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Post by poor_lackey »

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars ... f=82NbC81T

I'm not sure why it's an investment special
Sure it's a 2012 Sprint R so one of the last, but ... just over 30,000 miles and grade 4.5 so not exactly 'as new'
and 35,800 pound seems a bit on the high side.

Be curious to see what it goes for (if it sells), maybe RX8s are becoming the new investment alternative to cryptocurrency.
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That's nuts... Then again - if someone is willing to pay it, then that's what it's worth. I doubt it's that high, but spiritR's will carry premium especially on the export like that.
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All it is, is the fact there are so few Spirit Rs and them being restricted to Japan's market when they were made. They definitely demand a premium. Apparently they pop up for sale pretty often though.. So it's likely someone could find what others have sold for some how.
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There's always deals to be had, it'd be a hell of a dig to find it on a spiritR and harder as you're half way across the world - but I reckon someone with someone with reach and connections would be able to.... It's out there ;) :lol:

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On that point - is there actually a spiritR in the UK? :-k
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Different coloured wheels which are horrible IMO and red leather aaaaaaaand that's about it,madness
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A lot of the "special" stuff listed were additions to the base version of the JDM Series 2 but were/are standard on any UK-spec R3, which makes the remaining bits mainly cosmetic.
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One thing that I love on the SpiritR is the badge on the c pillar... :-k love the look hah! Might just have to get the RRP version if the real one is unobtanium though heh :lol: imposter time :^o
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I almost imported a Grey Activematic Spirit R when they came out to replace my R3, but it was going to cost in excess of 35k to get a new one over to the UK :shock:

Would have bought all the bits to make it look like a R3, so that was the body kit etc.... :P

What put me off was the amount of money that would of been wiped off the car soon as it arrived at Tilbury Docks :x

I believe someone has imported a Manual Spirit R into the UK, but am not absolutely sure on that :-k
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HarSc wrote: ↑
Sun May 30, 2021 12:32 am
 One thing that I love on the SpiritR is the badge on the c pillar... :-k love the look hah! Might just have to get the RRP version if the real one is unobtanium though heh :lol: imposter time :^o
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