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Re: Why are some dealers still hanging on to 2007 inventory? [explorerx4] by volvomax
Jan 08, 2009 (7:53 am)
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Jan 07, 2009 5:36 pm)

No, we had a nice flat on the car.
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Re: Why are some dealers still hanging on to 2007 inventory? [volvomax] by explorerx4
Jan 09, 2009 (4:24 pm)
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Replying to: volvomax (Jan 08, 2009 7:53 am)

thanks for the answer to my question.
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Quick Question by oldfarmer50
Jan 10, 2009 (9:47 am)
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Which of two identical cars would you consider to be worth more, A car with 100K with original motor or a car with 100K which had the motor rebuilt at 80K?
 
I have my own ideas but I'm just curious what the rest of the world thinks.
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Re: Quick Question [oldfarmer50] by joel0622
Jan 10, 2009 (10:04 am)
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jan 10, 2009 9:47 am)

I would take door #2 depending on who did the rebuild
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Re: Quick Question [oldfarmer50] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Jan 10, 2009 (10:10 am)
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jan 10, 2009 9:47 am)

If you are talking about relatively modern cars which are not specialty-built or exotic in any way, then there's no difference in value IMO since every used car is supposed to have a motor in it that's functioning; so you don't 'enhance' the value by putting in a rebuilt (although it might make a good "selling point").
 
Rebuilts have their own risk after all----who did the rebuild, did they disturb various parts of the car, etc.
 
Rebuilts also bring up doubts ----what's with these engines that they need rebuilding in 80K miles?
 
So the "advantage' of the rebuilt is offset by the unmolested qualities of an original untouched motor.
 
EXCEPTION: If it were 200K on a car with original engine, versus a rebuilt motor at 180K, I might think differently, but even there, the value would not be all that much.
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Re: Quick Question [oldfarmer50] by tidester HOST
Jan 10, 2009 (10:24 am)
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jan 10, 2009 9:47 am)

Depending on the make/model, I would go with the car that has the original engine. My suspicion would be that the previous owner of the one with the rebuilt engine drove the car pretty hard.
 
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Re: Quick Question [oldfarmer50] by boomchek
Jan 10, 2009 (10:51 am)
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jan 10, 2009 9:47 am)

I'd probably take the original motor at 80k miles, but a rebuilt motor at 200k miles like tidester said.
 
It's very hard to verify what exactly was rebuilt in a motor, and if it was done properly unless paperwork is shown.
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Re: Quick Question [boomchek] by the_big_al
Jan 10, 2009 (4:42 pm)
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Replying to: boomchek (Jan 10, 2009 10:51 am)

With today's cars, meaning anything less than about 5 years old, I would wonder what happened to that motor to cause to have to be rebuilt at 80K and if it was abuse that cause it need to be rebuilt. Most any vehicle will go well past 100K with out a major rebuild on the motor and so if the motor needed to be rebuilt, what else was neglected that will also need attention??
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Re: Quick Question [the_big_al] by grandtotal
Jan 11, 2009 (6:42 am)
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Replying to: the_big_al (Jan 10, 2009 4:42 pm)

There could be a good reason e.g. timing belt failure or something similar. Stuff happens, but I think I'd still be wary.
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Re: Quick Question [grandtotal] by snakeweasel
Jan 11, 2009 (6:55 am)
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Replying to: grandtotal (Jan 11, 2009 6:42 am)

There could be a good reason e.g. timing belt failure or something similar.
 
With an engine that has 80K on it what are the odds that it was something like that over neglect or abuse? I would suspect that for every one that was caused by a bad timing belt or something similar there are a multitude that was caused by never changing the oil or something similar.
 
That being said I agree that I would shy away from the rebuilt simply because at 80K miles there should be no reason for a rebuild.

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