How to value your FD
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We just passed the 6 year anniversary of this thread. I just reread Fritz's original post. Fun to remember how things were not so long ago. My how they've changed.
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It's part of the process when listing to negotiate the reserve price with BAT. They suggest a reserve price and you can counter and provide your argument for a higher reserve. Recent sales on BAT are the best evidence in your favor. 100k reserve for a collector grade car like this would absolutely be in the cards after this auction. Mileage and presentation would have to be similar though.
Makes me wonder how many sub 5k mile LHD FDs are out there.
Makes me wonder how many sub 5k mile LHD FDs are out there.
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Mazda Canada has/had a very low mileage CYM in the basement. They talked about it in the zoom zoom magazine.
There was also a very low mileage CYM in B.C. that a dealer had held onto.
It is now somewhere in the hinterlands, iirc.
There is gold in them thar mountains, I say.......
There was also a very low mileage CYM in B.C. that a dealer had held onto.
It is now somewhere in the hinterlands, iirc.
There is gold in them thar mountains, I say.......
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From Canadian edition Zoom Zoom Magazine,, Issue 24, 2015. Write up says it had 27,000 km on it at that time.
Also Canadian CYM were not R1.
So how rare is this?
There is not far to go from today's car to $200,000 (Canadian)..
Who will get there first?
(Battery cover extra.)
Also Canadian CYM were not R1.
So how rare is this?
There is not far to go from today's car to $200,000 (Canadian)..
Who will get there first?
(Battery cover extra.)
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Seats from the 137,000 FD.
Here is the only sales brochure image of tan seats I could find. Anyone have the original brochure?. This is a pic of screenshot of an ebay listing.
is it me, or do the tan seats turn darker yellow with age and exposure?
1993 USDM Sales Brochure
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Did someone say the going price for RHD rollers is $50,000? Not quite:
https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/...uggest_history
https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/...uggest_history
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Hard valuable assets have gone through the roof.
Stating the obvious; our nation's debt/world debt is out of control and must continue to compound annually and this will result in higher prices of FDs, houses, the stock market etc...... UNTIL world governments actually stop bailing businesses and people out. Raising interest rates is only crippling the middle class. The idiocy or genius (diabolical world leaders wanting to issue a digital currency and control everything) is likely the greatest human tragedy of all time based on the number of human lives this insanity will eventually affect because it's truly a worldwide problem. I like using the analogy of Hunger Games. I never read the book but enjoy the movies.
On a personal level I can say that my day-to-day expenses have likely doubled since 2017 and that's pretty scary to think about. When the cost of milk and bread has doubled in 6 years you are in big trouble: Average price data (in U.S. dollars), selected items (bls.gov)
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Good point, I mean TVs are super cheap too; we'll all receive our assisted living handouts, sit in our rented cubical, watch tv and eat bananas
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i was in Portugal a year ago, and 2 coffees, 2 beers and a glass of wine was $15 Euros. here my medium coffee and scone is $6.50...
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Yep!
On a personal level I can say that my day-to-day expenses have likely doubled since 2017 and that's pretty scary to think about. When the cost of milk and bread has doubled in 6 years you are in big trouble: Average price data (in U.S. dollars), selected items (bls.gov)
On a personal level I can say that my day-to-day expenses have likely doubled since 2017 and that's pretty scary to think about. When the cost of milk and bread has doubled in 6 years you are in big trouble: Average price data (in U.S. dollars), selected items (bls.gov)
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i increased the value of my FC, inline with the current pricing, i moved the decimal point over!
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To me the price seems to be a little steep for the US market especially with customs tax shipping etc..... for a car I don't think you can legally drive yet. Not sure what the Canadian market is up to but I'm sure you have a good handle on that. Is it priced fairly for the Canadian market? Do you have any insight into the RHD market outside of the US? I have a feeling the price is rising.
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2001/RHD with Approx 73k firm price and 70k miles is not for me but someone outside of the us might snag it?
To me the price seems to be a little steep for the US market especially with customs tax shipping etc..... for a car I don't think you can legally drive yet. Not sure what the Canadian market is up to but I'm sure you have a good handle on that. Is it priced fairly for the Canadian market? Do you have any insight into the RHD market outside of the US? I have a feeling the price is rising.
To me the price seems to be a little steep for the US market especially with customs tax shipping etc..... for a car I don't think you can legally drive yet. Not sure what the Canadian market is up to but I'm sure you have a good handle on that. Is it priced fairly for the Canadian market? Do you have any insight into the RHD market outside of the US? I have a feeling the price is rising.
Generally we are puzzled by the add, frankly. If Canada were Australia perhaps A$85,000 might be market.
S8 are still rare in Canada although we have been able to import since late 2014.
We have a two tier buyers market here, where, for some, C$100,000 is pocket change.
C$45,000 might be a stretch for the rest of us.
Seller is using pictures from the Japan side before shipping.
He claims to have spruced the car up once it arrived. But no pictures.
The map puts his location about 2 blocks from my house.
We will have to take a look around.
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This pretty nice S8 went for about C$31,000. Add about C$5000 to land it in Vancouver and get registered.
https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/...sed_watch_list
https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/...sed_watch_list