I've been keeping an eye on shipping fiasco since the beginning of cov. Foreign import vs Domestic export at LA port has been a huge signifier imo.

The ratio is wild plus the fact the majority of vessels are still leaving the US empty. Yep, empty. Crazy. I personally find this very concerning for many reasons.

https://www.portoflosangeles.org/bus...tatistics-2022

 

Just ran through this 10 year old OPINION thread (started in 2014) trying to predict future FD value....... as I recall the current BAT record FD sale is a bit over $100K.
As almost always for most things THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT

 

A bit over, you might say!

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1994-mazda-rx-7-99/


(Four sold over 100K last year)

 

I'm interested to see what this Current R2 sells for. Not having compression number may hurt the top price point though.

 

The $148K R2 was an awesome FD.
For grins...here is the opinion of one member on 1-13-14 :

"Unless it is mint...prices going down. Amazing car with a timeless design that will always be appreciated and certainly have fervant supports. Most of them aren't just worth much anymore IMHO because of time + abuse. I literally can't imagine paying more than $8,000 for one."

 

Oddly enough, that is how much I sold my R1 for in 2008. To each their own I guess. Some people wouldn't imagine spending a dime on a sports car in general.

 

What would price be for that same R1 today ??

 

In the condition it was and mileage, probably $30K+ because it had 150K miles on it when I sold it. Car was in great shape aside from rock chipped paint. Just dropped in a fresh drivetrain as I lost the factory engine due to an oil pump failure. I was surprised it was still on the stock engine at 150K, I guess it was just time.

 

Where did this thread come from, haha?

 

Resurrected from 2014
Most opinions on future pricing were LOW

 

a 28K 94 R2 Just sold for $90k today on BAT

 

So in 2034, will we be seen as being low or high today?

 

Per BAT data at a glance we are on an upward trend:
$100-150K all original under 20K miles
$75-100K all original under 50K miles
$0-75K all others

 

So if we decide not to sell our $100,000 car for 10 years, what would we have to sell it for, in 2034, to recover storage costs and foregone interest income on $100,000?

And still net $100,000.

 

Only the Shadow knows

 

Answer: US$196,000.

 

I was going to guess $200K

 

Plus maybe another $50,000 to offset the effects of inflation on purchasing power.

 

Tired of your purple R1 seats. How about an upgrade?

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/...uggest_history

 

For an even older discussion, with even poorer predictions...
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generati...eciate-389019/

 

Yes another interesting blast-from-the-past

 

Until the thread petered out, many of the comments seem very fair appraisals of what would come.

 

Well....that was a blast from the past. It's hilarious to go back and read that stuff. The old forum idiots arguing with Fritz and I, I forgot how exhausting that was when I used to engage on the forum more. Even with the uneducated commentary from some of the typical members back then, I do miss the community that this forum once was. T-Von.....whatever happened to that guy? Man some of his old posts are comedy gold. Either way it is weird to look back a decade ago and see myself agreeing with Montego and Gordon, I never thought that was the case back then. Hilarious looking back and seeing Mazdaspeed's post about his 95 CW base with 11K miles and Fritz and I were trying to offer him around $30k for it. Lol

 

You'll have to pay to have them hauled away.

 

Haul them to my house