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17-07-2015, 05:51 PM | #1 | ||
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Wowww. just bought my first ever Jap car.
A 91 Mazda RX7. Holy ****, I've been converted! I mean, it actually handles! AND doesn't break down... I think someone better kick me out of here. I'm about to join the Mazda brigade!
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17-07-2015, 05:53 PM | #2 | ||
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Sounds like its ticking all the boxes for you, how long have you owned it?
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17-07-2015, 06:03 PM | #3 | ||
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RX7! They're known to be pretty heavy on fuel u know?
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17-07-2015, 06:19 PM | #5 | ||
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Braaaap
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17-07-2015, 07:17 PM | #6 | ||
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17-07-2015, 08:13 PM | #7 | ||
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had no experience with rotarys, but a workmate told me the rx7 rotarys like to be warmed up , he gave his son his own rx7 that he had owned for years in good condition, and the young bloke was told to warm it up a bit in the mornings before driving off.
my workmate was pretty annoyed a couple of weeks later it was blowing oil smoke, dunno if it was coincidence, but i have heard that said about rotarys from others too. |
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17-07-2015, 08:19 PM | #8 | ||
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Mate of mine used to warm his pp rx2 up every morning at 4:30am for 15 minutes, until a neighbour threw a brick through his window.
Can't say I blame the neighbour. The sound of a rotor is a love it or hate it noise. And at 4:30 in the am, I'm firmly in the hate category. Any other time I love them. So 92? Is that an fd? Best looking Japanese car every. Still looks modern today. |
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17-07-2015, 08:23 PM | #9 | ||
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There's a reason why the Germans hand-passed it to the Japs.
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17-07-2015, 09:11 PM | #10 | ||
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Would be a nice car but best ever? Depends what your used to?
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17-07-2015, 09:27 PM | #11 | ||
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Nothing wrong with Jap. Until I actually spent coin on my own car I was very much pro V8. In the end I bought a WRX Funnily enough now I really want a Aussie V8 not that it is a bad car I just want a different experience
From what I understand the rotors love fuel and oil but if you don't have to worry about it then who cares. I hope Mazda get on the same level with the GT-R and now the NSX and bring a modern day RX7 to the table. |
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17-07-2015, 09:54 PM | #12 | ||
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One of the best looking modern cars ever made were the series 6 RX7s, so don't mind the Mazdas. I prefer a V8 much more usable power.
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17-07-2015, 10:39 PM | #13 | |||
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Can we assume that all your previous cars have broken down a few days after you've bought them ?
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17-07-2015, 10:40 PM | #14 | ||
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he comes from a 92 EB!
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17-07-2015, 10:48 PM | #15 | ||
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Once upon a time I thought you were cool man
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18-07-2015, 06:29 AM | #16 | ||
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I had an rx3 twenty six years ago!
By modern standards, it wouldn't compare. But in the day, it was fantastic fun and wouldn't handle half as well as your rx7. I warmed mine up every time I drove it. It never had a radio in it in the time I owned it. |
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18-07-2015, 06:42 AM | #17 | |||
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18-07-2015, 01:35 PM | #19 | ||
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Was the competition for this car, in it's day the Nissan Skyline GTR?..
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18-07-2015, 06:42 PM | #20 | ||
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You can get kits in the States to put LS motors in them.
Now that would be really cool. |
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18-07-2015, 07:03 PM | #21 | ||
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I went from a fast taxi to a true sports cars too a few years back. Awesome! It does everything better than the ford but haul a caravan and family around. I have neither. Don't get me wrong, love my falcons. I have sheds full of them. But a falcon can never give the same kind of thrills.
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18-07-2015, 08:09 PM | #22 | ||
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Get a nice quiet muffler, carry a baseball bat. Only start after 9am and not after 6pm. You might survive.
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19-07-2015, 08:03 AM | #23 | ||
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Suzuki built the RE5..it was a sales failure but a brilliant bike..ahead of its time..
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19-07-2015, 10:52 AM | #24 | ||
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Yep, that's certainly in the running for "The Best Car Ever"
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19-07-2015, 02:49 PM | #25 | ||
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Seeing the title i thought this was going to be an AU thread ;) .
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19-07-2015, 03:13 PM | #26 | ||
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I was just mentioning another rotary vehicle..didn't say it was a car...
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20-07-2015, 01:44 PM | #27 | |||
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FD RX7 with the Twin turbo should be fairly quiet though.
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20-07-2015, 01:44 PM | #28 | ||
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Handling in the FD was regarded as world-class, and it is still regarded as being one of the finest handling and the best balanced cars of all time.
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21-07-2015, 08:50 AM | #29 | ||
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The ****le engine is a amazing bit of engineering when only 100 year old piston engines are out there.
Less moving parts, I have a escort with a rotary or well im re-building it now. |
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21-07-2015, 10:15 AM | #30 | ||
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Rotary motors... In goes boost, out comes apex seal.
I would say good luck, but coming from an eb you're probably living the dream lol |
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