- When you actually think that the 1.st gen looks better than a 3.rd gen
- You use as much fuel as a Freightliner, but still dont think its much!
- When you pay more rent for your workshop than your appartment!
- All the neighbours hate you, for waking them up at 3 in the morning, because you just had to take it for a spin!
- You are banned from the local meetings, because nobody is able to talk when you firing up your engine
- You tatoo rotors on your arm, limiting your choise of cars you are able to own in the future, without the tatoo looking dumb, with no regret!
- You sleep with a Racing Beat intake next to you in bed!

 

when 12A and air pump is in your vocabulary
when your definition of rat's nest has nothing to do with rodents
when you know another meaning for cologne
when you have wondered more than once why Mazda would put cheesy *** plastic hinges on storage compartment lids

 

you know you're a first gen owner if....

you've ever had somebody follow you until you parked your car to tell you its shooting flames

you constantly have a dirty spot right underneath the gas tank door from spilt 2 stroke

you're interior smells like 2 stroke oil, and you like it

if you're always telling people "its supposed to do that"

 

no one in ontario canada has used "nopiston" and i will be the first!!

i mean...i AM the first..don't try....

first dibs

nick

 

When...

when driving a car is actually fun.

when you stay up for hours troubleshooting your problems on this forum

when your 7 is more precious than your own life, LOL!

 

omg i listen to 80's rock all the time when im working on the rx...i laughed pretty hard at that one

 

you know your a first gen. owner when your friend crashes your car and breaks the control arm and shock and you look at this as an opportunity to replace them with adjustable arms and shocks because when you break it down those stock shocks and arms only costed you $7.86 cuz you got the car for 800.00

 

When you total a 64 GTO and a 87 300 ZX, and the first thing you tell the paramedics is"at least it wasn't the seven."

On a side note, why are there ALWAYS paramedics? IF there's no blood, it's all good!

 

You'r a 1st gen owner when you tell the wife you are going to trade the 7 in on another car and come back with 2 RX-7s, your original and a new one.

You'r a 1st gen owner when you've had your car longer than your wife or your teenage daughter.

RXDad

 

When you put the car up for the winter and the horn blows on its own in the night, to call you back?
when cops look at you at a light and grin.
when the local cop finally says ,it cant beat the cruiser and youtake him up on it. and do.
when your wife wont ride with you anymore in the RX
when your dog wont ride with you either.
when truckers bitch at you on the CB because they cant see you sitting down there.
when you put the car up to avoid winter salt.

 

you know you're a first gen owner if...

you've gone over the speed limit on more than one occasion....sideways
you never knew your car was supposed to idle under 1500 rpms
you've rebuilt you're engine but still don't know how a valve works
you plan on naming your kids one of the following....

1. Nikki
2. Savannah
3. Felix

 

 

you know you're a first gen owner if...

...you know the answer to a simple question but still tell the N00B to use the SEARCH!

...you keep an old pic of an ex-gf just cuz your first 7 from 1989 is in it...

<--click to view the full size

 

If you keep your own junkyard of 6 cars to keep the 4 others running.


When a forum member is sad because they wreked they car, and you try to cheer them up by making an offer on the new Header they just bought.

 

you know your a first gen owner if you have to sneak your 5th and 6th rx7 into the barn so your mom wont see it...

haha gotta keep my dad outta trouble

 

Your friend raises the hood to his 3rd gen twin turbo, you look at it and go WTF is all that chit under here?

 

When you giggle like a little kid when your GSL-SE starts and idles at 2,000 cold and 900 when it warms up....and stays there!

 

you know your a first gen owner if..........

second and third gen and RX8 owners thank you for owning one because if they didn't sell so well when they were new there never would have been a 2nd. or 3rd. gen or an RX8!!!!!

 

You know you're a 1st Gen owner when....

.....you spend weeks thinking of how to fix the rear suspension without spending money

.....you're drilling out the rubber bushings on the top suspension arms

....the rear hatch drops on your head for the bizzilionth time

....you're adjusting the steering box every 3 months

 

I'll say one thing..

"just one more jet change...."

Jon

 

...when you post in here from your class at college instead of doing your work.

...you forget the car has no power steering from getting buff from all the steering

 

...when your idea of a challenge is to race a Supra, and beat it!

 

You actually seriously consider buying a parts car, even though you are in college and already have a RX7 and a wrecked Acura Integra.

You have an extra engine (with a bad rotor) sitting in your grandmother's garage.

Your 6'8" friend cannot drive your car because his head would have to stick out the sunroof and his feet would be up near the power steering box.

People ask you which car is yours, you say "Oh, that 80's-looking car out there," and they know exactly which one it is.

You dream of a steady idle.

 

...when you constantly check ebay for a cheap set of LE wheels.

...once in a while, you stop by a tire shop and ask for some lo-pro, high performance 13's, just to see the looks on their faces.

 

...when you know your whole repair manual by memory.

...when your friend tell you to just buy a new domelight.

...when they ask you if the extra coil is for the flame thrower.