A Rare Three-Letter Car

"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck) 10/23/2017 at 19:05 • Filed to: None

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This appeared at one of the local lots a few days ago:

It’s a 1990 and yes, it’s right-hand drive! The sales guy knows absolutely nothing about it other than how much they want for it. He said other enthusiasts have told him it’s mostly stock. Somehow, I doubt that.

From the outside I could see aftermarket wheels, an aftermarket exhaust, a tuner, an aftermarket stereo, and an aftermarket steering wheel. The dash is delaminating in several places, but the seats aren’t too bad. It has replacement carpet.

He handed me the keys to start it up, but the battery was dead. Another red flag in my book.

He couldn’t figure out how to open the hood, so I wasn’t able to assess the condition of the engine or what mods might be in place. After it refused to start, he decided to usher me out of there. No sense trying to sell a broken car, I guess.

The price? “The price has just been reduced to $45,000, so it won’t be here long!”

Discerning > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/23/2017 at 19:30

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The NSX crowd is certainly a zealous group if that is worth $45K

CRider > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/23/2017 at 19:32

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Why would you import one of these? There are plenty of NSXs here with the steering wheel on the correct side, that don’t take a team of DMV employees to register.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Discerning 10/23/2017 at 20:44

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Ones with half the mileage are listed for $50-70k.

TheRealBicycleBuck > CRider 10/23/2017 at 20:51

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JDM, Yo!

Discerning > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/23/2017 at 20:53

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I don’t understand the fandom, but it is what it is.

interstate366, now In The Industry > CRider 10/23/2017 at 21:01

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Because they’re generally quite a bit cheaper and in better condition, and if you’re not DDing it, RHD is tolerable.

GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo > Discerning 10/23/2017 at 21:18

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What you are seeing is the bubble in value on late era Japanese enthusiast vehicles...it is similar to the ridiculous rise in prices of older German cars like the 911 or E30 M3.

Discerning > GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo 10/23/2017 at 23:57

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Yeah... I’ve been seeing it develop. Just glad I don’t have any desire to spend that much on a car just for nostalgic reasons.

Nauraushaun > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/24/2017 at 02:06

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Tosser color. Every tosser mod. Center stack with fake shit peeling carbon wrap and piles of broken trim.

This car was owned by an idiot, this car was not taken care of. Would buy for a price, but it would be a competitive one.

Nauraushaun > GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo 10/24/2017 at 02:08

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Me and my MR2 are counting on that bubble! So far it’s Supra, NSX, RX7 and not much else.

GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo > Nauraushaun 10/24/2017 at 03:37

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I have seen MR2s getting a lot of love lately on YouTube, so keep an eye out. I’m hoping that R32 GT-R values stay about the same for the next couple years because I can justify spending about $25k for a driver. Anymore than that is bananas to me...

Nauraushaun > GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo 10/24/2017 at 06:31

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Provided you’re in America they might do just that for a little while, after the initial rarity of the 25 year rule wears off and some of the later years become available.

But they’ll only go down for a little while ;)