Dan H

Hey Kevin, did all those 10th AE's had peeling paint or just some?

My 10th AE has peeling and flaky paint in some areas as well. I remember Icemark saying the 10th AE's had the worst paint next to the S5 coupes.

reamia

i had the same problem the paint started to peel off the hood and roof, one of my friends also has a ae and his is peeling in the same spots. it sucked so thats when i decided to get the car repainted.

RotaryResurrection

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every 10th I have seen has either been repainted or has peeling paint, even if it is just small spots. Most are the size of a baseball or larger.

kick7ca

There is no defending a comment this retarded.
Please provide what you consider a valid reason for each of the assertions you made above why a 10AE would be more likely to experience these problems. - and don't say "people treat them worse".
I'll help you out..
A 10AE muffler is more likely to be hanging off because (your reasoning here)

A 10 AE is more likely to have wires patched in the engine bay because (your reasoning here)

10AE dashboards bubble faster because (your reason here)

...was that a random sample? You took 7 serial #'s at random and inspected each car?

Your likely being more critical of AE's simply because they're AE's, are rare, and supposed to be special. You notice thier condition more. You can only compare them to other S4 cars. They're no different than any other 88 T2, and will depreciate no differently. Unless ofcouse you can tell us why they do in fact depreciate faster. I'll be real interested to here that.

Stupid comment. I've waisted enough time.

dorifc3s

i wouldnt say they are overrated its just the fact that there was few made makes it somewhat desireable

DEZERTE

youre an idiot, do you even know who you quoted?

BlackSport0187

I completely agree with you on that one. The GTUs is the most overrated FC.

PHATFC3S

i personally think that unless its a very low mileage 10th ae theres really no sense in goin through all the bs of restoring it to original condition unless thats how you want the car to be for you. because if i were to buy it as a collector item id rather buy one with say 50k miles on it as opposed to buying one with 140k or whatever. and as far as the GTUs goes i do believe theres a little too much hype about them. i own one and i love it. but it all depends on your personal preferences in a car. i like it alot more performance wise and all better than my gxl but as far as creature comforts and luxuries i like my gxl a little more. sorry if you all think this is a stupid f&^$*ng comment but there my $.02

J-Rat

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I am going to have to side with Kevin on the 10th anniversary being torn up debate. Every 10th annni I have seen has suffered greatly at the hands of mad, vicious ricers. Dont ask me why, the 10th just seems to suffer more...

APEXDRIFT

my 10AE is orignial paint looks perfectly fine except for some rock chips... the only problem with my 10AE is the cats are clogged, and i need to get new rear rotors and pads... other then that its fine...as for the comment about people having teeth in there ***... well what do you expect for a car with leather seats and is 16 years old and the owner before me was a fatty fatty fat fat thats most likly why my driver side seat is a little ripped up

hondahater

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the two I've seen in town are as fallows

1. modded to **** with a fmic and tripple a pillar gauge pod etc... peeling paint.

2. gulp this one pissed me off but everyone on this forum said it was ok. This older guy had a mint and when I say mint I mean engine looked like it came off the show room with the battery box still intact, the seats where the best looking black leather seats I've seen for an 88. The car in short looked brand new. So he descides to take it to an autox *cough* dumb *** *cough*. Well while he was there he blew a coolant seal and overheated his engine. Anyways at least an engine is replaceable.

dorifc3s

how 'bout them base models?

c_mart_28

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I've owned 2 10ae's and i'd have to say that it really just depends on the car's history. Example: my first AE. It had a real long owners list, and even a couple owners that didn't even bother registering it while they had it. It was torn up, bad. My current one has been owned by a total of four people including myself, and has obviously been taken care of, and so now its exterior condition is one of the best of an FC in general that i've ever seen. I would have to agree with Kevin however on his overall statement. The majority of the 10ae's i've seen have been junk. My theory is that because there was only 1500 of these cars made, there are not enough of them to counter the torn up ones. Not helping that was the seemingly poor paint quality that they were given. The regular TII's however had IMO better paint, and theres enough of them that for ever one that you see torn up, theres probably one near by thats nice.

Dan H

I'm still wondering why 10th AE's had worse paint? Whats the reason? Just a specialized car that Mazda had to cut costs on somewhere through the production of it?

hondahater

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"Just a specialized car that Mazda had to cut costs on somewhere through the production of it"

was mazda affiliated with ford yet? lol

c_mart_28

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I really doubt that the reasoning behind the paint is because of budget problem..still possible i guess though. I'm just betting that it was a paint mixture that just wasn't as durable as the other paints. Who knows, i could be way off. Likely am.

hondahater

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yeah your probably off lol

7'sfalife

Your option #1 sounds as if you have just described my car to the T ! And their is also an old man in my area that has as you have described a prestine example of a 10th AE! What area of louisiana or you located!

hondahater

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I"m from lake charles, oh ****! your not the guy that goes to school at sowela huh? I always see your car there and wanna chat but I never see you. Man thats awesome I was going to write a note today saying the rx7 club knows about you Man we need to meet up so you can take me for a drive!

ps. that old man was probably the guy that blew the colant seals. Do you guys live by the burton coliseum?

n4ji

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After seeing an AE in Ohio during last summer, I knew that I had to have one. If they're in mint condition they turn heads more than any other car I've ever seen. When I went to pick mine up in Kansas over the fall, the moment I saw it turn the corner and come into the gas station I was waiting at, I seriously felt honored to own such a beautiful car. It also helped that the car at the time only had 12000 miles, and now still only has 15,000. I'll never get rid of it no matter what.

RotaryResurrection

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Uhm, who is retarded again?? I thought we already went through this. Got a reading comprehension problem? Here, Ill say it again for you:

Yes, all the cars were brought to me randomly by customers from all over the country...newyork, florida, georgia, north carolina, virginia, tennessee, south carolina, etc. How much more random can you get?

I didn't say I could tell you *WHY*. But I can tell you that in general, they DO. I have bought/worked on many an 87/88 t2 and they are usually in twice the condition of the 10th annys that I have worked on. That is what I am saying, that in *my experience* they are treated worse, and there is nothing you can say to change that.

Why don't you let it go. This post was put here for opinions, I posted mine, along with some facts to back it up, and you're still starting ****. Instead, just post your *opinion*, and let everything else go. People can make up their own damn minds. I have made mine.

hondahater

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I believe rotaryresurrection because if you think about it, the 10ae has probably been through twice as many owners because of the fact that it is a 10ae. 10ae is more in demand I would emagine for the reason that there where only 1500 made (witch I swear there are more than 1500 ) so if a car has seen twice as many owners its probably seen twice as much abuse. just my .02

n4ji

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I'm just going to throw this up here, in my opinion it does the justice by just looking at it.

n4ji

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Oops... Pay no attention the blue car, that was my old Cutlass. Finally sold it!!!

Michael

Dan H

Take off the bra!

The first thing I did when I got mines was remove it.