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Old Feb 1, 2016 | 09:46 PM
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Default Re: Prices for our cars
Usually takes 25-30 years for a car to appreciate and Crossies have a triple whammy:
Too new - '04s just hitting 12 years old, bottom of the curve
Too many - over 70,000 built - appear to be about a dozen locally.
Two uninteresting - built from obsolete Mercedes parts

Have to get back to the 70s before real appreciation is seem particularly for "American Muscle".

Consider some other two seaters: 89-91 Chrysler TC, 1987-93 Cad Allante, '02-'05 Thunderbird

Has happened before so is predictable. The really super nice SRT roadsters with very low milage are starting to command a premium but not the others.

Then again I bought my coupe because I wanted one to drive, not appreciate. Was relatively high milage for an '07 when I bought it but getting less high every year. Besides the kind of mods I needed to make do not add value, just comfort and safety.

Have a pretty good idea what my next car will be (not replacing the Crossie, fills another slot) but probably an '07-'08 Cad XLR. Have decided I'm not buying any more soft tops but like having a 'vert.
 
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