Insurance varies greatly by where you live. Different Insurance companies and driving record also. In someways its pointless to compare rates unless you live in the same town. I got a quote for $900 for a IX.

 

ha, i c, i didnt know there was that big of a discrepency tho. wish i had some of those rates. i'd register my car where ever do what ever i'd LOOVE those rates. 900 a year? man i pay that in 3 months ;'-(


Eddie Rosado

 

Wow dealer must of been happy getting this beast for only 16k! You must of wanted something real bad!

 

do Supra's have higher resale...maybe bcos its a Toyota?

 

They made over 4X the amount of IX MR's compared to the VIII MR and I think you are forgetting how rare the RS models are.

 

Indeed you are correct. Reading comprehension fail much? I don't see where I specified what time frame, but thanks for clearing the air so that everyone else would know when the EOL was on the 2g's.

They made all of what, 3000 GVR-4's? they're not worth that much either, if by holding its value you mean the median price is 4k as opposed to a E/L/T going for 1.5-2? By 03, $5k was enough to name your car in terms of 115-120 trapping gsx's around here, and a bone stock car would rarely eclipse(hah no pun intended) 2k unless it was an exceptionally clean late model 2g.

hell this past summer I could have picked up a pair of decent gsx's + mods for 1500. The only neat thing about those cars was the drivetrain, every single other part was raw ****.

 

Its easier when your at least 25 years old for insurance. Or get married and put your wify as the main driver

 

You're talking about 15-20 year old imports and you're acting as if $3-5000 is dirt cheap. Most cars that age go for 3-5 hundred dollars, not thosands.

clean late model turbo 2g's still go for around 4K-7K now. I'm talking auction data, not highball autotrader asking prices.

 

Sometime collectors are weird. Productions numbers must say one thing, but its all base on demand.

The best example I know of the number being off is the 87 Buick Regal Turbo's, they all have the same engine and output.

Grand National production was 20K cars. When optioned the same as other turbo regal models it should be slower due its chromed steel wheels vs the other 3 having lighter aluminum wheels.

The Turbo T production ~1500, it was lightest Regals (when equiped with the same options) and its base price was only ~$300 less than a Grand National, it pretty much the same car except for the appearance and a few aluminum items.

Limited T Production ~1000 if fully option it was the most expense of the Turbo.

Regular Turbo Regal production ~4500 Cheapest model.

The Turbo T and Limited T's value are slightly higher value than the Regular Turbo Regal, the Grand National Clearly have the highest resale value. In this case the perceived top of the line model has the highest value, even though it has much higher production numbers, wasn't the most expensive and its slightly heavier than other models with the same options (their were a lot of options that could have been ordered, so that is why I am using that qualifier)