prices set to go up......

[zippo]

have you noticed they prices for old and collectable vehicles in the last few months.

datsun's are booming , as people are discovering the sr20 transplant.
mazdas are out of control with the turbo implant and lets not get into the falcon or monaro list ...

sports compacts are a big thing at the moment and they will peak .

alot of people still dont realise with the above compact vehicles you still need to get rta aproval to get to the turbo conversion , so people will start to look at what was available from factory in rear wheel drive format ....
well not much the sigma , 400 were only made and alot have gone to heaven or been trashed and the all mighty starion .......

so watch this space as we may see a great demand ,

prices will go up....................................

demand for rear wheel drive turbos are on the rise .
historical drifting in japan is big , check out the prices for these ..........

[MrBishi]

Mitsubishi prices will never get close to Datsun or Mazda badges regardless of quality of model. Joe Public has a stigma attached to the badge due in no small part to a plethora of forgettable models not to mention like-it or loathe-it styling of our favorite.

have you noticed they prices for old and collectable vehicles in the last few months.

Where have you been? Datsun 1600 and pre-RX5 Mazda prices have been sky high for years.

[zippo]

i am not stating that they will reach the prices paid for any 1600 or rx model .
these have had a cult following for ever , but the point i am making is the demand for sport compact racing .
people will look for something diffrent , and also the turbo thing , no need for rta or engineers reports ....................
this will entice quite a few week end racrers .

just look at the demand in japan for these vehicles at the moment you will be amazed .

[WANTSOM]

Zippo,

You're dreaming. Having been through the exercise of selling Starions I can tell you only a small bunch of die hards are willing to buy and the prices are not reflective of the investment spent. I know, you know and anyone who has tried to sell a half decent Starion knows, it is bloody hard to get the price the vehicle is truly worth.

Redzone suprised a few of us when he sold his orange car and got good money for it and good on him but I wouldnt say that sort of sale is a regular occurence.

Settle down and stop getting excited about everything. The Starion is a great little car but they have a very small niche in the overall market. Just enjoy them for what they are and forget all the hype about what might or mightnt happen in Japan.

[JD_Stazza_Brendan]

If our cars had mazda or nissan badges it would be a different story.
There is no market for old school Mitsubishi cars

[cheaterparts]

Zippo,

You're dreaming. Having been through the exercise of selling Starions I can tell you only a small bunch of die hards are willing to buy and the prices are not reflective of the investment spent. I know, you know and anyone who has tried to sell a half decent Starion knows, it is bloody hard to get the price the vehicle is truly worth.

I recently sold a mint rolling JA body with no engine and gear box and got $ 150 for it the same price that the crushers were going to give me for the scrap
I was happy that the guy who got it will use it and already owned 2 a ja and a jd
and the car was going to the crushers untill then
I'm doing up a 2 door LJ torana the prices for that stuff is moving up out of control the same for LH - LX as a couple of mates are doing SLR5000s and the costs are going up

the mitsubishi stuff just does not get a good price look at the GH sigma turbo in there day were quite a good car with a limited number made
if they had of been a holden or ford there price would be 3 to 4 times the price that they bring

[decoy]

My first car was going to be a 2door LJ! Don't mind them at all, my uncle ended up selling it elsewhere though. Ended up with ze ol' 2TG TA22 instead.

[Chryzla]

rofl

No matter how many heads my car turns, or skirts it lifts..... :pimp


I still wont be able to sell it. Nobody wants them.

Unless you want to throw away your hard earned cash by selling it your stuck with it once it hits a decent amount of coin spent.

At least I can rest assured that if my car and a skyline drove down the road, mine gets looked at moreso ;)

[airbats801]

old mitsubishis arent jdm tyte so no one really cares about them. Not even in japan. The starions been a ignored car most of its life.. The us widebody prces seem to be going up a little, but I still wouldnt pay much for one considering..

Either way, i like them being cheap... Otherwise I probably wouldnt own the 2 I have now plust th 4 I have had in the past :D

[NXTIME]

The only Starions that are worth good $$$ would be the rare ones like the DASH-powered widebodies with only a few dozen being made. JDM widey's are also still worth a bit in Japan as they only made 800-odd of them.

Unfortunately Aus Starions will rarely get good $$$, and when they do, they will really have a poor rate of return.

[Noddy]

I think it gets to the point they are only what people are prepared to pay. My wife got hers brand new and hence paid over $30k off the floor - it has now depreciated to the point it is not worth selling, in another 10 years our son will have a licence, maybe he will drive it. Until then it is a novelty that we laugh about because when I met her she had a hot car.... she still has the same car. She now has a daily driver and the Staz gets a bit of dust on it but the feelings for it continue.
Cars are an emotional thing......... :D :beer :beer

[Darkelf]

Unfortunately Aus Starions will rarely get good $$$, and when they do, they will really have a poor rate of return.

Ain't that the truth! I just don't think about the money I spent on mine.
The return was less than 25% :(

[redzone]

just gotta get your moneys worth out of it in fun, i always say...

buy a new falcodore, lose 10 grand in a day.. wheres the fun in that??

[Chryzla]

buy a 2 year old one redzone and theres fuck all depreciation however! the first 2 years is the killer.

[enthuzed]

Dunnydoors and chooktins are worth about 50% after 3 years.

That bites!

Japanese stuff tends to hold it's value better, but the big "D" still lurks...