What do you plan to trade in for the FT-86?

[zigzagz94]

Originally Posted by My86

Why? Unless you're talking about an old school Supra or MR2 that you want to preserve as a garage queen, Toyotas are totally meant to be used as daily drivers. Their reliability and efficiency are perfect for daily use. I plan to drive mine every second and chance I get.

We never know at the time what cars are going to be classics. I think the FT-86 has huge potential to become one of those cars we talk about years after it ceases production.

[OldSkoolToys]

I'll probably DD mine for the first year, year 1/2...however long it takes to me to save up enough money to buy a reliable beater to take over DD status, after forking up a good few grand to put down on the FT.

[Jezza_hr]

I plan to do what I can to own an FT-86. If they are doing a government scrappage offer at time of production (very unlikely) then I will give the dealer my old Mazda 626 and get £2k for it. I also intend to sell my AE86 for it (provided the final specs for the release car impress me enough) as unfortunately I can't afford both.

My real dilemma is how to pay off the car, this will be my first car buying 'new' from the dealer and I'm hoping it's something achieveable for me. I wouldn't mind a bit of advice on the best way to pay for the car with the minimum sum for monthly payments with the minimum amount of interest paid if anyone has any please?

[OldSkoolToys]

Originally Posted by Jezza_hr

I plan to do what I can to own an FT-86. If they are doing a government scrappage offer at time of production (very unlikely) then I will give the dealer my old Mazda 626 and get £2k for it. I also intend to sell my AE86 for it (provided the final specs for the release car impress me enough) as unfortunately I can't afford both.

Mistake.

[Jezza_hr]

You may be right, I don't know what the specs are going to be for the production FT yet but I certainly can't afford to keep both as I'm charged per parking space where I live. Besides it would be nice to have something with similar characteristics where I wouldn't have to be concerned by rust for a long time, if at all.

[shaX 07]

I would likely be keeping my 05 Toyota Tacoma X-Runner as it will be paid off long before the 86 comes out and that would remain my winter ride and the 86 would become my spring/summer/fall car. That's of course only if I don't buy a c5 z06 this coming spring

[4agze]

Originally Posted by OldSkoolToys

Mistake.

yes that will be a big mistake, you know what will happen just like any club4ag owner and some of my friends who sold their AE86 you'll end up saying "ever since I sold my AE86 there is a hole in my life, something missing"

[IBCoupe]

I'll probably be trading in my '08 Altima Coupe. I like it, but the payments are a bit high, and the V6 with premium fuel is a pain when I drive 500-600 miles per week.

[OldSkoolToys]

Originally Posted by 4agze

yes that will be a big mistake, you know what will happen just like any club4ag owner and some of my friends who sold their AE86 you'll end up saying "ever since I sold my AE86 there is a hole in my life, something missing"

Its a love/hate relationship, but ultimately its one that you can't live without. I'm pretty pissed at my 86 right now (haaaaaaaaard starts, and studders during acceleration / over bumps, fuel maybe?) but honestly now that I've had it for so long and now thats its become so much apart of me (people can't imagine me driving anything else) I can't even think about getting rid of it.

There's something unspeakable about these cars. If it was any other car I would've gotten rid of it a long time ago with all the crap I keep having to put up with, but not the 86.

THAT is the ultimate test of the FT-86 imo. How well does it bond to the driver? The AE86 has so much personality (in terms of cars, of course) that you can literally become emotionally attached to it, well beyond normal means.

[OldSkoolToys]

Originally Posted by Axel

I think I could bond with this...

Very clean and expertly done on the franken-job.

But as a frankstein job, it is an obomination to this world and should be destroyed.

/pitch fork and torch

[OldSkoolToys]

Originally Posted by Axel

But this is probably what I'd actually have...

and as such, I'd rather have this over that CR-X.

[cornfed]

Well, I don't really get to trade in a car, I'll get to send my current DD 01 Elantra to the scrap heap though, maybe sell it for $1000-$500 if i'm lucky. I'm looking forward to getting a fun sporty DD again, I drove a 91 Mazda Rx-7 turbo for 5 years before turring it into a track only car, those were the days...lol

[no_name]

If it doesn't have a hatch and folder rear seats, I dont think I'll be getting rid of my Accent. And if the FT86 isn't a practical hatch like the old 86 was, I see no reason to buy it over a Miata.

[OldSkoolToys]

Originally Posted by no_name

If it doesn't have a hatch and folder rear seats, I dont think I'll be getting rid of my Accent. And if the FT86 isn't a practical hatch like the old 86 was, I see no reason to buy it over a Miata.

Other than the fact that its not a convertible and a 'womanly' looking car, I completely agree.