Do options hold value?

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by KevinH1990

I'm planning to keep my car for a while, so I've added a few items that make the car more pleasant. I'm not too concerned about getting the money back out of the modifications. I wouldn't do anything to make the car unsellable.

However, it is mystifying why my daughter's 2006 Honda Civic (admittedly a fairly well optioned EX model) came with variable intermittent wipers (which I added to my Boxster) and a decent sound system (which cost me several hundred dollars to achieve in my Boxster.) Although I bought both cars used, the sticker on my car was about $50,000 and my daughter's was about $19,000.

The other mystery is the behavior of the person who bought my car new. He splurged on colored wheel crests ($185), but couldn't find the coin for heated seats which probably cost $400.

EX is short for: top of the line in Honda speak. At 1 time EX was fully loaded & you choose the option of manual or auto trans & your choice of maybe 6 colors.
Heated seat option debuted industry wide in 2001. Some luxury cars may have had them before then but I don't think Porsche did. If your car was bought new from dealer stock it was equipped with whatever options the dealer thought would result in the quickest sale & max profit$$$.