Mo Reviews

Just a tad... Let me know if he gets back to you anyway please.

Thanks buddy. They're probably worth around £600, or thereabouts?

Provisionally sold!

100000000000000000% and it's that same connection which is lacking in all the modern cars.

If only I used Facebook...

Again, in the wise words of Mr Buffet "Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years". I certainly wouldn't mind keeping my Supras for 10 years, especially considering the direction cars are heading in, that's for sure...

How about the J29?

That's right, I have one on order with Megazip from their Japanese warehouse but they're currently on back order apparently. If however, that falls through for whatever reason, I'll drop you a PM. Thanks

Apologies if I didn't make it clear, I was referring to the entire model range so all the Supras and all the R34s, as both marques have experienced a rise in value. The GTR and the TT6 for the R34 and Supra, respectively, being the flagship models that have seen the largest hike of course.

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Similarly, NAs don't sell for £40k... White seems to be the colour of choice at the moment, whilst the TRD 3000gt guise is probably the most desirable, due to their limited quantity.

In the words of Warren Buffet, "Price is what you pay. Value is what you get".

Sounds like I live in the wrong country then! Don't be disheartened, this uncertainty and slight toxicity towards these cars becoming appreciating classics can be quite torrid to navigate. Rest assured though, as with any market, after all the dust settles, the market will do what the market wants to do and, for the record, I don't think you made the 'wrong' choice here. According to some high profile importers in the UK, their biggest customer base appears to be coming from Europe.

I don't think that Wikipedia page accounts for all the variations of the R34. I.e. GTT, GTST, etcetera. So not a fair comparison considering the non-TT6 models that are accounted for with respect to the Supra.

According to this website, there were 67,262 R34s produced. Now according to this website, there were 45,230 MKIV Supras made. So unless I am missing something, there were more R34s produced than there were Supras... I do however agree with you on one point as I would much rather prefer a slow and steady appreciation than a fast and reckless one. We all know what happens when things sky rocket, take Bitcoin as a prime and recent example of this. Although, I have no doubt that it will yet again make higher highs, it has left a lot of people severely out of pocket. But as I said, the market will do what the market wants to do...

What I genuinely find truly fascinating is how some people think it is perfectly acceptable for R34s to go from £25k to £100k (a 300% gain) but when Supras go from £10k to £25k (a 150% gain) the same individuals are not so understanding? I don't see these conversations on the GTR forum? Perhaps they are just better at appreciating appreciation? Pun intended. I also don't quite understand why some of us appear to be so anti-appreciation when most of the members on this forum own at least one of these cars, and it is our own interest for our assets to be appreciating rather than depreciating, unless I am missing something here?? Notwithstanding, I have no doubt that when these same individuals decide to sell, they themselves will pitch their cars at market value, rather than what they 'think' they are worth.

I also bought both of mine last year...

You are of course entitled to your opinion! I think with the value of these cars appreciating, it has left some people behind and in somewhat of a daze, as they cannot seem to fully grasp the concept of an appreciating market. I think I speak for the vast majority of us when I say this; we are not economists or even market experts. So why not let the market do its thing without our uneducated input? If that ad is of a genuine car, I don't think it's grossly overpriced. Maybe a little but not a lot as you seem to suggest. But this is exactly my point, everyone will have a differing opinion but ultimately, assets will only be worth what people are willing to pay for them and currently, in certain jurisdictions, we are talking six figures.

That is entirely your opinion; however, one thing I would point out and make absolutely clear is that I only made reference to refraining from "scrutinising the pricetag on [for sale] ads". This courtesy, of course, would not extend to the ad's description or the overall condition of the car. Using that model, the market will be able to react naturally without the influence of a minority. If the market then decides to teach people a lesson or two about diversification, then so be it. I just don't think it's our prerogative to do so.

Japan is RHD yet our prices don't mirror theirs, not even with our UK spec cars! Perhaps if we don't give sellers an excuse to whine by refraining from publicly scrutinising the price tag on their ads, then we wouldn't have this situation? As per my previous post though, I do agree with your general sentiment on the parts piece.