viiv

Wow, nice personal attack there.

It's a free country (at least so I thought before recent events). One can do what they want with their car. But decisions lead to outcomes, and there will be a reason why in the next decade when gas cars are banned, examples like mine will be worth far more than any riced up monstrosity.

When I have an extra $2000 laying around, I rather go purchase some Amazon or Google stock than spend it on some third-party mod to actually further depreciate my vehicle (once again though, free country, you are free to spend your money on anything you like as am I). Instead, I will be able to get one of the last gas C8's in the second half of the decade just by investment appreciation.

There are some exceptions according to organizations such as the Pebble Beach Concours etc... such as genuine parts & accessories, manufacturer performance parts (ie. Nismo parts), OEM+ (ie. a new head unit as long as you use conversion harnesses and no wires are cut) and upgrades especially to address engineering defects "in the spirit of the original design" (ie. HD CSC) that won't reduce the value of the car and may actually help increase it. Unfortunately, anything else is a negative hit.

So in reality, unless you are for example buying a Nismo exhaust or Nismo braces, mods are a double edged financial sword, you pay money to lower the collectability and value of the vehicle.