you have to wonder how they knew

Listen to how they say about a Beetle being a good investment and
about resale.

1970's Buy a Volkswagen | Air Cooled VW's

I'm sure they never could have truely known after 30+ years what true
investment they would become.

Mario
Vintage Werks resto

On Mar 11, 4:18 am, " > wrote:
> Listen to how they say about a Beetle being a good investment and
> about resale.
>
> 1970's Buy a Volkswagen | Air Cooled VW's
>
> I'm sure they never could have truely known after 30+ years what true
> investment they would become.
>
> Mario
> Vintage Werks resto

That's only if they're restored PROPERLY, not bondo'd and hacked
together. For those of us that truly appreciate a quality VW, yes,
this is true.

wrote:
> Listen to how they say about a Beetle being a good investment and
> about resale.
>
> 1970's Buy a Volkswagen | Air Cooled VW's
>
> I'm sure they never could have truely known after 30+ years what true
> investment they would become.
>
Not really. I have a 1971 VW with 85K miles in mint condition I bought
for $5500 off the original owner just over a year ago, at which time the
car was 37 years old. If the original owner had invested the original
purchase price of the car ($2200) in 1970 at an average interest rate of
6.5% compounded monthly, that $2200 would now be worth $24,214.88.
Basically a loss of $22,000. Not to mention that maintenance and
insurance probably far outpaced the original purchase price. It is
however a pretty cool car which he got to drive for $85K miles before
selling it to me for twice what he paid for it. Still not technically a
"good investment".