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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 06:44 AM
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Exclamation Does anyone have $ to burn? A 1993 R1 with 5,991 miles for sale....

Pretty damn nice. The guy doesn't have an asking price. If only this sucker were for sale in about 3 years.....

http://www.appletonpier.com/mazda.htm
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 08:19 AM
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The good thing about something that low miles is the condition of the body, suspension, interior. The bad thing about low miiles is the engine. Once you start the engine it's rusting when it's turned off . But getting an excellent interior, body etc for such a car is worth it.
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 09:27 AM
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Nice. I occasionally see some super low mileage cars. I think I'll try and pick one up one day to use as my personal time capsule
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 10:00 AM
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I wonder if the seller will understand the motor is probably bad from not being driven. Those could be frustrating negotiations if they think it's truly 'like new'.

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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 10:06 AM
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Originally posted by dgeesaman
I wonder if the seller will understand the motor is probably bad from not being driven. Those could be frustrating negotiations if they think it's truly 'like new'.

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Hmmm, I dunno.

For the sake of argument (and simplicity) lets assume the FD is ten years (520 weeks) old. That's about 12 miles in an average week. The guy claims he always drove it to make sure the fluids circulated.
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 11:17 AM
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I actually wouldn't recommend anyone buying that car simply because you'd probably feel too guilty driving a car with that few miles. My car has low miles (although not as low as this one), and I find myself putting off driving it so I don't build the miles. It's just sad really .
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 01:25 PM
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Originally posted by LAracer
I actually wouldn't recommend anyone buying that car simply because you'd probably feel too guilty driving a car with that few miles. My car has low miles (although not as low as this one), and I find myself putting off driving it so I don't build the miles. It's just sad really .
Sad to say, but I'm like this too.
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 01:42 PM
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I say screw it. Drive the ******! I bought mine with <16k miles on it. It now has 105k miles. I've enjoyed driving every single mile
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 01:51 PM
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Originally posted by jpandes
I say screw it. Drive the ******! I bought mine with <16k miles on it. It now has 105k miles. I've enjoyed driving every single mile
Wow, you've got me beat. I've went from 28k miles to around 98k in 4.5 years....
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 02:04 PM
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yeah I'm the opposite. I bought mine blown up for cheap and it had 130+K miles on it. I don't feel one bit guilty for putting miles on it. I figure. 130K or 200K does it matter by that point. Everything is changed out by then anyway. LOL.....
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 02:07 PM
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I think someone on the forum bought that one!
He posted about it a couple of weeks ago.
I was looking at it...right....
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