roadsterdoc

I found a 95 FD with 5500 original miles. Popular package w/ leather seats, sunroof, 5spd. What is the value of such a car? The owner is asking $35k.

artguy

depends on how bad you want it....

sounds wonderful...get the compression checked..if everything is good and straight then perhaps its worth the cash...honestly though...if i was going to throw down 35k on a car Id just put a fat down payment on a z06.

you can pick up an fd with 40k for 18k or so..maybe 16.5 and then throw in ten grand of mods and beat the **** out of just about anything on the roads. hell you could pull the motor and street port it for another couple grand...you could get out under 30k and have one hell of a machine.

yer in texas...the gotham racing boys and the rx7.com crew are there...you have the right groups to do it well if you so chose.




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teamstealth

if you are looking for a beautiful STOCK car, then i *might* buy that 95.....if you want to modify things, then like artguy said, pick up one with a strong engine for $16.5k and put $10k of mods in it

dubulup

I'm guessing bone stock with that many miles.

35K - way to steep. An 8 year old car that hasn't been driven (that's powered by a motor that loves to run til redline (and sometimes passed )) could be more dangerous than a propperly taken care of FD with 40k on the clock going for 15k less.

Does anyone remember what a bone stock (w/ precat) FD sounds like? OMG it's a SAINT.

donny

there is a 95 at a dealer in Minnesota with 1500 original miles and they are asking 36k. They will get every penny for it two. If I was made of money I would buy it, **** its brand new...

artguy

1500 miles...good chance those seals on the turbos are dried out ..not to mention the motor...i dunno...these babies dont like to sit.

if i was made of money Id get a ferarri.


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rotary-tt

Hard to say. Pricing would be more like that for a 'collectors' car. Problem is that there aren't too many FD's selling like this one to see where the market is at. Depends on what it is worth to you to have a 'collectible' FD...

Have any sold on eBay with this low mileage? If so this would give you an idea

adam c

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35 k??

That might be what it sold for when new. Sounds way high to me.

roadsterdoc

It has never been titled. It's owned by a dealer.

I agree that there are plenty of other great cars to get for the money. For me, it's just the thought of getting a "new" FD that makes it exciting.

TurboFD

i wouldnt do it. Thats a lot of money. Like artguy said, id just buy anoither car for that mych money. Id look for something with more like 75-100k miles on it for 15k and rip apart the engine and build it back up.

jramosrx7

If you're buying it as a collectible, maybe it's priced right. Buy it, garage it. The FD has been touted as the collectible of the 90's (NY Times). Love my car, but find that hard to believe.

If you're buying it to drive, get a 40-50K mile car that has had the bugs worked out. If you expect to modify it, buy a car for $15-18K, put $8-10K into it, and away you go.

RonKMiller

Any link to that NY times article?

Roadster Doc: I think you've found a nice ride, but in the real world you have to look at blue book value of MAYBE $18K. (and that's optimistic)

The seller is looking to hook a sucker.

Then there's the low mileage issue for a 10 year old car. (If the odometer has not been tampered with) Engines like to run, not sit.

I would show up with 20, $1,000 bills in hand if you just have to have it. Hard to resist "flash cash".......

... but then only if it is absolutely pristine and the guy agrees to have a rotary expert test it before you close the deal.

Caveat Emptor.

I 8 A CIVIC

Not worth the money if your gonna drive it. Take artguy's advice. Like they said texas is the best place to build a hella fast FD.

PVerdieck

Ha! Last year he wanted 29K

35K = no engine FD + most of 20B cost...

Nathan Kwok

If its never been titled then that would be a big plus because the dealer must warranty it, but $35k is pretty steep. That is what I would expect to pay for something in the under 500 mile range, or something of particular rarity, such as a '95 Silver R2 or a '95 White PEP with red leather.

dclin

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I'd rather keep that $35 for the 4th gen. With supposedly 1/3 of the RX8s already presold, a 4th gen RX7 is likely. If I was in the market though (and did not have one already), I'd strongly consider it.

(I personally think that the babble by Mazda execs that a new RX7 is dependent on RX8 sales is total bunk anyways, and was meant to sqeeze a few extra sales out of the rotary community. Honestly - other then a curiosity - the rotary engine would factor little into the *majority* of would-be 4th gen buyers decsion anyways. Most people buy sportscars for the way it looks, handles, and performs. The fact that it has a rotary engine is significant only to those faithful to the rotary concept - which is very few compare to the general (or even sports car only) car buying public).

PVerdieck

Here is the car in question
http://www.mazdaformance.com/rx74sale.htm


I heard that "babble" dismissed. At a car show I was over at the Jeff Haas area, and mentioned that, and was told by one of the dealer guys that the 4th gen was coming...

rex4x

a highly sought out car with extrememly low milleage is going to have a price through the roof... never pay more than what it is ACTUALLY worth.. who cares if it has 5500 mi. it could have 75,000 m. and run just as well. Paying 10K more for what its actually worth is bad news... a car is a piece of machinary, it should be driven...

cpa7man

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Yes, Business 101.

If you want a stock collectors car to keep in the garage and keep the miles down than this would be a good one. You would be the first legal owner. As long as its not MB or VR, I'd offer $26.5.

I myself was in a similar situatuion when looking at a ss FD in Tampa (10K milses) vs. a $16k (58K miles) ss in Charlotsville. I puchased the $16k car.

curlybillbrosie

WOAH. never been titled? where in the hell does 5500 miles come from then? test driving? salesmen taking it home on the weekends and beating the **** out of it?

cpa7man

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I think he means the owner of the dealership "owned" the car. In reality a "used" car but since it has never been registered it is "new". I'm sure he did not let anyone beat "the ****" out of the car.

PVerdieck

Exactly. It is the owner's personal car.

matty

thats expensive...i paid $21k for a car with 15k miles over 3 yrs ago.

edit: from a dealer too

PVerdieck

That was over 3 years ago. Try it now. FDs are getting rarer, and people know that. You got a steal.

I bought my 94 R2 last year with 7500 miles for 29K. I looked at it as a 1 year old car, which it essentially was. I wasn't going to have much luck finding another black 94 R2 in such mint condition.

Rx-7Addict

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$23,000-29000 Based on similar cars listed on eBay and autotrader and this forum