SM and Tron:LE definitely are. WOZ:LE will be if and when it arrives.

nah not yet but if I add mine together and add my ACDC I'm getting when it arrives then it might be.......I made a deal my wife got a new table and lounge I got a ACDC

ACDC price in Australia $8650
lounge and table $3200

hahaha she only just worked it out.

Cars are over rated!

My beat up 2001 civic is probably worth less than both my BSD and JM. I've considered selling it for another pin and just take the bus everywhere.

I have a 2004 Mustang cobra,2009 f150 pickup,2013 corvette grand sport. I guess I need more pins.

My daily driver is probably worth less than a pin I'm trading for next week.

I like driving older but well-maintained cars; it's cheaper than driving something new that'll depreciate like crazy. Instead of having a car that will depreciate significantly, I could have more pins!

that depends on who actually owns the cars, if the bank owns them, then you might still have pins worth more than your car.

Good investments, what can I say. If the pinball bubble pops a lot of us will wish we didn't so many and kept the money in the bank. Not that thats a good idea either. Money in the bank just goes down in value every day.

Your right on that. I own all but about 25% of the corvette. Cant wait till that payment ends so I can get more pins.

Always paid cash for my cars, never financed. Then, I drive them until the wheels fall off.

Kick in a few more bucks an keep something nice and garage kept at the house for road trips and those nights out on the town.

Cars are expendable and should be treated as such.

My car cost more than my 29 pins combined, so, no... And I own it free and clear, to boot.

(2012 Audi Q5)

With pins going up and car getting older, they are fast approaching even, though.

Each of my pins is worth more than my daily driver....wife's car is worth more than both pins combined. She hasn't come around......yet. Though we did get POTC for her.

I'm driving like a 2nd year model Civic Hybrid with 170k miles on it. Needs maintenence badly and it STILL gets 35 MPG. Bam!

TZ and STTNG both each worth more than the car, IMO.

All of my pins combined aren't worth as my 1953 Bentley.

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until last year when we got new cars most of our pins were worth more than our cars. Now only 1 pin is worth more than one of the cars.

Yup. My machines are worth more than my car. Every day that I drive my car, the value goes down. Pins seem to go up.

How much does an 2012 Audi Q5 go for???? You must have gotten a hell of a good deal on all those pins.

Q5 is around $40K....give or take a few thousand or a few pins

I don't have a huge collection of pinball machines, (decent size) but several high profile NIB's and other quality examples of popular DMD's & some System 11 era's... However, my automobiles are still worth more than these. I really like pinball, but my cars come before them. (and my house comes first)

If I kept my cars for more than 3-4 years on average, they would continue to slowly depreciate (I don't put on many miles) & get closer to the value of the rising pinball, but I'd prefer to not let that happen. Cars are a bit more of an addiction to me than pins, but it's a pretty close race! (ha)

I've only owned 3 cars since the 80's, and only the current one was bought new, in 1999, currently 160k miles. It's still worth more than most pins in my collection, but not all. I also keep a van with 200k+ miles for game transport (a hand-me-down).

Nope. Or I'd really be in trouble.

All my pins and the 2001 Tacoma that hauls them are priceless.

All of my machines are worth more than my car. I drive a piece of shit.

Yep, many of them. I'm rocking a '92 Volvo 240, though.

All machines are worth more than my daily driver, it would be line ball for a case of beer!

Ok, how about this question then. Who has more into there pins then what they paid for there house at the time of signing the papers. I know I do, but then again I didn't have as many pins back when I was closing on the house.

John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, MI.
269-979-3836

I have a 06 Scion xA, and I think it is worth about the same as AC/DC right now. By the time I trade it in in a few years, it will probably be worth a lot less than AC/DC though.

My car is worth more.

Until last month I owned one pin ( A restored Space Shuttle) that cost as much as my wife's car. Then we went and bought an ACDC Premium. Now I'm behind the 8 Ball so to speak and the wife wants to look at different vehicles because hers is really starting to show it's age. She drives a 2002 Buick Rendezvous with close to a couple hundred thousand miles on it. The EGR Valve needs replaced and it's leaking water onto the floorboard. I wonder if that's the heater core that's leaking?? Anyway, it has been a good car for us but it's days are numbered.

Mine was more like $50K: S Line racing features, 3.2L, B&O Sound, nav package, etc.

Haven't had it up to 140mph yet...

My most expensive pin is worth slightly more than my least valuable car.

Daily beater toyota corolla - yes, many of my pins are worth more.
Four wheel drive ford edge - close. I'm guessing my mm is worth more. Maybe my afm and tron le also.
Weekend perfect conditions only Porsche - no
New family loaded sienna van (which is also my pin hauler) - no

I am not too familiar with a Q5 but it looks like you have a very impressive pinball collection. Thats why I was wondering how much those Audis were worth. The only way my previous cars would hit 140mph is if they entered the atmosphere from space.

Well, I have a 2000 dodge caravan; I leave all the back seats out for hauling pinballs . It is maybe worth $1000-1500. My POTO and SS are defiantly worth more! But it's totally worth it for me!

My trucks worth more than my pins are

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I could sell my TSPP for more money in much less time than my workhorse sequoia - which is great for hauling pins

I will trade anyone my 1993 Porsche 968 w/139k miles for a MM or tron LE. The car is a head turner and is in very good condition. 6-spd coupe. Only 4000 made, pretty rare.

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Cars are only worth what somebody will pay for it, but personally I prefer pinball machines. No oil, no filter, no gas, no tires, no registration, no Johnny Law.

Same goes for pinball machines. To each their own, by the way.

Get that speed limiter removed. My A8 had a silly speed limiter to keep the top speed at 130 MPH for North America. Without it, the car is drag limited to about 180.

Best $550.00 I ever spent.

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Aside from my EM, I think any one of my pins is worth more than my car. I drive a '95 Ford Ranger with about 175k miles on it. Newer cars are an obvious money pit. A lot of my friends are making $250-350/month car payments and say they can't afford pins. I would rather buy pins and drive something I can actually work on, even if it's not the flashiest thing on the road. You can't have parties centered around your daily driver no matter how cool it is.

Brian

N. I have a 67 GT500 but, who knows maybe some day pins will be worth more LOL!

By the way, a lifetime of car collecting has led me to this.

Now that is one car that I still wouldn't mind having. How bout a pic?

For some reason I can't discern, I feel compelled to explain that the Q5 was my big splurge when I finally got the settlement from my wife's fatal auto accident. I think she would have loved it.

This way, I can technically exclude myself from that group of weirdos whose pinballs are worth more than their car, and yet still have 29 machines!

I will trade anyone my 1993 Porsche 968 w/139k miles for a MM or TRON LE. The car is a head turner and is in very good condition. 6-spd coupe. Only 4000 made, pretty rare.

very cool. I almos bought a convertible brand new back in the day...

my pins are worth more than my 2004 Ford Taurus with 302,000 miles

but not my mustang

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I've got a craptastic 2002 ford ranger edge.... so yeah, my pins are worth more than the old truck.

but having that old truck and ZERO car payments helps me buy these wonderful pins