1994 sc400, fully loaded,jade green,tan interior.16K miles.Will it be a collectable?
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classics are classics because it was a different era. they were built from raw steel and increase in value mainly because of the custom work that is put into them. if it be restoration back to its factory design or hotrod style modernizing either way restoration and customization of classic cars is expensive. this and nostalgia give the classics their value. is anyone going to be nostalgic about the 90's? maybe a little but not like the 50's and 60's. the sc will never be a 57 chevy it will never be a 69 stingray. the cars are already slipping into the cheap/affordable zone. besides these things are not built to last like a classic. with a few years of outdoor exposure the interior rots like old milk. the metal used in todays cars is nowhere near the quality of metal used 50 years ago. because of recycling. salvage yards crush the cars and have em melted down to make new cars. thus the metal becomes contaminated and increasingly weaker as time goes by. someday we will need a new synthetic metal to make vehicles. bottom line one day the term classic will only be considered for a certain age. and the 90's aint gonna fit into it. dont care if its a lexus or a aston martin. drive it like you stole it. you may not get a second chance to enjoy a car like this.
Cars of yesterday didn't use protective spray on the metal causing most to be so rusted that they need reproduction parts.
Maybe you don't realize it but ore doesn't come out of the ground 100% refined. Recycling metals is no different than resmelting ore.
The youngest 1st generation SC is barely 11 years ago and the oldest barely 19. Most of the current cool classics are vehicles made before the 1973 oil crisis. Simple math tells us that's 38 years ago which means cars from the 90s won't even be considered something until about 2030, almost 20 years from now.
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