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412driver · 06-05-2007

Good points Dan and I agree. The roads of the world are generally poor to acceptable at best. Wear and tear from normal road use may well be worse than the same miles on a smooth track. However, the average person buying a used car expects that the car has been used as intended and one that has been used for other than intended should be so represented when sold. The buyer should have the option to buy or not after considering the particulars of that vehicles life. You and I would buy a tracked car knowing it was properly maintained and cared for in accordance with that use. A person selling a home is required to disclose faults etc of the property and a failure to do so has been upheld in the courts as fraud. The same is true with cars and case law is in place regarding mileage tampering etc. Why risk litigation by not disclosing that a vehicle was driven at top speed on a track for hours. In disclosing this you will reduce your pool of buyers by 90% and thusly your resale recovery by many thousands. I sleep well every night knowing no person has ever been dupped by me intentionally.

06-05-2007	#11 (permalink)
412driver Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Salisbury North Carolina USA Vehicle: 99 SLK230 Other Toys: TOO MANY TOYS Posts: 1,010 Country: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Good points Dan and I agree. The roads of the world are generally poor to acceptable at best. Wear and tear from normal road use may well be worse than the same miles on a smooth track. However, the average person buying a used car expects that the car has been used as intended and one that has been used for other than intended should be so represented when sold. The buyer should have the option to buy or not after considering the particulars of that vehicles life. You and I would buy a tracked car knowing it was properly maintained and cared for in accordance with that use. A person selling a home is required to disclose faults etc of the property and a failure to do so has been upheld in the courts as fraud. The same is true with cars and case law is in place regarding mileage tampering etc. Why risk litigation by not disclosing that a vehicle was driven at top speed on a track for hours. In disclosing this you will reduce your pool of buyers by 90% and thusly your resale recovery by many thousands. I sleep well every night knowing no person has ever been dupped by me intentionally.