rick bailey

its a 1994 fd all stock with 35kmiles on it how much should it go for private and how muhc u think a dealer would sell for?

rick bailey

also ii think its a PEG with leather

vudoodoodoo

How is the overall condition?
Stock car with that low mileage shoud fetch some good money. $16-18K.

rick bailey

havent seen it but i think like very good but we will see also its red

rick bailey

hes seeling for low 20s its a dealer umm yea ok what should i offer

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

If it's in good condition and has good compression, $20k would be a good area to think about.

apneablue

20k seems a bit high for a 94 stock FD but if it's really clean hmmmm

I don't think I would pay that much since for about 3 more grand you can have almost any single turbo FD for sale on this forum or anywhere for that matter.

rick bailey

yea and its got a r1 wing and lip BUt has cloth seats soo i dont think its a peg

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

Too much?

Heck for a good condition FD, it's worth it. Granted, you might get lucky and find a decent one for $14k and then only spend $2k getting it up to snuff, but that's doubtful. Also, it's at a dealership. They will sell the car to someone at that price.

I would personally rather spend a little more on a completely stock car than to get one that it pretty heavily modded and you know has had the **** driven out it. Those guys who spend $10k in mods and say "the car has never been raced or driven hard" you know are flat out lying.

FormerPorscheGuy

I think everyone is missing some important questions about information to determine value.

Is it a manuel or an automatic?
What does it come equipped with?
Is it a PEP or a R2?
What is the compression?
Does it have any reliability mods that come with the car?

I am sorry Rick, but you have given us the same information that was published in last Sundays paper.

My first suggestion to you is that you need to go see the car before you get your hopes up about it. Also, get them to give it a full compression test and leak down before you consider buying it.
If it is an automatic I wouldn't pay more then 14 for the car regardless of how many or how few miles are on it.

Remember, these are ten year old cars and it is not unheard of for the original engine to need replacement even at 40 thousand miles, especially if the car hasn't been taken car of.

I hope this helps.

apneablue

True, but there are people out there that worship their 7 (like me) and monotir vitals every second and make sure that everything "up to snuff". Sure I drive the **** out of my car but IF I were to sell my car (never gonna happen) somone would be getting one well kept FD ...All I am saying is that If I had the knowledge I have now and was shopping for an FD again and was looking to mod it, I would have gone a totally different route. Spending the extra 3-4k and searching a bit longer for the modded 7 that has been well kept.

Mahjik, how was your buying experience and what would you change if you were to do it over?

rick bailey

its a 5spd no i didnt see it yet but ill get back to yo guys tpomarrow night afte ri go see it at 6 but wont be home till like 12 am eastern time. but i think it only come with a r1 wing and lip, he said cloth seats but arnt they seud in r1 and r2's. but im not sure what to tell the dealer cause hes like its going for low 20's its been on the lot for 30 days and hes about to sell it to a whole saler. i just dont want to look like an *** an low ball him

rick bailey

or i can go for this car i know about tell me what u guys think

1994 MAZDA RX-7. .
3mm seals street-ported motor(900 miles),
new Haltech E6K,GM high spark coils/10mm wires,Ball Bearing T66 innovative turbo with top shelf innovative race gate(supports 700hp)New Tranny 0 miles)4 Slotted rotors all around, New tires,Body and interior in excellent cond. Alum APR wing,Apex indiglo Boost gauge and indiglo EGT gauge.Dual front mount race oil coolers.Alum radiator.Apex exhaust.1999 round tail-lights.New injectors not even installed.(2)850's and (2) 1600's custum fuel rails with two Bosch pumps.Greddy front-mount intercooler needs to be installed.Car is basically 95% finished .

FormerPorscheGuy

Go for this one. Get it checked out by a reliable rotary shop and then go get it retuned to be safe.

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

My experience was horrible. If I could change what happen, I would change the fact that I purchased the car at all, period. Don't get me wrong, I love my car, but I bought it about 6 years ago. At that time, I don't think this forum existed let alone did I have internet access.

Anyhoo, I bought a car from the dealership. It just got there and I had my 300zx in the shop getting new brakes. I didn't know anything about the car, bought it for a lot of money and less than 6 months found out the coolant seals were already toast. Paid $10k for a dealership to swap out the engine and turbos. So in less than a year, I had an extremely expensive stock FD with an empty check book.

What would I have changed? I don't think I could have changed anything back then. At that time, I had more money than brains so I'm sure no matter what I would have bought the car.

However, *IF* for some strange reason I lost my current FD (wrecked, sold, whatever), and I lost my mind and wanted another one (wouldn't happen)... I would purchase an FD with a blown engine. That way I would know exactly what I'm getting. No guessing how good the car was treated. I could at that point take care of everything (reliability and normal maintenance) all at one time with getting the engine and turbos replaced.

Rick, find out how much money you can get. I know some places won't loan over Blue Book value for cars (and that FD will be over Blue Book). Check the car out, get a compression test. If everything is good, offer what you think you can afford. If they want to sell it to you for that price, they will. If not, keep looking.

It doesn't matter what anyone here says is a good price. If the seller of the car doesn't think it's a good price (no matter who the seller is), they aren't selling it.

rick bailey

i dont think the car is running right now but immgonna ask him how much to gte it finished

rick bailey

well i found out some more ionto on the 94 iwht 35k on it. i 99% sure its a r2 cause of the suede seats and the whole r2 package but didnt look under the hood. but with the seats it s give away anyway. the car looks mint. there was only a few scrapes on the front lip and there was like a scrape on the hood the was touched up. the front bumper looks alittle faded under the light at the dealer at night. but overall its the best lookoing one ive seen with that many miles. the only other one was the one with 71k in aabout the smae condition

Johnsrx7

A 94 R2 with only 35K miles would go for about $25K here in DC.


I hope it sells for that, I want the prices on FDs to start climbing.

turbojeff

iTrader: (30)

I wouldn't expect that it would go for anything close to $16K. $20K is more in the realistic ballpark.

What matters is condition and 5spd trans. The model R2, Base, PEP, Touring doesn't make a huge difference in resale.

Many people buy $12K FDs then spend another $10K trying to fix them up. They still won't be as nice as a low mileage original.

Jeff

rick bailey

well the dealer said low 20s so i dont know it gonna be too much on payment if u ask me