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85 FB 03-03-06 07:20 PM

What do you like most about your FB?
 
This question came to mind while driving my FB on the highway. What is the one most important thing that you love about your FB? If you had to pick one thing. I myself love how it "settles" itself on the road while driving. By that I mean how it just seems so well poised on the road. Feels perfectly balanced, everytime I hit a dip in the road, the way it bounces just right as if to say "Got Grip?" Car feels so perfectly balanced on the road, as if it just floats. I love how it gives the impression of outstanding handling, if that makes any sense.

So, what is the one thing everyone else loves about their FB?

ChasRX 03-03-06 07:42 PM

I like my FB's simplicity!

Mazda12AGS 03-03-06 07:45 PM

I like every thing about mine, I just wish it was a little more everyday freindly, but hey you can't have everything.

Dan_s_young 03-03-06 07:47 PM

I love the rotary engine, and looks, I hate the mileage, and having to listen to people try and explain to me why "the rotary sucks"....

rbf41182gt 03-03-06 07:52 PM

yeah, the whole "rotaries suck" thing really gets on my nerves sometimes, especially when it comes from people who know NOTHING about cars. god, i want to punch his lights out, "brokeback joel"

anyway,

i love how rare it is up here, and how simple and easy to work on it is.

~b.k.

Wankelguy 03-03-06 08:38 PM

I like that it's an SA, and doesn't have that funky front end that FBs have.

Max7 03-03-06 08:50 PM

I like thats it's an FB, and doesn't have that funky front end that SA's have. :)

Nicholas P. 03-03-06 08:56 PM

lol, i dunno, its because its my first car maybe,i just love it. so that is why!

AcidAngel7477 03-03-06 08:57 PM

the thing that i like most about my fb is how cozy it is in the rain, i feel safe in it....:D
hey max7 im lovin that red7 i want mine to somewhat look like that, its almost there....lol

:AA:

Whanrow 03-03-06 09:27 PM

For me, its the aggressive sort of predatory look of the nose in particular, with the long downward shaped hood. It looks as a sports car should. Also, the torque for such a small powerplant. I took a friend for a ride who drives a 260 hp all wheel drive Talon, and asked if it felt like only 135hp to him, and he was shocked that's all it was!

I would like it better if it had square headlights sunk into the front edge of the bumper and not the pop-ups as I drive with headlights on all the time, but you can't have everything. I also wish parts were easier to come by as I'm restoring to 100% factory original.

Dan H 03-03-06 09:35 PM

Its handling and simplicity.

rotrmotr 03-03-06 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by 85 FB
This question came to mind while driving my FB on the highway. What is the one most important thing that you love about your FB? If you had to pick one thing. I myself love how it "settles" itself on the road while driving. By that I mean how it just seems so well poised on the road. Feels perfectly balanced, everytime I hit a dip in the road, the way it bounces just right as if to say "Got Grip?" Car feels so perfectly balanced on the road, as if it just floats. I love how it gives the impression of outstanding handling, if that makes any sense.

So, what is the one thing everyone else loves about their FB?

That is the exact same way I felt about my first RX7- the Handling with a capital "H"!!! felt like the car anticipated my moves every time- like having a good partner backing you up when the cards are down- damn now I am getting deep


Power is nothing without control!

MattG 03-03-06 09:40 PM

I love it becuase I grew up in it! We have had the same 83 LE since the day it rolled off the showroom floor Back in Cali, now its here in Lousiana, Doing better then ever I might add!
I just put on my new RB Streetport Exhaust System!

Here she is: Roxana at her finest!
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d9...t/c9e34dcf.jpg

blwfly 03-03-06 09:41 PM

defintley simplicity lol
try trouble shoot todays hondas :)

and that its uncommon and uniqe

darkfrost 03-03-06 09:46 PM

+1 for its simplicity, you can take everything apart so easily, work on anything, and have it running when something goes wrong in no time.

stilettoman 03-03-06 09:57 PM

I agree with those who say the simplicity, and the fact that it looks the way a sports car should look. I like the well balanced feel and the way it accelerates on the freeway with all that torque - well, actually, that may be because of the Ford V8.

Stevan 03-03-06 10:45 PM

It fits like a glove.

OnlyOnThurs 03-03-06 10:54 PM

i love the unique style of the car.....I love it when soemone says...WHOA what is that? That makes me feel good for some reason. ALso i am in love with the rotary. VERY different very easy to work on. My FB has a COLD working A/C, nice stereo set up, comfortable enough for me for everyday use and its just fun.

shepski 03-03-06 11:50 PM

the thing i love most about my SA is that it feels like an extension of myself when im driving. not just a person sitting in a seat turning a wheel and pushing some pedals. i become one with the rex... :P

MattG 03-03-06 11:54 PM


Originally Posted by shepski
the thing i love most about my SA is that it feels like an extension of myself when im driving. not just a person sitting in a seat turning a wheel and pushing some pedals. i become one with the rex... :P

Thats the truth! When she is down, Im down. When she is running great I cant be happier. I just get this feeling that I am king of the world, nothing can beat me, and my car is far better than any new production vechile out there!

Hell I think im go for a drive right now!

OnlyOnThurs 03-04-06 12:01 AM

I heart MattG!

MattG 03-04-06 12:11 AM

LOL I heart you too Onlyonthurs!!!!!!!!!

diabolical1 03-04-06 01:20 AM


Originally Posted by Stevan
It fits like a glove.

what he said ...

aussiesmg 03-04-06 08:23 AM

Bang for the buck.............what could you buy that matches the fun factor, a $42,000 Lotus Elise..maybe?

perfect_circle 03-04-06 08:38 AM

i think the one thing i love the most about my rx7 would be this forum, without this place, i would have a ginormous spoiler and all kinds of lights...now ive sunk about 6 grand into it, and it still looks the same... all of that money is almost all of the money ive made in the last 3 years, and i think that says alot, still being a highschool student.

















oh, yea, i also like the snail.


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