View Poll Results: FBers, how old are you?
10-15
10
1.49%
15-20
239
35.62%
21-25
151
22.50%
26-30
80
11.92%
31-35
60
8.94%
36-40
46
6.86%
40-50
53
7.90%
50+
32
4.77%
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average age of FBers
12-06-03, 04:26 PM
#177
I read your email
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Originally posted by cdrad51
i was 21 when my current FB ('85 GSL) came out and immediately fell in love with it and wanted to buy one, but for one reason or another never got around to do it, and finally 16 years later i got around to buy one, and has been with me for 2 years. How old am I?
i was 21 when my current FB ('85 GSL) came out and immediately fell in love with it and wanted to buy one, but for one reason or another never got around to do it, and finally 16 years later i got around to buy one, and has been with me for 2 years. How old am I?
12-07-03, 12:18 AM
#178
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bought my 7 when I was about 45 (It's my midlife crisis and I intend to enjoy it) 8 years ago. I fix it when I have to but mostly just drive it. I remember once Ace, my neighbors big *** dog that likes to rip chunks out of 1500 lb. hay bales pissed on the drivers front fender sometime during the summer. It was still there in november when I washed the car for winter. Car is 84 and has never had any rust, lucky find. Have put 30 thousand miles on it, to 125, and all original. Hey, when your car gets a little spot of rust fix it immediately, especially underneath, black rustolium is good. Use a brush if you have to especially for dings, so it's a little off, it ain't rust.
12-07-03, 04:16 PM
#179
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I am 32 and have been working with rotaries since I was about 20.
My cars over the years have been:
1979 X7 - my boss gave it to me for being a good employee. He called it a Christmas bonus, I called it a roach and asked for a better one (what a dick I was). That brings me to my second rotary:
Another 1979 X7
1985 GSL-SE (which I still have)
1972 RX3 (My sister crashed it and I wouldn't talk to her for months)
19 (?) R100 project which ended up being sold.
1986 X7
and those are just the rotary cars I've owned.
--Scott Tucker
My cars over the years have been:
1979 X7 - my boss gave it to me for being a good employee. He called it a Christmas bonus, I called it a roach and asked for a better one (what a dick I was). That brings me to my second rotary:
Another 1979 X7
1985 GSL-SE (which I still have)
1972 RX3 (My sister crashed it and I wouldn't talk to her for months)
19 (?) R100 project which ended up being sold.
1986 X7
and those are just the rotary cars I've owned.
--Scott Tucker
12-07-03, 07:28 PM
#180
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34 and have owned every 1st. Gen year (78-85) with the exception of the GSL-SE. Some years I've owned more then once.
Right now my daily driver is a 85' GS+L with a Street Ported 13B 4 Port with just about all the bolt-on goodies you can think of. I also have a CarTech Weber TurboKit for it that will be installed in 04'... I promise.
The following are waiting for engine transplants:
74' 2dr. RX4 very good condition in and out
77' REPU surface rust nightmare, but solid throughout
78' Rx7 RHD was running great until I popped it 2 years ago (oil starvation). Good condition in and out.
P.S. almost forgot, I also had an 88' convertible for like 2 months before I sold it.
-Rich
Right now my daily driver is a 85' GS+L with a Street Ported 13B 4 Port with just about all the bolt-on goodies you can think of. I also have a CarTech Weber TurboKit for it that will be installed in 04'... I promise.
The following are waiting for engine transplants:
74' 2dr. RX4 very good condition in and out
77' REPU surface rust nightmare, but solid throughout
78' Rx7 RHD was running great until I popped it 2 years ago (oil starvation). Good condition in and out.
P.S. almost forgot, I also had an 88' convertible for like 2 months before I sold it.
-Rich
Last edited by RichRotorhead; 12-07-03 at 07:34 PM.
12-07-03, 07:30 PM
#181
Senior Member
Oooops, just remembered..... I also had an 87' which I later flipped to Boosted12A shortly after I got it
And I missed two opportunities at getting a 1st. Gen convertible (one in NJ the other in Canada) and another RHD out of NC.
I also missed out out on a running Cosmo out of TN (I think?)
......woe is me
-Rich
And I missed two opportunities at getting a 1st. Gen convertible (one in NJ the other in Canada) and another RHD out of NC.
I also missed out out on a running Cosmo out of TN (I think?)
......woe is me
-Rich
Last edited by RichRotorhead; 12-07-03 at 07:38 PM.
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03-24-04, 10:53 PM
#183
well im 22 but have always been interested in rotory engines always wanted one for a dune buggie but now i got one in a car and don't have the heart to cut up such a cool little sports car that i can actualy work on my self
03-25-04, 12:53 AM
#184
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well guys im 18 in my first rx7 and lets see 4th car. my friends make fun of me cause i seem to go through cars like shoes. first car i bought when i was 16 for 800 a 72 beetle money pit i finally had to sell then i had a 350 dollar omni a basically free geo just had to change the water pump worst thing ive evr done on a car period!! laying under the beetle in the 95 degree heat drilling holes in the floor for my fiberglass pans was less difficult! who builds a car wit 3 inches of clearance between the belts side of the motor and the shock tower and motor mount! jeez. but any way now im an addicted rotor head its only a matter a time before rotary powred vehicals start piling up in my garage instead of vws!
then i had a 350 dollar omni a basically free geo just had to change the water pump worst thing ive evr done on a car period!! laying under the beetle in the 95 degree heat drilling holes in the floor for my fiberglass pans was less difficult! who builds a car wit 3 inches of clearance between the belts side of the motor and the shock tower and motor mount! jeez. but any way now im an addicted rotor head its only a matter a time before rotary powred vehicals start piling up in my garage instead of vws!
03-25-04, 08:09 AM
#185
recycled teenager
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Maybe I am Gramps in this group, at 73, my first car was a 1931 Chrysler 70V Broughm, produced the same year and month that I was, drivers license at 12"full license'MY FIRST ROTARY WAS A 1974 rx3 now I own a 1985 GS and a 1985 with no designator on the tail have owned rotary mowers and a snowmobile . Wish I had kept the old Chrysler. Bob
03-25-04, 08:46 AM
#187
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im 19 and have been around rotaries my whole life....but i see more middle aged men riding in FB's than any other age. mostly because they probably wanted a sports car back in there younger days, and still love the first gens body style because that was there taste when they were most of our ages. plus ive noticed younger people dont like first gens style and would rather get a 3rd or 2nd gen , and when they here that they are turbo its a done deal.
03-25-04, 01:15 PM
#189
TT 1st gen ? We'll see !
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Hey guys I'm 18, I've had my 84 GSL for like ... a year and a half now.. It's my 1st car, also my daily driver. It gives me alot of probems but.. I guess it's normal : The car's older then me ! lol Nevertheless, I love my rotary ! Driving boigners just isn't the same. I just LOVE the way the clucth feals, the way the 4 barrels kick in, the way the sound changes once they do, the fact that you can kick ANY car's *** in 1st AND second gear loll .. ( and I meen AnY car :P ) I LOVE the way people look at you when your driving by , 3/4 of people are like wtf is that car ? and then you have those car fanatics that go .. OHHH yeah ! check out the Wanekl 
NE ways, I love my car, even though it's older then me and my f*&^#@ starter has ben pissing me off in the last 2-3 days ... NE hoo, tootles
NE ways, I love my car, even though it's older then me and my f*&^#@ starter has ben pissing me off in the last 2-3 days ... NE hoo, tootles
03-26-04, 08:01 PM
#195
Aaak!
49! But a young 49. Really. 2 80 RX-7 GSs. Always wanted one since they were new. Had one since '98 in perpetual state of restoration. Finally wised up (not getting any younger!) and bought the second one in So.Cal. off ebay. 65K, 2-owner car and is like new. Still think its one of the prettiest cars ever made....
Stu Aull
Alaska
49! But a young 49. Really. 2 80 RX-7 GSs. Always wanted one since they were new. Had one since '98 in perpetual state of restoration. Finally wised up (not getting any younger!) and bought the second one in So.Cal. off ebay. 65K, 2-owner car and is like new. Still think its one of the prettiest cars ever made....
Stu Aull
Alaska
03-26-04, 10:07 PM
#196
love the braaaap
Lets see, most of us FB'ers are between the ages of 15-25. That really isn't surprising because most of us kids that like RX-7's can't afford the 5 grand or more to get a 2nd gen or the 20+ grand to get a 3rd gen. That and the looks of the FB are much better than any other RX-7. It basically defines the look of a small 2 door sports car.
03-28-04, 04:56 PM
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Im 28, but ive owned more rxs than that. Ive had my fair share of FCs, and i keep coming back to the ol FB. To me it seems mazda missed the mark on the 2nd, they shouldve just kept progressing with the first.
my $.02
mike
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