- when you are driving down the road and someone starts riding your tail in their brand new Mercedes and you backfire on purpose!

- when the Mercedes backs off about 27 car lengths because your backfire just charred his hood emblem, and his bumper, and his turn signal, and his . . . . .

- when you have made more friends because of your car than by doing anything else

- when the next "green peace" and/or PETA rally and protest is scheduled to be held in your front lawn

- when the State of California calls your house to complain of the fumes and demands that you have your car inspected to make sure you pass their emissions standards even though you live on the East Coast

- when your heater is in perfect working condition, but your AC hasn't been functional for at least the past 12 years

- when you find yourself jealous of people who have seatbelts that actually work

 

You might be a 1st gen owner . . .

- your buddy has to push start your car then jump in through the hatchback because the passenger side door doesnt open (then it backfires and the hatch glass comes crashing down on his legs)

- your wife keeps asking you when are you going to get "that thing" on the road.

- your kids love it becuase they can play with every **** and button and you dont get mad because the battery been disconnected all summer.

- you've changed your fuel filter on the side of the highway more than once.

- you smell like a chainsaw.

 

when every one that lives in your apartment complex files a petition because you drive it to work at 5 in the morning.

(has to be choked for 10 minutes, rb header straight to exhaust, not to mention the gigantic hill you have to climb to get out)

 

...when you've gotten good at push starting you car yourself - even in reverse!

 

Hot chick about 18-20 in a older Turbo-Z gave me a hell of a look, when I turned infront of her with my headlights on, and stared at her haha.

 

When you're broken down on the side of the road and a guy in a truck pokes his head out his window and asks "what year is your car?" then he asks "what seems to be wrong?"

(It was a dead battery, long story)

 

I was walking across to the far side of the parking lot thinking "I thought that's where I parked but that car doesn't look quite like mine." I got closer and found my car hiding on the other side of a '78 Corvette Pace Car.

PS: From a distance it has kind of a similar shape.
http://www.autoseekandsell.com/dsp_a....cfm/adid/2019

 

To the person who asked "who lets their 14 year old sister drive their RX7?"

I know that my RX7 has one of the strongest transmissions of all the cars I own, and it's not likely that they'll do damage to the motor, so WHY THE HELL NOT!?

 

You know you're an Rx-7 owner when you get letters like this in the mail.

 

You know your a 1st gen owner, when you can pass everything on the road but a gas station.

 

"excessive smoke and noise"

 

^^^ lmao!

 

Heh. That's what happens when you have long primaries going into a straight through muffler on a ported engine and a bit too much 2-stroke in the fuel tank.

 

this might be pretty close....

Right click and save as

http://www.interneticon.com/vids/left_turn.mpg

 

Good GAWD!


I am SO happy I don't live in Aussie land....

 

...When you have your tow truck and repair shop phone numbers already programmed into your cell phone

...When V8 people make fun of you for only having 1.3 L.

...When they just "don't make" that part anymore

...When you check the temp guage every time you look at the speedo

...When you don't care what it costs ($900 exhaust on a $1000 car)

...When you have to know a guy who can pass your illegal *** catless car

...When you've given up telling people not to slam the doors anymore

...When people think you are a "dangerous" driver

...When you have to rev the car for a minute on a cold morning to get it to idle

...When you care more about doing donuts and burnouts than having a really fast car

...When you keep half a tank of gas or less for weight savings

...When you just feel like you want to stomp on a porsche 944

...When people just don't undestand why you love the rotary

 

you know your a first gen owner when you use your day off to fix that little niggle and then end up braking 2 more things.

You then never bother to use anything you have purchased because you are afraid of braking more stuff.

 

...when you have had to get stiches in the back of your head from where the hatch latch hit you when the hatch support shocks randomly fail...

 

What is it with all of the Rear hatch shocks? I mean, it's not like they are expensive. Just go to www.partsamerica.com. They have them for $15.94 each!

 

when you spend 2 hours reading 30!!!!! pages

When you buy a 1st gen to keep the miles off your FD but you didt want to buy a piston car

 

Yikes,I just bought a 85gsl are these things really that unreliable?

 

LMAO...Sounds familiar!

 

When some Jask az pulls up to you and asks you (what year is your Porsche?)

 

when you see the abriviation for the size small (s/p) and imediatly think street port

 

You know your a new 1st Gen owner when..

-you buy your car and start looking for mods that night.
-you read these post so you know what to expect from your 1st gen
-you have a post with n00bie in the title.
-you wish that you didn't spend every last $$ you had to buy the car to find out that part are more than the car.
-you can't wait to be able to spend the $$ for the parts to your car.