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Old 12-30-06, 07:41 PM
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Talking My Spirit R Type A Driving Experience
Now that I have your attention...

Just returned from my vacation in Japan yesterday. While in Japan, I stopped by Maker's RX-7 in Hiroshima to see what they had in stock. Low and behold, they had #298 of 1500 for sale. Asking price: about $27,700



Here are some more pics of the car:








I sat in the car and I was pleasantly surprised at how comfortable the seats were. Man, I was drooling all over the car and my wife thought I was such an idiot blabbering to the guy walking me around.

Turns out that I missed seeing Maker's Race car by one night. The car featured on this website. I really would have been in heaven...

http://www.makers-7.co.jp/

I did NOT get to drive the above pictured Spirit R but I did get to drive this one:




It is a Choro Q (small remote controlled car that is about 2 inches long). Not quite the real deal but as close as I could get...
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$27,000, thats it? wow
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If those were available in the U.S., I would *gladly* shell out $30k for one.......
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Old 12-31-06, 12:13 AM
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I wanna move to Japan now Everything about that R is beautiful.
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Might just have to make a road trip down there when I get back to Misawa.
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That would be a good idea, as the price was suppose to go down right after the new year...

If only I still lived there!
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
If those were available in the U.S., I would *gladly* shell out $30k for one.......
i'm right there with ya...
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i'm right there with ya...
+2, thanks for the pics!
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Old 12-31-06, 12:52 PM
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Beautiful car, if you want to shell out the money heh i can add it to my container shipment next year :-D Just would have to strip it down before shipment then you can reassemble it. I am brining back a bunch of rotary goodies from here in J-Land.
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That just inspired me to invest in some interior upgrades. Thanks!
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I would buy it take it apart and put every single piece of it on a U.S. shell painted to match.
I might look into this in the near future.
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damn that's nice!
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thats awesome!!! I always stare at the pictures in the RX-7 coffee table book of them. It's mind boggling to think you could have a FD that is only 4 years old!!
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bring me back any goodies this time??? you can pm me that one...lol
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i know my sevens, but not the r's...besides the interior and ext..does the motor have any more hp??
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Have fun trying to import it.
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why mirabile?? ypu got a sick *** car..
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especially if jim did your motor?
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just found a spirit R on auctions yahoo japan for around 17K :-D I am trying to talk my friend into buying it.
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charlie you should have had your girl take a picture of you in the car, nice pics and damm those seats are nice!
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I am happy they don't sell them here,because someone would put a Ls1 in it,yuck.
LOL.
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