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Originally Posted by chodanger
I'll see if i cant get the details of ad again, he had taken the ad down as I have everything setup to get this car. From what i could see in the pics, it was just body, engine bay and doors insides were still red so it wasn't a full body strip and paint.
Seller said that mazda did the rebuild and think its around 30k on it.
What has me worried most though is the chasis has 200k on it. I haven't seen that many rx7's have that many on the chasis and feel like it is the biggest stopper. And not fully strip paint... I dont know, just happens to be my dream car and I think I may have jumped the gun on it?
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I can't access FB from here, i'll check it out tonight when I get home.
200K is a lot of miles. . . how much are you paying for it? Depending on how long you're willing to wait, the right car WILL come along. Me personally, 200K is a lot of miles on ANY car, much less a performance car. without knowing how much you're paying, I wouldn't personally pay more than $8000 for a car with 200,000 miles on the chassis, even if itcame with a brand new, zero miles motor from Mazda. Knowing it has an "almost" complete paintjob i'd pay even less. Just a personal thing of mine, really. Everyone has different levels of acceptable perameters when it comes to car buying.
I figure, the better shape and look of the car now, the less I have to spend to fix the little niggles that bother me. Especially opening the door and seeing one color, and closing it and seeing another color on the opposite side. I'm waaay to OCD for that, so add in the cost of a quality in and out paintjob (full color change) and that's $4500 right there if you don't do it yourself.
You can find cars with 80-90k miles on the clock with new-ish motors for around $13-$14k. wait another few months and save a couple grand, and you can be in a car with 60-70k miles for about $17k.
How far are you willing to wait for your dream car? There is jumping the gun, but then again, there is buying one for a great deal and customizing it to be truly "yours" . . . it all just depends on where you are financially, where you are in life, and how much time you have to pour into the car.
we're all here to answer questions, so definitely be sure to ask before you buy. I'd hate to see you buy a car and be stuck bc it was love at first sight.