DogonCrook posted:

Yeah that reminds me i have always wanted a widebody starion

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Starion

E:holy poo poo not only are these rare now they are going for 15k

Dannywilson posted:

Between a buddy of mine and myself, we've managed to buy three in the last nine months for roughly $3500 total for the three of them. Granted, one is a solid runner, one is being turned into a 1UZ drift/racecar, and the third is being use primarily as a running donor for the other two, but yeah, Starquests are fuckin cool, and I wish more people would appreciate them.



That's the SHP equipped runner out in the first Appalachian snow, right near the Blue Ridge Parkway back in January, right after a 700 mile roadtrip to Myrtle Beach and back. Yeah, she's got a bent bumper and trashed seats, but she looks pretty good, no?

KakerMix posted:

I see you your 72 Toyota Publica and raise you 73 Mitsubishi Lancer

KakerMix posted:

Whatup guys check this out (pic is also a link)



Real-deal GTR, T so it isn't inspected like normal HOWEVER you can have the JCD people send one over.

Here is the sheet translation

It's going to probably go for serious $$$$$$$ but what the hell maybe one of you guys has the pockets to have a real Nissan GTR. Hope this isn't too shilly but I told Yoshi I'd post his email for this just in case.

yoshi@japancardirect.com

KakerMix posted:

Yeah for a lot of people 'Skyline' is all you need, so you can drive around a grandma-spec one and be cool. To have a real GTR though like in my mangas and animes

KakerMix posted:

I actually have one of the mystical SC300s with a manual transmission, probably going to sell it soon since now that my wife has her Tracker sorted and it's done biting me there is little reason to have it sitting around.

Currently looking for the next purchases, just got the importation paperwork sorted for the incoming Acty and Rugger and boy I need to go shopping again.

BigPaddy posted:

The one on BaT isn't too bad if you want something weird and I agree taking a bath on a $5k purchase isn't going to be as ruining as losing out on $13k and flipping cars is always going to be super risky. My personally held belief is that the current inflation in 90s Japanese cars isn't sustainable since even once the US demand has been met there will still be a lot of them and someone is going to be left holding the bag on all those GTRs, Evos, Celicas etc...

However that said I think the following are going to hold their value forever:

R34 GTR (duh they have hardly ever moved from their original retail price in some cases)
Mk4 Supra (even the lovely auto ones are making good money and there is no shortage of 1JZ/2JZ power trains to swap in + oh hey the car from The Fast and the Furious!)
Evo 1 to Evo 6 (the hardcore ones before Mitsi realised they could make some money selling slightly softer ones in larger numbers)
2001 Impreza WRX 2 door (rare and have been sought after for years already)
Honda Integra DC2 (serious drivers love these things and I do to, double wishbone suspension all round and VTEC in a light car unf)

There will be more but they will be quirky things like the March Super Turbo.

Future Winners aka stuff that will be open to import to the US in the 10 years:

Nissan Stagea RS Four (Wagon built on Skyline platform with 4WD and an RB25DET )
Honda Integra DC5 (not as good as a DC2 but feels more modern on the inside and still handles great)
Nissan S15 Silvia (more modern 200SX and easy to make stupid fast however already holding its value well)

These are the main ones that come to mind but really after the Late 90s pretty much all the cool stuff went away.

InitialDave posted:

I have no idea who Mitch McConnell is,

everdave posted:

For some reason I see those cup holders in TONS of jap cars for sale at auction. Usually two right next to each other in the same car.

Don Lapre posted:

Its not even a nice spec though. Carbed sohc with usdm style front end.

wargames posted:

KakerMix posted:

lol this loving thing, I love it so much.

InitialDave posted:

That generation, yes, though it's listed as 1800cc and I had it in my head they were a 2.0. Might be misremembering.

Charles posted:

I wish we had a goon doing this In Seattle

BlackMK4 posted:

I've gotten the idea that you can pretty much register whatever you can get your hands on over there, as long as you've got the money to back it up.


lol, funny you say that, I saw this in the UDX garage when I was there earlier this year

Fermented Tinal posted:

It's a Suburban GMC American Car, think great dane puppy that isn't house broken yet.

French Canadian posted:

Mother of God the driver transporting my camper had his loving truck break down in Ohio. Fuuuuck thiiiiis.

Somewhat Heroic posted:

That ST205 is tits! It is definitely unappreciated and is the car that Brian O’Connor should have been driving all along.

Rhyno posted:

Lies, show us the official Toyota potatoes.

Failson posted:

Pretty sure I've seen that exact truck too.

movax posted:

SNR is low though.

I've got a Sambar and Midget II in the area. And a GT-Four. And a Soarer. And... a MR2.

I went a little crazy earlier in the year. It's a lot of a cars to work through / on... dailying the GT-Four for now though!