Yeah I know that this is more of a personal decision,but I'm confused.I was thinking of selling my FBP to get a CW because I've seen higher mileage CW's go from $11,200 to $15,000 so I could sell my car for hopefully around $20k and have the rest of the money to mod the CW.I'm trying to build a fast street/track ITR on a budget.Has anybody else ever done this or thought of doing it or am I just crazy?

 

I say you keep your car, since you know the history and everything. Save yourself some headaches. IMO, it's not worth the trouble of selling, buying, fixing, etc.

Get the idea?

 

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Get the idea? </TD></TR></TABLE>

so true.. plus black attracts less attention

 

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True,but it's hard to keep clean.It would be alot easier to just keep my car since I already have a few mods,but a CW with built motor,final drive,rollcage and teins sounds really nice though .

 

Dumb ? comin' from a dumb person (me)....why don't you just get your car painted?

 

yes very hard to keep clean .. i know.. n freakn dust scratches .. argh.. but still looks nice at night

 

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Your right this is a dumb question. If you would read the post you would see that if he sold his FBP he could buy a CW (which are cheaper because they are more popular) for around 8 to 5 000 less than what he got for his FBP. This extra money he planned to use to mod the CW into a track car. So painting his car would accomplish nothing except cost him money which he is cleary trying to avoid .

 

i say go for it if your going to overhaul the motor anyways, overhaul tranny?

 

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True.

I think Asahi sold his PY to get a CW.

Personally, I would take the CW, its a classic.

 

py is where it's at

 

I hope that when you say more popular you dont mean more plentiful , cuz that would be a flat out wrong statement.

 

Do it. Sell the black one... but, I bet that would take forever these days. And, I don't think you will get $20k for it due to the market condition.

CW holds value better than any other MY & color. Period.

 

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is this due to the fact that there were less produced and therefore are less available?

 

I would not get wrapped up in the color...black, white...it will all be the same in a few years

but cw does own j00

 

Yeah I think I'm gonna try to sell it then and find a cw.I hope I can pull $20k out of my car.That would be the only way I could sell it.If I couldn't get what I wanted for selling it I would be kicking my self in the ***,because I bought the car for $18k 6 months ago and I have spent at least $5k in different mods and fixing stuff that was broken when I got it.So all in all I have about 23k into my car without including my labor cost.I would hope I can at least get $20k for it,because I know you can never get out of a car what you put in it.

 

Do it man! You can get a 97 or 97 with 90K for around $11-12,000 if you drive a hard bargain. BTW, I just gave the '97 the weekly clean and FBP is easier to clean/ keep clean, but that doens't matter much.
Have you had to do anything else to it?
-matt

 

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True.

I think Asahi sold his PY to get a CW.

Personally, I would take the CW, its a classic.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sure did and haven't looked back. I only saved about $2500. I did it purely for the color.

 

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Miles??? What mods? Broken stuff??????

You have to consider that you are going to have to pay taxes again on the CW which will run over $1K and then you are left with less than what you hoped. I cant remember the last R I saw that sold for $20K from a private party. This is unless you have like 10K miles on it. I would say selling/ buying is a bad idea. If you are still intent- part your R out and return to stock. you will get more for the mods+ stock car than if you sold as is.

Good luck!

 

How is your black R worth more than cw just because it's black?

 

CW is where it is at!!!

 

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Not because it's black,but because of the year,mileage,and overall condition.A 2000 with 50k miles is worth more than a 97 with 110k.See where I'm coming from?

 

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Not because it's black,but because of the year,mileage,and overall condition.A 2000 with 50k miles is worth more than a 97 with 110k.See where I'm coming from?</TD></TR></TABLE>

What about a 98 with 45k miles?

 

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Where?

 

You'll never get 20K for a 00' w/ 50,000. Just as a general overview of today's market, I bought my 00' R this summer w/ 12,000 original miles,completely stock, and in absolutely flawless condition for $18,850. You'd probably see 17K for yours.

In my eyes it's a stupid idea, but to each his own

 

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Yeah , so trade black for white on white