How to value your FD
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2022 value; double 2021 value. This is CRAZY: https://bringatrailer.com/mazda/rx-7-fd/
I am blown away that car is selling for this much. I really wanna say "there's no way I'd pay that!" but the reality is if I were in the market, I'd be fighting over it. Gone are the days of looking to buy a 2nd FD....
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Originally Posted by Jesturr
I sympathize with the BAT sellers who are about to find out their clean, low mileage, auto FDs are worth less than a rusted hole in the floor.
I remember years ago my car friends use to say "There's a special place in hell for Veilside". After seeing that RX7 kit in person, I cannot agree more. That FEED kit on the yellow FD tho....mmmmm mmmmm. Marvelous.
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It's definitely not a pristine car. But where are you seeing a hole in the floor? And I doubt there are many low mileage clean auto fd's left, and a manual conversion easily costs $6k these days unless you have all used parts handy and DIY. I doubt you can find another FD for sale for less than $30k that is better than this.
It's definitely not a pristine car. But where are you seeing a hole in the floor? And I doubt there are many low mileage clean auto fd's left, and a manual conversion easily costs $6k these days unless you have all used parts handy and DIY. I doubt you can find another FD for sale for less than $30k that is better than this.
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It's definitely not a pristine car. But where are you seeing a hole in the floor? And I doubt there are many low mileage clean auto fd's left, and a manual conversion easily costs $6k these days unless you have all used parts handy and DIY. I doubt you can find another FD for sale for less than $30k that is better than this.
Credit to the seller, though, it's great they took such comprehensive photos of parts of the car that they knew were flawed, are answering questions honestly and with good frequency, and provided a healthy compression test.
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You're probably right that a manual swap would cost more than the rust repair this car would need.
Credit to the seller, though, it's great they took such comprehensive photos of parts of the car that they knew were flawed, are answering questions honestly and with good frequency, and provided a healthy compression test.
Credit to the seller, though, it's great they took such comprehensive photos of parts of the car that they knew were flawed, are answering questions honestly and with good frequency, and provided a healthy compression test.
It sat outside with a damp carpet, even the cigarette lighter has rust on it (imagine how effed up all the electronics are within that interior). To fix that rust you'd pretty much have to strip that car down to a shell, buy a complete floor pan, cut out the rocker panels and replace those etc....
If I was the buyer I'd strip the interior, clean really well, make it mechanically good, drive and enjoy. Meanwhile, save money for a good roller LOL.
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This car is not worth repairing unless you have nothing better to do with your time.
It sat outside with a damp carpet, even the cigarette lighter has rust on it (imagine how effed up all the electronics are within that interior). To fix that rust you'd pretty much have to strip that car down to a shell, buy a complete floor pan, cut out the rocker panels and replace those etc....
It sat outside with a damp carpet, even the cigarette lighter has rust on it (imagine how effed up all the electronics are within that interior). To fix that rust you'd pretty much have to strip that car down to a shell, buy a complete floor pan, cut out the rocker panels and replace those etc....