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Agreed. Bald tires and worn brakes is the equivalent of the yard full of weeds. It will sell for less than one with new tires and recent brake job.

I never meant to imply that all work done to a car has $0 value. But an $8K brake job has about the same value as a $1500 brake job, to the typical buyer. This applies to all assets and all improvements.
Wat?

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I see this all the time with real estate. I spent $30K on landscaping so my house is now worth $30K more right? Nope. It's at best worth $0 and at worst, worth negative $10K.

Same concept applies to cars and mods.
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