Daily driver, or not?
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Originally posted by Flybye
Sure it's a car, and you should drive it, but I don't like subjecting it to constant torture. I drive mine every few weekends or so, and everytime I do, I make sure to get her up to triple digits
One long weekend drive in the FD more than makes up for stop and go driving in it over the week.
Sure it's a car, and you should drive it, but I don't like subjecting it to constant torture. I drive mine every few weekends or so, and everytime I do, I make sure to get her up to triple digits
One long weekend drive in the FD more than makes up for stop and go driving in it over the week.
And BTW, if I had a 911GT2, I'd probably be putting more miles on the Mazda since the Porsche would be on the other side of the garage.
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155+K miles on my car's chassis. So I drive it all the time. Not really my daily driver anymore, but my nice day driver. Definitely not afraid to put miles on it though. That's the good part of owning a high mile car. It all comes down to the driveline age after a while.
With only 30+K miles I wouldn't turn that into a daily driver. I would sell it, and get a higher mile FD for less money. I just hate having a car that I feel guilty for driving. Takes away from the fun of it.
With only 30+K miles I wouldn't turn that into a daily driver. I would sell it, and get a higher mile FD for less money. I just hate having a car that I feel guilty for driving. Takes away from the fun of it.
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I put 50k+ miles on mine in 2.5 years of daily driving/commuting and would still be daily driving it if not for a busted apex seal last Nov(02) at a time when premium gas was hovering around $ 2.25/gallon that tipped my hand to getting my Dakota as my DD as it gets 2-3 mpg better mileage on 87octane gas ($0.20 cheaper hear in CA) and cost about 1/3 less to insure. BUT is not nearly as much fun to DRIVE!
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Originally posted by gen3rx7
Agreed, except Duesenburg, Shelby cobra, Mercedes 300sl owners found that their cars did become valuable after time. I'm not putting the FD in this category, but I think that in 10 years a collector will spend decent $$$ to get a good example of a high performance rotary powered car that more than held its own with more expensive makes.
Because the car is everything you stated above, there will be buyers. The fewer the number of ad's in the paper the more the seller can ask.
I guess we will all have to wait to see what the future holds for FD prices. Even high production number cars that initially depriciated, turned around and increased in value...E.G. Ford Mustang.
Agreed, except Duesenburg, Shelby cobra, Mercedes 300sl owners found that their cars did become valuable after time. I'm not putting the FD in this category, but I think that in 10 years a collector will spend decent $$$ to get a good example of a high performance rotary powered car that more than held its own with more expensive makes.
Because the car is everything you stated above, there will be buyers. The fewer the number of ad's in the paper the more the seller can ask.
I guess we will all have to wait to see what the future holds for FD prices. Even high production number cars that initially depriciated, turned around and increased in value...E.G. Ford Mustang.
The FD never had a huge following here during its production run so it will not have the same appeal as a collector car. Sure there will be a few people willing to pay a high price but the FD has always been a niche car both when it was new and now that it's used. When it becomes supposedly collectible that will continue to be the case.
At least, that's how I think it'll turn out.
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Originally posted by doncojones
All of the cars you've mentioned are not only desirable as collector cars, but they were desirable when they first came out. The original Mustang depreciated for a while and then gained value when people started becoming nostalgic for them. Deusenbergs, Shelby Cobras and Mercedes 300SLs all were legendary cars when they were sold and that is why they are so valuable now.
The FD never had a huge following here during its production run so it will not have the same appeal as a collector car. Sure there will be a few people willing to pay a high price but the FD has always been a niche car both when it was new and now that it's used. When it becomes supposedly collectible that will continue to be the case.
At least, that's how I think it'll turn out.
All of the cars you've mentioned are not only desirable as collector cars, but they were desirable when they first came out. The original Mustang depreciated for a while and then gained value when people started becoming nostalgic for them. Deusenbergs, Shelby Cobras and Mercedes 300SLs all were legendary cars when they were sold and that is why they are so valuable now.
The FD never had a huge following here during its production run so it will not have the same appeal as a collector car. Sure there will be a few people willing to pay a high price but the FD has always been a niche car both when it was new and now that it's used. When it becomes supposedly collectible that will continue to be the case.
At least, that's how I think it'll turn out.
I do disagree however, that those classic cars mentioned were "legends" when they were introduced. By definition, this is impossible. A person or a person's acts become legendary only over time.
The Deusie was an expensive luxury car that was priced appropriately in its time, but became priceless after people realized what a work of art and engineering marvel it was. The Cobra wasn't legendary until it had a racing legacy and a lot of them had already been wrecked. They were built at the LA airport and sold for 6K new. There wasn't a list of buyers paying higher than sticker prices just to get this collectible car. The 300sl wasn't any more a classic in the late 50's as an sl is nowadays. In fact a long time Mercedes mechanic told me there were people racing them at Ascot park in Gardena Ca. in the 60's at the dirt track figure eight races.
Like you said, we will all have to wait and see. In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy my car and keep it in great shape in case it holds its value or even appreciates.