GRNDSM
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- May 16, 2002
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Chelmsford,
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Stock life is BORING! After all, this is DSM TUNING! “Stock DSM” forum would have lasted less than a year!
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So how much do you expect your 1G to appreciate? These aren't vintage Ferrari's, they will never be worth more than around $15k! As such, I would enjoy it! If you really must, keep the stock parts and revert it back to stock...
They will top out around 20k in my opinion. I would put the value of mine at roughly 6-7k as it sits currently. I am only 35 years old, so I have no problem having this be a garage queen for the next 30 years. I will only put about 500 miles a year on it and take it to a few local car shows. The automotive market has already begun it's transition to electric. Once that is complete the value will rise even more.
The DSM has nostalgia, at least for my generation. That's what you guys don't understand. There are always people who want to buy their favorite cars from their childhood. It's no different than my father dropping 25k on a Chevelle SS last year. There were tons of Chevelles produced, nothing special about them, it's just a car from his generation. With the DSM, production numbers are quite small, especially for turbo AWD. The more you guys destroy yours to mod them to hell and back, the higher the value of mine increases. It's not even about an investment for me, that's just an added bonus of owning the vehicle, if and when I decide to sell it. For me, it's about owning a car that I've always wanted and owning a piece of automotive history that isn't a rusty, hacked up, pile of crap. Turn key with A/C and the stereo equalizer switches, what a day to be alive.
OK... I'll play this game, take that $7k and invest it, how much will you have in 30 years? (roughly $75000-$80000, using 7-8% return, which is average for stocks)
Cars are lousy investments! VERY few, collector cars, appreciate, but DSM is not one of them... Then, you have to pay for storage and upkeep! Plus no one will be nostalgic about a STOCK DSM! And I actually had a stock 90GSX in college, 1991-1993!
Just go and enjoy your car!
If nobody cared about stock DSM's then they wouldn't sell for more money than a fully modified DSM.
There is a reason my garage is a 2 car garage....for 2 DSM's of course. 1 stock and 1 modded.
There is nothing nostalgic or classic about a DSM, I am not bashing our cars at all, just being a realist..
They will top out around 20k in my opinion. I would put the value of mine at roughly 6-7k as it sits currently. I am only 35 years old, so I have no problem having this be a garage queen for the next 30 years.
Eh, 30 years from now gasoline may not even be a relevant fuel source. Imagine if they came out with a self driving self charging electric car that required zero maintenance and would drop you off and pick you up any time you ordered it.
Your grand kids could grow up not ever knowing how to drive a car, let alone get a driver's license.
They may indeed have residual value, however they have not shown any gains at all. They have become less of a tuner car and more of a cheap car. Try joining any dsm Facebook group these days
Again, it's not an investment(That's just added bonus), it's more of a fully functioning time capsule. I am enjoying it, I expect my 1st car show trophy this year. If nobody cared about stock DSM's then they wouldn't sell for more money than a fully modified DSM.
There is a reason my garage is a 2 car garage....for 2 DSM's of course. 1 stock and 1 modded.
Sure do, as it is now slightly "modified" with 29k, and as I bought her "stock" at 24k..I don't agree with that at all. The DSM platform has a huge following and for good reason. Do you have some pics of your Laser? I would like to see it!
No it isn't.That is most beautiful Laser I've ever seen.
No it isn't.
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Then you've fallen and can't get up.What do you mean? All I see is a hacked up bumper, missing power steering and ac
Too late bruh.or you're gonna be butt hurt