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Old 02-08-07, 01:01 PM
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where to look for FD

hello everyone
im in the market for a FD....ive owned a FB and FC TII....so im not new to the rotary...

on to my question

im looking for a 100% stock FD
any color except for CYM
i want it to have 40,000 miles or less

where would be a good place to look for a car like this except for teh marketplace on this forum....

thanx
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www.yahoo.com auto section
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Just look @ Unholy FD3S' avatar... problem solved......
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Originally Posted by rotaryracer11
hello everyone
im in the market for a FD....ive owned a FB and FC TII....so im not new to the rotary...

on to my question

im looking for a 100% stock FD
any color except for CYM
i want it to have 40,000 miles or less

where would be a good place to look for a car like this except for teh marketplace on this forum....

thanx
Wow,good luck finding one of a handful left in the country...
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ok ill change that 50,000 or less becuase there are quite a few on yahoo with under 50,000 miles
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just be patient,one will turn up.
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Try ebay. I got mine this summer from NC with 34K on it, in mint condition. Dont limit your search to local fds. A 500 mile trip to get the car you want is worth it in the long run...
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ok ill change that 50,000 or less becuase there are quite a few on yahoo with under 50,000 miles
Be sure you read the ad carefully... I doubt there are 'quite a few' with less than 50k miles for sale right now... when I was in the market, I noticed a LOT of the ads are have lower mileage listed than what it really has. In the 'mileage field' the seller listed 50,000 & explained in the listing later that it was 50,000 miles on the engine & 120k miles on the body. I saw this happening frequently.
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i was thinking that as well.....but im looking carefully and mostly only looking at ones that have speedometer pics to see the milage......and thanx for being so helpful guys.....much more helpful than FC forum hahaha......oh yea and jus to clarify i life in canada wanting to find one in the US to bring back to canada
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Is there a reason you want a US over a Canadian one? (maybe stupid ?...)
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I picked up a 93 auto with 35k miles for 11.5k. Spent 2-3k to convert it to 5-speed. Just throwing that out there as an option if you do your own work. Generally the low mileage FDs are priced pretty high unless you get an auto.
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Originally Posted by mmaluso
I picked up a 93 auto with 35k miles for 11.5k. Spent 2-3k to convert it to 5-speed. Just throwing that out there as an option if you do your own work. Generally the low mileage FDs are priced pretty high unless you get an auto.
I picked up an auto for the same reason..Although mine had a lot more miles when I bought it than yours lol
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Originally Posted by TMadlem84
Is there a reason you want a US over a Canadian one? (maybe stupid ?...)

maily because USDM ones are in better condition i.e no rust on some....and they are generally lower milage and cheaper
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Gotcha, I was thinking there was some mechanical reason that I was missing... I figured the US & CAN ones were the same...
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lol no no.......canadaians think their FDs are worth alot more then they are for some reason ahahah
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Not going to jack this thread... but I'd say that the US market doesn't value the RX7s enough... $10k for a car that is very stylish & 0-60 in under 5 secs?
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hahaah dont worry we have jdm cars over here killing the market......u can get a jdm FD type R for liek 9,000 CDN.....thats prolly close to 7k USD and than people are reselling them for 17,000-18,000 canadian
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Originally Posted by rotaryracer11
hello everyone
im in the market for a FD....ive owned a FB and FC TII....so im not new to the rotary...

on to my question

im looking for a 100% stock FD
That first requirement is the real trick. The problem is that most of the completely stock ones have blown up already. Unless you are buying it to put into a glass case somewhere you should give up on 100% stock. These things require a downpipe at the very least to keep from having to change your twin turbos like you would change underwear. Come to think of it, when driving an FD is it always a good idea to carry a change of underwear or at least a set for your passengers
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I got a 93 R1, body with 83k motor under 20k and trans under 3k, only down size is driver rear 1/4 damage and a little fender damage. Got PFC and DP and a press bent rear secton pipe. $10000.
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Good luck finding a rare car with such low mileage.
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i got my 7 for $9800

auto with 88k on body and 15k engine w/ streetport. needs a little body work here and there & some new paint but still good.

hope you find a good one
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yea im hoping i can find something.......if its not low milage i want it to be as prestine as possible

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Originally Posted by TMadlem84
Be sure you read the ad carefully... I doubt there are 'quite a few' with less than 50k miles for sale right now... when I was in the market, I noticed a LOT of the ads are have lower mileage listed than what it really has. In the 'mileage field' the seller listed 50,000 & explained in the listing later that it was 50,000 miles on the engine & 120k miles on the body. I saw this happening frequently.
just run a carfax,

and also consider that low mileage does not always = well kept... you can do alot of damage to a car in 50k miles.
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And what do you want to pay???? What you want is not exactly a low cost deal.....
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18-20g i think should get a nice well kept one...



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