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>people who try to sell you their ill-maintained junk for $5k+

>i no wut its worth

>no lowballers

>selling an s13 240sx with no engine or trans, rusted out body, and "welded diff" on ebay coilovers for 5k

This makes me legitimately angry. I have no idea how people can ask so much money for jap shitboxes. The case is the same for pretty much every remotely sporty jap car.

I just wish I could find any of them for a reasonable price.

>>4456

One time I was looking at this manual E34 5-series for $1500 that mechanically was in fantastic shape and well maintained but the interior was awful. It was filthy and smelled badly of cigarette smoke, when I looked at the car the owner had the ashtray filled with cigarette butts. There was also bottles and assorted shit covering the floor.

>>4458

Things aren't as bad as that for Japanese sports cars here in Austalia but they're reaching that level.

>>4459

Well, I was exaggerating a bit, but it's not that far off. I don't care whether you're talking about a WRX, Evo, Supra (4th gen), MR2, FD RX7, it doesn't matter. People want insane amounts of cash for all of them.

>>4458

supply and demand, pal.

JDM icons like the AE86, S-chassis, FDs, JZA80s are becoming sought after and prices are reflecting that.

>>4462

You could say the same about fox m-muh mustang motherfuckas, turd gen camaros, C4 corvettes among other American cars.

My point was people seem to think that because someone else managed to sell their car for X dollars, they can sell their shitbox which has been poorly modded with cheap, no name ebay parts and run hard as hell for the same price. I don't give a shit how you shake it, there's no way I'd pay over $500 for a s13 with no engine or interior, but I see it on CL all the time.

Here's a few 240s that I think are pretty insanely priced, given the condition.

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/5045037657.html

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/5041842624.html

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/5031715276.html

Also, I'm pretty sure the only reason the AE86 is remotely sought after is…. actually I have no idea why. It's a lightweight RWD car, but that's about all it has going for it without heavy modifications. I'm pretty sure a dump truck could outrun a stock AE86.

>>4463

>m-muh must­ang motherfuckas

Nice wordfilter, faggot board owner.

>>4463

>Also, I'm pretty sure the only reason the AE86 is remotely sought after is…. actually I have no idea why. It's a lightweight RWD car, but that's about all it has going for it without heavy modifications. I'm pretty sure a dump truck could outrun a stock AE86.

You underestimate the autism and sheer delusion that your average Initial D fan has. Do you think people buy Delorians because they think they're good cars? Fuck no, they buy them because they want to get attention and admiration from nerds. Same shit applies here, except they also want to be able to pretend they're a drift queen at the same time.

>>4469

>not swapping a Volvo B36 into a DMC

>>4464

what word filter? Was it pigfat?

>>4472

m­ustang wordfilters to m-muh mustang motherfucka

>>4470

No engine swap could ever fix the heavy body and awful steering, though. But hey, at least it looks cool/interesting

>>4462

>>4458

>>4463

Its not that theyre really sought after. Its those welfare munchies who need a lot of cash and sell the piece of junk to other welfare munchies until it lands in the hands of a woman or some senior who cashes the car at 1000 bucks because the engine has 190000 redlined highway miles and all the stickers are destroying the paint, the stanced wheels and home lowered suspension destroyed all suspension bushings oh anfd lets not forget the fucking check engine light, old as fuck spark plugs, shiny oil, 0.0001:1 antifreeze to water ratio, the fucked up locks, windows, and ignition beacuase it was stolen countless times and the rusted/ebay muffler

>car arrives after six months on a container

>check it out

>find moldy jayz DJ Hero compilation album in trunk

>contains completely different disks inside

>find girl's headwear in rear footwell

>find prior owners legal doco underneath center console, propping it up to stop squeaks, fully intend to call them some day

Fun times.

>>4452

To be honest that should help you out when inspecting the car, Obviously the seller doesnt give a crap about the car and must also probably never givent it maintenece either.