10-13-2019, 04:23 AM
(10-13-2019, 12:57 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: I may be on the OCD side, but I have a problem if my stuff doesn’t look as new as it can. My wife’s car just rolled 110k miles, and I rotated the tires yesterday. As I did so, I touched up a few tiny nicks on the wheels that nobody but me would ever notice. I’m big on keeping plastics looking new. I find it therapeutic, but it really helps with resale as well.
I get about a year out of a cover before it fades to the point that the material gets thin and it’s ready to be replaced. Cheap protection.
LOL I'm in the opposite corner..I don't buy things with a plan on resale. I buy them with a plan on wearing them out. I used to be more picky about my stuff, but a ding in my truck here, a scratch on the bumper there, tiny rock chips in my paint on my motorcycles, some oxidation of little bolts and brackets.....I can either drive myself crazy trying to keep them new looking or I can ignore the little stuff and ride them until they have so many miles they are not worth anything to anyone anyway. So that's what I do. I happily trade pleasure for aggravation.
My brother is more like you. His T-120 Bonnie looks brand new but has less than 7,000 miles on it, whereas my CB has close to 50K miles, and looks it. We spend equal amounts of time on our machines. His is spent cleaning/detailing. Mine is spent riding. Hope he gets as much pleasure out of his as I do out of mine (but I doubt it). In the end his will end up with less than 15K miles and be worth a few thousand dollars. Mine will have over 100K miles and be worth $1500..maybe. I feel I will have gotten my money's worth out of the bike.
Resale value?
good one! Motorcycles have no resale value.