How to value your FD
12-13-21, 06:07 PM
#4752
Not an FD but an RX-7: 81k mile driver-condition 10th Anny S4 FC goes for......... $39,000 plus fees? 
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...h-anniversary/
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...h-anniversary/
I'll be watching this one close, see what my CW could be worth
12-13-21, 11:38 PM
#4755
As pristine and unmolested supply of FDs dwindles, I think we will start seeing more nuts and bolts ground up FD restorations. It wouldn't worth the effort a couple years ago but now the value trend seems to support it. We may see higher mileage FDs getting stripped to metal and restored from ground up like older Porsches. One can hope that will eventually lead to reproduction of NLA parts and continue modernization of the FD platform!
I am also watching the CW BAT auction
I am also watching the CW BAT auction
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12-14-21, 12:42 AM
#4757
LHD interior trim needs to be replicated in a stronger material and installation should be mastered to produce a solid feel.
Without that ,the most beautiful restoration will come up short.
In the back our minds, when see the $200,000 valuations of Spirit R, aren't we thinking, "but what about the plastics?".
Without that ,the most beautiful restoration will come up short.
In the back our minds, when see the $200,000 valuations of Spirit R, aren't we thinking, "but what about the plastics?".
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12-14-21, 01:19 AM
#4760
Rotary Enthusiast
Nobody will be touching the interior plastics of a $200k spirit R, it's a non-issue
12-14-21, 10:10 AM
#4762
I think it is the rotary engine. Not because it is unreliable, but because it requires specialty servicing. Most of the high roller collectors with garages full of cars are not doing their own maintenance. That means they need a good rotary specialist, and there are only a handful of those in the entire country. If you don't live near one, then you have to trailer the car to the shop. Getting an FD serviced properly is a huge pain for most people.
12-14-21, 10:10 AM
#4763
Original Gangster/Rotary!
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If you had asked this question in 2015, I'd answer that as viewed by the market as a whole:
It's a lowly pedestrian Mazda with an odd engine and complicated turbo system that's primarily known to spend it's time on the back of flatbed tow trucks when not getting 12 mpg and stinking up any intersection that it idles at
It's a lowly pedestrian Mazda with an odd engine and complicated turbo system that's primarily known to spend it's time on the back of flatbed tow trucks when not getting 12 mpg and stinking up any intersection that it idles at
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12-14-21, 10:32 AM
#4764
Rotary Enthusiast
They weren't worth the maintenance and storage costs until recently. Everyone knows you need new housings eventually, or a new keg. When that's 70% of the cars value it's crazy. When it's 10% it's just routine maintenance..
12-14-21, 10:35 AM
#4765
(The passenger door grab handle and both door pull handles are weak plastic crap - but all three can be replaced with aluminum parts.)
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12-14-21, 11:08 AM
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I think it is the rotary engine. Not because it is unreliable, but because it requires specialty servicing. Most of the high roller collectors with garages full of cars are not doing their own maintenance. That means they need a good rotary specialist, and there are only a handful of those in the entire country. If you don't live near one, then you have to trailer the car to the shop. Getting an FD serviced properly is a huge pain for most people.
my friend did a mid 70's 911 engine once and that thing is a rats nest of stuff, and its finnicky too. engine needed to come apart because the head bolts broke or fell out, half of them were in the glovebox...
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12-14-21, 11:54 AM
#4769
If you had asked this question in 2015, I'd answer that as viewed by the market as a whole:
It's a lowly pedestrian Mazda with an odd engine and complicated turbo system that's primarily known to spend it's time on the back of flatbed tow trucks when not getting 12 mpg and stinking up any intersection that it idles at
It's a lowly pedestrian Mazda with an odd engine and complicated turbo system that's primarily known to spend it's time on the back of flatbed tow trucks when not getting 12 mpg and stinking up any intersection that it idles at
12-14-21, 12:33 PM
#4770
1994 Mazda RX-7 for Sale - Cars & Bids (carsandbids.com)
This will be interesting to watch. 111k miles, all kinds of imperfections in the body (which I would consider normal to a certain extent), and some inop equipment. If I were in the market, this would be the one...for me personally. But then again I'm too tall for a sunroof car.
This will be interesting to watch. 111k miles, all kinds of imperfections in the body (which I would consider normal to a certain extent), and some inop equipment. If I were in the market, this would be the one...for me personally. But then again I'm too tall for a sunroof car.
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12-14-21, 12:45 PM
#4771
RX-7 Bad Ass
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I think it is the rotary engine. Not because it is unreliable, but because it requires specialty servicing. Most of the high roller collectors with garages full of cars are not doing their own maintenance. That means they need a good rotary specialist, and there are only a handful of those in the entire country. If you don't live near one, then you have to trailer the car to the shop. Getting an FD serviced properly is a huge pain for most people.
Any competent mechanic can maintain and fix an RX-7. This car is documented TO DEATH on how to fix everything.
Yeah, you would need a specialty shop to do a rebuild, but everything outside of the engine keg is like any other car.
Dale
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12-14-21, 02:12 PM
#4772
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1994 Mazda RX-7 for Sale - Cars & Bids (carsandbids.com)
This will be interesting to watch. 111k miles, all kinds of imperfections in the body (which I would consider normal to a certain extent), and some inop equipment. If I were in the market, this would be the one...for me personally. But then again I'm too tall for a sunroof car.
This will be interesting to watch. 111k miles, all kinds of imperfections in the body (which I would consider normal to a certain extent), and some inop equipment. If I were in the market, this would be the one...for me personally. But then again I'm too tall for a sunroof car.
12-14-21, 02:49 PM
#4773
Maybe the $99 entry fee scared them off, so they went with ZERO DOWN!! at CnB. I sold my CC on there before they went free listings. 