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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Hoping the Twins are going to climb to great heights in value are as likely as that poor guy holding onto his perfectly preserved 1994 Eclipse and saying "someday I will be rich".
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Exactly, I made the DSM comparison based on my own experience. I was the second owner of a 92 TSi AWD with 60k miles (bought in 2009). It was not a concours car by any stretch, but when I sold it I would say it was the best example available at the time. I made the mistake of not putting it on ebay, as I wound up in a situation where I was getting asking price offers from around the country and even some above my asking ($4500) and ended up honoring my asking price to the local guy who originally contacted me. I would think that a truly pristine (mine had been repainted in original color and was bolted and tuned) 92 AWD DSM could fetch $6-7k, but seeing that keeping a car this long in that condition would require essentially not driving it, the overall value of ownership would be severely upside down.
DSM's were/are cool, but they aren't special in the way that the S2000, FD RX7, TT Supra, NSX, etc were. Our cars are cool and always will be, but they are relatively cheap and high volume, just like the DSMs were.