BRG 1991 miata on Ebay - 325 total miles

This isn't my car, and I don't know about the seals being as fresh as
new, but it is still pretty cool to look at. It has averaged about 23
miles a year so far since 1991.

He is probably dreaming at $18K, but it is over $12K right now.


http://tinyurl.com/9lko2

pat

If I were rich I'd buy that car just to part it out


"pws" > wrote in message
.. .
> This isn't my car, and I don't know about the seals being as fresh as new,
> but it is still pretty cool to look at. It has averaged about 23 miles a
> year so far since 1991.
>
> He is probably dreaming at $18K, but it is over $12K right now.
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9lko2
>
> pat

That makes allot of sense?!.!?

I would say though that a car with low miles would be allot better than a
car like this with basically NO miles. Lots of problems from sitting. Maybe
that is what Armon was aluding to but I don't see where it would make any
sense to pay big bucks for it. Actually, I've never figured out why the
BRG's have seemingly kept thier value probably better than any other color.
Almost allways seems like they have crazy high asking prices. Not sure if
they are getting them but, consistantly high. Hey, I'm all for it, props to
the owners, just don't understand it based on the production #'s if I recall
correctly they built quite a few.

Chris
92BB&T

"Armon Tanzerian" > wrote in message
news:leoze.7835$Eo.5003@fed1read04...
> If I were rich I'd buy that car just to part it out
>
>
> "pws" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> This isn't my car, and I don't know about the seals being as fresh as
>> new, but it is still pretty cool to look at. It has averaged about 23
>> miles a year so far since 1991.
>>
>> He is probably dreaming at $18K, but it is over $12K right now.
>>
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/9lko2
>>
>> pat
>
>

Chris D'Agnolo wrote:
> That makes allot of sense?!.!?
>
> I would say though that a car with low miles would be allot better than a
> car like this with basically NO miles. Lots of problems from sitting. Maybe
> that is what Armon was aluding to but I don't see where it would make any
> sense to pay big bucks for it. Actually, I've never figured out why the
> BRG's have seemingly kept thier value probably better than any other color.
> Almost allways seems like they have crazy high asking prices. Not sure if
> they are getting them but, consistantly high. Hey, I'm all for it, props to
> the owners, just don't understand it based on the production #'s if I recall
> correctly they built quite a few.
>
> Chris
> 92BB&T

You are absolutely correct, there is no way that the car is going to be
"as good as new", unless maybe they had it stored in some sort of
airless, nitrogen gas environment or something like that. There are
plenty of rubber seals to dry out and cause problems on a car that sits
for 15 years.

I just thought that the pictures were cool to look at. It at least rates
as the cleanest looking, non-restored 1991 model that I have seen in the
last 10 years or so. :-)

Pat

325 miles for a '91??? How ridiculous! Aren't cars meant to be driven? I
clocked 8 times that amount in a single road-trip!
THAT'S how you enjoy a Miata!

"pws" > wrote in message
.. .
> This isn't my car, and I don't know about the seals being as fresh as new,
> but it is still pretty cool to look at. It has averaged about 23 miles a
> year so far since 1991.
>
> He is probably dreaming at $18K, but it is over $12K right now.
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9lko2
>
> pat

Lotus Elise wrote:
> 325 miles for a '91??? How ridiculous! Aren't cars meant to be driven? I
> clocked 8 times that amount in a single road-trip!
> THAT'S how you enjoy a Miata!

2600 miles, that's not bad. I have done about half of that in one road
trip unless you count the return driving a few days later, then we would
be about equal on total miles driven in a single trip.

Still, I don't think anyone is going to beat Leon's Florida to Alaska
and back road trip as far as total miles driven on a single miata road trip.

The owner of this car probably thought that it was going to become
collectible one day, since the miata had just been introduced recently.
It does seem like he or she would have realized before now that this is
not the case with the miata, there were simply too many of them made,
limited edition or not. This car was definitely made to be driven rather
than invested in.

Pat

pws > wrote:

>He is probably dreaming at $18K, but it is over $12K right now.

I particularly enjoyed this quote...

"How many years from now till this car is worth a $100,000 at a Barrett-Jackson
auction ????????????????????????????????????????"

How many years? Uh... What is "never", Alex?

And yet some schmuck is going to buy it assuming that in five years they'll be
able to sell it and retire.

--
Craig Wagner, craig.wagner(at)comcast.net
Portland, OR

"Don't ban high-performance vehicles, ban low-performance drivers!"

pws > wrote in:

> This isn't my car, and I don't know about the seals being as fresh as
> new, but it is still pretty cool to look at. It has averaged about 23
> miles a year so far since 1991.
>
> He is probably dreaming at $18K, but it is over $12K right now.

Kelly Blue Book shows $6000 tops.

Odometer rollback? I've always wondered how my 1st hand 84k Honda drives
much better than a 2nd hand Certified 40k Honda I once brought from a big
dealer. I've always suspect there's a way for the big guys to roll the
odometers back. Maybe it's just me...



"pws" > wrote in message
.. .
> This isn't my car, and I don't know about the seals being as fresh as new,
> but it is still pretty cool to look at. It has averaged about 23 miles a
> year so far since 1991.
>
> He is probably dreaming at $18K, but it is over $12K right now.
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9lko2
>
> pat

Andy Chang wrote:
> Odometer rollback? I've always wondered how my 1st hand 84k Honda drives
> much better than a 2nd hand Certified 40k Honda I once brought from a big
> dealer. I've always suspect there's a way for the big guys to roll the
> odometers back. Maybe it's just me...
>

It would be an easy enough thing to do by replacing the entire gauge
assembly, including the odometer, with either a new one or one from a
car that was wrecked with low miles, but I don't think that is the case
here. The visual difference between thousands of miles and 325 miles
should be obvious no matter how well the car was taken care of.

There is also Carfax to consider, which is not perfect, but is making it
easier for people to see the true mileage and major wreck history on
many cars.

pat