that lawnmower comment made my day. lol

i swear my neighbours think im chopping up wood when im warming up the Rx everyday

 

When you have every tool for your car but still can't produce something as simple as a 1/2" wrench.

 

When you're one of guys in your town that gets called by a stranger to work on their car, because so and so told them you know how to work on 7's. Though I did meet a nice chick that way ;-)

Priorities become, 7, food, then chicks if you have the time between priority one and two.

 

lol

I've had that happen many times

 

People don't understand why your so calm after your car breaks down and you have to tow it back home --again, you just say "It was just a matter of time" and they are more baffeld that you have a tow chain in your truck and know exactly how set everything up, you do it enough time, well you know.

When you almost knock out the tow truck driver because he's putting a chain on the AXEL to pull your 7 out of the ditch after you just hit a pile of sand mid corner. Then you point angerly to the tow hook and say "there, that's where your supposed to hook up!!!!!"

 

lol I am having second thoughts about looking back twords rx7's after reading a few posts on this thread(especialy the one above lol)...
then again, common sense isn't fun... so... >

 

more specifically, if they can have as much fun on the corners...

 

.....when you blow and engine and you stand on the side of the road with you friends and laugh about it for awhile before calling a tow truck. (oh well....next!!)

...when you're bored you take out your engine just for practice. that way when you blow one up you can pull it out, prep the next one, and put it back in and have it running in less than 3 hours.

 

When you go "Go Karting" with the local 7 guys and laugh your asses off when the guy explaining the rules goes over things that could go wrong with your kart:

Guy - "Well the clutch could go"
The local Rx7 guys - "that one's Jon"
Guy - "Or it could catch fire"
7 guys - "That's Jon too"
.... (can't remember but the 2nd gen guys had some for their problems too )

... when you laugh hystarically at the fact that the 3rd gen driver lost that night at the go-karts

When the shift buzzer isn't a warning, it's a way of life. And you have to explain to every new friend in the car "no, that wasn't someone honking at me, that's my car telling me it's time to shift"

Jon

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I did that one with both windows down and the sunr00f in the back of the car .

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

Dan

 

okay...... this is kinda scary.

I've had a broken door handle and I just kept the window down, though...

and I have a pet named wankel.

I've taken a 4000KM flight just to see the car...

 

you know your a 1st. gen owner when you have an engine smaller than a 2 liter coke bottle with a factory 4bbl carb to feed the hungry little bugger.

 

Quote:

Originally Posted by vipernicus42

And you have to explain to every new friend in the car "no, that wasn't someone honking at me, that's my car telling me it's time to shift"

Oh God,



Girlfriend and everyone who rides with me think someone’s honking at me.



Girlfriend - "Nice car, when did you get it?"

Me - "When the 1-2 Accumulator Spring went out on the Thunderbird, I needed something else to take our date money away"

Girlfriend - "Oh...how fast it?"

- Floors it to redline and shifts

Girlfriend "Who was honking at you? Freaking a-holes!"

Me - "No baby, that was the rev buzzer telling me, you're not near the top of the RPM limit nor even close but you probably should shift to let the other guy next to you have a chance"

Girlfriend - "Oh...."



I honestly think the blonde virus passes in her from time to time

You know you're a first generation owner when people ask if you have an alarm in your car and you tell them no one can drive my car at low speeds without having arms of steel.

That's my anti-theft detterinent, and besides that, the steering wheel cover is ripped off at the moment because you have to hold in a loose connection to start the car, again, my anti-theft, they wouldnt get it out the driveway unless they left it in N and pulled the e-brake which then they would get halfway down the driveway before wondering why the e-brake doesnt work anymore...hehe

 

elaborate more on that O_o im confused, then again, ive had a few drinks

 

haha this threads awesome, ive only owned my first gen for a week or two, and ive already had some of these things happen to me ;x

should have seen how confused i was when i found out i had a mitsubishi alternator O_o

 

you put a 500+hp piston engine in your car, and people call it a POS bastard car

 

you schedule time off work to fix your car, and it becomes a routine thing

Dave

 

...when you choose to be reincarnated into a 1st Gen Rx7, instead of going to heaven.

...you have more MMO in your closet, then you do food in your fridge.

...begin enjoying smaller wheel sizes for a change...(13-15 inch)

 

man i cant stop laughing so many of these are so true!

 

when you keep a quart of oil in your engine bay at ALL times.

When you have a case of oil in your rear compartments.

 

The steering is already damned light. If it's too heavy, just brake harder as you're turning in.

Flames = lame

Backfiring = lame

MMO = why?

 

I usually keep four or so in the engine bay. (INSIDE the engine)



- Pete (Yes, I know that four in the engine is two or so below full)

 

this should be sticky'd ...

1. when people look at you weird because they ask which car you prefer and assumed that you'd say your MR2 Turbo (which will run circles around your Rx-7 on any given day) ... but you say, "the Rx-7!"

2. changing a fuel pump is something that you do on the side of the road and you think it's strange that anyone can say their Rx-7 stranded them

3. the passenger side storage compartment contains belts, a fuel pump, and alternator, a water pump, oil, plugs, cap, rotor and wires - just in case ...

4. your bitchy neighbor asks, "why don't you get your muffler fixed?" (referring to warmup in a New York winter) ... and your snotty reply is, "there's nothing wrong with my muffler."

5. you know why you walk around with a distributor rotor ...

6. you can build a 13B and install it before breakfast ...

7. your definition of separation anxiety is: you still feel like you need to start your car and sit in it for the 3 months it's been parked because your tranny blew up on the way to White Plains and you're amazed that you were able to drive it home anyway ....

these are all true ...

 

soo true,... i think my car is called the loud dirtbike sounding one, with cool spoiler, or pos...

 

you've wrecked 3 and you still get another one!