I think for guys buying these extremely nice, stock, low mile cars, they can certainly afford to have them freshened up. On the BAT comments a number of people advised the buyer to change out the hoses all round, check compression, new fluids, etc.

 

your average car enthusiast let alone public buyer will not be able to own an FD and experience all that for very long. it is such a sacrifice to own these, especially since it takes so many hours of research and experience just to happily be able to drive a well sorted one. I would imagine 99% of people would rather drive that new bmw trouble free for a while until the warranty runs out, than to get into an FD.

that low mileage one guaranteed needs a lot of things freshened up, hopefully whoever bought it knows what they are doing.

 

If you had any bigger of a garage, it would be called a warehouse

 

Now that's a car I may bid on

YEP

I didn't think this touring was that great? Hopefully the low mileage R2 will be in much better condition.

I think the reserve was 40. The highest sale price low mileage typical/stockish FD I know of was the SSM R2 with 30k miles that sold for 42,500. That's about where this car finished. If Gordon is right and there's a VR R2 with 9k miles coming soon to BAT I expect the new record to be 45k plus.

$42,500

If you can you must. You know what they say about a fool and his money . Anyone paying 42k (plus the possibility of another 5k for shipping taxes etc...) for a 25 year old sports car that originally cost 34k has some money to burn. Of course I think the FD is absolutely one of the best choices for lighting up dollar bills

Yep and it sure makes your car seem reasonable/good deal LOL

YEP..........cars are not investments. It's about the passion for the automobile and I think we can all agree it runs DEEP!!!!! The FD is truly a GREAT CAR!!!!!! This is why we'll see values at 50k and higher in a few years and values will eventually surpass the SUPRA!!!!!!........I can't let that one go

Buy in is no longer LOW but one thing that has always been true is, the higher the buy in, the bigger the reward/winnings

Part of the fun is tinkering. Think of cool classic cars as model cars for adults. The FD might be one of the greatest model cars ever created which is why values are and will continue to move higher. The FD is still one of if not THE best looking car I've ever seen. It's one of my favorite cars to drive. It's incredibly fun to mod because everything you bolt onto to it easily increases power (the rotary loves to breathe boost) easily and it's so light you feel every little thing you do etc...etc.... and boy oh boy does it stand apart from the others (rotary engine blah blah blah)

All of the above are reasons why this car will only expand upon it's LEGEND!

 

Buy a new higher end car, lose thousands per year in depreciation. Buy an FD, spend thousands per year (if you normalize big ticket costs like new motor) to keep it running, but these days it won't depreciate.

 

Here is another VR FD on BAT. Touring with 21,000 miles hit $26,000 on third bid on 1st day.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...ign=2018-06-30

 

Yep another nice low mileage 93 VR touring

Will it go to 40k?

 

I don't think so, but the market is very strong. It should make at least $32.5-35,000. It will take maybe the R1 I've heard about to break $40,000. Or a CW or CYM anything.

 

I may be very wrong. It's at $30,000 on the first day... 6 to go. Maybe $40,000 after all. Maybe 40 is the new 30?

 

LOL

Yep and then 50 will be the new 40. I won't be surprised if we see 50 within the year if the right car goes on the market.

 

I've been keeping an eye out and haven't seen it posted yet - any additional info on this ?

 

I have been trying to get more info and haven't been able to. Sorry. Btw, I may be in line on something like this.

 

that will be an interesting one to watch if it goes for sale

 

That 9k mile Red FD is online now....and already at 20 large:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993-mazda-rx-7-32/

 

 

That's not the one we're waiting for

 

Wow! That is absolutely pristine.

 

My bad, noted you are looking for a '95..........its been a good couple of weeks for FD's on BaT!

 

 

Someone just bid 35k......wonder where this will go......

Very interested to see what the 1995 people are taking about will fetch.

This seems be be a very good trend for us all

 

With 9k miles and VR/black it will likely go over 40k

The VR/tan was a good deal at 30,250. The tan interior really does hurt value.

The SSM with rebuilt engine and some mods was the best deal I've yet to see on BAT at 17250.

Great market for this car! In a few more years I can see good running high mileage FDs selling for 25k plus (cars similar to the sssm).

 

 

What do you mean when you say at over $30,000 it's hard to justify? You're not selling, right? You just mean you wouldn't buy one for, say, $35,000, when you could buy whatever else you like for that same price?

Fastrx7man's 9000 mile VR Touring on BAT hit $36,000 with 6 days to go.

 

To be fair, if any of us have commoditized the FD in this thread it is probably DJ and Fritz. That might account for their market perspective

 

Yeah. DJ and Fritz are the master used FD guys here. I just am not sure exactly what David means. At the $35-40,000 price point there are a lot of cars I like, but I would still have an FD for that kind of price, especially with low miles. If I had room, I'd certainly have a well-spec'd Cayman.