Originally Posted by 88 SE

So for about the last 2 years of so I've been looking for a decently price, well taken care of FC for a reasonable price.. or at least what I thought was a reasonable price.

Thus far, a running Turbo FC that doesn't look beat to crap, actually runs, hasn't had it's AC removed by some kid etc etc just simply doesn't exist for what I would consider a REASONABLE price (<$4000 for S4, <$5000 for S5) It's completley insane considering I bought my first Turbo in unmolested shape for $2500. Now granted that was back in 2002 or so.

So this leads me to now, where I'm at the point where the cost of buying a JDM market car and paying the $3000 for shipping, customs etc will probably get me a super clean and unmolested car for less money than people are wanting stateside. It's become a serious option and if I don't come across a car I like before next summer I'll probably be making a deal with Goo-net to bring me one.

So that's all just a rant, back to the topic at hand. Let's have a serious discussion here for a moment, why the hell does everyone think a Turbo II car is worth it's weight in gold nowdays? Why do I CONSTANTLY see TII's with blown engines with $5000 asking prices? How is it that I can offer a kid $2500 for a TII that doesn't run and he actually turns down cash in front of his face? Is it just sheer stupidity or have original TII's become that rare that the price is justified?

I could be really of base on all this , I don't know. Have FC prices really risen that much and I'm just being a scrooge?

All opinions welcome on the subject.

Originally Posted by j9fd3s

around here demand is nearly zero, supply is fine, there are usually 1-2 T2's on CL, one of them has been there for at least 6 months, i think the other guy gave up

Originally Posted by `explicit`

Where do you live? I'm over in Seattle so the only ones I find nowadays are beat up track cars.

I've yet to see a perfectly stock T2 for sale.