fret

like the title says, what do you all think is a fair price for such a rx7?

supposedly very clean in and out, no accidents etc... with 65k original miles, in So Cal.

MIKE-P-28

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$2000 max if the paint and interior look like the 60k+

White84SE

Well, I paid $900 for my '82 S with 68k miles. The interior is a 9 on a 10-scale. Only problems being a worn diver side seat bolster (only ones I've seen that DON'T have this are the seats with the full cloth face front, found in early GSL's) the vinyl cover on the driver's side door panel has come loose at the top front corner, and the center dash console looks like crap because I replaced it with one from a parts car due to a stereo theft. Car has had the rear lower quarters patched and you can see the rivits. Was also repainted once and they didn't do an exactly excellent job. However, the car drives wonderfully and still turns heads despite the flaws. Oh, it has the factory IMSA front air dam and rear spoiler, the Targa7 band and rear window louvers..

--Danny

peejay

$200.

Low mileage cars are normally absolute nightmares to deal with.

alien_rx7

Still gotta deal with working out all the bugs and breaking in the engine properly

pk7tanner

I paid $1200 for my 84 with 87k on it. It's appearance is great, except for sun fading, but as peejay mentioned it has been a handful. As a relative newby I have began to realize that low mile 1st gen cars aren't all that special. So I guess it's really more about, how much is it worth to you?

fret

thanks for your replies..... so why are low mileage 1st gens such a nightmare? could you elaborate please?

tia,
-Kory

82transam

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Rotary's like to be revved hard and often, so one with low miles will have more carbon buildup and **** like that to deal with. Just drive the hell out of it when you first get it to "clean it out"

MIKE-P-28

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I dont subscribe to this theory... I used to baby my 80 , and it ended up having 330k+ miles on it...

My 88 vert has 133 on it now, and I baby it, runs perfect... I shift at about 4k or so...

Now my 85 was babied by me for 40k and it died at 224k, the best maintenace I can think of is add 2 cycle oil to the gas EVEN if the OMP is working... I did and always have..

MIKE-P-28

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The only serious thing I can think of about a low mileage car, is things like throttle linkagaes and such like to stick when not used a lot. Also the gas tank and fuel system suffers BADLY when its allowed to just sit and condensate inside, therefore producing rust, and man thats a whole FREAKING nightmare

peejay

330k on a 21 year old car (died last year right?) is about 15,700 miles a year. Not high miles but the car didn't do much sitting, and I'll bet there weren't too many short-cycle trips either. Sitting for long periods of time and short-cycle trips are the two of the worst things you can do to an engine.

On the other hand, an '83 with 65k on it is barely 3500 miles a year. Ouch.

The problem is, many things deteriorate due to age. Normally they'd wear out before they fail due to age deterioration. You could get a car with low miles where everything is original, maybe not worn out, but it's still old, and age deterioration is much harder to determine than stuff that is simply worn out. Regular use makes things wear out before they fail. (Ask anyone who owns a motorhome if they're ever had a new-looking tire blow out, then find out the tire was over 10 years old... either they will say "yes", "no, i replace 'em every 5 years no matter what", or "i dunno i just bought the RV brand new last year")

There are other factors, don't feel like going into them at the moment... suffice to say, a rolling stone gathers no moss

lowpro

depending on how it was taken care of it could be in mint shape

fret

thanks for all the info everyone, all points well taken.

MIKE-P-28

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OOOps did I type 330? I meant 380 , I believ it had 386,000 when the motor decided to go bye bye

BrianHeston

Definately check the fuel filter for rust. I bought an '82 with only 79k on it about 5 months ago, and didn't know till I got it home that the tank was rusty. It still runs fine, is a freakin' powerhouse, until the filter clogs. Then it won't even climb a small hill. Oh, and $5 a filter doesn't sound too bad until you're buying one with every 2nd or 3rd fill-up.

Just something to think about.

BrianHeston

joelwahid

i bought a 79 s with 38,600 miles on it in 2001 and it has always run beautifully, the only thing wrong with it was that the secondaries werent opening.