You know you're a 1st gen owner when...
12-13-04, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by DAVID GRIMES
when you seriously consider getting neutered so you can become one with your wankel with no "impure thoughts or distractions of the flesh."
...when you go to a meet and everyone seriously considers going for a cruise then cooking hot dogs on the engine and exhaust.
...when you realize that you could fit 95% of 4 RX-7s in the classic car you have stored since graduating.
...when you have hidden large parts for your RX-7 in that classic so the folks don't find out.
...when you get mad that 6 guys on crotch rockets aren't going fast enough on your favorite road through the park. (True story, me in my unmodified GS and I was running through the turns faster than they were. ******* wanted to stay below the speed limit.)
...you'll drive 30 minutes out of your way to go through your favorite onramp or run through the park.
...you know exactly how fast you can go over every hill on your commute and keep the wheels on the ground.
...you consistently go 2 mph over that speed just for a little thrill.
...you watch your girlfriends ***** float up when you take her for a ride over that hill.
...you go to a rally cross event with a friend in his car, blow the muffler out on the first heat and no one is surprised. (True)
...your conversation on the way home from that consists of 'WHAAAAT?!" (Sad but true)
...you realize it might actually be cheaper to buy an RB exhaust once than to keep replacing homebrew systems.
12-13-04, 08:13 PM
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when your teenage daughter ( that for all she knows thinks your FB has always been a Mariah widebody ) doesn't like the stock creampuff FB you found for her first car. "But I like yours". "Well you can't have mine, dammit".
Instead she says she "kinda likes those Jeep Grand Cherokees"
So you ground her for having poor taste.
Instead she says she "kinda likes those Jeep Grand Cherokees"
So you ground her for having poor taste.
12-14-04, 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by DAVID GRIMES
when your teenage daughter ( that for all she knows thinks your FB has always been a Mariah widebody ) doesn't like the stock creampuff FB you found for her first car. "But I like yours". "Well you can't have mine, dammit".
Instead she says she "kinda likes those Jeep Grand Cherokees" So you ground her for having poor taste.
Instead she says she "kinda likes those Jeep Grand Cherokees"
So you ground her for having poor taste.Go to your room, don't you ever bring up pistons at the dinner table!
12-14-04, 08:40 AM
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lol @ grime and mcnanny. I drive a Jeep Cherokee, sadly 
Not a Grand Cherokee, mind you, but it's certainly no rx-7.
That's me, 100%. It's either that, or looking for a running rx-7 so I don't have to do all the work to get mine running!! (I'm lazy and have no time. ... ok I'm just lazy.)
Not a Grand Cherokee, mind you, but it's certainly no rx-7.
Originally Posted by dj55b
... when looking around everywhere to find a good deal on a part even though you know that you don't have the money to buy it
12-14-04, 09:50 AM
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... when your teenage daughter thinks I'm cool 'cause I drive an FB, and you agree 
Jon
Edit: ... when you end up spending more time working on the 7s with your new girlfriend's dad than trying to sneak off with the girlfriend
Jon
Edit: ... when you end up spending more time working on the 7s with your new girlfriend's dad than trying to sneak off with the girlfriend
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12-14-04, 09:52 AM
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when you have a 3 car garage and the only car that stays in it is the 7. Because somebody might ding the 7 with a BMW or Expedition door. Anyway, it's easier to look at with the other **** outside where they belong.
12-14-04, 10:41 AM
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When you daughter asks if she can drive it to school 
you look at her and the look at your Rex and kinda shake your head and say, Naaaaaaaaaw...... just take your Moms car honey.
you look at her and the look at your Rex and kinda shake your head and say, Naaaaaaaaaw...... just take your Moms car honey.
12-14-04, 04:37 PM
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When you try to kill your daily driver so you can justify to yourself buying another 7 to use as a daily because the one you have now is to modified to not drive you insaine in the traffic in the Baltimore area.
12-14-04, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by dj55b
... when you buy a 7 on july the 7ths just to make sure that you get good luck with it
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12-15-04, 12:01 AM
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Oh yeah,
when you try to convince the stupid kids at school who think they know about cars that your car just backfires when it's cold and it's no big deal when they keep telling you that your timing is off no matter how many times you tell them that you've checked the timing and it is perfect. Then you realize that they are just stupid and one drives a ford F-350 diesel compensator mobile and just give up and let them think they are smart.
Wow that was a long one.
when you try to convince the stupid kids at school who think they know about cars that your car just backfires when it's cold and it's no big deal when they keep telling you that your timing is off no matter how many times you tell them that you've checked the timing and it is perfect. Then you realize that they are just stupid and one drives a ford F-350 diesel compensator mobile and just give up and let them think they are smart.
Wow that was a long one.
12-15-04, 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by 1stgen4life
Oh yeah,
when you try to convince the stupid kids at school who think they know about cars that your car just backfires when it's cold and it's no big deal when they keep telling you that your timing is off no matter how many times you tell them that you've checked the timing and it is perfect. Then you realize that they are just stupid and one drives a ford F-350 diesel compensator mobile and just give up and let them think they are smart.
Wow that was a long one.
when you try to convince the stupid kids at school who think they know about cars that your car just backfires when it's cold and it's no big deal when they keep telling you that your timing is off no matter how many times you tell them that you've checked the timing and it is perfect. Then you realize that they are just stupid and one drives a ford F-350 diesel compensator mobile and just give up and let them think they are smart.
Wow that was a long one.
Oh ya and ill add one that ive found:
When you care more about getting your car running right and polluting more than passing high school =)
12-15-04, 08:24 AM
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You are a 1st gen owner when your 7 gets more Christmas gifts than your family.
When your girlfriend tells the cop to step away from the 7...true story! A true keeper!
But on the other hand she screams at you for using her best pot scrubber as a parts cleaning brush in the kitchen sink. Ever try to get the Chem-Dip smell out of the house before she gets home? "WHATS THAT SMELL"? she says.....answer uhhhhhhhhhh I don't know.....
When your girlfriend tells the cop to step away from the 7...true story! A true keeper!
But on the other hand she screams at you for using her best pot scrubber as a parts cleaning brush in the kitchen sink. Ever try to get the Chem-Dip smell out of the house before she gets home? "WHATS THAT SMELL"? she says.....answer uhhhhhhhhhh I don't know.....
12-15-04, 09:19 AM
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... when you want to pass someone because they are going too slow, but since you drive an '87 Cherokee that has 31x10.5" tires and a tranny that's slipping, you can't pass them. Then you think, 'Man, if only I had an rx-7, I could blow right by him with no problem.'
12-15-04, 12:39 PM
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when you don't get pissed when you 7 doesn't start like your other vehicles and you try to reason with it as if it had feelings saying "hell it is cold I wouldn't wanna start either" (no choke and 25 degrees is impossible)