Takumi tax

[Matt-AE86]

you've been illinformed.

[Matt-AE86]

This is a very good point.

I was looking at a seat rail today. 1,000yen. 16hours to go. No Bids. Great. Sweet even.

Calculate the Costs. $200aud to my door from a simple $19aud item.

Shipping alone was $130~aud.

The heavier the item, the sader you will become.

[RolandGTV85]

Takumi Tax only applies to those people who like the car as portrayed in initial D...Which is fine in my opinion. But complaining about people charging too much for an 86 because of "Takumi Tax" would seem your disregarding its true roots and motoring history. While the 86 did not have much of a history in Australia, does not make it just a 25 year old rolla that grandma drives.
To put it simply if you want a sprinter and cannot afford one? buy a cheaper one...cant find a cheaper one? that cos their isnt enough around. The fact that you want one but cant find one would suggest they are rare. This then makes it somewhat collectable which is why prices are going up.

I quote: collectibles - Non-financial physical objects found in limited supply that provide esthetic, psychological, or practical value to the owner. They are expected to appreciate as a result of inflation or through increased recognition of their rarity.

Motoring trends/fashion changes constantly and this time next year the AE86 may no longer be in high demand. As wrx’s, skylines etc are getting cheaper and cheaper they may be the new trend. Or I may be completely wrong and the 86 is gunna be worth 100k in 50 years haha.
I would also like to note, the more mods on the car does not make it more valuable. If I was to buy another sprinter I would pay top dollar for an immaculate original factory condition car over a supercharged turbo’d endless apexi recaro-ific model any day. Do not take this as me preaching. I really do understand why people would prefer to buy one with or without mods. It does come down to what you use it for.

[Intense]

Harley told me they were selling them at the ae86 festival for 5 bucks each

[Otaku]

500yen actually, which was around 5 bucks when I was there, more like $6.70 now


(Little stickers say 500 yen)

[dave2221]

I think takumi tax is a very relevant name for what we pay for a sprinter.

they have always been popular and rare, but if you look at trends on google.com for "ae86" when Initial D movie came out there was a spike in interest.

more interest (and the rise of drifting worldwide) has created more demand.

so more or less to a certain degree, Takumi created more demand through initial d (and of course drifting in japan has a huge influance also)

so i see the coining of the phrase to an astute observation on the price of the hachi with the rise of Initial D, and of course the rise in popularity of Drifting.

[dustyae86]

shoudl have thrown a few in the suitcase

[Otaku]

yeah, if I go again this year i'm taking an empty suitcase with me

[kaibeecee]

you can't just say that and not give me a reason man.

if know otherwise, tell me. if not, don't bother saying anything else about it. simple.

[Matt-AE86]

Fair enough, the guy has too many and is at a festival. I know when i looked into getting one from yahoo it just paid to get one here second hand for 70 or new for 150, it was around same same. i think new they aren't that much from toyo japan, its just the extra overall costs you are missing.

Sure, 5 dollars is 5 dollars. You take it on the plane, you don't get extra charge. You picked it up yourself etc.

But 5 dollars, plus commison, plus internal shipping plus, bank fees, plus more shipping etc ends up becoming 60-70 dollars. Might aswell just go down hte road and get one for 70 yer ?