[s-cars] diminished value

[pkrasusky at ups.com]

Kevin got squished and Mike nail / head'd:

<<<Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:52:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Lardizabal <mikellardizabal at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] diminished value


I dunno.....these are pretty old cars by now gents.
?
The percentage of them w/ mint oem paint is pretty small, and truthfully they weren't all that great to begin with.
?
IF done well, it should increase the value?IMHO.
?
There were some pics a while ago of Rob Eagleye's Pearl UrS4's repaint. OMG !!!? That car came out amazzing !!? Just wow ! .
?
Besides, these are just Audi S4's not Lusso's or Gullwings.??
?
Mike>>>



I was going to say the verysame Mikee.  Words of wisdom ^there^.

I was also going to say "sorry to hear Kevin" but couldn't lie - heck - that guy just did you *THE* most enormous favor conceivable.  SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD NON CLEAR'D TOMACCO RED???  C'mon!  I used to (er, still do!) hope and pray someone would do something like this to one of my junkers for this *VERY* reason.  Get hit light enough to be a non issue but to require a repaint - SCHOOR!

8-)

YMMV.

I used to be a Super Anti Paint Work Nazi (SAPWN) until I realized that ALL of my cars have had 'it' in varying degrees and all of them look better than (mostly) all the others out there afterward.

And, diminished value?  Heh - Lusso / Gullwing - good one.  Amen.  Heck I tried 'this' angle when my parking garage jackhammer'd some stone crumbs down onto my 2.3-16's trunk lid and I got a lid spray out of the deal, claiming it wouldn't match and therefore diminish the value of the 751 imported '87s.  Their ins. co. gave me a resplendent "FU!".  Say, Cheeseman...  were you once an ins. adjuster???

All kidding aside Kevin - run and buy a Powerball ticket as your luck is seemingly high today 8-).  Good luck - enjoy that purty repaint!

-Paul