Fair price for modded car?
03-15-2018, 02:14 PM
#1
Fair price for modded car?
Hi guys, I'm looking at a 2014 Turbo for sale that has a few mods, ecu tune, intercoolers, blowoff valves and exhaust. I'm wondering how these typically trade in the market vs unmodified cars? Also, are any of those mods particularly dangerous mechanically? I understand that any mod will entail some risk-- I mean relatively speaking. For background, I wasn't planning to buy a modded car or to do any mods but this car just matches a lot of what i'm looking for and I don't necessarily mind the mods as long as it doesn't end up being a bad financial decision.
03-15-2018, 02:36 PM
#2
Rennlist Member
Why buy a car that has already been tuned and modded? Especially if you have to pay a higher price for those add ons. Instead search out other vehicles that are more "virgin" and mod and tune it to your liking. Also possible that a car with those mods was driven hard. Look for some bankers car that was driven lightly and do the mod deed yourself. JMO
03-15-2018, 02:39 PM
#3
Rennlist Member
Mods typically don’t add any value on resale and can narrow your perspective buyer audience when it comes time to sell yourself. The thing to do would be to buy it and enjoy it if like you the mods on the car, since you would be getting them for next to nothing. You could then return the car to stock and part the mods out upon resale and get back a pretty good chunk of change given how much vendors charge for hardware mods on this platform.
What are the actual brands and models of the mods? Do you know? That matters also.
What are the actual brands and models of the mods? Do you know? That matters also.
03-15-2018, 07:35 PM
#4
I don't know the actual brand / part numbers of the mods but I have an inquiry into the seller. It's a one owner car that was traded to a non porsche dealer and then a porsche dealer bought it wholesale. So I don't think they have documentation on the mod installations, but I'm hoping that their service dept can tell me what they are just by a physical inspection. They did tell me that the install was done by Champion motorsport, who I don't know much about.
03-15-2018, 11:03 PM
#6
.....and I recently purchased a 2015 911tt, and in my search I found that modded cars generally were for sale longer, and the prices were often a little lower than what I would expect the car would be priced if unmodded....just my experience from 4 months searching.
03-19-2018, 02:31 AM
#7
I don't know the actual brand / part numbers of the mods but I have an inquiry into the seller. It's a one owner car that was traded to a non porsche dealer and then a porsche dealer bought it wholesale. So I don't think they have documentation on the mod installations, but I'm hoping that their service dept can tell me what they are just by a physical inspection. They did tell me that the install was done by Champion motorsport, who I don't know much about.
