I've offten heard of a "curse of the RX7" from my buddies, but I never belived it. However, about 3 months or so ago I decided to finally buy an RX7, and thats when my life went to hell and back.


This is a compolation of what happend after my purchase (these are the big things)


Imediatly after getting the 7 to run I was arrested for "going 100mph down Harbor View Road!!!". BTW I was on a .22 mile stretch of road and my 13B only had one operational rotor.

After jail time...

On thursday I got t-boned by a volvo while I was ridding my little scooter on a sunny day. Over the handlebars and down the road. LOL


The next week on monday...

The police man (not the same cop that arrested me THANK GOD) came to my door and said "You are tresspassing on private property". Apparently durring the weekend a big blow came through and broke my NEW mooring shackel. Some nice person tied my boat up to a radom dock. The owner of the dock decided to call the cops on me as apposed to calling the number on my sailboat!


That same day...

I took the 7 out to get lunch... Thats when I noticed the water pooring out of the exhaust manifold... So I ripped that SOB 13B out and put in the spare 12A. Only to find the 12A has no compression on the front rotor. (Ok... I didn't know that the front rotor on the 13B was blown at the time but I do now so make jokes and laugh it up)


The next week...

I volenteer as a camp counselor, and I got a fever. Granted it was a bad fever, but the camp directors saw fit to comit me to a hospital. Now I'm not a rich man, but I'm a healthy S.O.B. so I don't have insurance. I asked the director not to send me to the hospital, but because I was a liability I had to go to the hospital. SO it was either GO TO JAIL (again) OR GO TO THE HOSPITAL. In my sickly state I choose poorly and went to the hospital.


Kinda durring all of this...

My fiancee gives me the "no money no hunny" talk.





This is my personal experience with the curse, but there are other 7 curse things out there too.


Like the GHOST RX7 on Chisom road. Its a second gen RX7 that haunts chisom road and disapears without a trace down dead end streets.

Also, the mysterious RX7 on the back of the flat bed that has its lights on. It appears at random around charleston.






I was just wondering if anybody else got cursed when they bought their RX?

Although, I think MY curse has run its course and I'm now free to buy any 7 I want.

 

well, ever since i bought my 1st Rx-7, Ive noticed that all my free time, most of my money, and available space in my shop have all slowly and mysteriously disappeared. I also think my memory has being fading too, as I still occasionally find car parts that i forgot i had I think my phantoms from Hiroshima are playing cruel tricks on me

 

Yeah, I forget about the Hiroshima thing....


As an X-ray tech I kinda like that, but I would assume the souls of the peoples from Hiroshima are none too happy with Americans.

 

Mine has had some what of a curse, started with a full clutch hydraulic system and clutch replacement then, the beehive blew, went FMOC, got her going, next I hit something in the road bent a tie-rod adjusting sleeve, shortly after, had to the engine seize, swapped to the one in my sig, then I had the clutch and slave go out again, changed that and now I just need an alignment, may not be a curse but, it feels like it at times (lol).

 

Mine stole my wallet! Thieving bitch, she's lucky she's got looks.

 

^This too lol she got that fine *** and well OVER 3k in her, and more to go but, that's ok the wife wants an Impreza STI so I get a nice budget.

 

15 mpg and constantly needing parts? bye bye paycheck :P
would i ever get rid of it? hell no. these cars are like small children. annoying as hell and have so many problems, but if someone tried to take it from me you best believe they would be counting the fingers they no longer have.

 

those damn fmoc lines!!! yepp mine did the same and a bitch to get off the nasty bastard...yeah mine takes all money I get but wat can I say she rides me gooodd!!:P figure thts one bitch worth the money!

 

the gf is jealous.. but she just dont get me like my rexie does..

 

I think I have you all beat. This spring I found a deal on an '85 GSL that was too good to pass up. I got it home, and immediately got sick. A month later, I was notified that I had a cancerous mass in my chest. Surgery went well, but I've still got two months of radiation therapy ahead of me. However, thank God, I'll come out of it all with no expiration date.

Meanwhile, the new 7 still sits in my driveway staring back at me like a neglected child since I haven't done anything more than lift the hood on it to stare at the mess of the rat's nest. lol.

I think my original 7 got jealous and used her radioactive Hiroshima metal to keep me away from my new purchase. So she gets driven daily, raced on the weekends, while her sister just sits there collecting leaves and tree sap. lmao.


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damn everything causes cancer and now my rexie!!!!:/

 

1st Gen RX-7s cure cancer, attract girlfriends and are just about the least expensive daily driver you can find anywhere, as long as you know how to fix them.

Dudes, calm down and think about it. What brings you happiness?

There is no curse of the 7.

 

I am still under the belife there is a curse, but you get over it... eventually...

****... It was WORTH EVERY OUNCE OF PAIN!!! Cause now I don't have to worry about where my money goes. I know RIGHT WHERE ITS GOING!

 

Absolutely correct Ray. I didn't start feeling better until I was able to attend a race, and beat up on some Miatas. Since then, gettin' better every day.

2 days of racing this weekend! Hell, that just might cure me completely!

 

My wife leaving and the completion of my 13BT swap seemed to coincide. Go figure.

 

Hell, I'm really glad that it turned out ok Kentetsu!!
Now go lay down the law on the Miatas and maybe a Porsche or two! Running in SSM now?

 

ahh double relief!! props bro!

 

I think I know the problem.

You guys aren't making enough sacrifices to your altars!

 

^ This is possible need to sacrifice a couple ricers to the rotary gods I suppose. . .

 

I've been sacrificing plenty of Miatas at the races lately, but this weekend I also bagged a highly prepped Solstice as well (both days). Couldn't quite catch the damned Lotus that I wanted though...

And Porsche? lol. I don't even break out the race rubber for Porsches!

 

RX-7's don't have a curse. They just get cursed at. Nice work Mark!

 

haha Its official she's gone!! I'm the same cept on a smaller scale.

Built 13B (just N/A nothing turbo)
Lost fiance (Not full blown ball and chain)

 

I don't want to be a buzzkill, but just in case you actually believe that bad luck is caused by owning a certain model car, grab a dictionary and look up the difference between "correlation" and "causation." I've owned four RX7s (FB and FC), and they've all been simple, fun, and mostly problem-free.

 

it seems when i fix a problem, two more arise. fixed the starter, now the oil cooler dumps a quart every 100 miles, and i'm pretty sure i need to replace my tie rods. will i keep fixing the problems? of course. will it bleed me dry? probably. but will i get excited like a 2 yr old in a toy store when i drive it? hell yes.

 

I never mentioned problems with the car... I half expected problems. What I didn't expect was everything else to go horribly wrong.


BUT with the 13B built up and a good lawyer and zip ties in all of my mooring shakels and no more woman holding me back; I feel right as rain!!