Is this price too good to be true?

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Posted by Igaryok on May-03-2007 04:18:

There's still 6 days to go in the auction.

Posted by igottaknow on May-03-2007 04:19:

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Originally posted by Igaryok
There's still 6 days to go in the auction.

Posted by Lilith on May-03-2007 04:22:

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Originally posted by Fast Turtle
Damn girl, you know a lot about cars. :O

I was > < this far from having a FIA Grade C race licence, then found I didn't really have the time for it due to work and neither the money at the time. Now I'm older, have a fear of death and too slow.

Posted by drivingforce on May-03-2007 04:53:

though i love their look and sound, the prob is rotary. The rx7's motor is more tempermental than a dsm and prone for breaking. Dont know if you know but if anyting in motor goes, your goign to have to replace entire engine...this can become problematic if...you dont have money and that can happen even with a good tune. As said earlier usually modded means beat the fuck out of. Even if it has 1000 miles it could of been raced hard for the 1000. Its always a risky buy...another problem with that kind of horsepower your goign to run into is traciton issues depending on boost levels per gear if he's using avcr. But its your money, car looks great, but i would be hesitant.

Posted by Ivand on May-03-2007 04:54:

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Originally posted by Lilith
So people can't tell if your turning! Great!

Defect me

Expensive as hell to replace/repair when you crack it... and you will...

In other words, this engine has been blown up and rebuilt around the 71k miles mark!

Extreme pain to drive around town unless you have a bionic left leg

Uses so much fuel it's scary, also quite pointless as he's not upgraded the fuel pump.

And all that together with no aftermarket engine management, fairly pointless
No dyno sheet
No service history

It's at best a 1/2 or 3/4 finished build and being a rotary, the nature of the engine and how it works just means you end up putting oil in it all the time, they burn a LOT of fuel and have the torque of a lawnmower at under 2000rpm, which makes them annoying to drive.

Posted by getfoul on May-03-2007 05:35:

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Originally posted by EXTREMUM
This car can be worth over $15K-20K, stock (no mods) in great condition.

With the mods it has, it can sell for over $45K.
HA!

I'd like to see that FAKE ad sell for 45K. I can't believe people are even bidding on that. The buy it now at 5600 gives it away.

LOL Even real ones dont sell for that much.

http://supraforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=425840

Go for this one instead.

Posted by getfoul on May-03-2007 05:36:

Re: Re: Re: Is this price too good to be true?

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Originally posted by EXTREMUM
These cars their value very well - same as the '93-'98 Twin-turbo Supras.

Both of these cars were around $50K, brand new.
the 98 twin turbo supra was only 35k brand new

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Originally posted by SuspicionVandit

danggggg i didn't know it was that limited!

i've always attributed the prices for RX-7s to sellers wanting to make extra $ off drifting wanks

now i have a better perspective (maybe)

If you think that was limited production, visit this site:

http://www.mkiv.com/specifications/...bers/color.html

Posted by EXTREMUM on May-03-2007 05:47:

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Originally posted by getfoul
the 98 twin turbo supra was only 35k brand new

If you think that was limited production, visit this site:

http://www.mkiv.com/specifications/...bers/color.html

The '93 sold for $52K.

Posted by getfoul on May-03-2007 05:50:

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Originally posted by EXTREMUM
The '93 sold for $52K.

And the 98 was 35k

Edit: MSRP was 40k, but the few people that I know that bought 98's brand new paid around 35k before TTL.

Window Sticker-
1995:
(link because the picture is tooo big)
http://www.mkiv.com/specifications/...bo_sticker.jpg

1997:

Posted by woscar on May-03-2007 05:56:

Seriously...who buys a fucking CAR on eBay?

Posted by gehzumteufel on May-03-2007 14:51:

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Originally posted by Lilith
In other words, this engine has been blown up and rebuilt around the 71k miles mark!

even though you were really close to getting FIA grade c you are CLUELESS about rotaries. obviously. you have to rebuild the motors due to the Apex Seals going bad around 70k. a full rebuild kit on a rotary is $1000. also in a rotary rebuild you must make sure the rotor housings arent too worn and dont have any blueing or warping or the coating coming off. should i continue?

and for those disputing price: a heavily modified FD will fetch 50k+ to the knowledgeable buyers. an FC (the 86-92) fetch about half that. stock FD fetches between 8.5k and 20k. FC between 4.5 and 10k. USD of course.

and the factory FD was NEVER 50k. it wasnt even 30k! MSRP was 22900.

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