarden teacher...lol

Im a Global Moderator, which means I can bust ass in whatever forum I wish.

And, if you will look at the bottom of the Cavalier forum list, you will see I am assigned to this section, as well as Cobalt, and Sketching and Drawing.

By the way, for future reference, I don't take well to the "bite me" route, so I would advise against it :)

yeah thas pretty much what i was trying to say. and i figured u didnt take well to ''bite me'' lol

When someone takes a 10+ year old car thats no collector item,and is and has been rapidly depreciating,adding expensive stuff to it will only make so much of a difference,when in fact the car thats underneath it all is not in demand.A V8 Vega? Interesting,but still a Vega afterall.If someone was buying purely a dragracer,fine,but as a collectible or classic I dont think so.
A 6-71 blown 1966 GTO? Sure,someone would be blamed for ruining a legend,but the value will always be there no matter what someone has done to it.The next guy could un-do the mods to bring it back to the historical car that it was,and is.
The only "historical" Cavalier? Probably the Cadillac Cimmaron.It was a blatant display of GMs bean counter ways,and their attempt to snow the public into thinking it was a BMW fighter.Examples of those abortions will one day be set aside along with Corvairs,Monzas and Chevettes when all but a handful have passed on to the great GM junkyard of legendary bombs.

When someone takes a 10+ year old car thats no collector item,and is and has been rapidly depreciating,adding expensive stuff to it will only make so much of a difference,when in fact the car thats underneath it all is not in demand.A V8 Vega? Interesting,but still a Vega afterall.If someone was buying purely a dragracer,fine,but as a collectible or classic I dont think so.
A 6-71 blown 1966 GTO? Sure,someone would be blamed for ruining a legend,but the value will always be there no matter what someone has done to it.The next guy could un-do the mods to bring it back to the historical car that it was,and is.
The only "historical" Cavalier? Probably the Cadillac Cimmaron.It was a blatant display of GMs bean counter ways,and their attempt to snow the public into thinking it was a BMW fighter.Examples of those abortions will one day be set aside along with Corvairs,Monzas and Chevettes when all but a handful have passed on to the great GM junkyard of legendary bombs.

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lmao i'm gonna have to second JJ on that...i got nothing out of that except confusion

When someone takes a 10+ year old car thats no collector item,and is and has been rapidly depreciating,adding expensive stuff to it will only make so much of a difference,when in fact the car thats underneath it all is not in demand.A V8 Vega? Interesting,but still a Vega afterall.If someone was buying purely a dragracer,fine,but as a collectible or classic I dont think so.
A 6-71 blown 1966 GTO? Sure,someone would be blamed for ruining a legend,but the value will always be there no matter what someone has done to it.The next guy could un-do the mods to bring it back to the historical car that it was,and is.
The only "historical" Cavalier? Probably the Cadillac Cimmaron.It was a blatant display of GMs bean counter ways,and their attempt to snow the public into thinking it was a BMW fighter.Examples of those abortions will one day be set aside along with Corvairs,Monzas and Chevettes when all but a handful have passed on to the great GM junkyard of legendary bombs.:wtf:

at least it was deep...

at least it was deep...yes....deeply confusing and kinda out there lol

In a nutshell.....
If you expect your car to be worth something after all the trinkets have been added....START with something worth money in the first place.
Tack goodies on an also-ran (Cavalier,Escort,Pinto,Achieva,Lumina,etc) and you will never get out of it much more than it was worth before.

Some how you used alot less words to try to unconfuse an overly confusing statement that now just comes out tripe and rather retarded.

Some how you used alot less words to try to unconfuse an overly confusing statement that now just comes out tripe and rather retarded.:werd:

YEAH.

um... how come headlight assy's are upwards of $120

wtf?

and i just got it inspected @ firestone.... (shut up it was only $20)

i need
(at least) 2 new tires (they quoted me $93.99, i found some online for $48)
wheel balancing
alignment
rear drum brakes (brake shoe set, 2 wheel cylinders, R combination kit)
brake drums (rear-both) (part)
flush brake system
brake service (2 broken studs and a few missing nuts)
fuel system service (ever-wear 3-step fuel system cleaner)
lubrication service (oil change)

i enjoy driving this vehicle but jeez...

oh yea and apparently they didn't figure out why it overheats on long trips at higher speeds

and i just called to ask about the overheating, thats a different test they would run (pressure test is what he said)

he said to definitely find out the problem prepare to spend 45 dollars...

IN a nutshell, when you go to sell one of these... you part them out. Save your stock parts.. make some of your money back. The KBB on my car right now is 3,900..

Take that and all the mods i have done or awaiting install, street value is $10K.. I know i'll never see that again, but hey i don't care either, money isn't something that will be with us forever.

IN a nutshell, when you go to sell one of these... you part them out. Save your stock parts.. make some of your money back. The KBB on my car right now is 3,900..

Take that and all the mods i have done or awaiting install, street value is $10K.. I know i'll never see that again, but hey i don't care either, money isn't something that will be with us forever.

yeah my kbb is about 400................

with the rims on it i can get offers for 600...

see most of the stock parts i replaced.. were because they were no longer functioning correctly....

bent rims, busted stereo, little sh*t like that... i don't think any of the other parts carry much value (i.e. engine that gets hot and has 145k miles on it)

YEAH.

um... how come headlight assy's are upwards of $120

wtf?

Because Cavalier owner's are stupid and don't realize you can get the exact same things used for half that price, or free if you know where to look.


and i just got it inspected @ firestone.... (shut up it was only $20)

i need
(at least) 2 new tires (they quoted me $93.99, i found some online for $48)
wheel balancing
alignment
rear drum brakes (brake shoe set, 2 wheel cylinders, R combination kit)
brake drums (rear-both) (part)
flush brake system
brake service (2 broken studs and a few missing nuts)
fuel system service (ever-wear 3-step fuel system cleaner)
lubrication service (oil change)

i enjoy driving this vehicle but jeez...


Take care of the vehicle, and you won't run into these kinds of issues. Besides, the stuff you listed is only like 3 things, its just all listed out.

Because Cavalier owner's are stupid and don't realize you can get the exact same things used for half that price, or free if you know where to look.



Take care of the vehicle, and you won't run into these kinds of issues. Besides, the stuff you listed is only like 3 things, its just all listed out.

yea i'm gonna scoop up some headlight assy's @ this junkyard..... i was just ASKING why they cost so much for new ones... expensive to make?

and i inherited these problems my man...