After 25 years, finally broke 300K miles on my 85 GSL-SE. I bought it in 1990 went I was 18 and it had something like 60K miles on it. 20 years later finally broke 300K.

And this is on the original engine with no rebuilds. Now just about every other darn part has been replaced over the years. Of late the problem is more interior parts - on my third set of door locks (got the last new complete set of matching locks in the US according to MazdaTrix), the fuel door opener finally failed a few weeks and I just replaced. Not to mention I finally did a complete upholstery overhaul two years ago with all new leather and carpet.

But the car runs great and I love it. While I look at new cars now and then (and in the spirit of full disclosure I did buy a new Audi back in 1998 which was eventually totaled in an accident), I just can't imagine getting rid of my RX7...

 

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Thats cool man, bout time for a rebuild?

Funny my 97 Audi just got totaled last month. Dumb lady on her phone.

Good luck with that 300k beast

 

CONGRATS!

Im still unable to get mine on the road :p

 

That's awesome!

"Rotary engines aren't reliable, and don't last long"

 

Very impessive!

96K and counting.....perhaps if i can keep my car running I can catch you in something like 90 years!

 

thats incredible!!! i saved the picture as 300K is a milestone for the 7. all on the original engine to boot! the custom silver metallic paint looks to be in great shape!

 

sweet looking ride. mine is the exact same color with a maroon interior. congrats on the 300k.

 

Very cool stuff. Keep it going!

 

AWSOME! A tribute to the owner and Mazda's rotary engineers!

 

Great job! I bet your apex seals are worn to 5.5mm. May they continue to wear without incident.

 

I have an 85 GSL-SE here that is the same color as yours but yours appears to be in much better shape externally. I made it to 279K on the original motor before losing an apex seal. Bought the car for 1200 bucks with 179K on it. I figure 100K miles for 1200 bucks isn`t bad! LOL! Dumped in another used motor I bought for 600 with 112K on it & turned 307K on the car just recently. I am thinking that the chassis will rust in 2 before the next motor goes!

 

Great news! I haven’t seen cars that clean even at 150k, but I live in Michigan …. Other companies should be taking notes.

 

Awesome.

 

The GSL-SE is the best rotary engined production car ever made. I've said it before, and I will say it again. In fact, I might go as far as to say that the SE is just flat out one of the most reliable cars you can buy, period. Mine makes my Integra look like a Yugo.

 

208k miles - original engine.

 

That is a beautiful thing to hear.

Too bad I can't even get mine to stay on lol.

 

pics of the enegine bay!

 

im at 287k and climbing. ill take a pic when mine hits 300k but it may be a while since i just drive it as a play car these days

 

i'm only at 145K on my se. I'll get there soon

 

HAPPY 300,000th Mile to you!!

 

And there was me getting excited about my up and coming 100,000 milestone...

She's a credit to you anyway, well done.