trust me yu dumb ass you cant get a 97 type-r for 12600 are you stupid or something......and why are you worried about what people are doing with there money. Trust me I am in the business to make money.....I would do anything to my car unless I could make money off of it. So keep your damn comments to yourself man. Trust me....if you think that the type-r conversion costs 3 grand then you also got ripped off man....I guess you dont know where to shop...maybe you should start bying stuff from me.......or maybe you should keep buying stuff at over retail price.............if you want a type-r for real I can get you a 98 type-r 40k miles for 12500 let me know if you are interested......because if I were you I would get rid of my 2001 and get the less expensive car.......then you would still have all of that money let over...................just makes a little more sense to me