This Is My Wife's Dream Car

"Tripper" (tripe46) 04/08/2020 at 13:18 • Filed to: None

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Right down to the color. I know almost nothing about these cars except that I love the aesthetics and hate the engine (flame suit on?) Anyone have a guess in what it will go for?

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Cash Rewards > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 13:24

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A little higher than this one, probably

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1994-mazda-rx-7-39/

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 13:24

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I love those cars too, not sure about the engine, should be better than the RX-8 which is a gutless hamster cage. I bet with the right buyers this car could hit $25-30k but who knows.

Tripper > Cash Rewards 04/08/2020 at 13:28

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Ooof. Out for now then.

Tripper > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/08/2020 at 13:29

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Yeah that’s to much cheese for a wankel. I’d love to buy one of these already LS swapped.

LJ909 > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 13:29

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I would bid on this if I wasnt set on buying a Ninja 400. I expect this thing to crest $10k quick though.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Cash Rewards 04/08/2020 at 13:30

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I don’t follow these cars at all, but I was going to spitball $25k. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 13:31

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My ideal swap for a wankle car is mazda’s 2.3L turbo that puts out 280 HP or so. You would need a bit of a hood bubble but I bet it would fit pretty well.

Tripper > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/08/2020 at 13:32

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I like the idea of keeping it Mazda powered.

RallyWrench > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 13:33

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In normal times that might do at least $30k. High miles but it’s had a ton of work, including engine and trans, and it hasn’t been (or at least currently isn’t) highly modified, which helps. I think owning these things is like knowing that you stepped on a mine. Lots of adrenaline, and as long as you don’t step off you’ll live. Modifying them is stepping off on purpose. 

Snuze: Needs another Swede > RallyWrench 04/08/2020 at 13:36

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Modifying them is stepping off on purpose.

Sometimes you like the fireworks. I knew a kid in high school (from a well heeled family) who had one that was making like 500-550 HP. It was NUTS... when it ran. 

Cash Rewards > Snuze: Needs another Swede 04/08/2020 at 13:36

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Those days are gone, unfortunately

Cash Rewards > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 13:36

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Yeah, I love this, but my Miata will have to do

Nom De Plume > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 13:38

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First thought was “and when does she plan on meeting her dream husband to buy it for her?” Before returning to her true passion in life, you, of course.

Don’t mind my poorly displayed sense of humor. Everything worth having is worth the wait and I’m sure the two of you can find an acceptable one.

RallyWrench > Snuze: Needs another Swede 04/08/2020 at 13:39

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Oh yeah, they’re insane fun. They burn brightly, briefly. 

RacinBob > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 13:40

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My bet is sells for $29k. Deducts for covid discount and modifications.

Tripper > RallyWrench 04/08/2020 at 13:42

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Yeah, this is a tough one for me as it won’t be had cheap and I don’t have any personal interest other than my wife’s happiness. So if it’s a problem it’s something that I will quickly regret... Where is if something happened to my 02 and I could not afford to fix it, I would just stop eating for a while, haha.

Her almost as dreamy dream car is an Austin Cooper, which I also happen to adore. They’re slightly more available/cheaper also.

Now really isn’t the time for a purchase like this anyway and I’m not serious unless it were to stay around/under 15k which is highly unlikely.

E90M3 > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 13:45

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I don’t have a wife, but I do have a girlfriend. At the moment , she knows very little about cars. I need to get M car and AMG into her vocabulary, maybe stretch it to 911 at some point. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 13:48

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You picked a good wife. 

Tripper > Nom De Plume 04/08/2020 at 13:50

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lol, for real. Luck y for me she can’t be bought, I’m the one dazzled by fancy things. I had the “opportunity” to buy one for 12k. I passed because it was “mid LS swap” haha.

I hope I love driving the one we eventually end up with. It’s ironic because my wife almost always asks that I drive regardless of the car. She always talks about how much she misses her Cooper S, and I’m like “not as much as I do!”

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 13:51

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T he BaT guys actually have a great repository of this info! Here’s their FD range.

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AestheticsInMotion > LJ909 04/08/2020 at 13:53

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I’m curious to see if Ninja 400s start getting steep discounts in the coming months. I’d be pretty interested in one as a commuter, but at $5500 with ABS it’s a tough sell when I can get a brand new 390 Duke for under $4k, and that’s before any haggling.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Cash Rewards 04/08/2020 at 13:54

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The white car is low mileage and appears to be mostly original. This one has some aftermarket stuff done to it, and is of truly unknown mileage owing to the replacement cluster. I make the case that hurts the value, a bit. Then again I’m an idiot who looks at 200k mile Volvos with lusty eyes . Do you know how many Volvos I could buy for +/- $ 30k? Probably most of them.

Regardless, these cars are headed for the stratosphere, I think, much like the Mk 4 Supras.

Tripper > E90M3 04/08/2020 at 13:57

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My wife is in the “does not hate cars” camp. She appreciates some , likes a few, and defers to me/does not care about everything else car related . She is however, a 3 pedal only woman. So psudo-enthusiast?

LJ909 > AestheticsInMotion 04/08/2020 at 13:57

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Same here, though I have found a local dealer that have quite a few Ninja 400 ABS’s in inventory for $4499 so If I pull the trigger Im most likely going to go with them if they stay at those prices . And from what I’ve been researching , dealers are willing to negotiate on them (dealers aren’t willing to budge on Yamaha R3's, another bike I was considering ).

KTM 390 is good and probably the closest to a track monster you can get in this price range, but I wouldn’t touch one. They have a bunch of reliability and quality issues.

Tripper > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 04/08/2020 at 13:58

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I never question that. If I had any questions they were answered when she let me get that old Bimmer 5 months into child #1

Tripper > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 04/08/2020 at 14:00

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Neeto! To think I have been doing this in excel all on my own for certain cars.....

Thank you!

AestheticsInMotion > LJ909 04/08/2020 at 14:05

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That ktm reliability is the only reason I’m still waffling back and forth. It sucks, because the bike is so fun to ride and in my opinion one of the best looking cheap bikes out there.

A t $ 4599 I think I’d definitely go the ninja route. 

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 14:06

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My wife just looks at a car and decides if she likes it or not,. S he loves Defenders, she saw the one on Doc Matrit that P C Penhale drives and also Vera and she wants one. I said the gas might get expensive and it might be tough getting one. Did I mention she is from Japan and has no license at all!? She used to like Lexus RXs and switched to that, egg to box! 

Tripper > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/08/2020 at 14:14

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Haha I think everyone likes Defenders. I don’t like big or slow vehicles, but I would roll one if ya gave it to me.

RallyWrench > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 14:22

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I’d do the Cooper over this in a heartbeat , I had a ‘67 Mk1 Austin Cooper S and it was a bonkers riot. So, so fun.

Cash Rewards > Snuze: Needs another Swede 04/08/2020 at 14:23

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The racing beat springs over koni shocks are a good choice, so while aftermarket that would instill confidence (so long as you're not one who must have stock). And yellow, which is much better than white. But the gauge cluster does hurt it, for sure.

Tripper > RallyWrench 04/08/2020 at 14:26

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Yeah I mean cooper wins it hands down. I have been super close to pulling the trigger, they have all just been far away and I’d like to see and drive first.

Cash Rewards > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 14:28

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You wouldn't want the one you could find for $15k

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 14:45

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3 pedal only woman

How many of these are left in the States?

LJ909 > AestheticsInMotion 04/08/2020 at 14:57

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The reliability is why I stopped considering one, especially with how serious some of the problems are (owners on the forums seem to pass them off as not serious, using the “every bike has its problems” or calling them quirks.) The RC390 was at the top of my list until I started researching it. But more than likely I’m going to go the Ninja route.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 14:57

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Marry her! Wait....oh.

As a person named Felix, I give you permission to ditch the Felix designed engine and prefer nicely swapped LS versions. That’s secretly the one I’d want, though I prefer the dark aqua color they came in.

Saracen > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 15:06

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Good that it has a new engine, bad that it still uses stock twins with the rat’s nest of vacuum tubes, and OEM radiator and intercooler.

Heat is the enemy for the 13B. They need a huge radiator, huge intercooler, and to ditch the stock twin turbo mess of a system for a quick spooling single turbo. Then it might hold together.

sony1492 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/08/2020 at 15:37

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It’s a generational thing I think, most younger people regardless of gender didn’t ever need to learn stick because automatics were common in their first cars, whereas older folks first car was very likely a manual where they had to learn why manuals are better.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 15:47

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I’d rather have one without the lowered suspension or fart can exhaust or without any performance mods.

Tripper > Cash Rewards 04/08/2020 at 15:47

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Agree, was offered one for 12 “mid LS swap”

Tripper > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/08/2020 at 15:51

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Right!? and she is younger than I (32). She had a 5 speed escort that she loved, then an automatic Hyundai. She really wanted a Cooper S but her family is very frugal when it comes to cars, so it took some convincing from TreatYoSelf Tripper before she pulled the trigger as that was early in our relationship. Now we both miss that car dearly.

Tripper > feather-throttle-not-hair 04/08/2020 at 15:54

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I honestly hope we eventually end up with one that was properly LS swapped. If we bought a Wankel, the first time it gave us a problem I’d be like SEEYA!

Cash Rewards > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 16:30

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There's one local that's 8k for a rolling chassis. I can find a turbo motor for 3500....surely the rest of the necessary parts won't be another ten grand?

StudyStudyStudy > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 16:47

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She has excellent taste :D. 154k is a lot on a rotary, for a BaT car it is kind of surprising . I’d be surprised if it goes over 15k.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > sony1492 04/08/2020 at 17:16

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Mrs. addiction CAN drive a manual, but she’d rather not. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 17:20

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TreatYoSelf! Haha...

Took me a while to buy my first irresponsible car, too. ( 34 when I bought my M3) 

Tripper > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/08/2020 at 17:33

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YaGotta! Haha. When I told my dad I was thinking about pulling the trigger on the M3 @ 22 y/o he said something to the effect of “As your father I cannot advise you to buy that car.” Then he laid out the details of the ridiculous deal I was entering with the STi I was underwater on begging a bank to finance me for the difference of it and the 4.5 year old M3 I wanted. Then he said, but you’re young with 0 responsibilities and a good job. If you fuck this up, you will recover. If you don’t you have yourself a super car at an age where you will never enjoy it more.

The rest is history. Although there were a few times that I came real close to not making ends meet. I went door to door in an office park after I was laid off from Circuit City offering any sort of IT services for nearly nothing. Made a few last minute payments on that car, in person, with cash haha.

Khalbali > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 18:11

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Hate those wheels but the FD is also a dream car of mine, one of the most beautiful designs ever IMO.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 20:43

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I almost bought a 2001.5 S4 in 2005. My brother strongly advised me against it. Bought a new Mazda 3s hatch instead. Loved that car (actually took it to the track once!). Drove it for 7 years and 90k miles.  No regrets.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > Tripper 04/08/2020 at 22:57

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Ha my wife is great too, let me (even encouraged me to) buy the 85  Jaguar 5 months into child #1 also.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Tripper 04/09/2020 at 03:48

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she’s a keeper