# How much is your car worth...to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 2, 2006, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-your-car-worth-to-you/18334 "2006-10-02T08:44:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 99
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-your-car-worth-to-you/18334/99 "2006-12-15T05:20:20Z")
A car you’ve put a ton a work into yourself is hard to estimate in value. I had basically replaced every part in the Fiero, and had a ton good memories autocrossing it, especially the season where Bret and I battled pretty much every race. Unfortunately your personal history doesn’t add value to a car so you have to consider that when putting a price on it. When I sold the Fiero I got $3500 for it, about $500 more than I paid 4 years earlier. I probably put 2k in parts into since buying it but considering the severe life it had (autocrossing pretty much every other weekend for 4 years) I think the parts investment was reasonable. I still miss that car just because it was the car that introduced me to autocross and was such a blast and a challenge to drive fast. The GTO on the other hand I have much less emotional attachment to. Partly because I haven’t had it that long, and partly because other than changing the oil and diff fluid I haven’t poured any blood and sweat into it like I did the Fiero. Nothing attaches you to a car like figuring out how to cram the trans back in on a Saturday night only to win your class at autocross the next day by a couple 10ths. I’m sure that will change once the warranty is up on the GTO though and I actually start turning wrenches on it. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-your-car-worth-to-you/18334)._