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#1 ·
I have been thinking about selling my red TME for a while because I drive it too less. My friends have told me to keep the car and my 12 years old daughter says "daddy don't sell the TME, it is gorgeus".

The prices will probably be higher in 2025 when it is legal to import this 25 years old car in the USA.

I have invested a lot of money in this car to keep it in really good shape. All dents, scratches etc have been fixed by professionals immediately after I have noticed them. All services have also been done by evo specialists in Finland. The car had rust proofing in 2013 when imported. It also has the Defa car alarm to keep the thieves away. So I could keep the car as long as I live or to sell it now or later.

What do you think, is it a good idea to sell car or to keep it?

There are some pictures here https://www.instagram.com/marko.heinonen.finland/

And some videos here:

















 
#3 ·
It totally depends on your circumstances. If this is the only valuable asset you own and you do need the money, then it isn't worth going hungry over keeping a car, no matter how fantastic a car it might be... But if you have no need to sell, then keep it and FFS drive it a bit more - because that's what they were made for. I personally find it heart-breaking that so many of these are stored away and never used.

It's a beautiful example and I am glad for you that you have one in such a good condition.
 
#10 ·
Those in the JDM - Import Business in USA actually say that the prices will drop when RHD Evo 6 etc will be "legal" to import...
Because there will be plenty to go around and easy to bring it, yet the number of potential buyers will always be small.


It is driven by speculation, and most Evo owners today are kids.

Also, ability to buy a car, the middle class, is shrinking: car sales are down hugely across USA and EU. New cars are good and if you consider that brand new Porsche 718 Cayman base price is $55,000...with warranty ..and you reflash it or even drop in a 718 S turbo (used) to get amazing power out of one...why would one go and pay $50K for 25 year old Evo? IN RHD even, so you cannot pass on normal 2-lane road.


Just food for thought.
 
#11 ·
You've just single handedly ruined the polishers Sunday evening. And you've just halved the Red Mak values :lol:

In all seriousness that's an interesting way of thinking. I may possibly have to agree with it. It certainly is a good point.

Those in the JDM - Import Business in USA actually say that the prices will drop when RHD Evo 6 etc will be "legal" to import...
Because there will be plenty to go around and easy to bring it, yet the number of potential buyers will always be small.

It is driven by speculation, and most Evo owners today are kids.

Also, ability to buy a car, the middle class, is shrinking: car sales are down hugely across USA and EU. New cars are good and if you consider that brand new Porsche 718 Cayman base price is $55,000...with warranty ..and you reflash it or even drop in a 718 S turbo (used) to get amazing power out of one...why would one go and pay $50K for 25 year old Evo? IN RHD even, so you cannot pass on normal 2-lane road.

Just food for thought.
 
#15 · (Edited)
Those in the JDM - Import Business in USA actually say that the prices will drop when RHD Evo 6 etc will be "legal" to import...
Because there will be plenty to go around and easy to bring it, yet the number of potential buyers will always be small.

It is driven by speculation, and most Evo owners today are kids.

Also, ability to buy a car, the middle class, is shrinking: car sales are down hugely across USA and EU. New cars are good and if you consider that brand new Porsche 718 Cayman base price is $55,000...with warranty ..and you reflash it or even drop in a 718 S turbo (used) to get amazing power out of one...why would one go and pay $50K for 25 year old Evo? IN RHD even, so you cannot pass on normal 2-lane road.

Just food for thought.
You never know what happens to the prices. More than 99% of the cars are LHD in Finland but there are thousands of RHD cars here also. And more RHD cars are imported every day. I have heard many times that the steering wheel is on the wrong side, passing is impossible etc. I bought my first RHD car in 2006 (EVO 3) and I think that it is easy to drive an RHD car among theLHD cars. Passing is not impossible even on a 2-lane road. It is easy to pass family cars but if you drive close to a big car like truck, passing is more difficult.

There are about 5,5 million people in this country and 331 millions in the USA. If every thousandth people buys a RHD car, there are potential 5500 buyers here and 331000 in the USA.

In 2006 i was considering buying a BMW e30 M3 in Germany. The cheapest ones cost about 13000 euros those times. I thought that it is too much for an old BMW and I decided to wait for the prices going down. Now the cheapest ones cost at least 50000 euros and these cars are slow only 195-215 hp. There is one e30 M3 sport evolution model with 2.5 liter engines and 238 hp at Pistonheads and the price is 129990 pounds. This is a LHD car in the UK where most people drive RHD cars.

What happens to the prices in 2025 is not the point for me. I drive the TME only a few times per year and I have to pay for the insurances, taxes, services, new tires etc. The TME is in our garage in the summertime and our family cars are outside. In winter it is in my parents garage because they have room for several cars.

Evos are really nice and a red TME is brilliant but is it worth owning a car that stays in the garage 99% of the time?
 
#12 ·
Quote=It is driven by speculation, and most Evo owners today are kids.


Hmm....not sure i agree with that!...most kids dont know what an Evo is!!

Most kids now have got golf R's or audi rs4 on pcp to death.:blah::lol:

Times have changed...400bhp is the norm now....with flappy paddle gearboxes and ipad dash boards.
 
#13 ·
I have been thinking about selling my red TME for a while because I drive it too less. My friends have told me to keep the car and my 12 years old daughter says "daddy don't sell the TME, it is gorgeus".

The prices will probably be higher in 2025 when it is legal to import this 25 years old car in the USA.

I have invested a lot of money in this car to keep it in really good shape. All dents, scratches etc have been fixed by professionals immediately after I have noticed them. All services have also been done by evo specialists in Finland. The car had rust proofing in 2013 when imported. It also has the Defa car alarm to keep the thieves away. So I could keep the car as long as I live or to sell it now or later.

What do you think, is it a good idea to sell car or to keep it?

There are some pictures here https://www.instagram.com/marko.heinonen.finland/

And some videos here:









I'm in the exact same position as you - but my enjoyment ultimately comes from owning it not necessarily from just driving it (its only done 3,000km in the last 9years) but I'm still happy to have it.

There is literally no other car out there at the moment (that I can afford if I sell it) that appeals to me as much as a TME.

Until that day comes I'll be keeping mine.
 
#21 ·
I agree with the viewpoint that these should be driven. All cars should be driven or they're pointless. Keep a few, yes, but drive the rest. I think it might have been the film Speed that had the rough quote of 'a bomb is only a bomb if it explodes, if it doesn't it never got to be what it was meant to be'. A car like an Evo was designed and built to be what it is, not an ornament.
 
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