The sale value of any car is only of any consequence if you want to sell it**, that Forester as you well know is worth far more in real terms.
I look at my cars with their potential life expectancy, what they are worth to others is irrelevant, for instance our 2002 Outback H6 was bought 2 years ago for the princely sum of £1070, we ran if for a few months whilst i investigated how good or bad it really was and how long it should last all being well, and within 3 months it was shipped off to have an LPG conversion costing more than we paid for it, i also went right through the car to bring it back to my standard, all oils changed, new discs and pads all round and many hours spent rustproofing it...oh and new spark plugs which was a horrid job to do.
It might seem like money wasted to many, but SWMBO loves it, it's worth nothing to anyone else and unless something unforseen happens should last many years yet, goes like hell and costs about the same to fuel a Diesel car of the same size, what on earth could we replace it with, we have no image to maintain so new or more fashionable cars of no interest.
That wheel bearing cost far too much on your car, but you already know that, what went wrong?
It's good that such cars have little or no value, they make superb used buys and can last almost indefinately.
**like houses really and the odd British fetish of how much my house is worth, unless you sell up and go live in a tent it really matters not how much money you've made on it in the grand Ponzi scheme that forms the basis our failing economy.
Edited by gordonbennet on 09/04/2016 at 16:55
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