@bkljaydee btw....I am not rich. Lisle made top rich and single cities in money magazine. Lisle is not pretentious like naperville. It is funny....out of all the comments on here, not one person disputes how much Naperville basically sucks....even the people that live there!! I love it!!! Arlington Heights and Naperville are truly the most overrated towns in the chicagoland area.
bottom line.Naperville is the most overrated towns in the u.s. I live in lisle and it just made one of the top 25 cities in the u.s for the rich and single. Lisle is great . Would never live in Naperville. On the weekend if you want to go anywhere it is impossible to do it in 20 minutes. I drove through downtown naperville and all the snobbish assholes in their gay polos and litlle jr. driving dad's merecedes are everywhere! If you are closterphobic and hate assholes , don't go there!
@bkljaydee btw....I am not rich. Lisle made top rich and single cities in money magazine. Lisle is not pretentious like naperville. It is funny....out of all the comments on here, not one person disputes how much Naperville basically sucks....even the people that live there!! I love it!!! Arlington Heights and Naperville are truly the most overrated towns in the chicagoland area.
Naperville is not what it used to be. The towns charm came from its small town feel, friendly people, cornfields, barns, beautiful turn of the century homes and neighborhoods with more modern neighborhoods surrounding them, a great government, schools and police force, and the fact that it was not on any ones list as a "best place to live". It was a great place to grow up. How long can it's old reputation last?
I've lived here all my life and honestly, I hate to see the 5 year millionaires make my hometown a wayside stop on their way up the corporate ladder. There is no heart or soul invested in making it a community like I remember from my youth. Naperville has become more of an amenity.
I've lived here all my life and honestly, I hate to see the 5 year millionaires make my hometown a wayside stop on their way up the corporate ladder. There is no heart or soul invested in making it a community like I remember from my youth. Naperville has become more of an amenity.
I moved to Naperville a year ago because my husband and I needed to move to the Chicago suburbs for work and heard Naperville was a nice, safe town. I kind of regret the decision. Naperville is clean and looks nice, but has no personality to speak of. It saddens me to see modest or moderately priced homes classified as "teardowns." People are too focused on money and not the things that really matter. We are not rich people at all, so we don't really fit in here.
You said it..you're not rich AT ALL, so you don't fit here...most people who are the have nots don't really feel that welcome here and i'm guessing that's from envy. If you have kids then if you stay they will go to some of the best public schools around.
No, it's not envy, believe me. I don't put a lot of importance into material things. I know what really matters in life, and it's not owning a huge castle and lexus. If you do think that's what life is about, I pity you.
In America we worship the biggest, the fastest ,the smartest, the tallest, the most expensive that is how we value segregate and put all folks in their proper place. Folks that do not own super large homes hummers swimming pools are just plain old lower caste. Living modestly you paint yourself as a loser. Just an American fact of life.
Why does everyone harp on McMansions all the time? I thought the American dream was to get a mcmansion, own a big SUV like a Hummer or Escalade, go on cruise ship vacations, and get 100 pounds overweight.
How would these rich people like it if somebody even more rich than them demolished their gigantic mansion and built one with a 20 car garage rather than one with 10.
i dont think they are demolishing these houses against anyones will, they buy them first einstein, if you want to save ur house dont sell it!!!!!!!!!!
Some people have to sell their homes due to relocation etc. The reason I say how would a rich person feel is because these people have the home where they grew up with all their memories destroyed for an ugly mansion. I am not that stupid that I think these people are being forced out beyond their will.
At least I was decent enough to put my house far off the road and on a lot big enough for the house's size, gated off where people hardly ever see it. Why the hell do these people put theirs in neighborhoods that have houses so small compared to theirs, in lots that can barely barely handle the house alone? It's like they're trying to show off as much as possible, while spending as little as possible. Idiots.
i just got your email,and all i can say is YOU CAN SAY THAT AGIAN!!! id rather put up with the people of a REAL CITY!!! like oh say...CHICAGO!!!! and the stupidity of them,and their antices!!! lets hope you and i get out of this FUCKED-UP VILLAGE!!! with our minds intaced!!! Peace!!!
dude,i know excactly what your talking about!!i live in naperville and ive been all over town AND IVE SEEN THESE STUPID-ASS MANSIONS!!! and i cant help but think who the HELL CAN AFFORD THIS?!!!their always bulit with two car garages,and brick paved and they look COMPLETEY OUT OF PLACE!!! im glad to see someone else notice. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
The term mcmansion was started in the 1980s. If you want to call it Persian Palace, that's fine too. Or a Hummer House, Starter Castle, Mini Taj Mahal, Lawyer Foyer, Jumbo Adobe, Frankenhoue, or a Parachute Home.
Thanks for the video. Looks a lot like what's happening in Edina, MN near where I live. BTW don't forget Faux Chateau & Garage Mahal - always classic. :) P.S. I like Lawyer Foyer, hadn't heard that one.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions but if you start dropping these f-bombs and the "c" word, I'm gonna drop your comment from my video and block you. Personal insults aren't allowed either. Clean it up you Naperville snobs. LOL.
dude napervilles not even great i live there and yes i ahve alot of money but its kind of gay when they teear down the small houses to build these huge houses it just makes us seem liek were rich ass holes when not everyone in naperivlle is
In my town, there was a ton of green houses that sold food and flowers.. I loved going there. But then, they tore it all down for these ugly ass houses. D:
I don't know how anyone could call a place like this a home.. I would never be able to stand living in one.
huh. ure probably a drunken poor ass who lives in the garbage. go fuck yourself- if thats how some poeple want to spend their money, then let them be. Im glad they 're destroying the dick-looking old homes. Their ugly.
go fuck yourself. I live in one of the 'mcmansions'. what kind of dick hair name can come up with? their called 'homes' not 'mcmansions' I bet ure a drunken ass who lives in your own cunt. go fuck your welf.
Hey man, it's called an opinion. You don't have to bash me because I don't like the kind of house you live in. Plus, why would you judge me? Just because I live in a house that's is basically a heirloom in my family doesn't mean it's garbage, and just because I can respect the beauty of old architecture doesn't mean I'm a "drunken ass", as you call it. Pretty fucking immature, if you ask me. Oh, and learn to spell, hun. :)
And maybe you will just be very disappointed when you're a little bit older. Especially in your country... When you learn the truth, what will happen?
Oh man! I love to watch all these mcmansions because they are the prove for the stupidity of the American dream. What a waste of money, resources and energy! What a poor life for kids who are unable to go anywhere without being driven by the parents! What a waste of time, they will have to spend 10 hours a week in the car!
you kidding me? one day, i'm gonna live in a house that big... i'll have maids and cooks and shit, and live like a king. fuck the american dream, my dream is about getting rich by any means necessary.
oh man if you people only knew, there is so much money to be made off of these homes, and yea people like my family need a house of this size because of a larger family. iv had people drive by my house adn honk the horn and scream out valgarities because of a house that is to large for the neighborhood. it really dosnt matter how big your house is, if you paid for it, then its yours.
I grew up in a neighborhood like this. But all the homes were built in the fifties. The castles were there first, and the backyards looked upon a beautiful lake, and there were plenty of open spaces to explore so we lacked nothing.
Nothing wrong EXCEPT If u r parents and both work long hours and have no1 to care for your kids then u don't NEED 1.If u r complaining about gas and oil prices or global warmming then u SHOULD'NT be in 1. If your children believe that Size and quantity = status than u r doing everyone a disservce.If u can say none of this is true than be well & be happy & enjoy!
Oh, please spare me! Don't you realize that the very neighborhood you are talking about is one that was REALLY overbuilt in 1950 when those houses were new? People then were living in SMALL apartments in the city and moved out to get BIG YARDS WITH TREES and a house in a neighborhood without Industry next to them. SO, the people building new big houses there today are just replacing what is out of date now.
whats wrong? its when you stick the huge mcmansions next to houses that are one third its size. they usually have no lawn, and the others do. they extend to the very back and look horrible compared to others in the neighborhood. they are fine, but not then next to small unique houses
Thank you Celtic! Was that house one up from the corner (Maple)? The worst thing about the tear-downs in Naperville is that they took out all the bungalows around West Jefferson in order to put up three story pieces of crap that are out of scale for 1) the Victorian period they are mocking and 2) the neighborhood. The only thing those new houses are good for is saving the retirements of some decent people.
one of my top three goals in life is to make so much money that i can knock down the houses that dont belong in naperville and replace them with simple single family homes - the way it used to be.
I've lived in naperville for just about 18 years. 1) Live in a turf covered house (like in the hobbit). The other two slots are up for grabs in actual position, but the knocking down of the knock downs will always be top three.
im assuming youre a spoiled 23 year old kid who lives with his parents - the only reason why you live in a million dollar home. naperville used to be a very modest town, but people like you have ruined that. unpretentious homes are a virtue of a modest family. just because you can afford a home like that doesnt mean you live in one. why dont you ask your daddy how much he pays for utility bills. also, what's with the drunk comments? you too stuck-up to drink so you look down on people who do?
in response to your aggressive posts - listen up you little shit, dont assume me, my family, or anyone that lives in a house you would reject as garbage is poor, and that your family is the savior of naperville. how do you know how much money people make? im a physicist that is taking actuary exams that track me to making 300,000+ a year. i still wont live those 'in your face' homes.
On the outside, they tend to be an eyesore especially if they're built on very small lots next to houses that are much smaller. I have to admit, however, that they can be quite nice on the inside. I have a friend that lives in one. I like being inside of it, but the exterior is horrid.
I don't have that problem with mine. It sits on about 3/4 acres of land and there's even a nature preserve behind it. Although I do agree that building them next to cheap houses is a pretty dumb move. That's not a great way to get re-sale value!
@bkljaydee btw....I am not rich. Lisle made top rich and single cities in money magazine. Lisle is not pretentious like naperville. It is funny....out of all the comments on here, not one person disputes how much Naperville basically sucks....even the people that live there!! I love it!!! Arlington Heights and Naperville are truly the most overrated towns in the chicagoland area.
bkljaydee 5 months ago
bottom line.Naperville is the most overrated towns in the u.s. I live in lisle and it just made one of the top 25 cities in the u.s for the rich and single. Lisle is great . Would never live in Naperville. On the weekend if you want to go anywhere it is impossible to do it in 20 minutes. I drove through downtown naperville and all the snobbish assholes in their gay polos and litlle jr. driving dad's merecedes are everywhere! If you are closterphobic and hate assholes , don't go there!
bkljaydee 5 months ago
@bkljaydee btw....I am not rich. Lisle made top rich and single cities in money magazine. Lisle is not pretentious like naperville. It is funny....out of all the comments on here, not one person disputes how much Naperville basically sucks....even the people that live there!! I love it!!! Arlington Heights and Naperville are truly the most overrated towns in the chicagoland area.
bkljaydee 5 months ago
Why would they demolish a well built home from the 1950 for a poorly built shitbox?
kagome122885 5 months ago
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trigon1962 9 months ago
Definition of Mcmansion; "A larger home than an envious person is capable of affording"
dgl1962 10 months ago
when i talk to someone and they tell me they are from naperville, i say excuse me and head for the nearest door.
if you see a minority in napervillle, you must have gotten lost and ended up in the kitchen of applebee's.
aknowneemus 1 year ago
Naperville is not what it used to be. The towns charm came from its small town feel, friendly people, cornfields, barns, beautiful turn of the century homes and neighborhoods with more modern neighborhoods surrounding them, a great government, schools and police force, and the fact that it was not on any ones list as a "best place to live". It was a great place to grow up. How long can it's old reputation last?
55Computer55 1 year ago
I've lived here all my life and honestly, I hate to see the 5 year millionaires make my hometown a wayside stop on their way up the corporate ladder. There is no heart or soul invested in making it a community like I remember from my youth. Naperville has become more of an amenity.
Wolfsong64 1 year ago
I've lived here all my life and honestly, I hate to see the 5 year millionaires make my hometown a wayside stop on their way up the corporate ladder. There is no heart or soul invested in making it a community like I remember from my youth. Naperville has become more of an amenity.
Wolfsong64 1 year ago
Hinsdale gave birth to this craze and the North Shore has personified it.
JohnRhysMusician 1 year ago
i live in naperville.
kittysrock122 2 years ago
I used to live there when I was a kid.
Markel1970A 2 years ago
I moved to Naperville a year ago because my husband and I needed to move to the Chicago suburbs for work and heard Naperville was a nice, safe town. I kind of regret the decision. Naperville is clean and looks nice, but has no personality to speak of. It saddens me to see modest or moderately priced homes classified as "teardowns." People are too focused on money and not the things that really matter. We are not rich people at all, so we don't really fit in here.
paintedblue07 2 years ago
ive lived here all my life(37yrs) and i TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!!!!
LUVMEN21 2 years ago
You said it..you're not rich AT ALL, so you don't fit here...most people who are the have nots don't really feel that welcome here and i'm guessing that's from envy. If you have kids then if you stay they will go to some of the best public schools around.
ThatAmericanGuy1 2 years ago
@ThatAmericanGuy1
No, it's not envy, believe me. I don't put a lot of importance into material things. I know what really matters in life, and it's not owning a huge castle and lexus. If you do think that's what life is about, I pity you.
paintedblue07 2 years ago
"driving thru a nice 1950's neighborhood that is being replaced by McMansions that cost 1 million dollars."
Lawl more like upwards of 1.5 mil at -least-
mts2457 2 years ago
In America we worship the biggest, the fastest ,the smartest, the tallest, the most expensive that is how we value segregate and put all folks in their proper place. Folks that do not own super large homes hummers swimming pools are just plain old lower caste. Living modestly you paint yourself as a loser. Just an American fact of life.
jobedied 2 years ago
yeah I miss the good old under the breath racist remarks
skater251993 3 years ago
Why does everyone harp on McMansions all the time? I thought the American dream was to get a mcmansion, own a big SUV like a Hummer or Escalade, go on cruise ship vacations, and get 100 pounds overweight.
ffairlane57 3 years ago
That's the American dream they've been sold on stupid ass TV shows.
plateofshrimp 3 years ago 2
how true, my dream is to have a nice piece of land (a few acres) and have a house running on solar, and grow a lot of my own food
sgtpepper1138 2 years ago
@sgtpepper1138 Haha. Good idea! A farm would be nice, but takes a lot of work too.
visionimagify 1 year ago
who dreams of being fat??
touquoise 3 years ago
Apparently the folks who live in these houses.
ffairlane57 3 years ago 2
That would be the American Nighmare! So I suggest you fall gently asleep again...
Supergattoni 3 years ago
ffairlane57: How is that a good American dream? Mine is to drop outta school to be on girls gone whald and to have my baybay.
Just kidding. That's from the talk show Maury, about the 15 year old that "wanna have a baby cuz i got like that that".
MambaWOF 2 years ago
How would these rich people like it if somebody even more rich than them demolished their gigantic mansion and built one with a 20 car garage rather than one with 10.
raindeertrash187 3 years ago
i dont think they are demolishing these houses against anyones will, they buy them first einstein, if you want to save ur house dont sell it!!!!!!!!!!
jason7660 3 years ago
Some people have to sell their homes due to relocation etc. The reason I say how would a rich person feel is because these people have the home where they grew up with all their memories destroyed for an ugly mansion. I am not that stupid that I think these people are being forced out beyond their will.
raindeertrash187 3 years ago
im not familiar with that part of town. im on the northside, near the border of will and du page counties, i live in brook wood trace.
Disfik 3 years ago
At least I was decent enough to put my house far off the road and on a lot big enough for the house's size, gated off where people hardly ever see it. Why the hell do these people put theirs in neighborhoods that have houses so small compared to theirs, in lots that can barely barely handle the house alone? It's like they're trying to show off as much as possible, while spending as little as possible. Idiots.
hkkorly 3 years ago
There are a lot of very large homes in Naperville right now. Yet these houses are not selling and they still keep building.
TigerRaptorFX 3 years ago
Heh, well that's not surprising.
I hate it when I see houses that can barely fit their lots towering over the neighbors, and apparently everyone else does, too.
I see HUGE houses in small neighborhoods sometimes, one being some 7,000 sq-foot in a neighborhood full of $200,000 dollar homes.
Well, I guess they're just McMansions.
hkkorly 3 years ago
i just got your email,and all i can say is YOU CAN SAY THAT AGIAN!!! id rather put up with the people of a REAL CITY!!! like oh say...CHICAGO!!!! and the stupidity of them,and their antices!!! lets hope you and i get out of this FUCKED-UP VILLAGE!!! with our minds intaced!!! Peace!!!
LUVMEN21 3 years ago 2
its seeing houses like this that covnices me to MOVE OUT OF TOWN!!
LUVMEN21 3 years ago
I'm planing on moving out of Naperville my self. I've been 18 years now and I want out. Too many changes and too many stupid people here.
TigerRaptorFX 3 years ago 2
dude,i know excactly what your talking about!!i live in naperville and ive been all over town AND IVE SEEN THESE STUPID-ASS MANSIONS!!! and i cant help but think who the HELL CAN AFFORD THIS?!!!their always bulit with two car garages,and brick paved and they look COMPLETEY OUT OF PLACE!!! im glad to see someone else notice. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
LUVMEN21 3 years ago
I bet the mortgage will outlast the house.
BaphometKnows 3 years ago 2
The term mcmansion was started in the 1980s. If you want to call it Persian Palace, that's fine too. Or a Hummer House, Starter Castle, Mini Taj Mahal, Lawyer Foyer, Jumbo Adobe, Frankenhoue, or a Parachute Home.
celticmaps 4 years ago
Thanks for the video. Looks a lot like what's happening in Edina, MN near where I live. BTW don't forget Faux Chateau & Garage Mahal - always classic. :) P.S. I like Lawyer Foyer, hadn't heard that one.
mellawach 3 years ago
Everyone is entitled to their opinions but if you start dropping these f-bombs and the "c" word, I'm gonna drop your comment from my video and block you. Personal insults aren't allowed either. Clean it up you Naperville snobs. LOL.
celticmaps 4 years ago
dude napervilles not even great i live there and yes i ahve alot of money but its kind of gay when they teear down the small houses to build these huge houses it just makes us seem liek were rich ass holes when not everyone in naperivlle is
wasntmeit 4 years ago
Where is my last comment?
Depotmaster 4 years ago
I fucking HATE these houses. Seriously.
In my town, there was a ton of green houses that sold food and flowers.. I loved going there. But then, they tore it all down for these ugly ass houses. D:
I don't know how anyone could call a place like this a home.. I would never be able to stand living in one.
upliftedsoul 4 years ago
huh. ure probably a drunken poor ass who lives in the garbage. go fuck yourself- if thats how some poeple want to spend their money, then let them be. Im glad they 're destroying the dick-looking old homes. Their ugly.
MrMoo7999 4 years ago
go fuck yourself. I live in one of the 'mcmansions'. what kind of dick hair name can come up with? their called 'homes' not 'mcmansions' I bet ure a drunken ass who lives in your own cunt. go fuck your welf.
MrMoo7999 4 years ago
Hey man, it's called an opinion. You don't have to bash me because I don't like the kind of house you live in. Plus, why would you judge me? Just because I live in a house that's is basically a heirloom in my family doesn't mean it's garbage, and just because I can respect the beauty of old architecture doesn't mean I'm a "drunken ass", as you call it. Pretty fucking immature, if you ask me. Oh, and learn to spell, hun. :)
upliftedsoul 4 years ago
you should read what i wrote as a reply to that insolent mrmoo. i think you'll agree.
ForCelebrationsPast 4 years ago
Yes! Thank you for posting those awesome comments and putting that mrmoo back into his place. :)<3
upliftedsoul 4 years ago
And maybe you will just be very disappointed when you're a little bit older. Especially in your country... When you learn the truth, what will happen?
Depotmaster 4 years ago
Oh man! I love to watch all these mcmansions because they are the prove for the stupidity of the American dream. What a waste of money, resources and energy! What a poor life for kids who are unable to go anywhere without being driven by the parents! What a waste of time, they will have to spend 10 hours a week in the car!
Depotmaster 4 years ago
you kidding me? one day, i'm gonna live in a house that big... i'll have maids and cooks and shit, and live like a king. fuck the american dream, my dream is about getting rich by any means necessary.
crackinthekraken 4 years ago
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Maple2009 3 years ago
@Depotmaster Yeah, they're the kind of people that don't let their kids go outside to play, they have to schedule PLAY DATES..... uughhh
sgtpepper1138 1 year ago
oh man if you people only knew, there is so much money to be made off of these homes, and yea people like my family need a house of this size because of a larger family. iv had people drive by my house adn honk the horn and scream out valgarities because of a house that is to large for the neighborhood. it really dosnt matter how big your house is, if you paid for it, then its yours.
richmondplace1 4 years ago 4
more power to you! Nothing wrong with it . . . that's the American Way.
celticmaps 4 years ago
I grew up in a neighborhood like this. But all the homes were built in the fifties. The castles were there first, and the backyards looked upon a beautiful lake, and there were plenty of open spaces to explore so we lacked nothing.
isolde49 4 years ago
Nothing wrong EXCEPT If u r parents and both work long hours and have no1 to care for your kids then u don't NEED 1.If u r complaining about gas and oil prices or global warmming then u SHOULD'NT be in 1. If your children believe that Size and quantity = status than u r doing everyone a disservce.If u can say none of this is true than be well & be happy & enjoy!
bingwisdom 4 years ago
Oh, please spare me! Don't you realize that the very neighborhood you are talking about is one that was REALLY overbuilt in 1950 when those houses were new? People then were living in SMALL apartments in the city and moved out to get BIG YARDS WITH TREES and a house in a neighborhood without Industry next to them. SO, the people building new big houses there today are just replacing what is out of date now.
Jibbie49 4 years ago
whats wrong? its when you stick the huge mcmansions next to houses that are one third its size. they usually have no lawn, and the others do. they extend to the very back and look horrible compared to others in the neighborhood. they are fine, but not then next to small unique houses
staking150k 4 years ago
Thank you Celtic! Was that house one up from the corner (Maple)? The worst thing about the tear-downs in Naperville is that they took out all the bungalows around West Jefferson in order to put up three story pieces of crap that are out of scale for 1) the Victorian period they are mocking and 2) the neighborhood. The only thing those new houses are good for is saving the retirements of some decent people.
katalmq 4 years ago
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LUVMEN21 3 years ago
one of my top three goals in life is to make so much money that i can knock down the houses that dont belong in naperville and replace them with simple single family homes - the way it used to be.
ForCelebrationsPast 4 years ago
How long have you lived in Naperville?
What are your other 2 goals?
celticmaps 4 years ago
I've lived in naperville for just about 18 years. 1) Live in a turf covered house (like in the hobbit). The other two slots are up for grabs in actual position, but the knocking down of the knock downs will always be top three.
ForCelebrationsPast 4 years ago
huh Naperville wouldn't be here if it werent for the rich families. fuck ure self.
MrMoo7999 4 years ago
im assuming youre a spoiled 23 year old kid who lives with his parents - the only reason why you live in a million dollar home. naperville used to be a very modest town, but people like you have ruined that. unpretentious homes are a virtue of a modest family. just because you can afford a home like that doesnt mean you live in one. why dont you ask your daddy how much he pays for utility bills. also, what's with the drunk comments? you too stuck-up to drink so you look down on people who do?
ForCelebrationsPast 4 years ago
in response to your aggressive posts - listen up you little shit, dont assume me, my family, or anyone that lives in a house you would reject as garbage is poor, and that your family is the savior of naperville. how do you know how much money people make? im a physicist that is taking actuary exams that track me to making 300,000+ a year. i still wont live those 'in your face' homes.
ForCelebrationsPast 4 years ago
with a net worth of $36 billion Warren Buffett lives in the same home in Omaha, Nebr., that he bought in 1958 for $31,500
thrift and good management is a virtue .
much of the worlds problems are caused by fancy living and many of the best humans who ever lived, lived in a simple way .
I very much agree with you
bearsagainstevil 4 years ago
Irs happening in australia as well. Just awful.
pinkyperky5000 4 years ago
And what exactly is wrong with mcmansions? I live in one and I love it.
Jaguar122888 5 years ago
On the outside, they tend to be an eyesore especially if they're built on very small lots next to houses that are much smaller. I have to admit, however, that they can be quite nice on the inside. I have a friend that lives in one. I like being inside of it, but the exterior is horrid.
latinslav 4 years ago
I don't have that problem with mine. It sits on about 3/4 acres of land and there's even a nature preserve behind it. Although I do agree that building them next to cheap houses is a pretty dumb move. That's not a great way to get re-sale value!
Jaguar122888 4 years ago