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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Although I understand at an intellectual level that cars from the 90s could be collectable I totally miss the boat on and emotional level. To me they are all just "new" cars and no matter how great they may be I can not connect with a single one of them at a level where I would want to own it just to look at.
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I think I understand what you mean by this. This is sort of how I feel about cars
now. Although none of us have experienced a new NSX, I'm fairly confident I could never feel the same way about that car. Which brings me to your next point:
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Originally Posted by Tcoat
The people that will want one of these in 30 years are the guys that had to give it up due to growing families or such other influences or the guys that wanted one now and just could not do it.
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This is such perfect timing for you to mention this, as it helps me explain a little, the cars of the 90's which I grew up loving (i'm 26) and dreamed about were simply unattainable back then being so young. And coming of age where I am actually able to get one not just financially but also responsibly, it becomes harder to do so. There are plenty of cars I would chose over the FR-S (NSX, Supra, RX-7, MR2, etc) but the fact that we were all gifted with this car at this exact point in time sort of worked it's way into my life, and I'm sure there are others this is relevant to. Let me perfectly clear though, it was the fact that this car was so close in design and spirit to the 90's era cars that attracted me to this car to begin with. Yet after all this the most interesting part is how this car still manages to sort of stand alone on it's own sort of podium.
I may regret these words, but in a way this car gives you the cake and allows you to eat it to, if you understand what I mean.
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Originally Posted by rice_classic
A mint Integra Type R just sold recently on Ebay for $43k... totally stock. However, the ITR most likely will be "collector" status before too long but most of them were ruined from theft, not just modding.
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What was the whole ITR theft ordeal, I never really understood this.
