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02-04-2011, 12:38 PM

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cliffyk

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Originally Posted by Fox466

It trips me out that a couple of you guys think a rebuilt motor reduces the value or makes people shy away. As a lifelong car guy I would look at a used car with a new or rebuilt engine before I would look at a car with an untouched original to the car engine every time. On old engines you have no clue as to what kind of care was taken of the engine and with a new engine the time for that unknown to damage it is greatly reduced...

And agreed on the point that an engine with 70k is not a new engine. It is an engine with 70k unknown maintenance miles on it and as such could fail tomorrow...

I do not believe you, or any enthusiast, represent the larger buying public. I would not shy away from a car with a replaced motor, however most non-enthusiast/non-mechanically knowledgeable buyers will shy away; just as many would be apprehensive about just the 70k miles--and that reduces demand and value.

And I also agree with everyone else, at 70k it is not a new engine--70k is however an indication that it was probably a decent rebuild...

02-04-2011, 12:57 PM

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BraMas

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I see cliffs point. I was looking at it as a used Mustang GT is usually bought by a Car Enthusiast therefore a rebuilt motor is a good thing and does not hurt the value. If we where talking about a V6 Mustang that is usually bought be people that would be scared of a rebuilt motor therefore the logic of hurt value is 100% correct.