Well, to be honest, I was not really in the "market" to buy my last 3 SVXi. It just turned out that they were all too good a deal to turn down. Just like the Silver now in CA. I am not in the market, but seriously considered taking advantage of the cheap price. Well, until I did a detailed assessment of how much it was going to cost me to get it back here.
I just think some people do not consider the true value of "project" cars. They are NOT worth as much as good running cars. A car with a bad tranny is not worth $2500 unless it is an extremely low mileage car and in pristine condition other than the tranny. We all know what a good rebuilt tranny costs and such things as windshield replacement--and that subtracts from the overall value. It is just that some sellers don't think we know these things cost. I see nothing wrong with pointing out things like this.
It has nothing to do with lowering the value of our cars--I suspect I love mine much more than most of these owners on here and will have it or them long after many of the members here have sold theirs and are gone.
Lee