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Old 08-19-08, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by RustyRacer
When you bring your RX7 back from the dead.
It's only resting... being completely exhausted after a nice long squawk.

It's just pining for the Fijords.
Old 10-28-08, 01:58 PM
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Well, its been over two months - time to resurect:

When your 3-year old son only knows it as "the broken car"
Old 10-28-08, 02:00 PM
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^ not to many Bryce's around.. nice to meet another!
Old 10-28-08, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by bryceRXer
Well, its been over two months - time to resurect:

When your 3-year old son only knows it as "the broken car"
it doesnt take a rocket scientist to fix a 7 i had my 79 running in 2 weeks once i could start working on her.... and im 17.

you know your a first gen owner when thats all you own besides your 7 hauler
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When going to the junkyard to see what's "new" is monthly entertainment.
Old 10-29-08, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bryceRXer
Well, its been over two months - time to resurect:

When your 3-year old son only knows it as "the broken car"
Or, like my Dad, you may be an XKE owner
Old 10-29-08, 11:03 PM
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When you still have a PP with current fuel/gas prices and actually drive it...
Old 11-06-08, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by FIBREMAZ
When you still have a PP with current fuel/gas prices and actually drive it...


With the recent drop in prices I've found myself giving it a bit more revs

(Mines not a PP though )
Old 11-06-08, 08:25 PM
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When you read this thread to make yourself feel better about spending exorbitant money on your car.

When driving in traffic, other drivers look at you and your car and you think "whats your problem?" then you realise you're driving an RX-7...

I'm having trouble trying to squeeze this one into a "when...", but anyway... yesterday I was on the side of the road with my girlfriend, with the bonnet up on the car, trying to find where the smoke was coming from. A girl walked past and smiled at the car, staring at it as she walked past. My first reaction was "f**k you", because she was smiling at the fact that here again was another RX-7 with reliability problems.

Then I realised, she probably just liked the car...



Originally Posted by johnfoothill

When your girlfriend refuses to be seen in "that old car"
Thats not right. Get a new girlfriend.

Originally Posted by Blackula
you know you are an 1st gen owner when your fan belt breaks on the way to work and you have 4 other spares in the compartment and fix it on the side of the road in a business suit in 10 minutes.
Old 11-06-08, 09:05 PM
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When family members and friends with expensive new cars ask to drive yours.
Old 11-06-08, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by rotordave_au
Thats not right. Get a new girlfriend.

That made me LOL.
Old 11-06-08, 09:10 PM
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Old 11-12-08, 09:28 PM
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Kids first car...

You know you are a 1st gen owner when...
You buy a stock '81 to be your 16 year old son's first car, then start thinking of reasons to keep it for yourself. He can learn just as well on a volkswagon, right?
Old 11-13-08, 12:45 AM
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...when you call EVERY fuel injection/carburetor rebuild shop in the state asking if they rebuild carbs, and there being long silences on the phone as if you've asked the square root of 934100, then realizing, "...hey, i'll just buy a Weber from RB..."
Old 11-17-08, 05:14 PM
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When you would turn Xzibit away from your door.
Old 11-17-08, 08:42 PM
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when you hear someone lives in apartment 12A and you smile like when a baby poops his pants

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Old 11-18-08, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ourxseven
when you hear someone lives in apartment 12A and you smile like when a baby poops his pants
I do that. Well, I don't know about the baby bit. Its not just 12A, but of course 13B, 20B, 26B, 787...

I also get frustrated when I hear anything else referred to as a rotary, like "rotary hand beater", "rotary telephone", "rotary plough", "rotary club". They aren't rotaries.
Old 11-18-08, 04:02 PM
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when you noticed the guy parked next to your winter car(rx8) at work has a plate with the number 12a213bxx and he comes out at lunch and your takings pics of it cause you wished you had it for you 1st gen TII swap. no lie this happen to me today.

you know your a first gen owner when you spend most of you time trying to figure out how to get a 20b carbed and under 5k$ to put in you sa.

as a side note when i went to pic up my sa when i was going to buy it. me and my buddy had to take exit 20b to get to his house. then on the way back realized we had to take exit 12a . sad thing i made a comment to the kid i got the car from and he had no idea what a 20b is.
Old 11-18-08, 04:07 PM
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When you own an Rx8 and an FB, and would rather drop a streetported 13B-RE into your FB with a GT30R snail on the side of it than drop it into the Rx8.
Old 11-18-08, 06:17 PM
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Naegleria_Fowleri good one.

iam keeping my rx8 gt stock maybe a intake and racing beat cat back unless i can find a good cat back for less. no way will i pay 2k for one from japan.


you know your a first gen owner when you keep you SA in a tent garage and not you rx8.

you know your a first gen owner when you wish it was summer so you can just sit in it with out freezing.
Old 11-18-08, 08:26 PM
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You know you're a LONGTIME 1st-gen owner when you've learned to avoid any train of thought that starts out "...how hard can it be?"
Old 11-18-08, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by DivinDriver
You know you're a LONGTIME 1st-gen owner when you've learned to avoid any train of thought that starts out "...how hard can it be?"
Old 11-18-08, 10:32 PM
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When you see a red first gen with Florida tags parked one space over from you at Wal-Mart and you leave a note on the windsheild that told them about the RX-7 Club. Happened to me tonight, it was missing the cover on the passenger tail light and it was a 12A car(+ aluminum wheels). Didn't look too bad, I hope they come on here or are already on here and post up!
Old 11-18-08, 10:41 PM
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you know you are a first gen owner when.....

you get mad at punk *** kids referring to your 85 gsl-se as a classic old skool ride......then you give them a hint of whats under the hood with a slight pshhh of the bov.....
Old 11-18-08, 11:39 PM
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When for the first time ever you go to Pick-n-Pull and find no first gen cars.


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