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dbzeag said:
People in blue collar positions do not have a garage for their work vehicle. Nor do they drive those vehicles outside of their job. They are not cared for. They might not be "trashed" but they are certainly not meticulously maintained.
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I disagree. Sure there are some who don't care for their work vehicle, but there are some who do care. Plenty of the work vehicles around my neighbourhood (there are a lot) are in good shape and look clean.
 
Syrup Beaver said:
There are a lot of "blue collar" folks around here with 4-5+ car garages :fly:
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But your neighborhood is ritzy. My dad is a general contractor and not one of his subcontractors have shelter for their work trucks. Not one body panel is without damage on any one of their trucks. Not one of their seats is unripped in any of their trucks. Not one truck is without rust.
 
dbzeag said:
But your neighborhood is ritzy. My dad is a general contractor and not one of his subcontractors have shelter for their work trucks. Not one body panel is without damage on any one of their trucks. Not one of their seats is unripped in any of their trucks. Not one truck is without rust.
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My dad's certainly not afraid to get his truck dirty, but he takes car of it and maintains it and it's in good shape. Most of them are (he only has one at a time, but in all fairness his current truck I think is less than 5 years old, so I'll reference past trucks that were older), aside from a little dirt, they don't end up torn to pieces. He's an electrician.
 
dbzeag said:
I would rather get a cheap and more utilitarian and useful truck for the work week so you don't have to care what you just throw in the back and a cheap fun runabout for the weekends. $10K F-150 and a $20K miata > $30K ute.
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dbzeag said:
ok, $10K F-150 and a $20K Mustang.

Because you can trash the work truck with, work. And you can have fun with a sports car, because it's designed exclusively as a sports car, not a compromise.
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A question for all you car enthusiasts. On the average, how much does it cost to add a soft top (non-retractable) to the the average four door sedan? Also, does this add value to the vehicle or cause it drop resale value even more once it driven off the car dealership lot?
 
Arátoeldar said:
A question for all you car enthusiasts. On the average, how much does it cost to add a soft top (non-retractable) to the the average four door sedan? Also, does this add value to the vehicle or cause it drop resale value even more once it driven off the car dealership lot?
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Are you saying to aftermarketly chop the top? Correct me if I am wrong, but now that would instantly "total" your car because the repair costs to bring it back to factory would be too high. It would never be insurable and/or DOT approveable for road use.

Edit: Got your question confused. I don't think it would change THAT much since it is just gluing fabric on the existing top, right?
 
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I don't think it would add any value to it like any aftermarket addition does not add value to it. $1000 for a new stereo does not net $1000 more to the asking price when you sell it again.
 
dbzeag said:
I don't think it would add any value to it like any aftermarket addition does not add value to it. $1000 for a new stereo does not net $1000 more to the asking price when you sell it again.
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It should in theory lower the value, unless the hard top being switch out is in really bad condition. If we're talking about new cars, the cloth top should cost less and resell for less because a cloth top deteriorates more quickly.
 
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