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big_rob_sydney · 2nd April 2008, 08:10 PM

Nito, as you are interested to hear peoples views, then perhaps you wont take this wrongly.

I have a 22B which I bought modified. There is scope in the world for different views, and as such I often hear the view of the purist, and the view of the modifier.

I dont honestly know which view is "right".

But I get the impression that a standard car is worth more from the point of view of resale. Whether this is just a Subaru thing, or whether this crosses over to other marques, is debatable.

I suspect that this car would fetch more if it were returned to standard, and the performance parts sold separately. Of course, there is a lot of work to do this, and its not cheap either (or, if you do it yourself, its time consuming; time which you mighty want to spend on other things, like servicing clients, or spending quality time with ones family).

Personally, I'm taking my car back to standard. This doesnt necessarily reflect my own view. Rather, this reflects the view of potential buyers, who seem to demand the car to be standard.

While I could be tempted to be pissed off to no end, the truth is that I bought this car with a reduced price because of the mods, and I clearly explained to the seller that my offer was reduced, because it would cost me money to bring the car back to standard; I'm about as technically capable around cars as a 5 year old, and so I have to pay people to work on them for me.

If I didnt have other things on the go, I'd buy your car, and leave it as is, as I think its a wonderful car. But I would ask that the purchase price were reduced to reflect the future resale, as I would want to take it back to standard to do so. Just my opinion, not as a purist, but as someone thinking towards enjoying the car, and then thinking about resale in a few years time.

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big_rob_sydney GTR Register Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 114	Nito, as you are interested to hear peoples views, then perhaps you wont take this wrongly. I have a 22B which I bought modified. There is scope in the world for different views, and as such I often hear the view of the purist, and the view of the modifier. I dont honestly know which view is "right". But I get the impression that a standard car is worth more from the point of view of resale. Whether this is just a Subaru thing, or whether this crosses over to other marques, is debatable. I suspect that this car would fetch more if it were returned to standard, and the performance parts sold separately. Of course, there is a lot of work to do this, and its not cheap either (or, if you do it yourself, its time consuming; time which you mighty want to spend on other things, like servicing clients, or spending quality time with ones family). Personally, I'm taking my car back to standard. This doesnt necessarily reflect my own view. Rather, this reflects the view of potential buyers, who seem to demand the car to be standard. While I could be tempted to be pissed off to no end, the truth is that I bought this car with a reduced price because of the mods, and I clearly explained to the seller that my offer was reduced, because it would cost me money to bring the car back to standard; I'm about as technically capable around cars as a 5 year old, and so I have to pay people to work on them for me. If I didnt have other things on the go, I'd buy your car, and leave it as is, as I think its a wonderful car. But I would ask that the purchase price were reduced to reflect the future resale, as I would want to take it back to standard to do so. Just my opinion, not as a purist, but as someone thinking towards enjoying the car, and then thinking about resale in a few years time.