Cost of a Decent FD As of 2014

[PurcyP]

Hi all.

If you have seen my intro thread then you\'ll know I own a RX8 and wish to own a FD.

Prices i have seen of FD\'s fluctuate from complete heaps, to potentials and then the complete dreamers, but for a decent un-abused sample what sort of money are we talking?

The RX8 was a completely different ball game as I purchased mine at £1500 with 2 owners i am the third, prices for rx8\'s are just rock bottom thanks to various factors.

The plan is to really save up as much as I can and then if needs be sell the rx8 to fund the rest?
before any comments of "you cant afford it so you wont be able to afford tax, insurance etc so dont bother" my tax works differently etc so I wouldnt worry about the running costs i got that covered!

So yea for a unmolested example what we talking? ive seen one on piston heads which has either sold or the ad has timed out at £4,600 fresh import not even registered and a complete rebuild, and another unmolested example in red for £6700 but in reality what is the real going price?  

Cheers all.

[clive]

I would say that to answer your question,  it\'s going to be a bit of you get what you pay for as regards condition and the health of the running gear of the car

There\'s no reason why a really good FD won\'t still fetch the £6700 you mention

Hope you find what your looking for :Thumbsup!

[PurcyP]

Thanks Clive.

I did wonder if that was the case, was just looking through my messages as I did speak to an importer and he said the same in regards to prices being all over the place.

So really its £4000 to £7000 ..importer did say £5000 to £6000 will get a decent one imported but again he said prices all over the place ..

Looks like i have a lot of saving to do lol, be a good exercise in restraint and discipline.
Thats the trouble when you lead my life, full of appointments and nothing to do, its difficult not to spend money :/ ..oh well

[matty-chiba]

just to add on to the comment above.

5-6k will get you a real dog of an import buddy.

prices are over the place as it totally depends on condition as with everything in life.

[PurcyP]

Really!? ouch thought importing might of been a more viable option

[skybusr34]

just to add on to the comment above.

5-6k will get you a real dog of an import buddy.

prices are over the place as it totally depends on condition as with everything in life.

I think saying a real dog is a bit harsh. I\'ve seen a few good rx7s come over recently . Especially now the exchange rate is in our favour.

[PurcyP]

I dont have access to auctions n whats available

I only see what japanese auction watch post on facebook and half the time they are ..."not to my tastes" to say the least lol

[skybusr34]

What sort of rx7 you after?

[PurcyP]

FD3S As close to un molested OEM as possible.

not fussed if its a Series 6, 7 ,8

[samoht]

Looking at Pistonheads, I would say £6k is probably about the entry point to have a fair chance of finding a good one.  The fact that the odd car appears at £4k or so doesn\'t mean you could expect to find a good one at that price.

That said, there are still cars that come up for sale cheaply when the seller hasn\'t noticed the recent rise in values, so if you\'re patient you might be lucky enough to get a good car for a bit less.

If you\'re buying at the cheap end of the market you need to be doubly careful to find one that hasn\'t been bodged or neglected.

[PurcyP]

I\'ve been looking on pistonheads for a while now seeing what\'s around.

So to be safe need to save around 6000 as a start

[cyman]

I see your in Dorset Purcyp.if you want to take a look over an fd I am in Weymouth and have 2 here one show car and one that is being sorted as a street sleeper for track days. Had fd,s for years so can go through what to look out for when buying one if you like.

[PurcyP]

I see your in Dorset Purcyp.if you want to take a look over an fd I am in Weymouth and have 2 here one show car and one that is being sorted as a street sleeper for track days. Had fd,s for years so can go through what to look out for when buying one if you like.

Cool nice to see someone fairly local. Im in Christchurch myself so around 45 minutes drive to weymouth for me, may have to take you up on that offer and pop round some time thank you

[matty-chiba]

i work for Newera Japan, and its REALLY hard to find good, clean rust free RX7s

its the same old argument,

condition vs cost/budget

we have supplied a number of FDs in the last couple of months, some being 1 owner cars.

they are as clean as possible,

but all are £10k upwards

having just sourced my own FD, (its in the projects section)i can tell you it was around £15k, but specification & fresh build by Knightsports drove the price.

£6k is very low end of the market to import.

the types of FDs the japanese wont even touch.

[PurcyP]

Well if £6000 isnt enough to import ill look for sellers over here then

some rust etc isnt a big problem ..it is a 20 year old car, depends what part of japan it comes from i guess ..but the first thing id do when i get a RX7 regardless if i imported it or not, as long as the body panels arent holding on via rot, ill take it to a rust buster firm and have it completely treated and under coated