How to value your FD
10-21-19, 10:28 AM
#2751
Nice to see a fd still on the road with that amount of milage. I have only 115000 miles on it but I bought it to drive and enjoy. I would not mind buying a collector low milage car for resale but I have to have another fd to enjoy driving. These cars were built to drive in my opinion.
10-21-19, 10:51 AM
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Nice to see a fd still on the road with that amount of milage. I have only 115000 miles on it but I bought it to drive and enjoy. I would not mind buying a collector low milage car for resale but I have to have another fd to enjoy driving. These cars were built to drive in my opinion.
The low mileage cars are still worth driving. IMO you can't find a better/more fun sports car for 30k. They also won't depreciate but if you buy one with high mileage you may end up spending 10 to 20k just maintaining it LOL.
10-21-19, 03:07 PM
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10-22-19, 09:54 AM
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R2 with 24k miles, purchased in 2017. Now has 29k miles. No repairs and still drives great. I can tell the oil pan was resealed at some point but otherwise it's bone stock. I look forward to it needing something so I can have all the reliability mods done. However until it needs something I'm not touching it. Most of these cars become BIG problems because the owners can't keep their hands off of them LOL.
SSM base (lots of reliability mods) with 42k miles, purchased in 2014. Now has 58k miles. Needed a lot of work when I 1st purchased it. Repaired: rear main seal leak, turbo exhaust leak, turbo return oil leak, idle speed motor, AC leak and recharge, tune and a few other little things. Cost 2k (PFS did the work and Ray was very nice to me/good friend). The AC stopped working after about 12 months after being fixed, I replaced a sticking turbo control solenoid and that's it. The base model with over 200k miles will be a complete nightmare to own vs a sub 50k mile FD.
PAST HISTORY: Can't remember buying an FD with less than 25k miles and having it need any significant repairs during my ownership (have owned at least 10 of these type FDs). Bottomline: mileage, maint, storage/owner are massively important when buying a 25 year old car.
10-22-19, 05:35 PM
#2756
RECENT HISTORY:
R2 with 24k miles, purchased in 2017. Now has 29k miles. No repairs and still drives great. I can tell the oil pan was resealed at some point but otherwise it's bone stock. I look forward to it needing something so I can have all the reliability mods done. However until it needs something I'm not touching it. Most of these cars become BIG problems because the owners can't keep their hands off of them LOL.
SSM base (lots of reliability mods) with 42k miles, purchased in 2014. Now has 58k miles. Needed a lot of work when I 1st purchased it. Repaired: rear main seal leak, turbo exhaust leak, turbo return oil leak, idle speed motor, AC leak and recharge, tune and a few other little things. Cost 2k (PFS did the work and Ray was very nice to me/good friend). The AC stopped working after about 12 months after being fixed, I replaced a sticking turbo control solenoid and that's it. The base model with over 200k miles will be a complete nightmare to own vs a sub 50k mile FD.
PAST HISTORY: Can't remember buying an FD with less than 25k miles and having it need any significant repairs during my ownership (have owned at least 10 of these type FDs). Bottomline: mileage, maint, storage/owner are massively important when buying a 25 year old car.
R2 with 24k miles, purchased in 2017. Now has 29k miles. No repairs and still drives great. I can tell the oil pan was resealed at some point but otherwise it's bone stock. I look forward to it needing something so I can have all the reliability mods done. However until it needs something I'm not touching it. Most of these cars become BIG problems because the owners can't keep their hands off of them LOL.
SSM base (lots of reliability mods) with 42k miles, purchased in 2014. Now has 58k miles. Needed a lot of work when I 1st purchased it. Repaired: rear main seal leak, turbo exhaust leak, turbo return oil leak, idle speed motor, AC leak and recharge, tune and a few other little things. Cost 2k (PFS did the work and Ray was very nice to me/good friend). The AC stopped working after about 12 months after being fixed, I replaced a sticking turbo control solenoid and that's it. The base model with over 200k miles will be a complete nightmare to own vs a sub 50k mile FD.
PAST HISTORY: Can't remember buying an FD with less than 25k miles and having it need any significant repairs during my ownership (have owned at least 10 of these type FDs). Bottomline: mileage, maint, storage/owner are massively important when buying a 25 year old car.
mostly I was making a joke about the low mileage car not needing all those repairs right now but eventually all cars will need repair. for me i like the fact that when these cars need repair they are fairly simple to do, i have a 90 300zx and i don't want to work on that car... ever... it's a mess. my FD is easy.
10-23-19, 10:06 AM
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No doubt a well done LS swap should be a very reliable car engine wise. However these cars have more problems than turbo and engine.
Drop 15k on reliability improvements for your rotary and it's likely a wash mechanically speaking. That said I don't think most of the people who want to own/drive an FD want a v8 in it. They buy it because of the engine not despite it. Or at least that's why I own one. If I wanted a v8 car I'd buy one.
YEP. The owner or how they maintained the car is super important the older the car is. At approx 50k to 100k miles the FD could need a lot of parts as they may have cycled out. At 200k basically everything would need replacing LOL.
Drop 15k on reliability improvements for your rotary and it's likely a wash mechanically speaking. That said I don't think most of the people who want to own/drive an FD want a v8 in it. They buy it because of the engine not despite it. Or at least that's why I own one. If I wanted a v8 car I'd buy one.
yea that holds true for any car. I worked in the dealers for years and saw relatively new cars pass through that were junk and old cars pass through that were pristine. it really comes down to how the cars is maintained and driven.
mostly I was making a joke about the low mileage car not needing all those repairs right now but eventually all cars will need repair. for me i like the fact that when these cars need repair they are fairly simple to do, i have a 90 300zx and i don't want to work on that car... ever... it's a mess. my FD is easy.
mostly I was making a joke about the low mileage car not needing all those repairs right now but eventually all cars will need repair. for me i like the fact that when these cars need repair they are fairly simple to do, i have a 90 300zx and i don't want to work on that car... ever... it's a mess. my FD is easy.
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10-30-19, 09:29 AM
#2766
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11-03-19, 01:59 AM
#2767
As a self proclaimed expert of these cars....I have owned 4 and rebuilt and replaced engines in 11 1993's........The single most important thing to do to all FD3S cars, regardless of how many miles or how nice it is.......Have a new pulsation damper installed....It's failure is the cause of 90% of fires on these cars.....
If you have any questions....feel free to hit me up....
rxtra7@yahoo.com
Rob
If you have any questions....feel free to hit me up....
rxtra7@yahoo.com
Rob
11-09-19, 09:27 AM
#2769
Buy for $30k on BaT: check
Add sticker on fender: check
Relist for $50k: check
https://www.motorcarclassics.com/199...urbo-c-485.htm
What a joke.
Add sticker on fender: check
Relist for $50k: check
https://www.motorcarclassics.com/199...urbo-c-485.htm
What a joke.
11-10-19, 11:21 AM
#2770
Buy for $30k on BaT: check
Add sticker on fender: check
Relist for $50k: check
https://www.motorcarclassics.com/199...urbo-c-485.htm
What a joke.
Add sticker on fender: check
Relist for $50k: check
https://www.motorcarclassics.com/199...urbo-c-485.htm
What a joke.
11-13-19, 08:42 AM
#2771
Adding my 2c, I listed my 93 R1 Single Turbo last month for high 20's and didn't get any offers. I knew it was the wrong time of year to sell etc etc, and I probably could've done better on the ad / lowered the price earlier, but this may be a useful comp for anyone else out there.
I was ready to hold onto the car until spring, tidy it up some more and take some really nice shots. Could've got another $4-5k, but got a trade it in offer at a shade over $20k against a car I wanted to get into, so I went for it (+ had other life reasons for wanting to change car sooner rather than later)
CL ad here
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/...010786835.html
I was ready to hold onto the car until spring, tidy it up some more and take some really nice shots. Could've got another $4-5k, but got a trade it in offer at a shade over $20k against a car I wanted to get into, so I went for it (+ had other life reasons for wanting to change car sooner rather than later)
CL ad here
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/...010786835.html