What would you pay for this miata?
03-13-2007, 06:29 PM
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What would you pay for this miata?
I'm looking at this miata locally and I was curious what you other miata owners would value it at.
It's a 1990 with 67-70k miles on it. It was fitted with a greddy turbo about 25,000 miles ago, and the turbo was rebuilt in 2005. It also has the Link management and a WI setup of some sort.
An interesting thing about it is the owner that had the turbo installed prepped the car for the turbo by "blueprinting and reinforcing" the engine (in his words). He emailed me the reciepts for this which total to $4000 not even including the greddy kit. He did things like replace all gaskets, the timing belt, put in an "Arias" piston set, bored and honed the engine, added an HKS Headgasket, rebuilt the cylinder head, resurfaced the flywheel, added an ACT clutch, resurfaced the head, and replaced other factory parts like the water pump etc.
The car was originally red, and was repainted a slightly darker cherry red that has an orange metallic flake that you can see only at certain angles (he said it costed about $1800). The interior is black and looks clean except faded seats. It also has aftermarket speakers, a small sub, and an amp. Has a stock suspension.
Generally, around what would you value this car at?
my only concern other than price is the diff. I forgot to ask if it was the Torsen or not. Did any miatas come factory with the Torsen LSD in '90?
It's a 1990 with 67-70k miles on it. It was fitted with a greddy turbo about 25,000 miles ago, and the turbo was rebuilt in 2005. It also has the Link management and a WI setup of some sort.
An interesting thing about it is the owner that had the turbo installed prepped the car for the turbo by "blueprinting and reinforcing" the engine (in his words). He emailed me the reciepts for this which total to $4000 not even including the greddy kit. He did things like replace all gaskets, the timing belt, put in an "Arias" piston set, bored and honed the engine, added an HKS Headgasket, rebuilt the cylinder head, resurfaced the flywheel, added an ACT clutch, resurfaced the head, and replaced other factory parts like the water pump etc.
The car was originally red, and was repainted a slightly darker cherry red that has an orange metallic flake that you can see only at certain angles (he said it costed about $1800). The interior is black and looks clean except faded seats. It also has aftermarket speakers, a small sub, and an amp. Has a stock suspension.
Generally, around what would you value this car at?
my only concern other than price is the diff. I forgot to ask if it was the Torsen or not. Did any miatas come factory with the Torsen LSD in '90?
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03-13-2007, 07:41 PM
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Key question though was what you'd value the car at, not if the previous owner wasted money.
I wouldn't have spent $4k in the same way he did, but I didn't so who cares. Still makes it a more reliable car for me to buy, eh?
I wouldn't have spent $4k in the same way he did, but I didn't so who cares. Still makes it a more reliable car for me to buy, eh?
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03-13-2007, 08:02 PM
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I'm glad that you guys are saying around $5k b/c that's what I offered. It's obviously not an AMAZING deal but i'm happy just not over paying. Hopefully he takes the offer but I don't think he will. I suppose I have to be prepared to say no thanks and walk away
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