Hear is my predicament, I am 24 live with my student girlfriend and have a good steady job tho providing for two people can be a bit of a stretch, i have a 2005 is250 that I love! Unfortunately a recent crack to my bumper (£600 job) a rear reflector that needs replacing (£50 job) amongst various scratches and scrapes that need buffing out from over the years (£400 job) all prices from lexus by the way, if I sell my car in mint condition and under 50000 or so miles with both keys it would be worth just over 4 grand, in its current state its worth about 2k, this car could not depreciate any more if it was in bits and on fire so im wondering , because I still need a car, why dont I just buy aftermarket parts and get it fixed up for a fraction of the cost and also give it a bit of a sporty look I cant really get anything for it if I sell it so why not right?