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This is true from personal experienceI know some people are really into preservation, but lack of "maintenance miles" is not preservation. If you really were into museum pieces, find a car past 100k miles for $70k, put another $100k into bringing it back to perfection, and then retire it. It would be half the cost, the car would have a history of being enjoyed, and you would have the pride and bragging rights of having added value to the car yourself.
For me, the turn around point is about 1000 miles a year. Below that, I start taking money away from the value to account for increased maintenance.
Not reallyDepends on how stored.
There are cars in collections that are stored properly and driven rarely. They are fine. It all depends. In general it is not good to let a car sit in your garage I agree.Not really
Cars are meant to be used
That’s why they have oil, fluids, etc.
Non use never is good.
Gaskets and rubber deteriorate over time no matter what.
Things may look ok until you drive and boom! Something breaks or a hose squirts off it’s connection.
This low of mileage is not a plus unless you will never drive this car. It’s a museum piece...period.
And every time you drive it not only do you have fear of catastrophe, but every
Mile will cost you maximum depreciation.
I think the issue here is that they are "driven rarely" so yes they'd be fine, because they continue to NOT drive it, which is usually the case for collections.There are cars in collections that are stored properly and driven rarely. They are fine. It all depends. In general it is not good to let a car sit in your garage I agree.
There are cars in collections that are stored properly and driven rarely. They are fine. It all depends. In general it is not good to let a car sit in your garage I agree.
Not an isolated incidentMy Huracan had only 1000 miles over its first 34 months and required a 30 hour out engine repair with over 100 parts to fix a timing chain cover leak so although it was almost brand new when I bought it hadn’t been driven enough. Fortunately goodwill repair otherwise would have been 5 figures easy.
A rubber gasket should not go bad in three years driven or not.While I agree in premise, surfah, that sounds like a manufacturing defect not a casualty of not driving it enough. No?