Does the way you treat a car driving wise, affect its value?Maybe not!

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I had a brand new Hyundai Accent 2001, did a a over quarter million km in it, and in that time have driven it flat out basically the whole time! In fact have statistics a bit like this :
over 160kmh : at least 60,000km:
rallying on rough mountain roads (canberra, flinders ranges, great dividing range NSW, Grampians...) 50,000km! (I ALWAYS detour my travels for any dirt road!)
jumps and bottoming out dips: 100+
Bumpers ripped off : twice
Brake pads : every 6000km when going hard!
Tyres : ~10,000km when going hard
Replacement parts under warranty : 3 gearbox replacements (bearings melting from high wpeed, synchros, diff blew apart), ball joints, some computer rev limit thing,
After warranty : Took it a bit more easy on the gearbox, so only 1 more gearbox.
Replaced Lots of wheel studs : overheated with my braking, and lose strength, they snap like a twig!
Had lots of flat tyres :even 2 at once sometimes, so drove on a rim at some stages, once for 100km sparking along the roads..
Bogged many times.
Driven in Salt lakes(and in the water), on beachs, down 4wd tracks, ontop of rocks, through gorges and river crossings (like at the flinders ranges), Been stuck on rocks, logs...
Had to bend front frame that radiator sits on a number of times due to jumps that dive front first too much. And then jump on top of radiator so my bonnet closed properly.
More often than not rev it right out, and I like showing everyone what a rev limiter sounds like.
I would often go for the worst fuel consumption, just for fun, attaining over 14 litres per hundred quite regularly! (from a 1.5 litre!!)

Recently I raced doing autocross racing, and came 3rd out of 45, first try, then 1st in my second try out of 40 cars!

Less than 5 years later, all this driving that to me was fun!, I believe made no difference whatsoever to the value of the car!

The interior was perfect, the paint was pristine, and there were no dents!

I always hosed the salt off if there was any.


I am so glad I drove like this instead of ticking around.

What did I sell it for you ask?

No RWC, no rego, I wanted $5500, but happily took $4200.

The bloke who got it was wrapped.

And for that money, If I needed a car I would have been happy to keep it.
I'll post a photo soon.