$33,250 is my guess

 

I hear you. The cayman is close but too big and ugly.

YEP........love a mostly stock FD

With the added power the miata is finally below 6 seconds to 60 but still that's a very slow car in today's world of sports cars. It needs 250 at the wheels and then it would be a hoot. I may get one or something similar as I get older as my DD but still lovin the FD for now.

 

You guys got me wondering about the bottom of my car. If surface rust on a bolt is considered rusty..

edit: ah ok, it's a bit more than that.

Not to derail this convo much, but the ND1 is a fantastic car, the ND2 is even better. If my motor swapped NA ever got totaled I think I'd just hit the easy button with an ND2 with boltons and be done with it. No desire to build another car.

 

On a typical well kept FD even with 50k miles there's no rust on the cross member etc... This car was driven in bad weather and sat in the sun for long periods of time. The windshield was replaced; car of the year sticker gone, screw caps on cowl missing and weather stripping popping out. To me that's not something I expect on a low mileage FD.

Here's a car from the same area which may or may not still be for sale that would likely be a better overall car or one I'd consider: https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=484981046&zip=22901 &referrer=%2Fcars-for-sale%2Fsearchresults.xhtml%3Fzip%3D22901%26modifyS earchId%3Dnull%26startYear%3D1993%26sortBy%3Dderiv edpriceDESC%26incremental%3Dall%26firstRecord%3D0% 26endYear%3D1995%26modelCodeList%3DRX7%26makeCodeL ist%3DMAZDA%26searchRadius%3D0&startYear=1993&numR ecords=25&firstRecord=0&endYear=1995&modelCodeList =RX7&makeCodeList=MAZDA&searchRadius=0&makeCode1=M AZDA&modelCode1=RX7&clickType=listing

PS: YEP the miata is a great car and praised for decades for a reason I just wish mazda would add some frikken power even if it's just a special addition model like they've done in the past.

 

Fritz, how are you sure the windshield was replaced? The molding looked a little wonky to me, but wasn't sure what gave it away to you.

Also, not sure CoTY stickers were on every '93. Do you know differently?

 

Yep it looks like someone reused the stock molding (no other reason for the molding to be lifting unless even worse the car was repainted) when they replaced the windshield and it's not staying in place.

There is no reason to damage and lose the cowl screw caps unless you are replacing the windshield.

However I'm just guessing based upon the clues I see and don't know for a fact that the windshield was replaced.

 

There was no CoTY sticker on my car....

 

YEP, not on every car but I love it when it's on there

 

Yea, my local dealership left them on while the cars were in the showroom and removed them as part of the "new car" prep when the cars sold.

 

Someone on the forum made some replicas of that sticker many years ago. I bought one, but never put it on the car. Not sure if I still have it. It was pretty cool.

 

17K mile Red/Tan FD sold for $30,500. Fritz takes this one with an estimate of $29K

 

It was a nice car but a few of the imperfections probably drove the collector types away. That and '93, red, touring, tan interior isn't a very special combo.

 

Yep not a collector variety.

The seller is most probably thrilled with this sale.

 

I wouldn't call an FD with low miles a loss of years of driving enjoyment...it's not like I enjoy commuting or sitting in traffic with it, so I just use it as a fun car when I'm in the mood and it would take me years to put on 15k miles or so. Besides, track mileage doesn't really increase the odometer all that much and is much more fun than running errands with it.

 

really depends on the errand...

 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1998-toyota-supra-6/

This one will be interesting to watch today. Almost 70k miles but it is a 98 6 speed. Ill predict it hits around 70K.

 

What, 70K miles on the Supra and no compression check numbers? I'd never touch it as the seller must be hiding something.

 

personally would like to see this hit above 70k but the timing might suppress it..
i think supra pricing has stabilized and is on a normal climb as opposed to the skyrocketing trend weve seen in the past several years...

 

Haha. I understand you are just joking but the Supra is notorious for low compression on the number 6 cylinder.

 

Haha. True. But mine is down on #5. Even 2jz gte engines are not immune to low compression. But when a rotary goes down, you can't upgrade to a 3.4L stroker

 

Who knew? KNow I need to rag on my Supra friend.

 

Spirit-R with 5000 km's just sold for $150,000 (Aus)

 

Damn... That's $107,855 USD (today's exchange).

 

With that said... I just stumpled on a nice little Road & Track write up:

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-car...irit-r-review/

 

Fun read, thanks!

These cars are special and will continue to get mad props well into the future.