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EJprovost · 09-30-2005

Ben; It might help to tell folks what happens to the value of a car when its been parked outside for years! All rubber everything has to be replaced, things start to rust, interiors get hard and crack! headlight cables freeze, in fact I think just about every part of the car is affected, by the hot sun, and then the moisture from the winter freeze. And thats not to mention what happens to the gas tanks, after a few years, with gas left in them! From what I can gather about the value of GT's, they have a better chance of getting a gold mine for them if they are parked in a dry, non temperature changing environment. Otherwise the new buyer, has to repair just about every part of the car, which is much different from the memory of the person saying, "everything was fine when I parked it 5 years ago".

09-30-2005	#10 (permalink)
EJprovost Senior Contributor Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 591 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	Hope this helps Ben; It might help to tell folks what happens to the value of a car when its been parked outside for years! All rubber everything has to be replaced, things start to rust, interiors get hard and crack! headlight cables freeze, in fact I think just about every part of the car is affected, by the hot sun, and then the moisture from the winter freeze. And thats not to mention what happens to the gas tanks, after a few years, with gas left in them! From what I can gather about the value of GT's, they have a better chance of getting a gold mine for them if they are parked in a dry, non temperature changing environment. Otherwise the new buyer, has to repair just about every part of the car, which is much different from the memory of the person saying, "everything was fine when I parked it 5 years ago".