frost wrote:10k is chump change compared to what they spend on them in japan, i dont think i can justify spending 10k on a car that is fully original, or any car for that matter, because it takes about 3k to get the ae86 to be a really good driving car,
dont bullsh!t people who drive AE85's secretly wish there chassis tag said AE86, you can say all you want about "huh i dont care if its a 85 or 86"
only people who a serious about racing wont care because they have gotten over the wow factor of the number 86, and they have most likely changed so many things on the car, they only care about how the chassis performs,
hell even i wish my levin,notch was a 86, it'd be nice to know it was worth more because its got one different number,
i wont make a secret of it, i do wish my car was a real AE86, if only for the resale value. i also wish it had a proper interior, and a working heater - but for the car you get i couldnt justify spending the money people are asking for 86's, thats why i made the comment about S13's etc. theres an uglyass notch 86 on trademe at the moment for 8600 - you could buy an 85 shell and put a turbo engine in it for that much money.
at the end of the day, what i have drives no different to an 86, and cost less than a third of the price.