Stock vs Modded

[Tony T]

My 2015 is bone stock. I’ve looked at all the mods you can do to these Mustangs. I’m going to keep mine stock. And my reasons are:

435hp is all I need. 700 would be cool but for what?

When I see the old classic Mustangs for sale on Mecum’s and Barrett Jackson, the ones that are bone stock from the factory go for more $$.

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[BmacIL]

Cool story.

 

[NoVaGT]

Bruh.

 

[NoVaGT]

My 2015 is bone stock. I’ve looked at all the mods you can do to these Mustangs. I’m going to keep mine stock. And my reasons are:

435hp is all I need. 700 would be cool but for what?

When I see the old classic Mustangs for sale on Mecum’s and Barrett Jackson, the ones that are bone stock from the factory go for more $$.

1. I promise you, your car will never cross the block at Barrett Jackson.
2. Modding makes the car more enjoyable to drive. And that's the point.....enjoying driving the car.

 

[Tony T]

Maybe not. My Dad saw a Mustang like he had once go across the auction on TV. 1965 298 Fastback. He paid less than 2k for his new. I believe the one on the TV auction sold for around 35k. And it was stock.

I modded my old 96 Cobra. It was fun to drive, but when I sold it the reality set in.

You will never get your money back on the mods. As a matter of fact, when looking for an older Mustang, you stay away from the ones that have been modified..

 

[foxcoupefan]

1. I promise you, your car will never cross the block at Barrett Jackson.
2. Modding makes the car more enjoyable to drive. And that's the point.....enjoying driving the car.

Slightly more rare but who would have thunk it?

https://www.automobilemag.com/news/most-expensive-fox-body-ford-mustang-cobra-r-auction/

One of my many Fox Coupes I sold a few years back brought 24k at Mecum. I paid 4300 for it.

 

[FruityJudy]

Im not really sure I understand the original post?

 

[Tony T]

My Mustang was modified. Previous owner got rid of the stock wheels and put aftermarket wheels on. I like them but she’s not stock anymore.

Also I stand corrected. My Mustang has been modified. Is not stock because of the wheels.

And I wonder what the previous owner did with the stock GT wheels?

 

[BmacIL]

You will never get your money back on the mods

Hopefully you didn't buy this car as an investment. It's a depreciating asset. Almost none of them will appreciate. I bought mine to enjoy, and tasteful and carefully selected mods make it MUCH more enjoyable than it was stock. What do you do with yours?

 

[Tony T]

Hopefully you didn't buy this car as an investment. It's a depreciating asset. Almost none of them will appreciate. I bought mine to enjoy, and tasteful and carefully selected mods make it MUCH more enjoyable than it was stock. What do you do with yours?

I did not. Bought it as an early retirement present to myself. I’ve been working since 1974 on the books. This Ford is by far the nicest car I’ve ever owned. And I’ve owned a lot of Fords.

But, no one thinks about the future. Who is to say what our Mustangs will be worth 50 years from now!

The 65 289 Fastback I mentioned comes to mind. A car that sold new for $1800 fetched over $35000 40 some odd years later...

 

[Tony T]

Hopefully you didn't buy this car as an investment. It's a depreciating asset. Almost none of them will appreciate. I bought mine to enjoy, and tasteful and carefully selected mods make it MUCH more enjoyable than it was stock. What do you do with yours?

And as an afterthought, I believe the 2015’s will hold their value in the future. The 50th Anniversary Mustangs. Specially the 15 LE cars.

 

[SiRCaSTK]

I don't think that todays mustangs will ever be as rare as 60s mustangs.

 

[foxcoupefan]

I did not. Bought it as an early retirement present to myself. I’ve been working since 1974 on the books. This Ford is by far the nicest car I’ve ever owned. And I’ve owned a lot of Fords.

But, no one thinks about the future. Who is to say what our Mustangs will be worth 50 years from now!

The 65 289 Fastback I mentioned comes to mind. A car that sold new for $1800 fetched over $35000 40 some odd years later...

I can help you with much better investments than a S550 Mustang.

My grandmother bought her home in 1953 for 13k in Corona Del Mar California. It was recently appraised at 6.8 million. However her annualized ROI as of today is only 9.94% in 66 years give or take. So not even 10%. Not only is that a terrible investment, but houses are not investments if you are living in them. 13k to 6.8mil sounds amazing, but in the scheme of things there are many, many investments that would have paid much better dividends. Even a basic stock such as Coke has gone up 900% just since 1990!!!!

Drive your car, put suspension, blowers, whatever on and have fun with it!

 

[BmacIL]

I don't think that todays mustangs will ever be as rare as 60s mustangs.

By the numbers they definitely would be (gen 1 is the biggest seller by far) but they are much better made now.

 

[foxcoupefan]

I did not. Bought it as an early retirement present to myself. I’ve been working since 1974 on the books. This Ford is by far the nicest car I’ve ever owned. And I’ve owned a lot of Fords.

But, no one thinks about the future. Who is to say what our Mustangs will be worth 50 years from now!

The 65 289 Fastback I mentioned comes to mind. A car that sold new for $1800 fetched over $35000 40 some odd years later...

New a 65 2+2 was closer to 2700.00. Today they are 35 to 65k in good condition. So your annualized ROI would be .52%. Don't buy cars to sit on for years to make money unless you are doing some volume and flipping them. If you could have swung the purchase of three or four of those 2006 Ford GTs that were just sitting on lots at MSRP or less in 2007 and read the future that they would be going for 250k to 500k now; that would be a good investment.

I had the chance to buy a new 2006 Ford GT from a local dealer that couldn't get rid of it for right at 120k. I knew if I bought it, the market would drop out and it would be worth 30k today. That's my luck.

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