£500 for tuning
06 May 2006, 07:34 PM
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For every £500 you spend on mods. you knock £1000 off its resale value.
Think, then sleep on it and think again .... repeat until you come to your senses - spend the £500 on something worthwhile!!
Pete
Think, then sleep on it and think again .... repeat until you come to your senses - spend the £500 on something worthwhile!!
Pete
06 May 2006, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
For every £500 you spend on mods. you knock £1000 off its resale value.
Think, then sleep on it and think again .... repeat until you come to your senses - spend the £500 on something worthwhile!!
Pete
Think, then sleep on it and think again .... repeat until you come to your senses - spend the £500 on something worthwhile!!
Pete
07 May 2006, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by powerwrx
ill give it you so you can put it to your electric bill,you must have a big bill with the amount of time you spend on ere sharing your useless comments
My finacial advice was given freely and you act like a pratt in response ... please don't ask for advice if you are not mature enough to handle whatever advice comes your way!
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07 May 2006, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
For every £500 you spend on mods. you knock £1000 off its resale value.
Think, then sleep on it and think again .... repeat until you come to your senses - spend the £500 on something worthwhile!!
Pete
Think, then sleep on it and think again .... repeat until you come to your senses - spend the £500 on something worthwhile!!
Pete
07 May 2006, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by watto52
you mean save till you can waste £1000 on a chair?
Lets make it relevant if you wish to use that analogy ...... no, I would NOT spend £1000 on a chair and then proceed to spend £500 changing its cover!!
I would buy the RIGHT chair in the FIRST place ...... you modders should buy the car you want right from the off!!!
If you don't want an Impreza ............ buy something else!! If you do want an Impreza then don't change it!
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07 May 2006, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
EH????
Lets make it relevant if you wish to use that analogy ...... no, I would NOT spend £1000 on a chair and then proceed to spend £500 changing its cover!!
I would buy the RIGHT chair in the FIRST place ...... you modders should buy the car you want right from the off!!!
If you don't want an Impreza ............ buy something else!! If you do want an Impreza then don't change it!
Pete
Lets make it relevant if you wish to use that analogy ...... no, I would NOT spend £1000 on a chair and then proceed to spend £500 changing its cover!!
I would buy the RIGHT chair in the FIRST place ...... you modders should buy the car you want right from the off!!!
If you don't want an Impreza ............ buy something else!! If you do want an Impreza then don't change it!
Pete
i, drive a completely standard rover 600. I dont go wasting money on things i dont need.
07 May 2006, 12:00 PM
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pete the guy asked for advise on tuning his car,he did not asked to be turned in to a clone of you, thats all,
go and play else where.
Suspension and brakes is what i would go for matey.
go and play else where.
Suspension and brakes is what i would go for matey.
07 May 2006, 12:14 PM
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You'll also find that if you shop sensibly for your mods, you should be able to sell them on at some point for a reasonable return, (therefore not costing you £500 in the end).
I've bought and sold a few second hand back boxes and have now found the right one for sound and performance. I'll still be able to sell it on for £100-£150 when I decide to sell up, meaning it only cost me £0-£50.
Where you won't be able to recover any money is with a remap but then we aren't all scooby owners only interested in "keeping it standard" and "minimal running costs".
If I wanted a bog standard car I'd buy a Mondeo or something. I wanted something I could personalise and develop for myself - therefore a Subaru is perfect. I didn't want a car that had already been modded, even though it would've been cheaper, therefore I bought a standard one and spent my own money doing it.
Each to their own, personally I don't care about the residuals, loss of investment, etc. Otherwise I'd own a different car.
IMO.
I've bought and sold a few second hand back boxes and have now found the right one for sound and performance. I'll still be able to sell it on for £100-£150 when I decide to sell up, meaning it only cost me £0-£50.
Where you won't be able to recover any money is with a remap but then we aren't all scooby owners only interested in "keeping it standard" and "minimal running costs".
If I wanted a bog standard car I'd buy a Mondeo or something. I wanted something I could personalise and develop for myself - therefore a Subaru is perfect. I didn't want a car that had already been modded, even though it would've been cheaper, therefore I bought a standard one and spent my own money doing it.
Each to their own, personally I don't care about the residuals, loss of investment, etc. Otherwise I'd own a different car.
IMO.
07 May 2006, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
For every £500 you spend on mods. you knock £1000 off its resale value.
Think, then sleep on it and think again .... repeat until you come to your senses - spend the £500 on something worthwhile!!
Pete
Think, then sleep on it and think again .... repeat until you come to your senses - spend the £500 on something worthwhile!!
Pete
There is no way you lose thousands when you sell just because it is modded.
You know all to well that quite a lot of second hand subaru's are modded anyway, be it just a simple exhaust, or the full monty of mods.
They still sell eventually.
I will agree that mods cost thousands and so spend the money on something else! LOL.
My mistake was buying a brand new WRX instead of waiting and getting the STI. Anyway i digress.
07 May 2006, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by powerwrx
nice one people thanks for your help (and no help pslewis)
Waste your £500 .... I'll be laughing my socks off when you come on here and ask why you can't sell your modded chavvie shed!!
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07 May 2006, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by MaDaSS
There is no way you lose thousands when you sell just because it is modded.
Hence it loses £1000's cos no-one wants it!
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07 May 2006, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
I disagree ........ who looks at an advert for a modded car and thinks, "I'm not touching THAT - it has been owned by a RoyBacer Chavvie!!" ???? Yes, see????? You ALWAYS think it!!
Hence it loses £1000's cos no-one wants it!
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Hence it loses £1000's cos no-one wants it!
Pete
I still disagree. You can see a chav car from just a tuned one.
As you can if you spot the driver of it too.
My car is tuned but it aint a chav car. Nor do i like burberry caps
If you look in the right places, you will find the right car.
I have a mate who is my age, and his classic is so chavved up i slag him off for it so much. For a guy who is mid 30's to chav a car so badly, even i slap him for it.
Some of your points i agree with, but not a lot.
I will agree that i should have bought the sti and not the wrx, but again, each to thier own you know. You wanna mod, then mod, if you dont, dont.
07 May 2006, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Don't ask for advice on a public BBS then
Waste your £500 .... I'll be laughing my socks off when you come on here and ask why you can't sell your modded chavvie shed!!
Pete
Waste your £500 .... I'll be laughing my socks off when you come on here and ask why you can't sell your modded chavvie shed!!
Pete
It's his money and maybe a) he can afford to spend £500 without any return or b) he doesn't care whether he spends £500 with no return?
And who's to say when he sells he car he doesn't put it back to standard form, particularly if he feels it won't sell with the mods he's fitted?
07 May 2006, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Trap2Terrorist
Nice to see you have so much respect for your fellow ScoobyNetters. What makes you want to laugh at the guy...
It's his money and maybe a) he can afford to spend £500 without any return or b) he doesn't care whether he spends £500 with no return?
And who's to say when he sells he car he doesn't put it back to standard form, particularly if he feels it won't sell with the mods he's fitted?
It's his money and maybe a) he can afford to spend £500 without any return or b) he doesn't care whether he spends £500 with no return?
And who's to say when he sells he car he doesn't put it back to standard form, particularly if he feels it won't sell with the mods he's fitted?
Pete
07 May 2006, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Trap2Terrorist
Nice to see you have so much respect for your fellow ScoobyNetters. What makes you want to laugh at the guy...
It's his money and maybe a) he can afford to spend £500 without any return or b) he doesn't care whether he spends £500 with no return?
And who's to say when he sells he car he doesn't put it back to standard form, particularly if he feels it won't sell with the mods he's fitted?
It's his money and maybe a) he can afford to spend £500 without any return or b) he doesn't care whether he spends £500 with no return?
And who's to say when he sells he car he doesn't put it back to standard form, particularly if he feels it won't sell with the mods he's fitted?
07 May 2006, 05:28 PM
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Why do you lot keep biting at mister lewis' comments? Like em or not he is entitled to his opinions, as much as we are entitled to ours.
This is after all a public bbs that anyone can use.
Its like this, the more you bite, the more he baits, its a simple equation! LOL.
ffs chill out ppl.
Pete, you wouldnt see me as a chav if you saw me, nor my car, as normal looking is what it is so you wouldnt know anyway.
burberry, caps.......hmmm.......where do i find them? ............market, i know.
This is after all a public bbs that anyone can use.
Its like this, the more you bite, the more he baits, its a simple equation! LOL.
ffs chill out ppl.
Pete, you wouldnt see me as a chav if you saw me, nor my car, as normal looking is what it is so you wouldnt know anyway.
burberry, caps.......hmmm.......where do i find them? ............market, i know.
07 May 2006, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by powerwrx
well said my friend,i asked for advice to get abit more power out of my scoob under the bonnet not on weather i should get some fury dice,dukes of hazard horn and a chrome number plate surround.
OK, I'll go along with the game .......... buy a BackBox - there we go
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07 May 2006, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MaDaSS
Why do you lot keep biting at mister lewis' comments? Like em or not he is entitled to his opinions, as much as we are entitled to ours.
This is after all a public bbs that anyone can use.
Its like this, the more you bite, the more he baits, its a simple equation! LOL.
ffs chill out ppl.
Pete, you wouldnt see me as a chav if you saw me, nor my car, as normal looking is what it is so you wouldnt know anyway.
burberry, caps.......hmmm.......where do i find them? ............market, i know.
This is after all a public bbs that anyone can use.
Its like this, the more you bite, the more he baits, its a simple equation! LOL.
ffs chill out ppl.
Pete, you wouldnt see me as a chav if you saw me, nor my car, as normal looking is what it is so you wouldnt know anyway.
burberry, caps.......hmmm.......where do i find them? ............market, i know.
Pete
