How long does it take once an IMS starts to go?

[Overdrive]

southernstar, I see what you're saying, and I don't disagree that the issue has affected the cars' values, because it definitely has. I just don't feel that an IMS remedy should drive the value of a car up over one that hasn't had the work done, be it short term or long term. I'm not trying to say anyone is right or wrong, it's just how I see it. To me it's not all that different from someone trying to recoup the cost of modifications that they made to a car that's simply not worth what they're looking to get for it, but they mark it up because they put $xx,xxx.xx in modifications into said car, except we're talking about a mechanical fix. Probably not the best comparison for me to use, but hopefully you see where I was going with that.