Mschafe

Here is an FD for sale by me. This is almost the origional asking price!! Do you really think it's worth it?


http://www.cars.com/search/used/cc/s...&src=&cid=null



Matt

Trinity Rx7

iTrader: (1)

I think it is worth it. And I am sure many will disagree with me. But to find a car with that low of miles and in perfect shape, which your appears to be, is getting harder and harder to find. There are many that will say for that much you couple buy a car with a single turbo and all kinds of go fast parts. This is true, but I believe that there are some people that are looking specifically for a extremely low mile all stock car that is perfect. For those people that is a very hard task. So to me your car is extremely rare and the price reflects that. So I feel although that price is high, because of the milage and condition of the car that is a very fair price. Now everyone feel free to tell me I am crazy.

JONSKI

You're crazy!


I think that's awefully expensive for a ten year old car. It depends how badly you want that new car feeling.

airborne

More importantly, where the heck did they get that black/red color combo? I've only see that on the silver cars. And what is that stuff on the inside of the doors? ****?

zyounker

No, black /w red leather did happen.. The 1st FD i looked at was a 93 Touring /w reed leather..


i think it is fairly uncommon though..



-Zach

airborne

huh. learn somethin new everyday.

M.Piedlourde

My personal feeling is that you're going to have a very hard time selling that car at that price in this economy during this time of the year (winter). BUT, I do have to say that it's an excellent example of what I consider to be one of the most amazing cars ever produced, so the price is justified.

Mschafe

Ok.. here's the response I got from the dealer when I enquired about the car:

"Dear Matt -- Thank you for your message.

There are a few reasons for the price on this car. First, of course, its rarity value. Second, it is in pristine condition. Third, we know its history: It was purchased here by our architect and essentially garaged for most of its life."

So maybe there is reason for it being so expensive, but the KBB value on a car of this milage is only $15k, so I don't know.

Matt

Scrapiron7

Someone will buy it at that price. It's not very often a car like this is up for sale and someone will want it for that reason.

manatecu

iTrader: (6)

There will be a demand after the F&F2 movie comes out in June. A sports car will sell alot easier during the warmer months. I do think its a little expensive for a 10 year old vechicle. Even if it wasn't used alot the rubber parts degrade. Leaving a car parked on one place for a long time has its own problems. I personally would not buy it.

Chris

M.Piedlourde

Tell me about it. A couple of years ago, I bought an '81 Porsche 911SC with only 42,000 miles on it. That's pretty good for a 20-year old car. Anyway, the car had been owned by a doctor who traded in for a 996, and this 911 was in pristine condition. Or so it seemed!

It turned out that the car had been sitting for so long that the entire fuel system was corroded. It left me stranded twice on the highway, and I ended up spending over $5000 in one year on repairs. A costly mistake that I never intend to make again...

RX7Elmo

Yeah, cars should be driven every so often. Meaning 20 miles a week or something if you want to retain your low miles.

Personlly, if that car is as pristine as it seems, someone most likely will purchase it for that price. Lets just say there are more single turbo FDS than FDS with low miles like that, thus it's still a rare commidity.

Danny

c00lduke

I Think is worth it, my goal it to get another 7 and keep it stock and store and so i'll be able to drive it 30 years.

smerkinseven

i don't think it's too much.. did you know that only 16,000 fd were sold here in the U.S from 93-95. so i think it's totally worth it. i wouldn't buy it, but it's worth it.

Rx-7Addict

iTrader: (2)

its actually under 14,000 ... less than the Viper our cars are quite rare

ArchangelX

Yepz...

I never hardly see a 7. Ever. I see Supras all the time..but rarely do I see 3rd Gens.

I personally wouldn't be able to purchase it...but that's more of a monetary reason. If I could afford to purchase a car like the 7...I'd purchase the lowest mileage car I could find.

R Xplicit

are you selling the car mschafe? it appears that way, but the response that was included was otherwise misleading.

i htink that the car is about 5K too high, otherwise i think that it would be a great purchase. ~22K, but i would be more inclined to buy a car that had some bigtime mods done. regardless of the worn out factor on that modded fd.

you have to look at it like this. if you were to buy that fd, regardless of the uniqueness of it, would you one day re-sell it, ot would you keep it forever. most fd owners are male, and, as i have seen, sell their "pride and joy" when they need a mortgage or a child comes around. what could you do with it then? now, that you have put about 15K miles on your 30K fd, it is still worth only half of that. you should have seriously considered buying one for less money. there is NO way possible that you will get your money's worth out of that car, in terms of resale. however, as far as owner happiness is concerned, there is no other car [to me] that would be more pleasing......

my $.02

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

IMO, the price is too high for a 93, even with so few miles on it.

If it was one of the more rarer 95's in the same condition, then the price would be about right.

Kevin T. Wyum

Heh, that's the dealer I bought my Rx7 from in 1993. Morries was a pretty big 3rd gen dealer for awhile. They're also the place that said my exhaust caused my differential to explode. : )


Kevin T. Wyum

flunkysama

iTrader: (4)

IMHO, they are doing a sucker hunt. Will they find a sucker who will give them $30K? I don't know. My advice to you is just don't be a sucker.

A smart person buys a car at a price they know they will have no problem selling with little or no loss.

skunks

i have test driven black on red cars and i gotta tell ya, i dont really enjoy the red leather (looks like someone went axe happy and chopped the previous owner to bits haha). In anycase, if you do crash it or whatever, I know for a fact that the insurance companies will only give you about 15-17k no matter how pristine it is so im not really sure if it would be worth it for other people to buy other then collectors. my friend bought a 93 with 15k original miles on the car for only 20k just last year...

HeatTreated

On Autotrader there is a Silver FD with about the same amount of mileage for $38,000!

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

At least the one on AutoTrader is a 1995. That at least puts it in a "rare" catagory as far as US FD's are concerned. However, I think $38k is a little much for that still.

Jammer5703

I'm sick of hearing how a ten year old car isn't worth that much. Yeah maybe if it's a pinto, but these are rare sports cars, only 15,000 imported into this country. These cars retailed for I think 38,000 brand new back in '93 and with 10 years of inflation that's probably more like 50,000 today. And by the way the blue book is worthless for rare cars. It's for cars that never appreciate in value.

M.Piedlourde

Yeah, but I don't think anyone is buying their FD with the intention of selling it with little or no loss. The cars may be leveling out when it comes to depreciation, but they've also proven to be very high-maintenance. The cost of ownership on these cars means that you're going to take a loss if you own it for any length of time.