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bUT My rESalE vAlUe!
Good point. If your car is a crazy color it's resale value will drop
Not always. If you keep that car in good condition and it ends up being a desirable color it it could be considered rare by resale time, you're just rolling the dice when you buy it with that strategy compared to a more common/basic color.
That's kind of the point, though. The colored cars are less desirable colors, so the resale value drops.
90% of cars will never become sought after vehicles. If the 10% that could, you're very likely to have already sold it before it ever became collectable.
More specifically, all of the bright colours tend to fade in the sun over time.
Is that true today? In my experience it is mostly Japanese cars from the 80s where the fading is a big problem. On the other hand, my country is not having a lot of sun so I guess it could be a problem in other countries with more sun.
That, and many of these cars wouldn't last long enough for the paint to fade from UV. Your yellow car turning beige wasn't a concern if it wasn't going to reach 100,000.
Are you inplying these older cars weren't intended to last longer than 100k because I'd wager most of the cars in the top image at least doubled that before going to scrap.
I park next to an 80s beetle with over 350k on the odometer. My own truck is from the 90s with 280k.
I work with a guy who daily drives his dad's old Mercedes. While he inherited it, it wasn't a "project car" or anything, it was a daily driver kept in good repair. Honestly, you put on a new clear coat, detail the interior? It feels no more than a few years old. 500k miles.
I owned 6 SAABs that were made from '82 - '90. I refused to touch a GM SAAB. Didn't even buy them with less than 100,000 miles on the odometer. 1/6 died at ≈750,000 miles. That was my fault, found out about hydroplaning the hard way, on I-75. The other 5 died between 1.3-1.7 million miles. Never quite got one to 2,000,000. Several hundred people have, and despite SAAB not making a car since 2011, they still keep adding cars to the list of 2,000,000+
Not OP, but most of those cars only had 5 digits on the odometer. It says something about how long the manufacturer expected them to last.
It's important to remember how far we've come on longevity. 100k as the expected lifespan wasn't common until the 90s. My grandmother once told me that 40k meant it was time to start looking for a new car. This probably would've been for cars in the 50s.
Obviously you can take any car to any mileage if you're willing to sink the time and money into it. Many of these cars are prized by enthusiasts, and became project cars. But your standard utility cars of the 70s and 80s were probably not getting to 100k before needing a lot of repairs.
Lol, I haven't had a car with <100k miles on it in close to 5-6 years
Since 1985 for me.
All my cars go to 300k, or more.
Unfortunately, none of my vehicles last more than 2-3 years.
I feel like an insurance nightmare at times.
Also red cars have higher insurance premiums.
Note to self, car insurance is run by orks from 40k...
Because painting things red makes them go faster.
This is (mostly) a myth, and dispelled by (among many others) Progressive and Allstate. How would they even know? Color is not part of your VIN, and is not something they will usually ask.
However, there is one small kernel of truth - sports cars, which genuinely are more expensive to insure, are far more likely to be red. But they would be the same price in blue, silver, or black.
Next time you get an online quote, experiment with the car details. You'll be surprised.
Actually white cars are now starting to have higher premiums, because Teslas are more likely to crash into them.
How would I do that when they don't even ask the color?
Then that insurer is cross subsidising their risks. Find a different insurer that does include color in their pricing models.
Color is absolutely part of VIN.
But your point stands.
Car colour can also affect how much you pay for insurance