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Excaliber..

You can if you look. I got my car a year ago December.. I am constantly amazed at the level of detail put into the car and I feel guilty every time I have to wipe something off which I have never really touched before only to find it is hand polished aluminum..

I put on a set of 17" wheels last week and was worried the brake calipers would show.. After wiping off 5 years of neglect imagine my surprise to find not only were they 4 piston Girling but they had been faithfully smoothed and highly polished.. 5 minutes with an aluminum cleaner and they look like a million bucks.. Same thing with the rear control arm mounts.. Covered in grease but completely polished..

I got the car from a guy about to lose his house, not as much for the economy as a drug habit. Ignorance it seems really is bliss.. Having been a life long gear head I knew what it took to put a car together but this car was pretty much a basket case.. I paid accordingly. In perspective perhaps a diamond in the rough.. As it happens I got thcar for about the cost of "used" (worn out) parts..

As it turns out the poorly running engine was a lack of spark rather than a blown head gasket, the parts while they were "used" only have 18k miles since a first class rebuild.. And who knew there would be so much polished aluminum..

I guess if it were me SNKCHRMR I would look at my car as I do my stocks.. You own it, it isn't really going down in value, and if you sell it now you are going to take a bath on it. Wait until it goes up again and then sell it.. Or wait awhile and find someone willing to appreciate what you have..