KrisW

Hi All

I don't know much about these cars (yet).

I've stumbled across a nice 1987 RX7 GLX. It has been meticulously maintained. It has no rust/corrosion anywhere. It has only done 55K miles. It has recently been serviced.

Would this be a reliable daily driver? Or what should I expect from a car like that?

I intend to use it to get to work every day (40 miles a day).

How often will I be late for work?

Cheers

Kristian

AbortRetryFail

I've daily driven mine for almost 3 years now. I wouldnt recommend doing it 40 miles a day though. You'll put a lot of wear on the car fast that way and FC's get crap gas mileage too.
(17mpg in town for me)

synesthete

Dude, I've had my GXL (not glx) for almost 7 years. It has only broke down once, when one of the oil cooler lines broke, wouldnt hold any oil, happened at home so i was lucky.

You have to do the maintenance though you may need a radiator, or to replace old exhaust components, or suspension, or clutch. Dont expect it to be a no maintenance kind of car at this age. It is worth it though believe me.

The gas milage is decent but again do the maintenance, and keep her tuned up and you can expect around 20 if you keep the revs below four and your foot light on the gas, maybe better. If you gun it you can expect significantly less.

1SWEET7

iTrader: (1)

Well like said above you won't get the best mileage (my personal best is 24.3 on a roadtrip, with an SAFC II). But I almost guarantee you won't be late for work, you'll probably find yourself getting to work early.

rodney87

I've DD my 87 gxl for more then a year now. It gets me where I need to go. And on time.

RX drift

- really thats odd maby i did the math wrong or something but in my 89 auto vert (less than 10k on rebuild) i get like 27 rough i think it was last i checked. But hell i wont give up my seven for poor gass milage and high gass prices.

synesthete

Damn i knew the autos got more but thats like near economy car mileage.

13bturbofc

iTrader: (4)

i drive my 88 vert like 200 miles a week and i have had no real problems.....just keep good matenance on it...i have been through a tranny and two rears but thats cause i was beating the living hell out of it burning out and racing....lol

Secondmessiah

coming from someone who daily drives there 1987 turboII, thats a yes

but consider that your going to get 12-17 city mpg, and keep it well maintained

Secondmessiah

you will find yourself taking the long way everywhere you go, my school is 2 miles away, it takes 30 minutes to get there

i still get there on time, but i leave ealier, and burn more gas

tr4c3

I daily drove my turbo 2. It blew up, but I did daily drive it.

snowball

i daily drive mine.

13bturbofc

iTrader: (4)

damn snowball your car sounds like it should have more whp than that for all those mods whats up with that