our secret is out!
04-10-13, 08:48 PM
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our secret is out!
1979-1985 Mazda RX-7 Buyer's Guide - Motor Trend Classic
look what Motortrend wrote about our beloved little Mazda... better hold on to your investments! awesome!
look what Motortrend wrote about our beloved little Mazda... better hold on to your investments! awesome!
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04-11-13, 06:50 PM
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Yup...
10 years ago I could pick up a grody nasty Honda/Suzuki inline four bike for dirt cheap... Now after they've become popular people want 2k for a non-running bent up no title POS Just because its an old jap bike.
I hope I can continue to pick up first gen 7's for the prices they currently are at.
10 years ago I could pick up a grody nasty Honda/Suzuki inline four bike for dirt cheap... Now after they've become popular people want 2k for a non-running bent up no title POS Just because its an old jap bike.
I hope I can continue to pick up first gen 7's for the prices they currently are at.
04-12-13, 12:37 AM
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^^ Seeing it on everything in Western WA. People want an arm and a leg for any import pretty much. Just looked up Miatas..
"1992 miata-drift - $6000"
It's just a miata with a 1.8, some rims, and lowered. No mention of the miles, mismatched trunk color, and "you need to roll the fender on the right side a little more".
Sigh..
"1992 miata-drift - $6000"
It's just a miata with a 1.8, some rims, and lowered. No mention of the miles, mismatched trunk color, and "you need to roll the fender on the right side a little more".
Sigh..
04-12-13, 10:13 AM
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Took the Beastie out for a drive with the wife last night, and stooped at our local burger joint ('The Habit;' awesome burgers) for dinner. We ended up sitting on the patio.
Also on the patio was a group of 8 high-school-age guys; as we ate I could hear them talking about various cars as they drove by on the busy street the patio overlooks; pointing out to each other what cars they liked and wanted, and showing an impressive knowledge of the various rides going by. Made me a bit nostalgic for those years. They were most excited, of course, over the occasional riced-up Honda or Acura or WRX that would goonk on by, scraping in the rain gutter between the parking lot exit and the street. Basically, any car that was ever in Initial D, F&F, etc, spurred comment and professions of car-lust.
Any rate, they were still there after the missus and I finished our food and headed out. I intentionally took that exit from the lot and onto the main drag, and cornered it maybe just a teensy bit aggressively.
Glancing at the patio as we shot by, all I could see were round eyeballs, pointing fingers, and mouths going "Oooohhhh!"
Heh; our cars aren't completely unknown, even if they're getting rare to see.
Also on the patio was a group of 8 high-school-age guys; as we ate I could hear them talking about various cars as they drove by on the busy street the patio overlooks; pointing out to each other what cars they liked and wanted, and showing an impressive knowledge of the various rides going by. Made me a bit nostalgic for those years. They were most excited, of course, over the occasional riced-up Honda or Acura or WRX that would goonk on by, scraping in the rain gutter between the parking lot exit and the street. Basically, any car that was ever in Initial D, F&F, etc, spurred comment and professions of car-lust.
Any rate, they were still there after the missus and I finished our food and headed out. I intentionally took that exit from the lot and onto the main drag, and cornered it maybe just a teensy bit aggressively.
Glancing at the patio as we shot by, all I could see were round eyeballs, pointing fingers, and mouths going "Oooohhhh!"
Heh; our cars aren't completely unknown, even if they're getting rare to see.
04-12-13, 11:33 AM
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Any rate, they were still there after the missus and I finished our food and headed out. I intentionally took that exit from the lot and onto the main drag, and cornered it maybe just a teensy bit aggressively.
Glancing at the patio as we shot by, all I could see were round eyeballs, pointing fingers, and mouths going "Oooohhhh!"
Heh; our cars aren't completely unknown, even if they're getting rare to see.
Glancing at the patio as we shot by, all I could see were round eyeballs, pointing fingers, and mouths going "Oooohhhh!"
Heh; our cars aren't completely unknown, even if they're getting rare to see.
Honestly, the 20 yr. olds love it and the older Camaro/Mustang owners always give me a nod.
I pulled into a local car meet last fall and pulled up next to a GT40 - (I wanted to see that) and 4 people were standing around my car saying "THATS A ROTARY RIGHT??? No SPARK PLUG RIGHT? You can wind them up to 9 Grand and no pistons to blow. Its kind of funny what people know and don't know.
I like having something no one else has.
04-13-13, 02:24 AM
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I pulled into a local car meet last fall and pulled up next to a GT40 - (I wanted to see that) and 4 people were standing around my car saying "THATS A ROTARY RIGHT??? No SPARK PLUG RIGHT? You can wind them up to 9 Grand and no pistons to blow. Its kind of funny what people know and don't know.
I like having something no one else has.
I like having something no one else has.
04-13-13, 03:13 PM
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Also on the patio was a group of 8 high-school-age guys; as we ate I could hear them talking about various cars as they drove by on the busy street the patio overlooks; pointing out to each other what cars they liked and wanted, and showing an impressive knowledge of the various rides going by. Made me a bit nostalgic for those years. They were most excited, of course, over the occasional riced-up Honda or Acura or WRX that would goonk on by, scraping in the rain gutter between the parking lot exit and the street. Basically, any car that was ever in Initial D, F&F, etc, spurred comment and professions of car-lust.
Any rate, they were still there after the missus and I finished our food and headed out. I intentionally took that exit from the lot and onto the main drag, and cornered it maybe just a teensy bit aggressively.
Glancing at the patio as we shot by, all I could see were round eyeballs, pointing fingers, and mouths going "Oooohhhh!"
Heh; our cars aren't completely unknown, even if they're getting rare to see.
Any rate, they were still there after the missus and I finished our food and headed out. I intentionally took that exit from the lot and onto the main drag, and cornered it maybe just a teensy bit aggressively.
Glancing at the patio as we shot by, all I could see were round eyeballs, pointing fingers, and mouths going "Oooohhhh!"
Heh; our cars aren't completely unknown, even if they're getting rare to see.
I have loved driving my car around and seeing people break their necks trying to get a glimpse of my car rolling down the road. I don't think that this will stop due to some more publicity. Then they'll look even more and say, "Hey! Wasn't that the old Mazda in the MT article???" Even RX-8 guys who are in their early 20's with their newer 'cool' car have given me the
when we are on the road together because they respect where their cars come from.I believe that the SA and FB is the most beautiful-bodied and pure spirited car I've ever owned, and the most fun car I've ever driven. It deserves some more attention, even if it makes some CL guys go nuts
04-13-13, 05:31 PM
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One time, back in the early 90's, I was at a burger joint in my 1978 vermillion MGB, orange with the wide black racing stripes emblazoned with "MGB" on the side.
Very nice car, had the wire wheels and I put some oversize tires on so it looked like something out of the '50's. Everything was spic and span, new convertible top, etc.
As I was leaning against the car, right beside the MGB decal, a group of admiring kids pulled up and one of them asked "what kind of car is that?"
I said, with a blank stare, "its an MGB".
That MGB sure was a pretty car, but I finally sold it once I realized the obvious superiority of 1st gen RX-7s, back in 2002.
Very nice car, had the wire wheels and I put some oversize tires on so it looked like something out of the '50's. Everything was spic and span, new convertible top, etc.
As I was leaning against the car, right beside the MGB decal, a group of admiring kids pulled up and one of them asked "what kind of car is that?"
I said, with a blank stare, "its an MGB".
That MGB sure was a pretty car, but I finally sold it once I realized the obvious superiority of 1st gen RX-7s, back in 2002.
04-13-13, 06:34 PM
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One time, back in the early 90's, I was at a burger joint in my 1978 vermillion MGB, orange with the wide black racing stripes emblazoned with "MGB" on the side.
Very nice car, had the wire wheels and I put some oversize tires on so it looked like something out of the '50's. Everything was spic and span, new convertible top, etc.
As I was leaning against the car, right beside the MGB decal, a group of admiring kids pulled up and one of them asked "what kind of car is that?"
I said, with a blank stare, "its an MGB".
That MGB sure was a pretty car, but I finally sold it once I realized the obvious superiority of 1st gen RX-7s, back in 2002.
Very nice car, had the wire wheels and I put some oversize tires on so it looked like something out of the '50's. Everything was spic and span, new convertible top, etc.
As I was leaning against the car, right beside the MGB decal, a group of admiring kids pulled up and one of them asked "what kind of car is that?"
I said, with a blank stare, "its an MGB".
That MGB sure was a pretty car, but I finally sold it once I realized the obvious superiority of 1st gen RX-7s, back in 2002.
When I first started driving the car all my friends were like "what is that" and each time I would have to tell them it was a Mazda Rx7. I've run into older people and they can spot it a mile a way.
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