Lee Lyons

eventually when we run out of junkers to fix up I'm sure that someone will under take the task of replicating the rx-7...I hope...

MaxBoost13bRX

Im In NYC and had seenmany bad accidents in the past where RX7 were hit or one that hit a Train tresselBut it seems everyone in an RX7 wearing there seatbelts faired off fairly well or atleast with all of there body parts intact. I knew a guy who hit the train tressel he was tapped at a high speed in the rear and spun out and hit the beam at i think he said 45-50mph he hit on the driver side to the point that when i went to see the car i could literally hold the steering wheel from outside the door, but he someohow walked away from it a big Jamaican guy how he did it i dont know but the car was so bad that when my tow truck driver buddy was trying to tow it the rear wheels were locked. Saw another guy wrap one around a traffic light and my boy bent the chassis on the bed of the tow truck trying to pull it off the pole the guy also lived. My boy Manny flipped 1979 RX at a Pkway which was called the Interborough now it's The Jackie Robinsoin Pkwy which is in NYC runs bet Bklyn & Queens went from the east bound traffic to the west bound traffic he flipped and landed ontop of an off dutie officers car, he lived the cop died he was racing a Conquest avoiding hitting the guy he hit the divider which were prob only 1- 2 ft high back then and well dead cop years in jail and came out & built another RX for racing wild guy well thats all fellas big story but i figure you wouldnt give up on your RX life we are unique people

nick1

wow...interesting stuff....i hope manny isn't racing his new rx on the road....plz plz plz, use punctuation dude....reading this gave me a huge headache

PaulFitzwarryne

Last year I did an estimate, and the available figures were 92%of the 252,000 FBs built have been scrapped. About 94% of SAs have gone to rotary heaven. Japan was worst and Australia best. Current scrapping rates are about 8% per year but seem to be declining.

In simple terms, there are still some 20,000 FBs on the road.

d0ntdreamit

so that's 20K all together, or the US or Australia.

Thx, for those statistics, 8% mortality rate.

fishbulb95

I sooo miss my 7 she was the best, the sounds, the handling, the random redlines, lawn mower sounding engine.

now I'm stuck driving my dad's honda civic





Since i can't afford another car, and my mom is freaking out about the accident, she demands that i get something with airbags. Well that means some car from the 90's. They're willing to pay for it, as long as it isn't another RX-7......

I'm aiming towards a Volvo, early to mid 90's. Any thoughts?

trochoid

iTrader: (6)

Thoughts, yes, tell them you survived this accident in your 7, which was worse than most run mill accidents, and an airbag wouldn't have done a damn bit of good, other than bang up your face.

Some how you don't strike as being ready for yuppieville in a Volvo.

Manntis

Your figures are off - like I said, they made almost a half-million of 'em:

Sales were strong, with a total of 474,565 first-generation cars produced; 377,878 were sold in the United States alone

http://www.answers.com/topic/mazda-rx-7

PaulFitzwarryne

My figures are not way off. I suggest you read the thread accurately. The question and discussion was speciffically related to the 'FB', which was the North American designation of the S2 and S3. To get a more relevant response I aggregated total production for all markets. How many FBs were sold in the North American Market?

As I said the % of SA [S1] cars scrapped is higher than the FB due to full scale production of the 79 model starting in March 78. The figures you gave for gen 1s is reported sales not actual numbers manufactured, fortunately the difference is small for practical purposes and were primarily related to trial production runs which became part of the test and review fleet.

d0ntdreamit

getting a volvo?? isn't that over reacting!!

Airbags were made for people that won't wear seat belts.

For $43 K you can get a used top of the line mini. Or you can get a bare bones corvette. Are corvettes are hard to maintain, I just don't get it!!

fishbulb95

I finally got the police report, i wasn't hit by a truck, but a 2001 Chevy Surburban 1500.... big *** vehicle.

and according to the police report i was at fault. No injuries to the other party.


EDIT: NOt a surburban, that was the bystander.. i was hit by a 2001 Chevy Truck 1500

aussiesmg

iTrader: (1)

Remind your parents you were struck by a 4000 lb vehicle in the side and apart from bumps and concussion walked away from the wreck (after a little sleepy time hehe) Get another 7 if they'll pay make it an GSL-SE.

Tell them to pay for a roll cage....lol

Glad you're OK though man.

Rx7carl

Man, sorry to see this. Well I cant actually see it since my work has the pics blocked. Glad your ok. Thats the important thing.

PaulFitzwarryne

The estimate was for worldwide FBs including SA S2-3s. In addition there are over 11,000 SAs still around.

As the RX-7 reaches classic status the mortality rate will fall dramatically. Unfortunately due to the present low prices it is often best to scrap and part out rather than restore a non runner. This varies from country to country. In Japan it's government policy to encourage scrapping cars once they are five years old, while keeping a parts car is almost impossible due to the high cost of garaging in metropolitan areas. Thus, very few RX-7s remain there, and those existing are often decked out as racer cult cars.

Manntis

Well, Mr. Accuracy, you're being awfully condescending for someone including global production in 'FBs only' when only North American 1st gen S2 and S3 cars were FBs - all other S2 and S3s were still SAs. So how are you 'more accurate' by including global figures?

To use your global figures (notwithstanding your semi-retraction, posted after your snippy response, which seems to indicate that when others say 'FB' and include all SAs, they have a reading problem but when you say FB, but decide that includes all S2s and S3s, that's just fine), we have to allow that the question was posed using FB in the generic, all-1st-gen sense - which is common in this section. Which makes production figure of 474,565 (with 377,878 sold in North America) accurate, not 252,000.

PaulFitzwarryne

Manntis-in my original post I refered seperately to 'FB'and 'SA'. I included all S2-3 in the same category for two reasons; first, many NA members use the term FB to include them; while second, factory production and export figures are accurate.

If you use FB as a term for all gen 1s, then the source of figures you quote is relatively accurate. There are minor variations, for example the factory figures for production of gen 1s are only 471,009 [several sources including in english Brian Long]. There is also a slight problem with NA sales figures due to calendar year not model year reporting [see John Matras for US only sales]. I apologise if you thought I was trying to be over accurate; it's a professional failing of a consulting epidemiologist!

What I was trying to do was quantify as accurately as possible your comment that there were still many left, with which I fully agree. I had calculated from a wide range of sources there are at least 30,000 gen 1s still in existence, which is a remakable performance for a 78-85 car.

The original purpose of my calculations was to estimate the point where the RX-7 became a classic and prices increased. My interest was aroused when a sports car I sold as a student for UK 200 recently sold for UK 62,500.