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[dj_dee99]

you\'s have taken it the wrong way, i didnt mean resale, i meant what the car was worth, why spend £7k on a car when i can get the same one for £5k?

Because it may initally appear to be the same, but it wouldn\'t be long before you\'ll very likely be wishing you\'d spent the extra!

[chris_m006]

Best bet is to sit back relax and wait for a good one to come up for the right money, bearing in mind running costs/insurance/unforseable circumstances.

I waited the best part of a year waiting, buying autotrader, scouring the web and eventually got one from Japan with very very light damage on drivers door. Had no miles, no mods (one of the things i wanted in particular), really low miles and immaculate inside and out.....bar the prang. All sorted and on the road well sub 5k.

Bargains exist but I must admit I had slight panic when I noticed comment on perfect examples for 5 and high spec for 7!!! Looks like i\'ll be keepin mine another while then!!!

[Dobber]

Because it may initally appear to be the same, but it wouldn\'t be long before you\'ll very likely be wishing you\'d spent the extra!

how bad are RX7\'s? :2Confused i think ill forget about buying one, i didnt relise they were that bad!

oh well back to the original evo 3 plan  :3gears-rh

[Dobber]

Id love to know where all these "perfect examples of RX7\'s are for £5k" infact scratch that i want "a highly tuned one for £7k!"

i didnt mean perfect condition, just perfect for what i want it for.

there has been quite a few on ebay and autotrader the last few weeks

[Grizzly]

MMMM where are these 5k cars with engine rebuilds by reputable companys? i keep hearing about them and i\'ve not seen one yet? To me it does not make sence at all, why spend 4k on a rebuild then sell it for 5k if its a nice car?

Being an Fd owner i sure hope this isn\'t the case, i relise that Fd\'s are getting on now and the cheaper ones are falling into the Chav price range (to buy) but a few months ago when i was looking to Buy one all i saw for 5k was C**p, people selling cars that "had a rebuild" but with no proof etc.

I know the chav factor will mean there will be plenty of second hand parts but i hope FD\'s don\'t get a reputation of Being a Chav car or my Fd will be getting Old school\'d

As far as i\'m aware, 3k and below is a poor example, 5k is nice car with no rebuild, 7k is Rebuilt with minor mods and above is Single turbo/Moded and Limited editions. Belive me with these cars you get what you pay for, if its a bad example it will cost more than a nice one to put right.

[Dobber]

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[Grizzly]

ive got a wee 106 rallye l

You want to build up to an Rx7 mate, you will find out very quickly sevens have to be Driven (they can be very dangrous in the wet/winter driving), its not like a Low powered Front wheel drive which you can throw about and to be quite honist is proberly more fun, ask any of the other owners on here they are not an Every day car! you can of course use it like one if you have LOTS!! of petrol money but its more of a week end warior car.

[Grizzly]

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you said by reputable companys!!

Why is a dealer selling a car for 5k thats just had Min of 3k spent in the last 8,000 miles? proberly becouse it need other work or its got engine problems that are not covered by the warantee and the previous owner wants rid?

There is always a reason, people don\'t give things away for free. ALWAYS get it Comp tested and check Receipts if they look dodgy (writen on bits of paper by hand etc) ring the guy up who did it, 9 times out of 10 they will give you its history.

[A7NTY]

t i dont want to spend 8k on my first decent powered rwd car when, to be honest, the chances of wrapping it are pritty dam high! lol

Thats a good point I suppose, but if your careful, the suspension and tyres and fduked then you wont prang it.

[A7NTY]

You must just get upset with all the holiday makers that come down to see you this time of year.

John

Yes I do.

[A7NTY]

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I went and looked at a car like this for a customer recently. It had about £2000-3000 worth of work needing doing on it to bring it up to standard, I expect just like these ones.

All of these \'dealer\' cars are cheap to buy for a reason. The reason being they are generally fresh imports that were bought cheaply in Japan due to having an accident repair.

[A7NTY]

the cheaper ones are falling into the Chav price range (to buy) but a few months ago when i was looking to Buy one all i saw for 5k was C**p, people selling cars that "had a rebuild" but with no proof etc.

Yup, they will soon be like the 200sx\'s and you will see endless horrific examples dying due to neglect and ignorance.

Thing is \'Dobber\' is if you use your own logic, you will end up buying a car thats completely sh1te, then once you have to spend countless thousands repairing it or just give up and scrap it, you will undoubtably tell everyone how rubbish rx7\'s are and how they cost you thousands upon thousands to repair. This is how nonsense reputations get made, through someone buying a pile of cr*p expecting it to be \'mint\' then getting upset when it costs them a fortune.

If you just want some car that you dont have to worry about pranging then move on to a 2nd gen EGI or something to get the hang of it without worrying about losing a ton of money.

[TwistedHumour]

Its time to bring up the old chestnut - Buy cheap, buy twice.

I think if you take the time to do your research (there’s plenty of info on this forum), you will quickly come to the conclusion that’s it’s acceptable to spend £7k on a lightly modified car in a good condition.  Now when you see highly modified cars going around £5k – it must make you wonder why.

The cars seem to have enough of a thrill factor without doing anything to them, so why bother going for a highly modified unreliable one?

Oh, and I think it’s defiantly worth investing in some professional driving tuition before driving a rex - I know I certainly will.

[robedwards99]

I think if you take the time to do your research (there’s plenty of info on this forum), you will quickly come to the conclusion that’s it’s acceptable to spend £7k on a lightly modified car in a good condition.

I get the feeling that at the moment the more standard and unmolested cars are holding their value more than anything else, probably due to people being wary of cars being thrashed.
It is evident that even if a car has had a rebuild but has not been modified and tuned correctly the engine can go pop at very low milage.

[Rixio]

If your worried about wrapping it before you even buy it you shouldnt be looking at it in the first place!