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Old 11-19-08, 09:55 AM
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...When you know your way around the local Pick-A-Parts better than you do your local grocery stores.
Old 11-21-08, 10:15 AM
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the 1 with the dorr on the drivers side doesnt work n u have 2 go threw the passenger side is sooooooooo true had me laughin 4 a minute lol im going threw my passenger side 2 get in the car
Old 11-21-08, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by UniqueFc
the 1 with the dorr on the drivers side doesnt work n u have 2 go threw the passenger side is sooooooooo true had me laughin 4 a minute lol im going threw my passenger side 2 get in the car
That's what the sunroof is for...
Old 11-21-08, 02:04 PM
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When you prefer old car smell to new car smell.
Old 11-21-08, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by jshiz
when you have to put a "not for sell" sign in the drivers window to make people leave you alone.
haha, I had a guy at a local car audio shop ask me how much I wanted for my 7. My response: $5,000 cash. He wasn't amused...
Old 11-21-08, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by RX7Rox
When you keep your 7 cleaner than your house.

When you pull up a lawn chair and admire your car while it's still in the garage.

When you park a mile away from the store entrance so no one bangs your doors.

When you say WTF! don't slam my door so hard!

When you love to see the look on peoples faces when you say it doesn't have pistons.
WOW we must be related.
Old 11-21-08, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by dean7
YOU KNOW YOUR a 1st gen owner when,

Theres a parts car sitting at a family members farm, in a ditch, completly parted out.
I was hoping for this with my old FB, but my parents told me not to impose on my grandpa...
Old 11-21-08, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Right Hand 7
When your eyes burn from standing in or around the outside of your car
wow, you can actually stand inside your car?

When your boss sits in his car, pissed off, for 15 minutes after work closes because you're warming up your car and he's not allowed to leave with any employees still in the parking lot...
Old 11-21-08, 04:00 PM
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when people behind you roll up the windows when its warm out.

when you cant figure out why your car runs so rich.
Old 11-21-08, 04:00 PM
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lol thats the same deal at my work. i would let it sit running for 15 mins or so and be in side drinking coffee.
Old 11-21-08, 04:54 PM
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your friend comments on a photo of your FB on Facebook saying "You should get a RX-8" and your only response is "**** That"
Old 11-21-08, 09:37 PM
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^^^That's not so bad really. I'd definitely pick up an RX-8 as a daily driver. They are smooth and fun. Then the FB could become a monster LOL
Old 11-23-08, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by rotordave_au
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.

When you tell your friends parents that you were at the Deals Gap Rotary Rally, and they say "oh are you in a rotary club like ours?". You look at them for a second then say " no no, thats what the engine is called.
Old 11-25-08, 03:24 PM
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When you're not worried about anyone stealing your car because it takes about 25 minutes just to figure out how to keep the engine started.

When you have a "five year plan for the glorious restoration of image to the great Soviet Seven."

When you wander Craigslist looking for parts.
Old 11-25-08, 03:44 PM
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five year plan for the glorious restoration of image to the great Soviet Seven. thats so funny.

when you try to talk your buddy in to giving you his 20b for your sa so you can put a cadmen on it.
Old 12-17-08, 11:36 PM
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When you casually drive up a winding mountain backroad without ever dropping below 90, and then tell your friend in the passenger seat that you have a 70cid engine.

When you leave the car out of gear and bury the tach while explaining at the top of your lungs that the engine has no reciprocating parts, like pistons and valves.

When your daily vocabulary consists of: 12A, J109, DLIDFIS, Bridgey, rat's nest, ACV, OMP, AAV, E-shaft

When a total stranger that lives 120 miles away calls you explaining that your friend's friend's brother's friend told him that you can fix his car.

When you top off the gas tank before you start it, then again after it warms up.

and it's been said before, but the best one of all time is "It's supposed to do that!"
Old 12-18-08, 01:02 AM
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...When you realize normal people think it's unusual to videotape the sound of your car starting... and post it to the web.


Old 12-19-08, 05:33 PM
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You know your an FB owner when....

After 4 years and 940+ posts in a single thread, original stuff still appears.

Why isn't this a sticky? LOL
Old 12-19-08, 06:11 PM
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When you are buying the property behind yours so you can build a bigger garage to make room for more 1st gens
Old 02-11-09, 09:39 PM
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...when you've met every RX owner of ANY generation in your town.

...when a NAPA opens and the first time you go in, driving your other car, the guys at the counter say "hey, it's the RX guy"

...when seeing a new RX in town sets off a text messaging frenzy to the other owners.

...when you're taking pictures at a state park with your FB and your buddy's FD and park rangers pull over to tell you that someone complained about "a couple of loud mazdas driving very fast through the mountain pass"
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when your proud to not have that new car smell...

when it takes you 3 minutes to get in because you don't want to tear the seats any more than they already are...

when you find yourself standing in the garage at 1:00 a.m., staring at it and can feel the speed. (Oh.... yeah honey, I'm coming to bed soon, i promise.)

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Old 02-11-09, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by (null).exe
...when seeing a new RX in town sets off a text messaging frenzy to the other owners.

You sir are win
Old 02-12-09, 10:41 AM
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when you get done working on your car, crank it, and get an orgasm when you realize that the idle is steady for the first time in months.
Old 02-12-09, 10:51 AM
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When during winter when you can't drive your car, you visit the garage daily, start the car and just seat in it, admiring the engine sound while surfing the web looking for parts and part out cars.
That's how i found my 2 new family members.
Old 02-12-09, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by warwickben
when you try to talk your buddy in to giving you his 20b for your sa so you can put a cadmen on it.
lol


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