How did everyone come across their 2nd gen?
 

Hey, I was just wondering what kind of stories were out there about how you guys acquired your cars. Mine is kind of queer, but I'll tell it anyways. These were my favorite cars ever since I was like 12, and I got a job when I was like 13 so I could save up and buy one. When I turned 16 and got my liscense, I couldn't find one anywhere, nothing that was in good shape at least. So one night my dad comes home from work driving what is now my car. I was like holy shit, where did you find that? So my dad tells me that it is a tester car that his company used to test a new drivetrain (he works for Borg-Warner). So I asked if they would let me buy it, and he said no because it was a J-Spec and it wasn't street legal here. He said it had to be sent back to Japan tomorrow he just brought it here for me to drive it. I was really pissed because I fell in love with the thing. I was obviously really stupid because I didn't even ask why Borg-Warner would want an 86 J-Spec GXL to test a new tranny on. But anyways, he brings it back, and it turns out it was one of his friends that owned it, and the guy was looking to sell it cause he just had a kid. My dad just wanted to make sure I liked it before hand. So he told me the next day and I went for a ride with him and bought my baby for $4000 cash. Thing only had 60,000 miles on it when I got it, no rust or anything, no winters, kept in a heated garage, so yeah it was a pretty good deal.
So there is my story.

Hey one more thing, have any of you N/A guys out there ever had any major problems with your cars?? I have had mine for 5 years now, and put about 45,000 miles on it, and the only thing I have had to repair was put in a new clutch and driveshaft, and replace a couple calipers. Everything else I have done has been either aftermarket mods, or just regular maintenance. I was just wondering if anyone out there has ever had any major problems, I have just been really impressed with my car so far. The damn thing is 16 years old and nothing has ever gone wrong with it other than just regular shit.

Well, my story is much simpler. My father bought a beautiful brand new '91 convertible RX7 in (guess when!) 1991. It is white with blue interior and is the prettiest car I have seen. When I turned 15 and got my restricted driver's license, it became my car and I have had it ever since (I am now 17). Imagine that, my first car was/is a 91 convertible RX7.

Kris

And like you said about yours - no problems, just maintanance.

yeah im glad my first car was a 7. At least I know what I am gonna drive for the rest of my life. When I get out of college next year and I get a damn job, my first investment is going to be a nice FD, and Im going to mod the shit out of it. Then I can walk out to my driveway when im 22-23 and actually have to decide which Rx-7 I want to drive today. That's heaven for me:D

Well, I drove by a car dealership one Sunday afternoon and a little red car caught the corner of my eye. I hit the brakes, and pulled in. I walked all around the car for about 30 minutes and I swore I would own it. The very next day, a Blaze Red 1991 Coupe w/ 92K miles was mine. The only problems: broken inside door handles and it needed a new clutch. I think $4k was a little steep, but I love that car.

i bought mine off of ebay(regret it in some ways) i live in KS and it was in AL so i aquired a trailer and a truck and headed off on what was the longest day of my life. we leave town 6:30pm and make it to Birmingham AL by 9:00 the next morning

i see the car and as usual with buying site unseen the owner has,,,lets say imbeleshed(sp) the truth,,the worst side of the car, not featured in photos mangled floor that almost prevents sitting in the car,,not mentioned and when asked about it,,"uh i didn'e even know about that". Next up he is a pisspoor mechanic that doesn't know how to bleed brakes so when we back the car down his 45 degree 100 foot long drive it naturally pics up a little speed,,and oh yeah the park brake doesn't work either. well it makes it to the trailer without injury. we load her and leave. we make it back home by 11:30 pm that same night.

so in summation two lessons are learned,,don't buy a car from Alabama from a redneck on ebay.
and 2 try to avoid spending a strait 30 hours in the cab of an f250 single cab with 3 people stuffed in it.

so was that story interesting enough

i saved my t2 from going to the junkyard. the p.o. ran it out of oil on the freeway, and she didnt have the $$ to fix it, she was still making payments on it. $200 later it was mine, and then the hard part started....

mike
20b fc

i had wanted an 7 for a long time and i had found one in northern maine which is a 4 hour drive from my house. but i was talking with a freind and he told me one was for sale down the road, so after work one day i drove to the impound yard it was at, it was parked behind 5 other cars and the guy said that he would take 750 bucks for it the only things wrong with it was it had a funny idle and the PD need to be replaced. so thats how i came acrosed my 1987 TII coupe with 74,000k for only $750

I fell in love with Rx7s the minute I saw my neighbor's red FD. From that moment on I knew that was the car I wanted. I did lots of research on it and found that a FC was best for my first car. When it came time for me to get a car I scoured the papers and internet classifieds for my car. Since I was little my father always told me he would by my first car if I continued to stay active in school and get good grades. I held up my part of the bargain so he held up his, with one stipulation, no turbo. When it came time to look I found just what I wanted a mint vert. When I bought it there were only 50,000 miles on it. From the very first day we brought it home I have had a smile on my face that hasnt gone away since.

--Mike

interesting stories, keep em comin!

oh and LLADNAR- sorry to hear about the ebay deal. I know exactly what you are talking about. My dad is in the market for a new truck, a new Toyota Tacoma actually. Well a few weeks ago he found one in Texas, mint condition, 19,000 miles, selling for like $14,000. It had every single option he wanted so he places the winning bid. He sends me down to Texas to drive it back (we live in upstate NY), and when I get there, the thing is a piece of shit. Looks like bullet holes in one side of it. I told the guy he was insane if he thought I was gonna drive this thing back cause i wasnt gonna let my father get screwed. So i just left from there, what a pain in the ass. I wish people would just be honest about stuff like that, what are they thinking having someone come that far to pick something up that they pretty much lied about? I dont know if the guy was expecting me to not notice or be happy, I have no clue. I gave him a piece of my mind though

I was saving up to buy a 240sx this summer.... But my friends were at a Porsche dealer and saw a white 1990 GXL NA, ~100k miles for $1500. They let me know about it and I picked it up the next week. I'm still in shock. My parents and brother own camrys and they were gonna hand his down to me.

The boyfriend of a woman who my dad works with (whose two children also went to high school with me) had for as long as I had known him a 1994 R2 and a 1988 GTU. I told him when I first met him (when I was 15 - but I was hooked on RX-7s since I was little) if he ever wanted to sell one of them to let me know.

Well that was six years ago, but a few weeks back my dad tells me that he wants to sell the car and he'll give me right of first refusal.

Four days and $1700 later I have a 1988 GTU with 138,000 miles.

It's got some loose bits, the factory "bodykit" made of black rubber bits is falling off, the factory stereo is in a cardboard box in the back, the warning light panel didn't work, it needs new shifter bushings and the tranny could use a rebuild. Nothing too serious. I fixed the warning lights by resoldering the light cluster and the CPU. The Logicon is next (it works but the lights in it do not).

Re: How did everyone come across their 2nd gen?
 

J-Spec GXL? Sorry, all J-specs were turbo...

I read about them in SCC's top ten cars under ten grand and decided I wanted one, so I looked at www.autotrader.com and found two, a 91 in VA and my 87 in OH. I decided I wanted the modded color-changing one, which may have been a mistake, since the other one was in better shape, but I still like my car. I talked to the previous owner and sent him $200 to hold onto it for me. I went to test drive it with $4000 and went back a short while later with the rest of the money and took it home...a 5 1/2 hour drive.

My first 2nd gen was a very nice red 88 gtu.At the time I wasn't looking to buy a car but me and my girl friend was out on a sunday drive and we passed a small dealership as soon as I seen the car I know I had to have it.that monday I went to the dealership to see what the asking price on the car was and the guy didn't know what he had.It was in great shape with only 61000 miles I got the car for 5200.that was in 91.It was the 3rd rx7 that I had owned at the time. I loved that car, it ran like a bat out of hell ! 3 rx7's later and now I have my dream car which took me a few years to find which is a 10th A.E.

I got my '86 as my first car. Then I found the '91 TII on www.teamfc3s.org

James

Well, as some f you know, I used to be a die-hard Integra fan, no other car was better. Then, while in the car with my brother driving to my grandmas house, he jsut said, "integras suck ya know, they ara rip off" so i said, "well, there is no other car I could get", (i dont like toyotas, and he had a nissan) I didnt want to copy him...lil bros dothat enough..so he said, why dont you get an fc..and i weas like whates that, and he pointed to a silver awsoem looking car across the intersection..i tell ya, thet was the coolest looking, meanest grilled ferrari i had ever seen.anyhow, a little later as we are going down the street this firey blaze thing wizzes past ( i think he wanted to race) and i go, what was ythat, and he goes, an fc..right then, i have always liked them..i dont like the gas mileage thogh, thats about it..oh yeah, and the fact that sometimes the rotary can be unstable, but im gunna give it a go. wish me luck.

(im 15)

hmmm...the good old memories...haha
well, i was thumbing through the net looking for an investment of no less than $1000....cause that's all i had left over after getting a 328i for the wife....anyway, i was looking at various 2 seater sports coupe the fiero, corvette, and miata were on my list...but the only one in my price range was an old beat up fiero...and the was no way i was going to pay $1k for a non-running fiero...so i checked out cars.com searching for anything under $1k....and a mazda popped up...didn't know what kind it was until i called the owner at which point he said it was an rx7. the thought of owning one never even crossed my mind until i did some research on it...and found that yep...$600 for a 7 was well worth my investment...a week later (after driving 300+ miles) i finally laid eyes on the silver 7...the p.o. never mentioned it was a turbo...as soon as i heard that all i asked was...will the car make it up to my place and he said yeah...so being a novice and all...i hurried it up and sealed the deal....
so now i have a little silver t2...that's worth the whole $600 investment... :)

My friend bought a 85 GS and got me hooked on RX-7s. I was raised in the "350 is god" type of household. My dad is a mechanic of 30+ years. He was skeptical about the rotary engine when I told him about it.

Well, I drove by a car dealership one Sunday afternoon and a little red car caught the corner of my eye. I hit the brakes, and pulled in.

I had a very, very similar experience. I saw it on a sunday, test drove it with my friend on Monday and had the bank check in my hand to buy it on Friday and drove it home. Paid $2k for my RED 88 SE, too much now that I know, but I still love it to death. Specially now with new paint, tires, windshield, stereo, and floor mats.

First 7 = First Love
 

I had been car shopping all winter since I knew I was getting my driver's license in January. I did want a truck...a truck or muscle car, nothing else would do unless it was 350 cubic inches and had 300 ft lbs of torque. I was thinking K5 Blazer or 81 Camaro Z28 (which I would still take, if it were given to me).

Then I stumbled across my 7. actually, my friends stumbled across it, on a sunday afternoon surfing trip (without me). It looked like heck, car was faded gray, drivers side door was new charcoal gray. That immediatly ruled the car out as either of their purchases (they're not car guys and don't reallize things ARE fixable) plus my best friend said it was a 5 speed and is too retarded to learn how to drive one.

They tell me about some old RX-7 they saw at the beach for $800 dollars the next day at school. I was like hmmm...might hafta check it out, 7's are fast little cars. I was still skeptical, cuz its not a camaro. Needless to say the car was mine by Saturday....$800 cash for an 86 RX-7 with 163k miles (a little high,but still runs great) only mechanical problem so far (since January) was the starter, got that rebuilt for $32 bucks...not bad

the door is a different gray (actually the same gray, just 10 years newer) b/c the car was t-boned by a motorcycle doing like 95 mph. so the door got replaced, good as new, no chassis damage, nothin....just my awesome little 2 seater gray rocket (it already had rims that are worth about 300 a piece, I payed 800 bucks for rims, exhaust, CD player, and just happened to get a car (with the 13b rotary engine) thrown in with the deal.

if you know any cheap horsepower gains, or fuel mileage improvements, let me know....its hard to fix up a car on 6 dollars an hour thanks guys
~Chris

and now that my friend (who cant drive a stick) sees how much fun it is driving my rocket on wheels, he's kicking himself for not buying it before I did :D
:confused:... poor guy now he thinks he's going to buy a '93 integra and make it faster than my X
anybody out there ever get outrun by a '93 integra??



.....didnt think so;)

Last April I got my 2nd car, a 1989 Ford Bronco II ( I know I know ). A few weeks later, my mothers friends Perky and Bob, bought a "Little Import" to tow behind their winnabego (sp). It had a problem with the ECU, so they brought it to my stepdad, and I finally saw the Black, 89 GTU. Right then, I decided I wanted that car.

Then, last halloween I wrecked my Bronco II, and was in search for a new car, and I had $4400 to spend... well a lot of that got taken, so I had little to work with. Then, my mom tells me that Perky and Bob sold their winnie; so I ask her "What about the RX-7?" and she said it was just sitting ( yes sitting :( ) in their side yard, and hadn't moved for almost 6 months... they never used it after they drove it to my house.

Less than a week later, it was sitting in my driveway. Then less than a week after that, the effects of sitting for a few months caught up with it... :( HOWEVER coming soon... Streetported 13B, w/ other goodies :D

Well, my story is a bit blander, but I'll work on making it as colorful as possible. :)

About... a month ago, I was in the market for a new car. My disgust for the transit systems in my home town, and the inconvience of spending more than 1-2 hours a day on the bus were taking it's toll and I decided to go gets me a car. I had owned a 1991 Mazda Protege before I umm.. 'decommissioned' it, and had great respect for Mazdas as a whole not only as the 'under-dog' of the japanese car market, but also because my protege saved me from a whole lotta pain (when it was 'decommissioned' I walked out with a slight bruise that appeared 2 days later). I still miss her, and hold nothing but respect for the car... but I wanted something with a little more perk, a little more spirit.

To make a long story short on how I decided to investigate the RX-7, I narrowed it down between a RX-7 and a Supra. I dismissed domestics completely, as I did not want a joe six-pack redneckmobile. That was completely repulsive to me, as was the idea of a riced honda. I have had a a decent amount of time behind the wheel of my friends 1989 Supra Turbo, but while I felt it was a great car for him (he's huge), it was too much of a tank for me. Plus the gas pedal feels like there is only on and off, with nothing inbetween and I didn't want to bite on his styles. :) So, I looked into the RX-7. I fell in love with the FDs (who can resist!?), but it took awhile for the FCs to really grow on me. :)

The first one I found was.... not so hot. It had some issues (wildly fluctuating idle, it would nearly DIE if you turned on the A/C and then turned it off, etc). But I was persistent. I looked in the local paper and found one listed for $5k, a little more than what I wanted to spend, but might as well investigate. I called the guy and arranged to meet in the SouthCenter Parking lot to give it a little looksie, since it was inbetween both of our houses.

So there I sat on a fairly cold and grey day in da family boat (1987 Volvo 240GL), listening to the car guys talk about a mystery problem with some guys AWD, and I see it: A dark blue car gracefully cuts down the turns and heads right to me. Blam. There was my next car. I fell in love with it instantly. 1 week later, it's mine purchased from the original owner with 87k miles. (whoo!)

I'm still adjusting to some of the quirks of the car, but everyday that passes is one that I grow fonder of my RX-7. :) Everyday seems to be just one more excuse to go our and drive somewhere. :) That's my story in progress, and I'm sticking to it. :) And now all my friends are jealous of my redline. ^_^ Hehehehehe.

-ZenFox

Ok, the people I associate myself (friday - sunday evenings) all have some pretty high powered cars. One owns a 300ZXTT another owns an audi S4, another owns a 3000GT VR-4, there is a 300zx N/A, and 300ZX single Turbo, a supercharged mercedes, a supercharged VW jetta, '91 240sx -> silvia conversion, Talon Tsi.... on and on. I at the time owned a 1986 300zx N/A. My friends would have fun with me by establishing a location to hang out for the night and proceed to drive at pretty high speeds to the location. Unfortunately, I could not keep up and typically arrived about 5 minutes later.

Anyhow, one day I was just heading over to talk to my Z mechanic to see what i could do for power in my car. As i drove by his lot i noticed that there was a white turbo FC among two FD's. I sped up and went to talk to him. I found out he just got the car a day before from an auction and immediately offered to buy it from him. He said he wouldn't sell it to me until i found out the typical issues that these cars have and make sure that i was willing to put up with it (he held it until i made my decision). That's when i found this site. I spent 2 weeks reading posts and test driving the car occasionally (driving the car really helped me decide). So i went back and we agreed on $3500. it has 160,000 miles on it and about 45k on a new motor, but he redid the interior and painted the car (at the same price) and also agreed to do the work on one engine swap once i blew the first motor (cool, huh?).

So i've blown a motor (two weeks ago) and i'm trying to find out if i should rebuild one or buy a j-spec from fc3s.org.

Mine story is pretty simple. When I got my license, my mom gave me her 91 civic hatchback and I drove that car around for a year to get experience driving. After taking that car through the mountains at high speeds.. I need a faster car. A friend of mine showed me Initial D and as soon as I saw the white FC T2, I fell in love. I didn't care if it lost, so I went around on newspapers and the net. I found a blue/blue 87 T2 on yahoo for cheap. One week later, I bought the car for $2250!!! It had a newly rebuilt engine (8K miles), tokico shocks, racing beat springs, new shifter bushings, new batt, larger front and rear sway bars, front strut car, and new suspension bushings. FOR $2250!! What a steal and I was happy. The guy didn't really know too much about rotaries so I got a sweet deal.

- Kevin

Re: Re: How did everyone come across their 2nd gen?
 

you missed what I said, I was saying that my dad brought it home and asked if i liked it, I said he yes and he said it was too bad because it was a J-Spec, implying that it wasn't street legal here. He was just lying to me to make me think that I couldnt buy it. Also, I was 16, so I really didnt know all that much about them. So that is why I believed him about the whole thing. But I said J-Spec because my dad lied to me and told me thats what it was and I couldnt buy it, I wasnt saying that I own a J-spec GXL

The TII I have now I saw in some rednecks back yard under a tree. Waved $1000 under his nose, ATF'd it and drove it home. :)

fc3s runs deep
 

well, ive owned two 2nd gen rx7s. the first one i bought was a coincindence, really..a friend of mines cousin is a car dealer, and he calls me up telling me hes got a 90 rx7 for sale. i think for a second, and then reply, "no, its not a 3rd gen, i dont want it." a couple days later, my friend has his cousin bring it up to his house and has me come over, not knowing a thing, and springs it on me. they talk me into a test drive, and i finally gave it. i drove it and fell in love. compared to what i know now, i wouldnt have bought it. but i was driving a 89 cavalier rs at the time, so this was a nice jump. i bought that 90 gxl for 4000 on my 18th birthday, and drove it for about two months...then on valentines day of 2001, i was on the interstate during a storm that was producing some icy rain, and ended up sliding sideways into a semi that was doing 5mph while i was doing 80... after about a week in the hospital, i was good to go again, but my car was beyond screwed. so i drove the cavalier for about four more months, until one day i was looking in the classifieds and saw "1990 mazda rx7 for sale. many modifactions. call for info." so i called, and an older man told me it was his sons car, who happened to be 24 and lived out of state, and he was trying to sell it for him. after telling me the list of mods, ( it took a little while), i was hooked. then he told me the price: $10,000. i couldnt come close to affording that, so i just sat on it. finally, a week later, i decieded to make the two hour trip to go look at it. i went, test drove it, and fell in love. i talked to the father again, and he said they had dropped the price to 8000. still to rich for my blood. finally, another two weeks passed by, and i saw the ad in the paper with the rx7 that said "price reduced." so i convinced my dad to come look at it (he was co-signing for the loan, btw) and the guy told me he had dropped the price to 7,500. still too high... so i sat there a little bit, talked to my dad, and finally offered him 6000...he said hed have to call his son and he would get back to us. so me and my dad went out to eat, and low and behold, the guy calls me, and he said his son would take six. it was one of the happiest days of my life. i drove the car home just not even knowing what to think... i still relish that moment...

I traded my beat-up chevy cavalier for an 86 SE that didn't run. Come to find out it was a bad connection on the leading coil and bad plugs. My friend just wanted a car that ran so we traded. Man he's pissed. Anyway, besides some suspension problems, my 7's in perfect running condition.......will post pictures of before and after as soon as its done.

Jon

I was driving around in my 79 rx7 (base model, yellow) and I saw a 87 n/a for sale and I traded him even. My rotted old eyesaw (with a brand new engine that I put 7000 miles on) for a pretty nice gold n/a. I just wanted a 13B, although I do miss the carb. It made for very easy repairs. :)

My friend from the Air Force gave me my first FC. Gonna have my next one given to me as well. BUT I'm gonna build it up right. Seriously debating with myself over a big single 13b, twin turbo 13b, or a twin turbo 20b.

Tough decisions huh?

The details of my life are quite inconsequential...
Very well where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self improving boulangerieowner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a 15 year old prostitue named Chole with webbed feet. uh ooops wrong story

My co worker had a 1988 Lincoln Towncar with a 5.0 V8 H-PIPE exaust 64K original miles. Paint was oxidized. interior was Kool. it had exaust leaks like a motha. you could hear me literaly a mile away.
It belonged to my co worker named Sam. well it broke down on SAm 2 years ago and it just sat in his back yard for 2 years. One day he said he was donating his car and i said I take donations! so I went to his house and before anything he gave me the pink slip and keys and said "its your problem now". I'm like what ever.(*valley style) ne way The car would run on a fresh battery but would'nt hold a charge. tha ALt was giving out 14,4 volts so that told me fusable link. right ? found it. replaced it. and burnt rubber.
Well to go on with my 7 story. a coworker at my job siter said he had a 1987 TII and he said that it had alot of problems. brakes, hard to start, constant flooding, steering shake, exaust leak etc. etc.
so took it for a test drive. i ask wanna trade. he said really!! all enthused n shit. you really want to trade ?? i said. he hell ya. replaced the master cylinder, new tires and alingment, one of the Cats welds werbroke fixed that, installed a switch for the flooding problem and WHALLA. the Towncar was free and I traded him and got a tight ass BONE STOCK 87TII (mind you) that is bad ass. hows that fro a 7 story. final cost to fix the 7...
FIFTY BUCKS. i got a 87TII for FIFTY BUCKS. I drive it every day.

After my girlfriend rolled my old car into my friends truck I asked myself why I was still driving it...I started researching the ONLY car I wanted which was...you guessed it an FC. I turned down my dad's 92 bmw in PERFECT condition with 70k for a seven.

I found one I wanted in Ohio (I live in Ct). Called a buddy, asked if he wanted to make a road trip with me. We flew there and saw the car. To make a long story short after about 45 minutes of test driving and negotiating, 4100 got me an 87 Turbo II with 67,000 original miles. My bud and I took turns driving it back (at least that was what the deal was...after I got in it I wouldn't give up the driver's seat!!!)

Dan

somebody owed me money. after 6 months of non payment i went over to his house and "persuaded" him to release both of his rx7s to me.

back yard
 

I found my 87 GXL in a back yard of a customer it sat for 3 years . I did some research on why it wouldnt start went over gave him $350.00 cash changed the plugs started it u p and drov eit home YEEEEE HHHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!:D

Well, hmmm... let me see, one of my friends had a 12a and I thought the cars were pretty cool and definitely unique so I set out to out stage him. Anyway, I found a rare find, an 89 GXL for 2000 in Uncle henries. So I automatically called this guy up, being an S5 and all. I talk to him and anyway, the car had 140000 on it but I didn't care. We were to meet in the dmv and the moment that car roled in I imediatly fell in love with it. 2000 later and a couple of months I was now the proud owner of a Beige 89 GXl. My bro hates the car though cause he can shove it; he is looking at a 92 Eagle talon, FF, and no turbos. Every night I get a lecture on how it is gonna beat me and shit. Yeah, ah-huh is my answer.

Hmm.... friend of an ex persuaded her fiance to sell the me his practically mint black 90 GXL for $800, because they had a baby on the way. He agreed because he knew absolutely nothing about cars and thought the motor was on it's way out. I bought the next day slapped a p/s and a/c belt on it, ran awesome for 50K miles, then I put a jspec 13BT in it. He saw me about 2 months ago and I took him for a ride in it. I think he was jealous!! :-) I love this car more than any other

I truly made out like a bandit

last summer, on the day of graduation, i wrecked my nissan pickup truck and while it was repairable i decided i would try and get a used car at an auction in Greer, SC. my mom's friend used to be a used car dealer and went to the auction quite often (he is also good friends with the owner) the entire summer went buy and it came to the last week before i had to go to college. i decided to fix my truck and i would go to the auction and see if i could find something i liked for 500$ or less.

i didnt see a damn thing on the walk through. and right as i am about to leave to walk back home i saw my RX-7 go through. i didnt know anything about them except that they were suposed to be good sports cars and they are rare. no one bid on it and i asked my friend about it. he talked to the manager and he said he would take 500 for it.

so unfortunately it took me about 3 more months to pick it up. and after finding the forum, 2 months later i began rebuilding a used engine.....and now i am still in the process

Justin

geez I've had 8 ( and I'm only 24 :D )
87gxl-friend sold it to me for $1000, needed transportation to work, needless to say...I fell in love w/the 7
90gxl-used car lot...went thru 2 motors,then sold to friend
85gsl-se-used car lot, traded in for next car after odometer hit 220,000miles
86se-used car lot.....motor blown...car went bye..bye
86gxl-behind Maaco..couldn't start it, bought for $400, little atf and it was off, should've seen the owner's face:D
another 86gxl-used car lot couldn't figure what was wrong,$400...broken drive shaft for $80 and it was fine
87TII-partstrader.com.....$1600, clutch went recently, as did the body, sold hood for $100 and car for $500
83GSL-trading post paper, needed clutch-$200
next month I get my 90GXL back, for FREE!! Friend is taking his ported motor, tranny, and rims though

Someone gave me my 1st gen, got both of my 2nd gens at the auction

I saw my first rx in one of those auto hunter magazines. I really liked the way it looked and had never seen one before. It was a couple towns over so my dad took me to check it out. It was a 87 5 spd, and I didnt know how to drive stick yet so my dad test drove it. I bought it about a week later with the money I had saved to buy myself a car. It had a few miles on it but the body was awsome on it. I ended up putting new plugs in because the back yard dealer didnt know squat about rx's and fixed an electrical problem in the dash and never had another problem. I never expected to get a foreign car, my dream car was always a '69 Baldwin Motion Camaro (BIG BUCKS!!!!) Anyway, I ended selling that car to a friend the end of my senior year in high school because I wanted to buy a Katana, big mistake!! With in days he crashed it (not bad) and then he really crashed it about 4 months later. I ended up not getting the motorcycle and buying another 87 RX which I sold last year because I knew it needed a rebuild that I couldnt afford. I aquired my most recent rx from ebay. 89 GTU. I plan on doing all the things I wanted to do to my other cars but never had the money for. This car is in by far the best condition out of the three so its a good candidate. I really wanted a TII but I couldnt find one close enough that was in decent shape. My dream car now? I still would take a first gen Camaro any day but I have to have that second gen modded out TII right next to it!!

by the way I bought a 90 Kawasaki EX 500 almost three years ago now :)

After about a year of looking I saw mine at a used car lot (summer of '94). I watched it sit there for about a month then went in to check on it. A couple of people had tired to buy it but either couldn't get the money or the insurance. Since I wasn't worried about either (had cash). They were anxious to sell it to me. Car had 98,000 miles on it but the motor had just been replaced.

50,000 miles and almost 7 years later I am still driving it. It has been my daily driver pretty much the whole time. Did very little to it the first 5 years. Only recently has it needed much repair. (I actually almost sent it to the junk when it wouldn't start at the airport after returning from a trip. It was a bad day). The paint is faded but it is other wise in good shape. I think I will repaint it and keep it. Can't think of much else I would want.

HOW I FOUND
 

MY FRIEND SOLD ME HIS 87 RX7 SINCE HE'S GETTING READY TO GO INTO THE ARMY. PICKED IT UP FOR $300.00 . NEEDS ALOT OF INTERIOR HELP. SEEMS LIKE EVERY THING THAT'S PLASTIC IS BROKEN!!!!!!!

My 87 GXL is now my third rx7. First was a 79 limited edition picked up for $2000(nice wheels). Second was a 87 SE purchased for $5000(yikes). Then after going back to working on VW's for a bit I finally got tired of the constant maintenance and wanted something reliable. Reliable is a N/A Rotary! I found the GXL on autotrader online in Gainesville for $1000, after speaking with the guy he basically told me I could have it for $700 if I just came and got it. Truck and Trailered it home that night. Next day while doing better inspection I found a sony cd player, alpine speakers in the towers, 10 inch powered bazooka tube with crossover, rockford in line fuse, and receipts for brand new tires, alternator, master cylinder, and battery.

Jesus Christ! Nobody ever gave me a dollar, ever. It must be nice to have a rich dad. I paid $100 for my first car when I was 13 (in 1980), and spent the next three years restoring it from bumper to bumper on a paper boy's salary. $25 a week. BTW, it was a 1966 Mustang coupe with a 289 V-8 and an automatic (yuck).

I found my 7 on ebay. It didn't meet the reserve. I contacted him after the auction ended, and made a low-ball offer. He accepted. I trailered it back from Maryland, a ride from hell for sure. I love the car though....

::walks into mechanic's shop::
"Hey, that RX-7 wasn't here before..."
"yeah, needs a new engine."
"$150?"
"Sure."

*ATF*

*wickwickvroooom*

::drives off::

Needless to say, I don't really go to that mechanic anymore.

My story is strange. My dad had a 1st gen rx for a while I cant remember how long. Then he sold it and bought a secnd gen. 88gxl. At time I wasnt interested in 7's(knew it was a nice car but didnt think i'd get it) . then come this year. he said he was going to give it to me because he has too many cars. (92 galant,90 turbo eclipse, and the rx) i had a 88 toyo celica. i was like ok (didnt believe him). While all this is happening he had it at a "body shop" getting it repainted. or so i thought it was there for about 3 months and the guy wanted dad to take it back. ( i guess he left it there cuz he had no place for it) So he takes me there i pay the rest of the fee what the paint guy said dad owed which was like $100. take the car home. to find a few defectives. including a really bad paint job. SO now i am saving to get it repainted to start working on it. Oh and I always get a smile when i get in. I love driving it:D

where i live everyone drives a civic or a stang
and i didnt want to be like other people at all
tons of preludes around here and my best friend drives a 240 (i hate integras so they were out of the question)
so i was like hmmm, what kind of import could i get that is pretty fast stock and isnt common, and is a 2 seater9 i hate having poeple in the back) so it was up in the air between rx7's and del sols. Then at a party i was half drunk talking so some guy about his civic and he got to talking about a gx he had. He told me to go to www.rx7club.com so i went and never went back. Since that day it has been my dream to drive a rex. however i couldnt afford one at the time at all. I was 16 at the time and didnt have any money. Eventually i picked up an old pontiac for like 800 bucks to get me around cause winter here is deadly and walking is liek suicide. So finally i was downstairs on the computer, prolly reading up on my soon to own car when my parents said steve u can start looking for a car now( finally i could take out a loan) so i got to lookin. Nothing the closest one was like 2 provinces away and i definately didnt want to drive that far to buy a sight unseen car so i was getting mad. i called every single place in the city that deals with mazdas and used cars and a couple places reffered me to this guy. They said he had liek 10 in his yard so i was like ya this is wicked. Talked to him and for what i wanted to pay he had an 84 gsl-se mint condition but he sold it later that day, so i went and and talked to him about rx7s and he said he could get me an 87 gx. So he got it and called us to come look at it and i loved it. it needs some paint but the interior is mint its red with a grey interior. i Put the down payment right then and there. Right now a new engine is coming in from out of province so ill have my baby on the road in a couple weeks. I cant wait, i finally got my dream car.