i was just looking on a local auction site and just noticed ae86 is about the same price is an rx8 now lol.

i really don't understand why people love this car so much that they want to pay 14000us for one

i understand that it is a good car but i don't really get why people think it such a great drift car and it worth so much.

i would like to tell people that because on initial D they drift awesome it does not mean it is a best drift car infact it only got 130ps at gloss with old suspension only good thing is it light but what makes the car so crap is the price .

it pissing the crap out of for last few years is that some people think that it is a easy car to drift.

 

Never heard of it till I wikied it

 

it's not popular.

this is like asking how popular a saturn SL1 is. It's a crap car, but some anime cartoon drifter uses it.

 

saturn SL1 is teh beer ****!11!1

 

try again... check club4ag.com and hachiroku.net

some consider it as a cult car, I still have mine from when I started drifting back in 2000. cheap (up until initial D blew up), lightweight, almost 50/50 weight distribution & very good aftermarket support. I wouldn't say that it's easy to drift but then again this is the very same car where I learned how to drift and then moved on to an FC and finaly the RX8, wherein a lot of people said that it's difficult to drift and yet I have no problem getting the 8 sideways.

 

None of that proves that it is popular, therefor my statement is correct. It's still a crap car, with a few people who idolize it. But then again, some people say the same about the RX-8

 

you deserve this:

 

ahem.... Takumi fujiwara and Bunta Fujiwara

made that car popular >.>..

i bet people are gonna think those are real people.

 

it good a car really it is but for the price, **** no
in new zealand ae86 is sold for the same price as some rx-8s lol

i like the car my self it not bad for what it is but i hate people that think ae86 is like god of all drift car

we are talking about 20 year old car here

i hope takumi(main chra of initial D) starts to drive an rx-8 lol the price our rx-8 will skyrocket the roof

 

FD's go for more than a lot of 8's and they're close to 20 years old (closer to 15, but still). Though, admittedly, I would take an FD any day over the ae86... in fact, i wouldn't value them the same. Just saying that in some cases, age means nothing...

 

... theres rumors of an rx-8 in stage 5.

but i think its battling the fd. but idk.

off topic.

but i did see a 86 with a 13b in it on auto trader for 5 g.

i wanted it just to say i had one. but i didnt feel like spending 5 g's(take loan) just cause i wanted bragging rights

 

fd is so much better it not funny to start off with the hp it ae86 got 85kw and rx7's got 206kw

how rx7 looks nice, better suspension better driving better , ca

 

negative! If it wasn't popular, there wouldn't be a lot of aftermarket support for the car, It's over 20 years old and they're still coming up with new parts for it. In fact, the reason it's over-priced right now is because there's still a demand for it. Like I said, check club4ag.com and hachiroku.net... you'll be surprised on the number of AE86 enthusiasts all over the globe.

This just proves your crap statement is anything but correct and the AE86 is popular.

 

OK. 2 Girls 1 Cup earned the producer $100,000, which he had to forfeit when he went to court. By your logic, because there was demand, and even though it was published all over the internet for free, he still made a hefty sum and therefor girls eating crap = popular.

We will need to define what "popular" means to continue this discussion.

 

maybe for the US. but in okinawa it was my 2nd car i owned(first car i owned was Starlet Turbo FF) . that was back in 93, which is when i started to learn how to drift. then i moved on to a FC , after i wrecked my Trueno. yah the car is no speed demon (just like the rx8) but handles awesome and light also.

but to say its a crap car then the rx8 is a crap car . so i guess i owned 2 crap cars in my life time .

but i guess for american standards, it must be a crap car./shrug

 

in the US? i think hawaii made that car popular for the US

 

alfy28

you got few things wrong

ae86 was a good car back in early 90's

you can not compare ae86 and rx-8

i mean my argument is that people buy ae86 for same prices an rx-8

which i total don't understand

rx8 drives way better then ae86 full stop

 

by the way on the newest comic of initial D. Kesuke is going to battle z33

i am hoping rx-8 will be on there very soon and it will kick *** thats what

 

no, i am not comparing the 2 cars. i just read it was a crap car, which i feel is wong. but then again i respect his opinion. but also ppl say the rx8 is a crap car, which i also disagree with those ppl.

to me hachiroku was never attended to be a speed demon, was just used as a cheap FR car with lsd, that handled really good.


as for the pricing, i never looked into a hachiroku ever since i moved to the US. so i didnt know ppl where selling them at 10k+ (which is pretty stupid ). I would stick to a miata94-97 and come out extra cash for mods. So since you told me about the pricing of the 86 for the US, its a way overated car (pricing wise). since i am use to seeing 86 at 1000.00-2000 in japan.

 

yes thank you for your understanding alfy28.

they are nice card ae86 but soon as you look at the price you think um no it way overrated car

 

np, i should of read your original post. but i just read some post mid way down t he page lol. but 86 is a easy car to drift, especially if you buy the hatchback version (like the anime series) the one i didnt like. but i feel any rwd car with lsd is easy to drift.

OT

when i hear ppl here in the US saying you have to own 86, s14, 350z, FD , R34 GTR, STI and EVo to drift i just laugh. because they must of watched to much of fast of furious movies.

because for starters , the STI, GTR, and EVo can drift, but its going to very hard to. i tried in my brothers evo for fun recently. i can only get wide ways and that was about it . but when i tell them , those cars are are RWD converted, they sware up and down that i dont know what i am talking about. they actually think those cars are awd, drifting in the D1 series. Its hard to argure with ignorance.

i ask them name me one GTR R32-R34 that is not RWD converted. and tell me why you only see Skyline GTS and GT and not the GTR in the D1 series. same with STI and evo, none of them are AWD. i feel these kids who watch these movies and anime need to research before taking a movie serioulsy. i think they see this on screen and say, i guess these are the cars i must have to do this.