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Anyone notice the value of FC's is rising?

Old Jun 7, 2006 | 03:02 PM
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kbb is crap unless youre dealing with insurance companies or dealerships to trade it in. my 89 gtu was valued at $3300 in fair condition, no luck finding a buyer though. i ended up selling it for $2000. not bad cause i bought it for $1000 for those with T2s wait just a lil bit longer and u'll probably get offers at $5-$6k (FF3 tax). i now have a miata and ^ you should get one, its underpowered but has rediculously good handling. drop teh rotary in it and you'll feel right at home.

edit: in the end, it all is deterimined by where you live, the amount of rx7s available (supply), and how much people wanna pay for a 16-20 year old car (demand).

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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by GloryDays
kbb is crap unless youre dealing with insurance companies or dealerships to trade it in. my 89 gtu was valued at $3300 in fair condition, no luck finding a buyer though. i ended up selling it for $2000. not bad cause i bought it for $1000 for those with T2s wait just a lil bit longer and u'll probably get offers at $5-$6k (FF3 tax). i now have a miata and ^ you should get one, its underpowered but has rediculously good handling. drop teh rotary in it and you'll feel right at home.
MIATA........no wonder you dont call me anymore.
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 03:10 PM
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hahaha.. naw im tryin to get it lookin decent before i start mashin it around. its not registered yet. i'll be around next week.
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 03:17 PM
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I bought my TII about a year and a half ago in great condition with a fresh Atkins rebuild for $4000
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 03:25 PM
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i have been trying to buy another turbo 2 before the fast and the furious 3 comes out.
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by turbine
i have been trying to buy another turbo 2 before the fast and the furious 3 comes out.
There is a plethora of them for sale... I might be selling my 88TII to concentrate on getting the 87TII back on the road in t78 style
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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I paid $4.5k for my GXL, but the condition of the body (no rust anywhere, excellent paint), interior, the low miles and the fact that it was at a stealership are all why. That and i've literally seen 2 FC's so far this year in an area of 40k+ people. It takes me both hands to count that number of MKI MR2's, and i still need to use toes.

Now if only my MKI MR2's were worth more than $800 that KBB lists them as being worth.
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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86 sport... 500 bucks
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 09:30 PM
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I got my '87 turbo II for $4500 canadian. 101500k on it. AMAZING condition. the guy could of sold it for 10k easily and people would of still bought it.
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 09:43 PM
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HOLY RUSTED METAL BATMAN!!!!! I checked the value of my '88 GXL when I bought it in Aug. last year and it was around $1,000. Now it says it's worth almost 3,000 in "good" condition! And I have 199,000 on the Odo!
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 10:25 PM
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My '91 Turbo....

trade in - 3850
private - 5400
retail - 7100
me - priceless
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 10:49 PM
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Dude asked me today if I was selling my GXL. I said not unless you have five grand. Probably still wouldn't have sold if he did. (It's impossible to find a 7 around here other than overpriced shitty SEs.)
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 11:09 PM
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when I looked up my TII in Feb it was worth $3,800 for excelent. That just plain sucked. I sure hope it's gone up
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by snowball
im tempted to slap a red suns sticker on my car call it a "drift ready replica" and go ask 10k for it.
you'd at least have to have an S5, Initial D got me into the 7 (I'm not a fanboy or drifter, just liked the book when I was 14) and even I noticed that the tail lights on 7's I was looking at before I bought my TII were dirfferent.
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 11:17 PM
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Wow, according to KBB a "good" condition 91NA is worth $4,605. A "good" 91 TII with 90K miles on it is $4,985. A "good" 91 vert with 90k miles is worth $6,045.

These are private seller figures.

Vert FTW!
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 11:24 PM
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no matter what im screwed!! hahaha
my title is salvaged!!!

it says N/A!!!
hahaha, ****! i have to label it in poor conditioin becuase its salvaged!!
but fair is $3,575
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 11:29 PM
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Ok, this all sounds too good to be true. I'm off to send KBB an e-mail asking them if it's a mistake, and if not, why the values are on the rise...
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 11:49 PM
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^ Don't do that! If its a mistake its working in our favor! If it is a mistake and you get them to notice it you're gonna **** us all if they correct it!
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 11:52 PM
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Oops. Too late. I posted that, sent the email, then refreshed this page. Sorry. Let's hope it's not a mistake...
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 01:38 AM
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$5180 for my TII.

That is a HELL of a lot less than what I payed for it.

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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 02:23 AM
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well i wont sell my baby for nothing i know some old folks that kept their high school cars and till this day 70 years old still rolling strong on the car of their dreams

now people want to give them 100k plus for it

my 7ven stays with me i know this movie is gonna jack everything up for us , 7vens, insurance, COPS, more regulatons, parts will be expensive too....who agrees with me
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 04:21 AM
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^ I do. I am temped to sell once I get a new motor in.
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Trade in- $3,195
Private- $4,505
Retail- $6,360!!!!!!

I bought it for about the trade in value and it only has 86,000 miles.
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 09:39 AM
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Ok guys. I wrote KBB with this:

Hello,


My name is Jason and I own a 1988 Mazda RX-7 SE. I purchased the car alittle over a month ago at a dealership in Denver Colorado. The "retail" value of the car then, in good condition was $4,200. Out of curiosity I looked up the private party value yesterday, and it showed $4,290 in good condition. Now, it looks like you changed the retail values to reflect a car being reconditioned and will only be in excellent condition. The value on my car with those settings is alittle over $6,000. Now, the car would be in good condition, so it should be around $5,200. Give or take alittle.


What I would like to know is why the sudden jump in value? Surely I'm not complaining, but that's a big jump. I showed this information to the members of RX7Club.com and they also confirmed that their cars rose in value quite a bit as well. If possible, can we find out why? Any information you can give us would be excellent. Thank you for your time.
And got this answer:

Thank you for contacting Kelley Blue Book. Kelley Blue Book reports the market and the values we provide change because they are based on the changing marketplace (the marketplace can be erratic). All vehicle values depreciate over time, except for some very rare exceptions such as the 1988 Mazda RX-7. Quality, popularity, changing tastes of the buying public, manufacturer incentives on new models and the economy itself all contribute to the depreciation and in some cases the appreciation of each individual make and model of vehicle.

So it's not a mistake. Our cars just happen to be worth more now...
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 09:57 AM
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good stuff!!
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by blackb15
Ok guys. I wrote KBB with this:.........................


So it's not a mistake. Our cars just happen to be worth more now...
that is very good news! They're going up! In 10 years they'll only be worth more right? (unless the market goes up and down like a roller coaster) but it's not like they're making any more right? they have to be going up ,slowly but surely.
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