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How many VR4's AREN'T left?

524of1000

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Luckly, I do have the last VR4 in the world. And I'm holding it ransom for...ONE MILLION DOLLARS! MUAHAHAHAHAHA /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif
 

donniekak

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I would like to be able to know how many "good" ones are left. Funny story, my gvr4 had a 1990 gsx transmission and a 1992 non turbo 4g63 block in it when i bought it. My 1990 talon tsi has a 1992 gsx transmission and gvr4 engine block in it. Moral of the story, most of these cars are so fucked off by now from "mods" that i'm looking for a cherry car now, and if i find one it will stay that way.
 

Hertz

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Quoting donniekak:
i'm looking for a cherry car now, and if i find one it will stay that way.



Quoting 600of1000:
i have 600/1000 with 62,000 miles, cherry



There you go.

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SmoothCustomer

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skivittlerjimb

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Another sad reality it that many of these cars saw duty in the rust belt of New England and the Upper Mid-West. They aren't particular good at avoiding frame rail rot, so I'm sure plenty of the cars delivered to their original owners in that area have simply succumbed to rust. 53/1000 was very rusty when I sold it to Compact Tuner, who then re-sold it pretty quickly himself and I'd be surprised if it hasn't been parted out and crushed yet. 1432/2000 got a lot of love and abuse from me, but it had a bad case of rail rot and I sent it off to the recycler (after stripping it clean of parts of course) about 2 months ago.

If you could get the sales data numbers from Mitsu, I bet close to 25% of those sold in VT/NH/ME/MA and MI/MN/WI have "died" this way and only a slighty lower percentage in places like RI/CT/NY/PA/IN/OH/IL. Pretty much any Honda/Toyota/Mitsu/Mazda that's lived it's life in VT lasts 12-13 years tops if it's driven every winter and doesn't get the underside cleaned and re-coated regularly. Salt > metal over the long haul.

My guess for total number of USDM GVR4s still on the road out of the original 3009 is ~1,200.

-Jim B.
280/1000
 
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