<VV> Value - Finished Cars

[Bill Hubbell]

On the other hand there will always be those people who buy a brand new car and immediately enter it in a car show (I'm thinking of Corvette owners in particular).

Bill Hubbell

On Jul 8, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Chris & Bill Strickland <lechevrier at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 
>> ... there is also a group of people who don't want a finished car because it's not to their taste.
>> 
> 
> The other issue is that a finished car will always be "someone else's 
> car" and not "your" car, a product of your own labors and skill (or lack 
> thereof), and thus a source of pride to yourself (if no one else).  As 
> an example, the Canadian car that was recently featured in the 
> Communiqué -- he'll never be able to get what he has into it in labor 
> out of selling it -- he did what was a "hopeless" project to start with 
> because he wanted to and knew he had the skills necessary to do it -- 
> it's just an awesome ride built precisely to his own personal taste over 
> what was it, five years?  IF he sold it, it would deservedly always be 
> "Sproeg's Car" (apologies for any spelling error).
> 
> Bill Strickland
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