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@Isaac862 facts, got a 96 base corvette for 5.5k needing a trans rebuild, new radiator, weatherstripping, rear suspension work, new clear top. Still cheaper than a newer sedan
@@wuffysgarage chances r guy who owned before you drove it hard beat The living shit outta the transmission like all Stang owners do and then Gave it away to you at a 4K steal since u gonna have to repair it
@@wuffysgarage that's ridiculous, used car market is fucked and private sellers and dealers are sometimes so shady. I went to go buy a 02 v6 mustang and I travel 100 miles by uber and show up and find out it's rebuilt title. Bought it for 1400 and drove it home. It has a fat oil leak and sounds like something in the drivetrain is going to fall out. Had it for a 6 months now still runs good amazingly.
Unfortunately, most of the “cheap” cars are now super high mileage late 2000s crap that has been completely run into the ground that quite honestly needs to be sent to the junkyard. It’s a combination of cash for clunkers, the microchip shortage, and social media influencer hype which has created the perfect storm that has priced everyone out.
I've said this before I blame those ricers that were clapping out old Honda's. Or stancing cars. Now those every day cars that people would buy and use are trashed and it causes more demand for everything.
@@rickbergolla4055 I feel you on that. I just got a job and it's like everything from rent, food, hosuing all went up. And all this guy can tell me is "look elsewhere" The car community is going to collapse
Honestly in the 2000's we thought this way about the 90's and 80's cars lol everyone complained then the only thing they could buy were Honda civics and crap that needed to be sent the a junkyard. My first car, my dad was paid to haul it off actually, a 95 Honda accord sedan which I thought was dog shit at the time but I learned later it was VTEC and awesome but took me like 10 years to realize it. I still have it, and if I ever get money I plan to fix it back up
Bro i feel ya, i always wanted to have an e46 M3 or R32 Skyline..... when i look at prices of 30k+ i want to kill myself.... Now i look at basemodel e36, but still i cannot even afford a 318is e36.... 24 year old student... broke af
I think this is accurate because two years ago I had to buy my first car ever and was never a “car guy” but channels like Donut Media got me interested in finding something fun to drive so I ended up buying a cheap Miata. These channels are only getting bigger too , but good deals can be found for the patient !
I recently bought my 07 Z with 68k miles, clean title, stock for 14k. Not the best price considering I could’ve had the same car 2 years ago for maybe 10k but after years of searching, it was the best example at a reasonable price right now. These cars are about to shoot up in value
I loose a part of my soul everytime when I see this cool ass looking JDM cars and all of them are slammed to the ground with big ass wheels, and almost no tire at all :'(
@@CancelledMcCree tasteful mods for sure, I cringe when I see these poor cars that can Barely move their wheels, because they are so close to the fenders
@@macnchillidogs1601 thanks! Funny, a buddy of mine has this one friend that keeps begging me to sell him my (new to me) sunburst yellow NA6. Yet, this same dude had two stanced out POS’
@@CancelledMcCree Yeah and you ask them like why they enjoy making their car worse and undrivable and they reply with some catchphrase like "why you butthurt? " they think it's a badge of honor to scrape on everything at the same time bitch when all there sub frame bushings are shot to hell, alignments completely fucked, tires wear only like an inch. Its just so stupid.
I think a large reason for the increase in used "enthusiast" vehicle prices is the crazy jump in new "enthusiast" vehicle pricing. These vehicles are $50k+ and most people can't make that happen. So enthusiasts buy used vehicles.
All these enthusiast cars where expensive for the day. 240sx was 15,000 which is 30,000 of today's money. Supra was 36,900 which is 66,000 of today's money. Rx7 was 32,000 which is 60,000~ Shit a v-spec r32 was 50,000 (100,000 today's money) back then!
Also because of last year , computer chips are in high demand and low supply. Thousands of new cars are finished but lack the computer parts they need. That’s the same reason the ps5 and series x are so expensive and good luck building a pc. With no new cars, the used market has been destroyed. Once things get drumming up again I predict that prices will come down a fair amount. Great video
Government regulations are the greatest reason for the supply chain issues. It was government who tyrannically and arbitrarily shut the economy down, it was them who made nonsensical regulations for bullshit like nannies and emissions systems.
Mostly body shape, you can argue all you want, the 350z is the most appealing from the rear, Nismo body kits look hell of a lot better than 370z, it’s just everywhere
Remember when 90s Hondas were shit on by literally everyone who was remotely into cars in the early 2000s for being a run of the mill economy car? Now they're being bought out for 20-30k for a clean one.
Early 90's acuras were best. You can argue more power in a newer k-series but with that cable clutch you felt everything you did. Quality in the early 90's was great too.
As someone who is almost 40 I’ve watched prices on vehicles change a lot. A lot of the problem is the shifting customer demographics. When I was a kid older folks drove Cadillacs and Buick’s and stuff. Now in 2021 the average age of a Miata owner is plenty old enough to be a grandpa. Hell my mom is almost 60, she is a grandma and drives a SS Camaro. This shift has caused these companies to include a bunch of crap younger people don’t care for. Prime examples: my wife’s base Camry has electric seats. What for? Or here’s a funny one… you won’t be able to buy the new brz/gr86 without heated seats. I live in the south, I don’t need heated seats. Nature takes care of that already lol 😂
I agree, but i also can’t complain, i managed to buy a 93 NA Miata for $1,500 back in 2017 and trade it for a 99 Miata last Year, turbo it and I’ve been getting some offers of 10k+
Bruh idk if y'all are behind in your country or what, but the Miata gained a cult following from like 2001 onwards.. They have been unobtainable for lower class citizens for over a decade now thanks to miata club/cup racing and the explosion of autoX Is this just a US thing where y'all took over a decade to realise how sick they are or were they just produced in an abundance there? Legit have been chasing a decent clean example for 8 years and have yet to find something that isn't clapped out completely or selling for $30k+ (aud)
@@4bidn1 yeah I'm with ya there, I don't get how people are blaming tiktok. It seems like correlation, not causation. The rx7 and miata have been getting pricey for a while now
All of the replies are correct. Not to forget, that, these cars have long been out of production. Whatever is tough to find, naturally goes up in value, but only if there's a demand for it. How does one get the demand to spike? Social media and internet and culture shifts and mind sets. I propose that we make the Chevy cavalier cool again so that people become lusting for it and I could sell mine to pay off my college debt. It was worth a try.
I think its just more that the people who grew up with these JDM cars as posters on their walls are now building a career and can afford to spend some cash on their childhood dream cars
exactly what i just did, got an unmolested 3000gt vr4 for 10K super hard to find for that price i tell you that. It was my dream car as i was growing up
@@gothik6917 But the question is. Can you maintain it? Buying it is just the begining.There s plenty of those just sitting around rusting because someone bought it on impulse, without any mechanical knowledge or tools and cannot afford the repair bill.
its because people in my age group grew up with one of the best generations of cars ever built. And now a lot of us are old enough to buy things we wanted as kids.
Cash for Clunkers was an unmitigated disaster and is all the evidence you need that everything the government touches “to help” has the inverse Midas Touch effect.
@Mattie great comment you are 💯 correct about that I remember hearing about a Rare GNX being destroyed 😬 a beater is going for around 40k easy right now.
As I watch this video, I'm suddenly reminded of the First Rule of Fight Club. The more you guys educate the masses, the higher the prices become. Knowledge is power...
@@karokuwabara949 It's not a matter of responsibility, they're not the only car people on RU-vid dishing out useful info. But enthusiasts aren't the only ones who watch these videos. Collectors, dealerships, and salesmen probably watch too. I absolutely love channels like this, but they're a double edged sword and there's nothing we can do about it.
@@Masterbaiter1000 No offense, but I'm not a car salesman and could care less about their profits lol. I care much about how much money I can save, not how much I can help someone else make.
What knowledge? >Cars are expensive >Look at Domestic sports cars >Look at cars based off the same platform but are luxury models None of this is actually helpful. The price of all of those have gone up too
It’s hard to tell my soon to be 16 year old son who loves JDM cars that best I can do in this market might be a clapped out cobalt instead of the FC body rx7 he wants
I'm gonna be honest. It's never a bad time to be 16, there's always something to wrench on, just need to find it. My nephew is 16 and he's into older Honda mopeds and ATC's, which are cheap and easy to work on. They just have to find something until cars come around. I'm still giving you a thumbs up though cause compared to a decade ago, it was easier for a 16 year old to buy a good running car.
I just bought a 2010 Kia Forte on Friday. I did some fluid flushes, re-tinted the windows today, I'll install the new head light assemblies tomorrow and clean the interior even though it is in great shape. A wash and wax as well. No dents and tires, brakes, suspension, a/c, trans are great. Runs perfect and passed emission testing. In other words a great car that needs routine maintenance. One owner. She didn't want to spend the $1700 for the needed maintenance and she didn't want to take it with her to Florida and had no where to put it before leaving. I paid $200. Yes $200, as in (two hundred dollars) for it and it's already sold when I'm done for $3600. I'll have about $450 in it total. I wish I could come across deals like this more often.
Evos had always been expensive. But here in Australia around 2011-2014 ish 300zx 2+2 with twin turbos stock and manual trans goes for 10k or less. That's pretty cheap.
@@ronn-qv7fw You always get the good shit in Australia. There ain't shit to buy out here in the US anymore mate. Besides it's easier to import most things from Japan assuming it doesn't fall under the asbestos laws.
I get the Evo, but the 300zx has no place in being that over priced due to its complex wiring issues and lack of high praise upon release. Same goes for the 3000gt.
@@dragonsKeeper210 damn, that's barely more than I paid for mine at 110k. It's got a built motor from the previous owner, which is nice, but a bit wasted on me since I don't have the budget for FI.
My heart broke when I started seeing the prices of these cheap good starter cars going up, I really wanted a Japanese style car for my first but sadly they’re now too high for my budget. I’m not giving up tho I’m gonna get my r32 sometime
@@blacktrump8897 Don't put "near me". most likely though if you are going to buy. you'll have to drive a few hours away for the nearest possible dealership.
"sounds like you need a 3000gt because they are gonna give you the same amount of problems and are just as difficult to work on" best line of this vid.
@@engineerisengihere44 It was also very much "of it's time" as well. It was a time when Japanese makers crammed as much tech as they could into flagship cars trying to out tech each other, some with better success than others.
@@engineerisengihere44 It's not they need a ton of maintenace it's more that the maintenance is really hard to do. But that's what you get with a twin turbo, awd, transverse V6 that used CAD to cram itself as tightly into that engine bay as possible.
People who were 16 in 2012 : “yeah I just bought this clean good condition E30 for $2k” Me who’s 16 in 2021: “only 5000$ more dollars until I can buy this 20 yo shitbox”
@@marcvic_1595 am quite confident. See im basing it off not just my country but every other country on this side of the world china included - none of us are infrastructurally and economically ready in 5-10 years time to fully abandon combustion engine. So yeah.
@@crankypipo But how many cheap sports cars are coming out as a result of the electric boom, and with MT? Not many at all... so there are less and less being put in the market each year. Results in that setup being more sought after.
@@marcvic_1595 you are forgetting toyota arent you. And volkswagen. And ford. And kia. And mazda. Still enough to satiate the majority for cheap sports cars. There is no electric boom this side of the hemisphere
Unfortunately there really aren't many good deals to be had. The cash for clunkers program destroyed so many vehicles it's affected everything having to do with the used market.
@@NRodsoSwaggy It was a government program ran through car dealerships that offered a certain amount of money towards new purchases if you brought in an old car, weather or not it ran. They then destroyed the old car.
@@NRodsoSwaggy I need to state that I am not speaking politics and I am not naming names. With that said, you are half right. It was to buy new cars in the short and long run, as well as to affect the used market, both in vehicles and parts, negatively in the long run. Ultimately this is a cause and effect situation.
Sometimes I feel they try to hard to force raise prices on cars. The Miata now cost 8k to 10k, but I have seen some crazy owners trying to sell NA miata at over 20k. And is not a special edition or anything, just a clean NA. Problen is there will be people that will pay those prices
I’m glad I picked up my (almost) dream car (just needs some upgrades) this year at 20 years old before it got too unattainable. I bought a 2000 Subaru Impreza TS for $5000. Eventually it will become an STI, but first I have to wait for a couple parts so it can get safetied.
“Everything is made up and the points don’t matter” …I’m seriously wondering how many people actually caught that reference…because I sure as hell did 😎👊
Ya this crap always happens. When my dad was growing up in the late 70s early 80s, his first car was a 1970 chevelle. He then crashed it, and bought another one. Muscle cars were worthless then. Now they're not. The same thing is happening now with jdm specifically
I saw a comment on a different video ages ago about Australian muscle cars having the same thing. One guy bought a HK Monaro coupe for $600 back in the 80s and abandoned it when it broke down. That same car today gets listed for north of $80k for a poor condition one, and easily $120k in excellent condition. Still, 90s muscle cars are fairly cheap.
I’ve been saying that for years,we were buying cool cars like Chevelles and GTOs in the mid 80s for cheap.I used to have a pretty cool 72 Lemans that I gave to an auto wrecker because I didn’t want it anymore and I could find another one in the future if I wanted,boy,was I wrong. There’s a guy in my town on Vancouver island that has a nice 70 GTO Judge that hasn’t moved out of his driveway for at least 33 years now,I know because I asked him if I could buy it back in 88 and it hasn’t moved yet. Went by last year,no answer. Probably wants a hundred grand now even though it’s been under tarps moulding and rusting away for decades,shame really.
That manual Lexus GS I was looking at went high in price since you tubers started making videos on looking for same platforms and we need them to stop, gate keep, and let people figure out for themselves how to look for a car they want
Its actually crazy. Back in 2017 I just passed my drivers test and received my license. Paid my grandma to drive me 1.5 hours away to buy a 1992 Chevy S10 for $450!!!!! Learned stickshift on the 1.5 hour drive home. Only thing it needed was oil, spark plugs, shocks, and some slight cosmetic love. Now if I wanted a 1992 S10 in the same condition it would be $4,500 with a blown headgasket, no wheels or transmission, with free rats in the dash LMAO
2:46 my AP1 from my S2000 cinematic video!!! Shoutout to my guy Ryan Li for the epic drone work in that video!! Having 2 seconds of my video in this video is quite the milestone for me LOL.
In mid-2019 a friend of mine knew someone selling a '91 Miata with 80k miles for $1500. I offered $1750 since she wasn't quite ready to sell. Managed to snag the car. It had been daily driven by a lady for 4 years, before that it had 35k miles on it. No rust, very clean other than some paint chips. That same car in this area now would be around $6k. Sadly I sold it, but I bought another Miata last year right before the pandemic that's gone up in value since owning it which has been nice.
Boy, am I glad 6 year old me fell in love with the SN95 New Edge Mustangs. Picked one up last year for $2300. Too old to be a modern head turner, and too new to be a classic 😆
Bro so true, most people will lowball the crap outta you, then when they get the car they drive away like dumbass seller could have got 3 or 4 grand more. 😝
@@uwu_frenchfries79 I feel like tons of used iconic Jdm cars out there are in really bad condition due to a lack of hygiene. And even those with major strut tower rust sell for 40k+ these days. It's not worth it in the long run, cause to repair it, it will probably end up costing you thousands. Just a few months ago, r32 GTRs were 20k, and now GTSts are 20k. Even getting a normal R34 4 door is expensive. I guess it's all supply and demand, which is why I would rather have an R31 with a nice kit.
I live in nz and recently got my first car. I was able to find a 05 legacy wagon with the 3 litre flat 6 for $5000 nzd which is about $2500 USD. We still get relatively cheap JDM cars here because we get a lot of Japans older cars just shipped here but there has been significant increase in price of sought after cars such as cars with rbs, 2js or any turbo specific models
I had the opportunity to buy a C5 Z06 for like $8k when I was 15, didn't have the cash lying around but that car will haunt my dreams until I die. Enjoy that C6 brother, drive the doors off it.
@@WeAreChecking In like 2009 when I was 19, my neighbor was selling a project Porsche 912 with a period 911 engine swapped into it. For $8k but he was gonna give me a neighbor deal for $5k. I was scared to buy it because I figured Porsche=expensive to fix! But i kick myself thinking about it because that car today is probably pushing $50K at least.
I bought my first set of tires and wheels with my project car through these guys. Incredibly easy to work the site and amazing videos. Not many company’s balance both.
When I was 19, I bought a 1986 Pontiac trans am with the 305 for $3,200, and then sold it a few years later in a state of disrepair for $1500. Now the same car in the state I had bought it in sells for the sticker price of my 2017 Kia Soul when it was new, and the same car in the state I sold it in sells for the KBB value of my Kia Soul today, maybe even a little more. Also around the same time, my dad and I picked up a running 1977 Datsun 280Z (NA) 2+2 for $1,500, and we sold it 2 years later for about the same price. Now, I see junked ones with no floor pan and blown engines selling for $10k+
Worked as a server at a shitty restaurant to buy my first car for $4k, an Acura Integra GSR with 90k miles. I remember when clean s13s were going for about that much...
Im 16 and getting my license in 1 month. I remember I asked you on tiktok should i get a celica or a miata. now i cant even consider a miata realistically
for a first car i think you'll have a ton of fun with a manual celica. should never break down but will be easy & cheap to fix if it does. i love seeing old manual celicas on the road still, i think even they will go up in value soon
You’re 100% right, I bought a 95 Ford F-150 with the 5.0 in it to use as a tow pig in 2018 for $1200 I was the second owner of it, I put roughly 100k miles on the truck and still sold it for $4000 a week or two ago.
90-02 Accords (hell even up to the 6MT V6) are slept on and I can find them for under 2K still thankfully. I paid 1100 for my 00 EX 5MT sedan and threw another 1100 at it for maintenance. Now it runs and drives like nothing happened.
@@MrMouze-os6ks still a damn Civic. Still going for 3-4K+ in my neck of the woods (Charlotte, NC area) where Accords are half that especially the years I mentioned. They can still be had for $1500 give or take a couple hundred and will leave a D16 behind and be more comfortable to drive. 🤷
@@thatloudCG5 …….. Charlotte? Yooooo! Come join me September 25! Got a civic meet starting here in Charlotte heading to “back of the dragon” up in Virginia. Gonna be stopping along the route to and then do a cruise with about 20 or 30 cars. The host throws them every year. That’s sick, but yeah I feel ya. These civics out here are high still but I got mine in Kansas City with no rust but a spot on the back fender that’s just surface. Small world.
@@MrMouze-os6ks I'll be out of town getting the car painted or else I'd join. Supporting one of my high school friends in DC who now co-owns a body shop. You know how we do in the community. Gotta support the homies.
@@thatloudCG5 darn but hey I feel ya. I’m working in replaces all suspension components on my Sol and then moving to body and paint. You be safe out there, that city has terrible roads lmao.
I also really enjoy the JDM market but everything is too overpriced as stated, I ended up finding a Genesis Coupe and I couldn’t be happier that I snagged it! 😄 They’re underrated vehicles and you can get BK1s for a pretty good price. All the attention they get, the way they look, sound, etc. So glad I got one of these beauts 🤟🏽
I bought my 1989 (5-speed) BMW E30 in 2015 for like $3700 in San Diego. The entire car was cleaaaaaaaaan with no rust or flaws to speak of. Definitely the best purchase I've ever made. I can't tell you how many people have tried to buy it off me these past few years. The boxy look is in and people really love them even more now.
Just bought one for 5500$. Red 1990 BMW 325i convertible E30 5 speed manual. FRESH OEM red re paint. New black seats upholstered upgraded face plate with a 10 inch kicker in the trunk, power windows all work, crack free dash, power mirrors, new rotors and brakes all around. New wires hoses, clamps, etc. Def in. Just bought new wheels for it since it had aftermarket garbage. It had a lot of service done to it. It has 270k miles but honestly the previous owner did tons of service to the motor and it passed smog with ease and even the smog tech said it is running amazing and he thought it would fail bc of the miles but everything passed. i drove another e30 same motor with 140k but it was beat to shit and it ran 3x worse than mine with 270k and I didn’t buy that “low mileage” one. I did pay 5500$ but he had 3 other guys coming the next day and it was the first day the guy could show the car. Do you think even with 270k on the m20 that I got a good deal. Going to post a video soon so you can see it and these m20s have lasted a million miles on syn mobile 1
@@fortheapex thanks bro. Yeah I’m taking it to the shop on Tuesday Bc I don’t have an engine hoist and don’t want to deal with the headache. My wheels came in and I can admit I got way too excited and the wheel shop was closing at 5 and it was 4:25 so I jacked up the car by the oil pan (BIG MISTAKE ) On the E30s they are aluminum my n54 and e60 550i they are steel no problem and it SNAPPED a 4 inch gash and let all the oil out. I could get it welded but the E30) actually came with motor mounts so I’m going to get the motor mounts installed and the new oil pan and gasket and chalk it up to preventative Maintenance 👨🏻🔧 shit happens usually I do all my own work but I Own my own business and don’t have time. Will post the vid when it’s all back together Wednesday
@@startingtech3900 man that oil pan rupture sucks I bought a s54 with some repair spots I'm thinking about replacing it entirely 🤔 for today's and considering the year we live I could imagine most e30 will have that kind of milage it's normal However yes well taken m20s will live 600k longer with a refresh here and there
I bought my 1991 E30 325i Manual Sedan for $2200 in 2019. I feel so lucky, the E30 market is crazy right now. Can't buy a decent one under 8K in California.
Love your stuff man... long story short I live in QLD Aus and brought a JDM.spec R S15 June 2019 for $14k from my work mate and now am in the midst of selling it for $27.5k but isn’t perfect but I’ve been waiting for 4 months for the guy to get funds and even that small time they are selling here in aus in oct/2021 for $35k-$50k depending if it’s stock...
I legit got screwed. I was supposed to get my first car a couple months from now, and all the money I saved up is now only like 1/3 of the price of the car. Feels bad man.
@@josejacobo7520 idk if I’m considered lucky or not but I bought 2 04 vq’s one being a g and a z thing about them is the miles at 150k on both, they’re both manual which does make them more valuable but I got the g 6ish months ago for 5.5k and the z for 2.3k about a month ago which Ik was a steal. You think I may profit the g is clean tho with coils aohdan ds07 nismo bumper and is FBO so idk. What you think?
I just paid almost 3k for a clean ish e36 that needs a clutch, ive had two other e36s and paid under 1k for them but i figured if i wanted another one i had to get it now before they keep going up
Genuinely what I'm looking to get into. I want to wait a bit until the market chills out but also worried they're just gonna get more expensive. I might have to just grab an e46
@@Vopodop even the e46 market is through the roof. I’m seeing manual 325 sedans go for 5k with 150 thousand miles. If you want a 330 manual coupe the average price I’ve seen is sitting about 7k
In February I bought a 1997 e36 m3 coupe with 150k miles for $10,000. Estoril blue on dove grey. Hopefully they stay the same price or continue going up in value!
This just hurts :( Back when I got my license and has a decent paying job outta high school...NSX's, 911SC, E30 M3's and 300ZX's were cheap compared to 8 years from then. Biggest sad moment.
These cars were never cheap to buy. I wanted a Japanese sports car in the early 2000s as a 20 year old. Just before FNF came out. Last gen RX-7s, 300ZX, etc were so expensive still. It was $40K (CDN) for a Supra which was about the same as what a Delorean was going for at the time. Forget about an NSX. Even the Prelude and Celica had gone up to ridiculous numbers and anything with a B16A was a solid 20. No.. it was going to be a Civic Si, an RSX, or an Integra RS or a beat up 240SX. I wound up going with a four cylinder GTI for $12k because even the VR6 was too pricey. Those prices sound cheap now.. but 2% inflation alone double prices roughly every 20 years. Also it was a lot more expensive to borrow money back then, and all I could get was a three year term on something used. The other thing is the lives these cars led. Unless grandma bought an SiR instead of the usual four door DX automatic.. they were all rode hard and put away wet. Either by professional tuners or by ricers. The cars that have high value, the cars that the rich people are buying, are low mile bone stock cars with no declarations and all documentation. Those high Barratt Jackson prices bring everyone else out of the woodwork with their beat up machines thinking they have a gold mine, and desperate enthusiasts either won’t negotiate or walk away or simply don’t know that they aren’t worth that. But.. if you want a bargain sports car today, they are still around. You just have to remember that there is the Upward Spiral that applies to all Japanese cars.. which is why the Integra was the spiritual successor of the 2nd Gen Prelude.. why the 240SX was the spiritual successor of the Z cars, and why the Civic is the spiritual successor of the Accord. If you want to buy a bargain sports car right now, buy a BR-Z. It’s the 240SX or the first gen RX-7. Same basic principle. And if you want to make a ton of money on it, keep it garaged and absolutely stock. 30 years from now, it will be a unicorn because the first thing every 20 something is putting a giant turbo on them. Sayonara head gaskets.
It may not be a jdm gem, but I bought a 2006 Sapphire blue, Sentra Spec V, 6 speed 4 $3200, back in 2016, and have put 120,000 miles on it with just normal maintenance /service. Best car I've ever owned and I had a 2005 built evo for a few years. The car already had an aftermarket header when I bought it and I ran a bent side pipe before the passenger tire with only a resonator and it is loud. Pops flames from time to time. Luv.
I’m pretty happy I snagged a rust free, running and driving, 60k mile 280z at the beginning of 2020. The value is skyrocketing since so the plan is to make it nice and try to flip for an r32. After I drive and enjoy it of course..
I guess we gotta start looking in stranger places... I got my fiero gt for 850 bucks at an out of buisness cabinet store aution and ended up driving it home after a battery and airing up the tires
Bought a 95 Si coupe manual for 300$ in 2015. I garthered an interior for cheap at the junk yard, plug 3 spot on the floor pan (rest of the car was super solid for some reason). Got random bits and pieces from the junkyard in time. Align the body panel, lower it, basic tune up and done. Total 1500$ max. And it track great. Now good luck finding an eg at the junk yard
Just picked up 2 honda CRX gen 2's an 88 and a 90 this year both at $1,300 both over 200,000 miles, yes both needed work but both were able to drive and move. These babies get insane gas mileage, and are still zippy and fun to drive. Planning on VTEC-ing one soon so it'll be more fun and just as fuel efficient when I want to just drive somewhere normal. In fact I've been using the 90 as my daily for the past half year now, dumped probably another 2k into parts for upgrades and repairs, but this has been my dream car since the early 2000's. Yeah, I am a millennial but most of us don't have a ton of cash lol which is why I was glad my dream car also made practical sense to buy, calculated my gas savings switching from my old car and in the first 3 months I saved $850 so the car is paying for itself. I was driving an 02 BMW 530i cause, second hand it was cheap, found out the hard way though to fix and drive they are EXPENSIVE. I drive for work so I drive a lot.
@@Isaac862 I know I have my eye on one, but probably won't be able to get one until next year or so and prices are super unpredictable. Hopefully the used car market calms down
@@pradeny6721 I have one right now and I'm fixing a few minor issues with it and I can already double my profits as it is because I got a good price on a manual z4
I wonder how the Japanese sports cars like Eclipses and 240sx's that are already modded will sell? The closer to stock, the better they'll sell I reckon.
Suprisingly no eclipses sell for more if you have done the right mods the the eclipses and the stock ones go for pretty cheap but its not cheap like they were in 2000s
I mean I’ve been on the marketplace on FB and all I see is POS that are like 200-800 than you got the mint gst or gsx that go for 8-10k. I can barely find a in between 4-6k eclipse.
I got a 1991 Miata, no holes in the canvas, both headlights still work, original air filter and suspension, no rust except on the window frames, and a slight rod knock, for a trade for an 06 pt cruiser base model that ran good and 300 cash. He gave me the $300. That's a soon to be running Miata for almost a 1:1 trade. This was the beginning of this past August.
I bought a 96 Saturn Wagon 5MT with the DOHC engine (at 300,000 miles) for $200 in 2021, put in some new plugs, a fuel filter, chopped off the muffler and a threw in a glass pack resonator for the hell of it. When you opened the rear doors you could see clear to the ground through what remained of the rocker panels and the fuel pump sounded like a sewing machine at high RPMS. The left rear control arm rusted off the body and was held on by a makeshift bracket. Somehow it was an unbelievably fun car to drive around, and the downshift exhaust pops were excellent. I was sad to see her go. On a different note, I recently bought a 2017 370Z (part of the reason I had to ditch the wagon). I paid a little more than I should have for it, but I know that finding unmodified, low mileage examples is only going to become more difficult as time goes on, so I decided to bite the bullet. The Z cars are as close to classic JDM as you're going to be able to get for a price everyday people can afford. It's unbelievable that you can't find a low-mileage Civic Type R or a WRX STI for less than $43,000 anywhere. The whole point of JDM cars was that they were a cheap alternative. However, we should remember that all of these social media influencers supposedly increasing demand grew up watching the F&F movies just like the rest of us. I would argue that is, ironically, where the price hike began. Maybe the car companies are just greedy, or maybe they're just good at marketing, and these cars are victims of their own success.
@@mathewjones7663 my highschool BFF had a 67 chevelle we named “Geoff” (Jeff) and he was the boatiest most badass-est car we squeezed 7 people into. He was also the first to learn how to drive. Good times. He sold it to my brothers GF at the time and she sold it to a guy who is letting it rot in a potato field in Idaho. It’s so sad to see. But I just want my RX7 and handmade interior, and some good speakers, and a nice drive. That’s all I want now. 😂 I’m 23 and I just want a car older than me
